WEBVTT 00:01:29.410 --> 00:04:17.450 177 177 377 rescue the perishing 377 we'll sing there right on the first father we 00:04:17.450 --> 00:04:21.110 thank you for this day another opportunity to gather together and sing 00:04:21.110 --> 00:04:24.840 praises in your name and to learn from your word I pray at this time that 00:04:24.840 --> 00:04:28.440 everything for this service would be done decently in an order that you would 00:04:28.440 --> 00:04:33.220 open our ears and soften our hearts to the message that pastor has prepared 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:37.560 for us this morning and also that you would fill him with your spirit I also 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.920 pray that you would just be with us for the soul winning and the other service 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:44.440 this evening and be with those that are out and traveling these things we pray 00:04:44.440 --> 00:04:54.400 in Jesus name amen for our next him number 118 near to the heart of God him 00:04:54.400 --> 00:05:13.020 number 118 118 near to the heart of God 118 there on the first 00:05:13.020 --> 00:07:50.280 inside our service times are listed there Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday 00:07:50.280 --> 00:07:56.350 evening at 430 and our Wednesday Bible study through Ecclesiastes at 7 o'clock 00:07:56.350 --> 00:08:00.520 below we have all of our soul winning times listed there definitely want to 00:08:00.520 --> 00:08:05.540 encourage you to get involved with soul winning Jesus said follow me and I'll 00:08:05.540 --> 00:08:09.170 make you fishers of men so that's how you follow Christ by preaching the 00:08:09.170 --> 00:08:12.870 gospel and we have there our year-to-date soul winning statistics got 00:08:12.870 --> 00:08:16.930 another update from brother Eric in the Philippines and he's given me the 00:08:16.930 --> 00:08:20.760 numbers for him and brother Zach as far as salvations they're doing just on 00:08:20.760 --> 00:08:23.790 their own and then that's not counted with what they're doing along with 00:08:23.790 --> 00:08:28.060 Verity Baptist Church and steadfast Baptist Church as well so you could see 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:34.280 our salvation total for the year is up to 438 so great job with soul winning we 00:08:34.280 --> 00:08:38.710 also have there that visitor card QR code that gets you signed up for our 00:08:38.710 --> 00:08:43.290 email list and then an auto routes to our YouTube definitely want to encourage 00:08:43.290 --> 00:08:46.600 you when you do go out soul winning and you meet someone who's friendly or you 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.830 get someone saved to get them to subscribe to our YouTube just about 00:08:50.830 --> 00:08:54.410 every person I get saved I'm able to get them to subscribe to our YouTube so it's 00:08:54.410 --> 00:08:57.350 very easy I'm just like hey you know you got the YouTube app can I show you our 00:08:57.350 --> 00:09:00.490 channel real quick I'd look it up for him subscribe so just a good way that 00:09:00.490 --> 00:09:03.470 people can get you know hearing the preaching of God's Word and get 00:09:03.470 --> 00:09:07.500 connected with our church so and we have on the back are upcoming events March 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:11.980 28th is the listeners pick soul winning marathon and of course the winning city 00:09:11.980 --> 00:09:17.310 for that marathon was Patterson New Jersey totally uncharted territories for 00:09:17.310 --> 00:09:20.500 our church really I think for a lot of groups I don't know if there's ever been 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:24.810 an event there before but really looking forward to that brother Peter James has 00:09:24.810 --> 00:09:28.040 helped to give us some intel and told us that it's going to be a very receptive 00:09:28.040 --> 00:09:32.870 area lots of low-income areas that's going to be great for sure I'm excited 00:09:32.870 --> 00:09:36.340 to see the results for that April 1st that's a Wednesday that's going to be 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:42.330 our Lord Lord Supper service so please plan to attend for that then April 4th 00:09:42.330 --> 00:09:46.400 this is a big one our Oklahoma City soul winning marathon for the mega marathon 00:09:46.400 --> 00:09:49.750 where many churches around America and the world are going to be doing a big 00:09:49.750 --> 00:09:53.300 soul winning marathon that day if you want to sign up for that scan that QR 00:09:53.300 --> 00:09:57.930 code and that way we know how many people are coming excuse me man allergies 00:09:57.930 --> 00:10:03.820 this time of year May 2nd is the OSU still water soul winning marathon that's 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:07.300 going to be a college campus soul winning marathon again uncharted 00:10:07.300 --> 00:10:10.590 territory for us we've never done something like that before but college 00:10:10.590 --> 00:10:14.450 kids are very receptive so we're gonna give that a shot excited to see the 00:10:14.450 --> 00:10:18.740 results there May 9th is gonna be a Mother's Day tea event there'll be some 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:23.340 more information coming up on that then May 20th through the 24th there's a 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:28.000 conference at said fast Baptist Church the anti-israel conference and I'm sure 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.790 that this conference is gonna ruffle a lot of feathers and probably get a lot 00:10:31.790 --> 00:10:36.330 of attention in the old IFB a lot of people right now are losing their minds 00:10:36.330 --> 00:10:39.800 that are pro-zionists and you know there's there's new books being written 00:10:39.800 --> 00:10:43.720 there's constant attack pieces coming out from these Zionists and these Jew 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:47.490 worshipers so I'm excited to see this conference just shake things up for sure 00:10:47.490 --> 00:10:52.970 then June 17th this is a great one as well there's a it's called the European 00:10:52.970 --> 00:10:56.600 soul winning conference and that's in Frankfurt Germany and the goal with this 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.070 conference is just to get people from all over Europe in Germany and the 00:11:00.070 --> 00:11:03.720 surrounding countries bring them to a conference and really try to give them 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.950 the tools and training they need to become soul winners to become better 00:11:06.950 --> 00:11:10.840 soul winners so that Europe can get a fire for the gospel as well I know 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:14.630 there's a lot of really zealous Christians there in Germany and I've 00:11:14.630 --> 00:11:17.340 heard there's gonna be people coming from all sorts of different countries as 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:21.090 well so I'm preaching there pastor Shelley be preaching there that's gonna 00:11:21.090 --> 00:11:24.520 be an awesome conference if you can make it great if not if you just keep that in 00:11:24.520 --> 00:11:29.560 prayer that it would be a successful trip and then we have back on the 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:34.200 inside of our bulletin we do have our prayer list there make sure you keep all 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:39.090 of those events in prayer specifically I asked that everyone would pray every day 00:11:39.090 --> 00:11:42.460 for the listeners pick soul winning marathon coming up just that many people 00:11:42.460 --> 00:11:46.200 would show up there'd be a great harvest of souls and that's gonna be it for 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:53.660 announcements this morning we'll go ahead and go to our third song our 00:11:53.660 --> 00:12:04.250 third song this morning number 64 shall we gather at the river him number 64 64 00:12:04.250 --> 00:12:21.500 shall we gather at the river 64 there on the first 00:12:21.500 --> 00:15:57.140 after number begins chapter 1 Timotheus the servants of Jesus Christ to all the 00:15:57.140 --> 00:16:00.810 saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons 00:16:00.810 --> 00:16:05.850 grace be unto you in peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ I 00:16:05.850 --> 00:16:10.970 thank my God upon every remembrance of you always in every prayer of mine for 00:16:10.970 --> 00:16:15.350 you all making requests with joy for your fellowship in the gospel from the 00:16:15.350 --> 00:16:20.590 first day until now being confident of this very thing that that he which hath 00:16:20.590 --> 00:16:25.540 begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ even as it 00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:29.710 is meet for me to think this of you all because I have you in my heart and as 00:16:29.710 --> 00:16:34.030 much as both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel 00:16:34.030 --> 00:16:40.160 ye all are partakers of my grace for God is my record how greatly I long after you 00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:44.940 all in the bowels of Jesus Christ in this I pray that your love may abound yet 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:49.360 more and more in knowledge and in all judgment that you may approve things 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:53.220 that are excellent that you may be sincere and without offense till the day 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:57.290 of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus 00:16:57.290 --> 00:17:02.310 Christ unto the glory and praise of God but I would that but I would you should 00:17:02.310 --> 00:17:06.170 understand brethren that the things which happened unto me have fallen out 00:17:06.170 --> 00:17:10.890 rather unto the furtherance of the gospel so that my bonds in Christ are 00:17:10.890 --> 00:17:15.380 manifest in all the palace and in all other places and many of the brethren 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:20.020 in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the 00:17:20.020 --> 00:17:25.270 word without fear some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife and some 00:17:25.270 --> 00:17:31.230 also of goodwill the one preach Christ of contention not sincerely supposing to 00:17:31.230 --> 00:17:35.820 add affliction to my bonds but the other of love knowing that I am set for the 00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:40.660 defense of the gospel what then notwithstanding every way whether in 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:46.610 pretense or in truth Christ is preached and I therein do rejoice yea and will 00:17:46.610 --> 00:17:51.040 rejoice for I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer in 00:17:51.040 --> 00:17:55.990 the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ according to my earnest expectation and 00:17:55.990 --> 00:18:00.380 my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed but that with all boldness as 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:05.410 always so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by 00:18:05.410 --> 00:18:11.110 life or by death for to me to live is Christ and to die is gain but if I live 00:18:11.110 --> 00:18:15.760 in the flesh this is the fruit of my labor yet what I shall choose I want not 00:18:15.760 --> 00:18:21.350 for I am in a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ 00:18:21.350 --> 00:18:26.000 which is far better nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:30.650 you and having this confidence I know that I shall abide and continue with you 00:18:30.650 --> 00:18:34.960 all for your furtherance and joy of faith that your rejoicing may be more 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:39.770 abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again only let your 00:18:39.770 --> 00:18:44.460 conversation be as it become at the gospel of Christ that whether I come and 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:49.550 see you or else be absent I may hear of your affairs that you stand fast in one 00:18:49.550 --> 00:18:54.390 spirit with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel and in 00:18:54.390 --> 00:18:58.260 nothing terrified by your adversaries which is to them an evident token of 00:18:58.260 --> 00:19:03.860 perdition but to you of salvation and that of God for unto you it is given in 00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:08.490 the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake 00:19:08.490 --> 00:19:13.860 having the same conflict which he saw in me and now here to be in me your 00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:17.120 heavenly Father thank you for this day and for this church service I pray that you 00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:24.940 would fill Pastor Oz with your spirit and help us to receive the word and the message that you have for us today. Amen. 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:28.860 Philippians chapter number one I want to start reading in verse number nine it 00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:33.810 says here and this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in 00:19:33.810 --> 00:19:39.220 knowledge and in all judgment so in Philippians chapter number one we see 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:43.840 here a prayer request of the Apostle Paul for the Christians that are at 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:48.040 Philippi and notice what he is what it is that he is praying for these people 00:19:48.040 --> 00:19:51.800 he's praying that their love would abound that their knowledge would abound 00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:56.770 and their judgment would abound why why does he have this prayer request for 00:19:56.770 --> 00:20:01.080 these Christians the answers in verse 10 notice what it says that he may approve 00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:06.640 things that are excellent that you may be sincere and without offense till the 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:10.100 day of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:16.850 Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God it's how my sermon is approve 00:20:16.850 --> 00:20:21.860 excellent things approve excellent things what does it mean to approve 00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:27.420 here's the dictionary definition of approve number one to speak or think 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:34.000 favorably of pronounce or consider agreeable or good judge favor favorably 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:39.910 to consent or agree to so notice he's saying I'm praying that your love that 00:20:39.910 --> 00:20:44.560 your knowledge that your judgment would abound so that you would approve of 00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:48.410 excellent things because here's the thing there are many people today who 00:20:48.410 --> 00:20:53.430 are saved they're Christians they have the Spirit of God but they do not 00:20:53.430 --> 00:20:57.070 necessarily approve of everything that is excellent right there are people 00:20:57.070 --> 00:21:00.740 today who are saved where they read certain things in the Bible or they 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:05.450 hear a hard sermon that is preached they'll hear an unpopular truth preach 00:21:05.450 --> 00:21:09.590 from God's Word and they will kind of cringe at that truth they'll kind of 00:21:09.590 --> 00:21:13.480 buck against that truth but the Apostle Paul here saying hey I'm praying for you 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:17.390 that you would actually increase in your knowledge in your judgment in your love 00:21:17.390 --> 00:21:21.460 so that you would actually approve of excellent things because here's the thing 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:26.220 I don't want to just be saved I want to be the type of person where if I hear 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:30.490 something preached that is from God's Word I want to believe in my heart and 00:21:30.490 --> 00:21:35.320 feel in my heart like I like that truth I agree with what the Bible is saying 00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:38.950 there I don't want to be one of these lame watered-down Christians that's 00:21:38.950 --> 00:21:43.590 constantly fighting against what the Bible teaches that is so annoying to me 00:21:43.590 --> 00:21:47.800 someone who says I'm a Christian I believe the Bible oh here's this Bible 00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:52.100 verse no I don't want to hear that no that's not what it means oh no that 00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:55.770 wasn't written to us right there's so many things in the Bible where you show 00:21:55.770 --> 00:21:59.870 someone and you know what they don't approve of things that are excellent you 00:21:59.870 --> 00:22:02.480 know what that is not a Christian that's gonna be pleasing in the sight of God 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:07.410 and just so you know when someone does not approve of things that are excellent 00:22:07.410 --> 00:22:12.150 that tells you something about them it tells you that they lack knowledge love 00:22:12.150 --> 00:22:16.870 and judgment right because he's saying I'm praying that your knowledge or love 00:22:16.870 --> 00:22:20.570 your judgment would increase so that you could actually approve of excellent 00:22:20.570 --> 00:22:24.880 things and the reason so many Christians today do not approve of all 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:28.630 the excellent things from the Word of God they do not approve of hard 00:22:28.630 --> 00:22:32.970 preaching from God's Word is because they lack knowledge love and judgment 00:22:32.970 --> 00:22:36.480 and you want to be a more mature Christian you need to increase in your 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.630 knowledge your love and your judgment so you could be someone who actually 00:22:39.630 --> 00:22:45.880 approves of things that are excellent go to Deuteronomy 32 Deuteronomy chapter 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:47.780 number 32 will someone bring me a water please 00:22:47.780 --> 00:22:55.980 Deuteronomy 32 when you get there look at verse number four the Bible says he 00:22:55.980 --> 00:23:04.960 is the rock his work is perfect for all his ways are judgment a God of truth and 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:12.800 without iniquity notice this just and right is he you know we as Christians we 00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:18.890 are not given the opportunity we are not given the liberty to disagree with God 00:23:18.890 --> 00:23:25.120 hey his ways are right what does it say his work is perfect all his ways are 00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:31.150 judgment a God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he there is 00:23:31.150 --> 00:23:38.140 right and there is wrong there is truth and there is lies there is no such thing 00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:44.430 as my truth right well let me just speak my truth let me just own my truth for a 00:23:44.430 --> 00:23:49.680 minute hold on a second Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life no man 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:54.290 cometh unto the Father but by me and when someone wants to get up and speak 00:23:54.290 --> 00:23:58.580 their truth and it's not according to the Word of God hey there's no light in 00:23:58.580 --> 00:24:02.930 that person that person lacks knowledge love wisdom and you know what they're 00:24:02.930 --> 00:24:08.940 not approving of things that are excellent go if you would to Isaiah 55 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:15.530 Isaiah chapter number 55 you know I hate it with a passion when someone wants to 00:24:15.530 --> 00:24:20.500 try to correct a doctrine or or tell us something that's wrong with our church 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:24.970 or a movement or the preaching or the doctrine that we teach and you know they 00:24:24.970 --> 00:24:30.810 start off by saying well I just think well I just feel hey shut up no one 00:24:30.810 --> 00:24:34.260 cares what you think or feel like you need to show me from the Bible or you 00:24:34.260 --> 00:24:38.020 need to shut up you know I saw a bunch of comments on my sermon from Wednesday 00:24:38.020 --> 00:24:43.100 saying you know I just think that you should just read the Bible and pray and 00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:47.120 ask God for understanding I just don't think that the preacher should be 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:50.420 getting up in yelling like that it's like okay well what does the Bible say 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:56.980 cry aloud spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet show my people their 00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:00.920 transgressions that's what the Bible says the Bible says in Ezekiel hey smite 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:05.530 with the hand stamp with the foot right cry aloud you know who cares what you 00:25:05.530 --> 00:25:09.610 think what does the Bible say and when someone says you know I I don't approve 00:25:09.610 --> 00:25:12.410 of hard preaching it's like well you don't approve of excellent things then 00:25:12.410 --> 00:25:16.890 and it's not just you have a different opinion you have a different style that 00:25:16.890 --> 00:25:20.640 you like oh you have a different flavor that you like you're just wrong that's 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:23.860 just that's just the reality you know churches today where pastors are not 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:27.840 getting up and preaching hard those churches are just wrong it's not like oh 00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:31.220 you know there's there's room for differences no no no the Bible tells us 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:35.890 how to do everything the Bible gives us all of the answers Isaiah 55 look at 00:25:35.890 --> 00:25:41.180 verse 8 the Bible says for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your 00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:47.140 ways my ways saith the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:52.040 my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts then your thoughts you know we 00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:57.090 as a society and our movement of Christianity today needs to get back to 00:25:57.090 --> 00:26:02.480 being humble and realizing that we don't have the good ideas we don't have 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:06.750 the good thoughts we are not these perfect people up here God's ways are 00:26:06.750 --> 00:26:10.940 the highways God's thoughts are the high thoughts you know we need to stop 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:15.020 relying on the flesh today in churches where pastors are getting up saying well 00:26:15.020 --> 00:26:19.980 I just think well I just feel well sure I mean come on I mean surely God doesn't 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:23.780 think that it's like just get up and say what the Bible says that's approving of 00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:27.850 things that are excellent look I do not want to go through my life being 00:26:27.850 --> 00:26:33.720 someone that just goes through my life leaning on my own human wisdom leaning 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:38.800 on my own understanding because I want to be someone that actually approves of 00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:43.330 excellent things I don't want to just hold my nose at excellent things I don't 00:26:43.330 --> 00:26:47.290 want to be just dragged to church and forced to be here because my parents or 00:26:47.290 --> 00:26:51.190 whatever are making me like I want to wholeheartedly approve of excellent 00:26:51.190 --> 00:26:55.210 things I want to hear the hard preaching I want to hear the hard truths and I 00:26:55.210 --> 00:26:58.680 don't want to be embarrassed or ashamed of them I want to say like yep praise 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:04.840 God for that truth I believe that I love that go to Proverbs 22 number one to 00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:11.240 approve of excellent things you must read your Bible notice how in his prayer 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:16.210 request he says hey I'm praying that you would increase in what knowledge love 00:27:16.210 --> 00:27:21.310 and judgment how are you gonna increase in those things it's by reading the 00:27:21.310 --> 00:27:25.700 Bible and the reason today so many Christians and churches are so screwed 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:29.900 up on doctrine and why so many Christians do not approve of excellent 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:34.300 things is because they're not spending time in the Bible and the carnal mind 00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:38.500 comes out right you hear it even in preachers they get up and it's just 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:41.800 sermon after sermon where they're just preaching the opposite of what the 00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:45.930 Bible says they're just preaching their own opinions their own ideas that 00:27:45.930 --> 00:27:49.110 person is not reading the Bible or they're reading it just not paying 00:27:49.110 --> 00:27:53.820 attention not not submitting themselves to it not humbling themselves look at 00:27:53.820 --> 00:28:01.010 Proverbs 22 verse 17 the Bible says bow down thine ear and hear the words of the 00:28:01.010 --> 00:28:07.610 wise and apply thine heart unto my knowledge right so wisdom and knowledge 00:28:07.610 --> 00:28:12.690 is brought up there and what is the instruction hey bow your ear to it 00:28:12.690 --> 00:28:18.310 listen to what the Bible is saying pay attention to what the Bible is saying 00:28:18.310 --> 00:28:22.680 don't just go through your daily Bible reading skimming the page checking 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:27.160 something off the list you bow your ear to what the Bible is saying you sit 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:30.640 there and you let the words of God sink into your heart and you let it correct 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:37.380 you you let it instruct you and apply thine heart unto my knowledge hey you 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:40.690 know what if you want to get more knowledge and more wisdom God is gonna 00:28:40.690 --> 00:28:43.970 need to see that you're applying the things that he's already teaching you 00:28:43.970 --> 00:28:47.870 and the reason a lot of people are stupid when it comes to the Bible and 00:28:47.870 --> 00:28:52.150 they're ignorant regarding doctrine and they constantly have wrong stupid ideas 00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:55.320 is because they're given a truth and they don't apply the truth that they're 00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:59.820 given and so why would God give that person more knowledge more wisdom more 00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:03.670 understanding when they're not even applying the truth that they have look 00:29:03.670 --> 00:29:08.780 at verse 18 for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee they shall 00:29:08.780 --> 00:29:14.090 with all be fitted in thy lips those of you who actually love the Bible and 00:29:14.090 --> 00:29:16.990 approve of excellent things you know how true this is that it's a pleasant thing 00:29:16.990 --> 00:29:20.790 to serve God it's a pleasant thing to keep God's commandments God's 00:29:20.790 --> 00:29:24.560 commandments are not grievous hey reading the Word of God is pleasant unto 00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:30.080 me verse 19 that thy trust may be in the Lord I have made known to thee this day 00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:34.760 even to thee so notice when you're letting the Bible instructing you that 00:29:34.760 --> 00:29:38.780 is how you trust in the Lord trusting in the Lord is not just something you put 00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:42.240 in your Instagram bio right it's like how do you know if you trust the Lord 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:45.750 when you're listening to the Bible and you're applying what it says here's 00:29:45.750 --> 00:29:51.660 verse 20 have not I written to thee excellent things in councils and 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:57.710 knowledge hey what's the sermon approve excellent things the Bible is saying of 00:29:57.710 --> 00:30:02.620 itself hey is not this an excellent book right here have not I written to you 00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:07.390 excellent things how do you approve of excellent things well first you got to 00:30:07.390 --> 00:30:10.230 be reading the Bible because you have to even know what the excellent things are 00:30:10.230 --> 00:30:15.030 and a lot of people today have wrong doctrine wrong opinion simply because 00:30:15.030 --> 00:30:19.520 they're not reading the Bible go to first Corinthians 3 now Paul is 00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:24.680 considered by most to be the greatest Christian to have ever lived and I want 00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:28.430 you to notice in first Corinthians 3 the attitude that he has towards life and 00:30:28.430 --> 00:30:36.150 how the Apostle Paul judged what was right and what was wrong first 00:30:36.150 --> 00:30:41.920 Corinthians 3 verse 3 he says this but with me it is a very small thing that I 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:48.700 should be judged of you or if man's judgment yea I judge not mine own self 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:54.750 for I know nothing by myself yet am I not hereby justified but he that 00:30:54.750 --> 00:30:59.670 judgeth me is the Lord so notice he says it's a very small thing with me to be 00:30:59.670 --> 00:31:04.590 judged of you right he doesn't come to his conclusions he doesn't come to his 00:31:04.590 --> 00:31:08.760 judgments on what is wrong or what is right based on what other people think 00:31:08.760 --> 00:31:12.640 based on what other people are telling him this is how a lot of people live 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.860 their lives to determine what's right and wrong they just find out well what's 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:20.030 the majority opinion or you know what is this church thing what does this pastor 00:31:20.030 --> 00:31:23.740 think but he says hey it's a small thing for me to be judged of you he says I 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:28.730 don't even judge my own self what does he mean by that what he's saying is 00:31:28.730 --> 00:31:33.150 like hey it's not like I'm judging what's wrong based on my own thoughts my 00:31:33.150 --> 00:31:37.550 own personal opinions my own human wisdom and understanding he's saying I 00:31:37.550 --> 00:31:43.520 don't judge things that way he says verse 4 for I know nothing by myself yet 00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:48.500 am I not hereby justified but he that judged at me is the Lord so who is the 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:53.460 only person's judgment he is concerned of it is God's judgment and how do we 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:58.190 know God's judgment based on what is written in the Word of God right so hey 00:31:58.190 --> 00:32:02.250 who cares what other people think who cares what the congregation thinks who 00:32:02.250 --> 00:32:06.410 cares what the majority opinion thinks who cares what other Baptists thinks who 00:32:06.410 --> 00:32:11.790 cares what I think who cares what you think hey what does God think you want 00:32:11.790 --> 00:32:15.410 to approve of excellent things you got to go to the Word of God open it up and 00:32:15.410 --> 00:32:18.870 find out okay what's the judgment of the Lord because let me tell you something 00:32:18.870 --> 00:32:23.810 there will be times in life where the majority of opinion in your sphere or 00:32:23.810 --> 00:32:27.350 whatever you know circles of life you run in your social sphere there will be 00:32:27.350 --> 00:32:31.280 times where your sphere is just wrong where the majority of people you know 00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:35.340 they're just wrong and guess what there's dead sure gonna be a lot of times 00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:39.810 where you are wrong where your opinion is wrong where my opinion is wrong and 00:32:39.810 --> 00:32:43.410 so it's like how do you become a person that actually approves of excellent 00:32:43.410 --> 00:32:46.980 things well you got to be reading those excellent things you got to be opening 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:50.590 up the Bible and reading it every day and you cannot expect to become a 00:32:50.590 --> 00:32:55.400 mature with wise full of knowledge full of judgment Christian if you're not 00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:59.400 reading the Bible it will not happen and let me tell you what it is obvious when 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:02.640 someone's not reading the Bible because of what comes out of their mouth it is 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:07.680 obvious when a pastor or a preacher has stopped studying has stopped praying has 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:11.490 stopped bowing his ear to the scripture when he gets up and it's just human 00:33:11.490 --> 00:33:16.770 wisdom human wisdom his opinion his ideas it's just obvious go to second 00:33:16.770 --> 00:33:23.600 Timothy chapter number three he says he that judge with me is the Lord you know 00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:29.600 God judging you and God instructing us it is not some mystical experience it's 00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:33.790 not like the Pentecostals where they're constantly saying well God told me this 00:33:33.790 --> 00:33:39.110 God told me that God revealed to me God is not coming and speaking audibly to 00:33:39.110 --> 00:33:43.010 people today God is not visiting you in your bedroom God is not giving you a 00:33:43.010 --> 00:33:47.450 dream in the night hey in time past that did happen that absolutely did happen 00:33:47.450 --> 00:33:50.460 but you know what in these last days he's spoken unto us through his son 00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:56.840 Jesus Christ who is the Word of God he is the Word made flesh and how God judges 00:33:56.840 --> 00:34:03.030 us today is by the Word of God 2nd Timothy 316 says this all scripture is 00:34:03.030 --> 00:34:09.090 given by inspiration of God and is profitable for notice doctrine what is 00:34:09.090 --> 00:34:14.480 that that is the teachings of truth right the reality of truth doctrine 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:19.690 that's what the Bible is profitable for notice it says for reproof telling you 00:34:19.690 --> 00:34:24.780 hey you're wrong this idea that you have this philosophy that's human 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:28.190 philosophy that you have we're supposed to go to the Bible and let it tell us 00:34:28.190 --> 00:34:32.090 oops that was wrong you know I'll be honest there's been times where I sit 00:34:32.090 --> 00:34:35.510 down to write a sermon and I think oh this will be a good point and then I'm 00:34:35.510 --> 00:34:38.170 going through the Bible I'm like the Bible's not backing up what I'm thinking 00:34:38.170 --> 00:34:43.130 right now scratch it am I embarrassed to tell you that no because you know what I 00:34:43.130 --> 00:34:47.160 would rather follow a pastor that's willing to scratch his stupid ideas when 00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:51.290 the Bible corrects him rather than listening to a pastor get up and just 00:34:51.290 --> 00:34:55.740 give his opinions she could leave whatever all these stupid crap that the 00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:59.320 ex-new wife be constantly preaches I want a pastor that will scratch his bad 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:03.560 ideas and say oops what does the Bible say hey the Word of God is profitable 00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:07.650 for reproof but hold on only if you're listening to it only if you're bowing 00:35:07.650 --> 00:35:11.600 your ear to it only if you're actually letting it soak in what else is it 00:35:11.600 --> 00:35:18.250 profitable for for correction for instruction in righteousness tells us 00:35:18.250 --> 00:35:22.520 we're wrong tells us what's right tells us how to do things how to get things 00:35:22.520 --> 00:35:28.130 right why verse 17 that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto 00:35:28.130 --> 00:35:33.060 all good works it is impossible to overemphasize Bible reading like you 00:35:33.060 --> 00:35:39.090 must read the Bible every single day you must bow your ear to it you must open 00:35:39.090 --> 00:35:43.250 your heart to it you must let it correct you or you will end up being someone 00:35:43.250 --> 00:35:48.450 that does not approve of excellent things go to 1st Peter to 1st Peter 00:35:48.450 --> 00:35:54.850 chapter number 2 now many people today they hear biblical preaching they hear 00:35:54.850 --> 00:35:59.040 a man of God get up and this pastor is just giving straight truth from the 00:35:59.040 --> 00:36:04.100 Bible and some people who are saved are shocked and horrified by it isn't that 00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:07.160 true isn't that true that there are people today that are saved they have 00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:11.390 the Holy Spirit of God but they listen to hard preaching that is straight from 00:36:11.390 --> 00:36:16.230 the Bible and they are horrified and scared and run away screaming from Bible 00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:20.000 preaching that is the truth today why are they that way it's because they're 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:24.200 not reading the Bible what is it what is it that this person needs though what 00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:27.110 does someone actually need to become someone that ends up approving of 00:36:27.110 --> 00:36:32.100 excellent thing they actually need more Bible they need more hard preaching and 00:36:32.100 --> 00:36:37.070 look what the Bible says in 1st Timothy 2 or sorry 1st Peter 2 verse 1 it says 00:36:37.070 --> 00:36:42.780 wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and 00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:47.830 all evil speakings now if someone's life is characterized by malice guile 00:36:47.830 --> 00:36:53.080 hypocrisies envies and evil speakings this is not someone who's approving of 00:36:53.080 --> 00:36:57.440 excellent things right this is a very carnal person this is someone who's 00:36:57.440 --> 00:37:02.320 deep in sin and so what does this person need look at verse 2 as newborn babes 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:10.600 desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby you know people who 00:37:10.600 --> 00:37:15.020 are very carnal Christians who are very backslidden living wicked lives not 00:37:15.020 --> 00:37:19.660 approving of excellent things what is it that they need to grow to become better 00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:23.650 to become someone that approves of excellent things they need the milk of 00:37:23.650 --> 00:37:30.100 the word just like a little sweet baby needs mama's milk to grow and that baby 00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:33.000 is gonna grow up and it's gonna become a toddler and it's finally gonna be able 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:36.740 to handle some more solid food right and then it'll grow up to be a kid and be 00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:40.750 able to eat pretty much everything but look some people they're saved they may 00:37:40.750 --> 00:37:44.610 have been saved for a long period of time but they're just stuck in baby mode 00:37:44.610 --> 00:37:50.180 let me tell you I know some full-grown men that are babies I know some full of 00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:56.150 age women that are Christian babies and a lot of pastors and churches have this 00:37:56.150 --> 00:38:00.750 idea today that well because these Christians are immature because they're 00:38:00.750 --> 00:38:04.280 babes because they're living backslidden life let's not preach hard 00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:09.210 let's not you know step on their toes let's not you know bring the word of God 00:38:09.210 --> 00:38:12.540 thundering forth because they can't handle it let me tell you that's the 00:38:12.540 --> 00:38:16.730 only thing that they can handle that's the only thing that they can need the 00:38:16.730 --> 00:38:22.320 only thing that's gonna help someone go from being an immature wicked backslidden 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:27.320 Christian not approving of excellent things is hard preaching that and by the 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:32.740 way that is the milk of the word some people act like oh you know the milk of 00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:37.080 the word is you know preaching the gospel every Sunday but the strong meat 00:38:37.080 --> 00:38:41.310 of the word that's really preaching against alcohol no no no the milk of the 00:38:41.310 --> 00:38:45.550 word are things that are just easy to understand clear-cut commandments it's 00:38:45.550 --> 00:38:49.450 like hey you know my sermon on the post-tribulation Rapture that's not milk 00:38:49.450 --> 00:38:52.970 of the word that's not something that a brand-new Christian is gonna be able to 00:38:52.970 --> 00:38:56.490 fully grasp that's gonna take some study take some maturity but it's like you 00:38:56.490 --> 00:38:59.860 know what immature backslidden Christians need they need the milk of 00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:05.460 the word they need hard preaching go to 1st Corinthians 1 1st Corinthians 00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:14.050 chapter number one now 1st Corinthians this is a book where the Apostle Paul is 00:39:14.050 --> 00:39:18.440 correcting tons of issues in the church is it not I mean 1st Corinthians he is 00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:22.530 writing to a church that is very very carnal notice though what it says in 00:39:22.530 --> 00:39:27.420 verse 1 of 1st Corinthians 1 he says an eye brethren could not speak unto you as 00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:33.900 unto spiritual but as unto carnal even as unto babes in Christ so notice the 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:38.800 babes in Christ or what their carnal and so what does he do in verse 2 I have 00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:44.600 fed you with milk and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to bear it 00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:50.340 neither yet now are ye able now if you read the rest of 1st Corinthians what is 00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:55.340 it full of a lot of rebuke a lot of hard preaching why because he's saying you 00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:59.740 can't handle the actual strong meat all you can handle is the milk so let me 00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:04.720 give you the milk and what is it rebuke correction you know fixing issues in the 00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:10.820 church verse 3 for ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and 00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:17.210 strife and divisions are ye not carnal and walk as men he's just calling them 00:40:17.210 --> 00:40:21.210 out saying look you guys are immature you guys are carnal so I'm gonna give 00:40:21.210 --> 00:40:24.580 you the milk of the word and what does he do throughout this book he just 00:40:24.580 --> 00:40:28.930 corrects them he gives them admonishment he rips super hard on their sin so look 00:40:28.930 --> 00:40:34.040 my philosophy not oh when we have first-time visitors let's not preach hard 00:40:34.040 --> 00:40:38.970 on sin no no that person needs hard preaching and sometimes hard preaching 00:40:38.970 --> 00:40:42.500 is the only thing that's gonna wake someone up you say well what if they 00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:47.040 leave okay well then they walked in here being an immature brat baby Christian 00:40:47.040 --> 00:40:50.530 that doesn't approve of excellent things and they walked out the same that's 00:40:50.530 --> 00:40:54.760 their fault cuz what does the Bible say bow your ear you have to listen to the 00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:57.400 Word of God you have to be receptive to it but you know what we're not supposed 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.820 to change our preaching just because we have a visitor just because we have a 00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:04.520 new Christian I'll just tell you for me when I got saved the hard preaching 00:41:04.520 --> 00:41:08.140 changed my life raise your hand of hard preaching changed your life look around 00:41:08.140 --> 00:41:15.530 the room folks it works go if you would to Proverbs chapter number 11 now for 00:41:15.530 --> 00:41:19.260 the rest of the sermon I just want to address several excellent things that 00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:24.790 many Christians today buck at don't like disagree with and let me tell you 00:41:24.790 --> 00:41:28.760 something if you disagree with these things if you don't like things if you 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:33.530 don't fully approve of these things in your heart you're just wrong you're just 00:41:33.530 --> 00:41:38.900 wrong you're someone that does not approve of excellent things you need to 00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:43.570 approve of excellent things how about this number two you need to approve of 00:41:43.570 --> 00:41:48.890 soul winning you need to approve of so many people today that are Christians 00:41:48.890 --> 00:41:53.830 disapprove of door-to-door confrontational soul winning many 00:41:53.830 --> 00:41:57.710 Christians today who are saved will tell you that method of soul winning doesn't 00:41:57.710 --> 00:42:01.680 work oh you know you don't want to shove the Bible down someone's throat you 00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:05.130 really what you really got to do is you got to build a relationship with them you 00:42:05.130 --> 00:42:09.340 got to show them the light of Christ you have to be nice to them you have to buy 00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:14.070 them a soda at the workplace you have to plant a garden for them and over a 00:42:14.070 --> 00:42:17.570 period of years you know the third Thanksgiving when they come over you 00:42:17.570 --> 00:42:21.580 can mention the name of Jesus and be like how'd they react to that that's 00:42:21.580 --> 00:42:24.980 stupid folks but let me tell you lifestyle evangelism is what a lot of 00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:29.520 people believe in a lot of people today do not approve of biblical soul winning 00:42:29.520 --> 00:42:33.780 they believe in lifestyle evangelism I can't even count how many people in my 00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:39.270 life have told me well I just think that if I'm at the grocery store and I'm 00:42:39.270 --> 00:42:42.720 just happy and cheerful and nice people are just gonna see something different 00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:46.120 in me and just want to know what's different about me no no one is 00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:50.490 watching you no one cares about you all right no one cares I mean when I go to 00:42:50.490 --> 00:42:53.510 the grocery store I'm not looking at anyone or deal I'm just like calling my 00:42:53.510 --> 00:42:56.620 wife a thousand times where's this in the aisle where's this in the aisle you 00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:59.480 know when she silences her phone when I'm at the grocery store I'll be angry 00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:02.700 because she's gonna have 30 missed calls all right that's what I'm worried about 00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:06.120 at the grocery store not saying oh look at this angelic lights on this person 00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:11.770 walking around no that's not how people get saved folks Proverbs 11 verse 30 00:43:11.770 --> 00:43:17.520 the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and he that winneth souls is wise 00:43:17.520 --> 00:43:24.250 hey someone that does not win souls is a fool and notice who is doing the soul 00:43:24.250 --> 00:43:28.830 winning it's a person he that win its souls I know what people love to get 00:43:28.830 --> 00:43:33.260 real spiritual and say like you know only God saves the soul and it's like no 00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:37.150 one is arguing that we're paying for someone's sins that we're providing 00:43:37.150 --> 00:43:41.710 salvation but the Bible says he that winneth souls is wise you can win a 00:43:41.710 --> 00:43:47.410 soul Paul said I've become all things to all men that I might by all means save 00:43:47.410 --> 00:43:51.800 some Paul say hey of some have compassion making a difference others 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:56.370 save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by 00:43:56.370 --> 00:44:00.720 the flesh no no we can save people we can show someone the gospel go to mark 00:44:00.720 --> 00:44:09.770 chapter 16 mark chapter number 16 let's see what Jesus has to say let's approve 00:44:09.770 --> 00:44:17.610 of excellent things what does Jesus say mark chapter 16 verse 15 mark 16 verse 00:44:17.610 --> 00:44:26.450 15 and he said unto them go ye into all the world and what preach the gospel to 00:44:26.450 --> 00:44:32.710 every creature look any method of evangelism that does not involve preaching 00:44:32.710 --> 00:44:38.630 is garbage and unbiblical and you know what I approve of zero methods of soul 00:44:38.630 --> 00:44:43.900 winning that don't have preaching involved Jesus said hey preach the 00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:50.390 gospel he doesn't say live the gospel he doesn't say exude the gospel show the 00:44:50.390 --> 00:44:55.720 gospel by your your nice lifestyle no he says to preach it now a few weeks ago I 00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:59.610 warned you about this false prophet Stacey shiflett and he posted this 00:44:59.610 --> 00:45:03.440 article by David cloud that was attacking confrontational soul winning 00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:07.500 door-to-door soul winning and shiflett got up and he said you know for the 00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:12.700 record I am totally a hundred percent against this quick prayer ism method of 00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:16.810 soul winning and of course we're not doing a quick prayer ism but they're 00:45:16.810 --> 00:45:21.280 just attacking and straw manning what it is that we do to try to deceive their 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:26.150 listeners he calls it quick prayer ism he's attacking pastor Jack Hiles and 00:45:26.150 --> 00:45:29.540 those that do soul winning like we do now I want to give you another quote 00:45:29.540 --> 00:45:35.210 from this so he says quick prayer ism focuses on a ticket to heaven and then 00:45:35.210 --> 00:45:39.030 he's quoting saying like this is what these people do hey are you 100% sure 00:45:39.030 --> 00:45:42.540 you will go to heaven when you die if I can tell you how to be a hundred percent 00:45:42.540 --> 00:45:45.560 sure that you will go to heaven when you die would you be interested in doing 00:45:45.560 --> 00:45:50.370 that that that's really upsetting to David Cloud and to Stacey Shiflett that 00:45:50.370 --> 00:45:53.250 someone would walk up to someone and say hey are you a hundred percent sure that 00:45:53.250 --> 00:45:57.750 you're going to heaven what's wrong with that am I again what's more effective 00:45:57.750 --> 00:46:01.620 what do you think is more effective at getting someone saved me having a good 00:46:01.620 --> 00:46:04.950 attitude at a grocery store which will be nearly impossible to be honest with 00:46:04.950 --> 00:46:09.560 you or me walking up to someone and asking them if they're going to heaven 00:46:09.560 --> 00:46:14.290 I mean just use your brain for two seconds here and listen to what Jesus 00:46:14.290 --> 00:46:18.470 said go into all the world and what preach the gospel to every creature then 00:46:18.470 --> 00:46:22.540 this is what cloud says he says the saved person does go to heaven when he 00:46:22.540 --> 00:46:29.240 dies but this approach is never seen in Scripture that is the claim that David 00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:34.400 cloud is making is that this direct confrontational approach is never seen 00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:38.260 in Scripture let me tell you something about David cloud and Stacey shiflett is 00:46:38.260 --> 00:46:41.790 that they are men that do not approve of excellent things because I'm just gonna 00:46:41.790 --> 00:46:45.550 show you from the Bible that the Bible does have this method of soul winning 00:46:45.550 --> 00:46:49.450 now go to Acts chapter 5 and I'm just gonna rapid-fire several verses for you 00:46:49.450 --> 00:46:56.590 Matthew 423 and Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and 00:46:56.590 --> 00:47:01.810 preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sicknesses and all 00:47:01.810 --> 00:47:06.280 manner of diseases among the people Jesus going around all Galilee preaching 00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:11.830 the gospel Matthew 935 and Jesus went about all the cities and villages 00:47:11.830 --> 00:47:15.940 teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and 00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:19.410 healing every sickness and every disease among the people what is he 00:47:19.410 --> 00:47:24.340 doing he's going around all the cities all the villages and he's preaching the 00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:29.450 gospel Matthew 11 5 the blind received their sight in the lame walk the 00:47:29.450 --> 00:47:34.140 lepers are cleansed and the deaf here the dead are raised up and the poor have 00:47:34.140 --> 00:47:40.660 the gospel preached unto them oh this is not found in the Bible nowhere in the 00:47:40.660 --> 00:47:46.680 Bible do you see this mark 114 now after that John was put in prison Jesus came 00:47:46.680 --> 00:47:52.260 into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom you see what happens when you 00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:56.470 don't read the Bible you're just wrong oh I just have a different opinion about 00:47:56.470 --> 00:48:01.210 evangelism no no no you're just wrong that's the fact you're wrong no no this 00:48:01.210 --> 00:48:05.170 is how you get someone safe you preach the gospel this is the Great Commission 00:48:05.170 --> 00:48:09.090 preach the gospel to every creature oh but you can't show me in the Bible 00:48:09.090 --> 00:48:14.250 Jesus is going everywhere preaching the gospel how stupid of a doctrine is this 00:48:14.250 --> 00:48:18.730 saying oh it's not that's not found in the Bible I told you go to Acts 5 you say 00:48:18.730 --> 00:48:22.510 well hold on but I mean surely they're not going to like every house like we do 00:48:22.510 --> 00:48:27.540 right okay let's look at Acts chapter 5 verse 42 and daily in the temple and in 00:48:27.540 --> 00:48:33.640 every house they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ you see what a 00:48:33.640 --> 00:48:37.430 stupid fool you look like when you don't read the Bible you get up and you write 00:48:37.430 --> 00:48:41.940 your stupid demonic article you know attacking soul winning but let me tell 00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:46.310 you David Cloud is just a retard and so is Stacey Shifflett these guys are 00:48:46.310 --> 00:48:50.180 wicked these guys are evil and these guys do not approve of excellent things 00:48:50.180 --> 00:48:53.430 because here's the excellent things that God has written to us preach preach 00:48:53.430 --> 00:48:57.700 preach preach preach you see that everywhere in all the villages in all 00:48:57.700 --> 00:49:01.530 the cities in every house hey there's our map of Oklahoma we're trying to 00:49:01.530 --> 00:49:05.620 preach in every city we're trying to put a pin in every city right hey we're 00:49:05.620 --> 00:49:08.930 trying to hit every door in Oklahoma City hey we're gonna try to evangelize 00:49:08.930 --> 00:49:12.210 the world there's the world map why because that's what the Bible actually 00:49:12.210 --> 00:49:16.990 emphasizes go into all the world and preach the gospel go to Romans chapter 00:49:16.990 --> 00:49:24.010 number 10 Romans chapter number 10 lifestyle evangelism is a lie if you 00:49:24.010 --> 00:49:27.110 believe it you don't just have a different opinion a different method of 00:49:27.110 --> 00:49:31.140 soul winning you are just wrong and you know what you need to submit to the word 00:49:31.140 --> 00:49:35.170 of God you need and how about this you need to apply the word of God and 00:49:35.170 --> 00:49:38.660 actually go soul winning not just believe like hey soul winning works okay 00:49:38.660 --> 00:49:42.950 well you have knowledge but he that winneth souls is wise knowledge is 00:49:42.950 --> 00:49:46.700 knowing soul winning works wisdom is going out and preaching the gospel and 00:49:46.700 --> 00:49:53.180 being a wise person Romans 10 14 how then shall they call on him in whom they 00:49:53.180 --> 00:49:57.510 have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not 00:49:57.510 --> 00:50:02.620 heard and how shall they hear without seeing you in the cereal aisle being a 00:50:02.620 --> 00:50:07.620 night oh sorry and how shall they hear without a preacher and how shall they 00:50:07.620 --> 00:50:11.140 preach except they be sent as it is written how beautiful are the feet of 00:50:11.140 --> 00:50:15.520 them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things but 00:50:15.520 --> 00:50:19.020 they've not all obeyed the gospel for Isaiah said Lord who hath believed our 00:50:19.020 --> 00:50:24.960 report so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God hey 00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:29.270 here's an excellent thing preaching the gospel to the lost getting people saved 00:50:29.270 --> 00:50:34.450 it's done by preaching the gospel you disagree that you're just wrong so 00:50:34.450 --> 00:50:37.050 number one to approve of excellent things you need to read the Bible number 00:50:37.050 --> 00:50:40.690 two you need to approve of soul winning number three you need to approve of God's 00:50:40.690 --> 00:50:44.740 commandments you need to approve of God's commandments many Christians are 00:50:44.740 --> 00:50:48.570 saved today and they disapprove of soul winning they say I don't think that 00:50:48.570 --> 00:50:52.500 works I don't think that's effective many Christians are saved today and they 00:50:52.500 --> 00:50:56.670 don't approve of hard preaching from God's commandments they say the Holy 00:50:56.670 --> 00:51:01.310 Spirit hasn't convicted me of that yet oh that's just your interpretation right 00:51:01.310 --> 00:51:04.810 and they'll say you know well I just think well I just feel hey you know we 00:51:04.810 --> 00:51:09.170 need to approve of God's commandments and if God says something in his word I 00:51:09.170 --> 00:51:12.760 want to say wholeheartedly I love that commandment I agree with that 00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:16.190 commandment I like God's word not sitting here being someone who doesn't 00:51:16.190 --> 00:51:20.570 even approve of the Bible go if you would to James chapter number one James 00:51:20.570 --> 00:51:37.100 chapter number one James chapter number one who says in James 1 verse 27 it says 00:51:37.100 --> 00:51:45.100 this pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this to visit the fatherless 00:51:45.100 --> 00:51:51.780 and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 00:51:51.780 --> 00:51:58.780 You know what God's desire for us is to be is to be holy is to be separated is to be 00:51:58.780 --> 00:52:01.060 living a clean life. 00:52:01.060 --> 00:52:08.750 You know we need to revive Holiness and separation again in Christianity we need to revive religion 00:52:08.750 --> 00:52:09.970 in Christianity. 00:52:09.970 --> 00:52:16.730 Let me tell you what Christianity is not a relationship it is a religion it is a religion. 00:52:16.730 --> 00:52:20.220 You know when someone gets up and says hey it's a relationship it's not a religion here's 00:52:20.220 --> 00:52:23.560 what they're saying I don't like soul winning I'm not going to visit the fatherless and 00:52:23.560 --> 00:52:27.960 the widows in their affliction and I don't want to keep myself unspotted from the world 00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:32.120 but you know what is pure religion visiting the fatherless and widows and keeping himself 00:52:32.120 --> 00:52:38.380 unspotted from the world I have no interest in joining some sort of liberal watered down 00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:44.510 new evangelical type church type movement where we just constantly downplay God's commandments 00:52:44.510 --> 00:52:49.760 where we kind of we constantly just approve of everything that the Bible disapproves of 00:52:49.760 --> 00:52:53.600 we're just everyone's living worldly everyone's living a wicked life everyone's just super 00:52:53.600 --> 00:52:58.070 loose and relaxed on their standards hey I want to keep myself unspotted from the world 00:52:58.070 --> 00:53:05.070 I want to approve of pure religion go to second Corinthians or actually go to Ephesians 5 00:53:05.070 --> 00:53:09.660 second Corinthians 6 verse 17 says this wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate 00:53:09.660 --> 00:53:15.050 saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you hey God wants us to 00:53:15.050 --> 00:53:20.650 be separate he wants us to be living different than the world how do we do that we do that 00:53:20.650 --> 00:53:25.560 by keeping his commandments and the Bible says what his commandments are not grievous 00:53:25.560 --> 00:53:31.640 we need to revive a mindset in Christianity today where we actually have respect under 00:53:31.640 --> 00:53:36.010 God's commandments where we actually approve of God's commandments where we like God's 00:53:36.010 --> 00:53:39.400 commandments how about this there's many things today worldly Christians disapprove 00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:43.910 of today that the Bible very specifically condemns here's a big one how about drugs 00:53:43.910 --> 00:53:49.100 and alcohol drugs and alcohol there's a lot of churches today where the pastor will get 00:53:49.100 --> 00:53:55.260 up and he will completely approve of you drinking socially having a few drinks on the weekends 00:53:55.260 --> 00:53:59.010 with the boys having a glass of wine with dinner let me tell you something he does not 00:53:59.010 --> 00:54:06.840 approve of excellent things look at Ephesians 5 verse 17 wherefore be ye not unwise but 00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:12.260 understand what the will of the Lord is you know you don't have to guess or hope or wonder 00:54:12.260 --> 00:54:16.950 what God's will is for your life so many people today are sitting here saying I just want 00:54:16.950 --> 00:54:22.250 to know God's will for my life I'm just praying for God's will it's right in the Bible just 00:54:22.250 --> 00:54:26.900 read the Bible don't be unwise understand what the will of the Lord is what is that 00:54:26.900 --> 00:54:34.770 verse 18 and be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit speaking 00:54:34.770 --> 00:54:39.570 to yourselves in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody in your heart 00:54:39.570 --> 00:54:44.460 to the Lord look it's just time for you in your life to come to the point where you say 00:54:44.460 --> 00:54:49.650 hey I'm just gonna throw this booze I'm gonna throw these drugs in the trash because I don't 00:54:49.650 --> 00:54:54.030 want to be unwise I want to understand what the will of the Lord is you know the Bible 00:54:54.030 --> 00:55:00.630 says be not drunk with wine be not drunk with wine and a lot of people lie to you and say 00:55:00.630 --> 00:55:04.480 oh I'm not gonna get drunk I'm just gonna have a few drinks I'm not gonna get drunk 00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:08.790 I'm just gonna be a social drinker these people are deceiving themselves people who drink 00:55:08.790 --> 00:55:14.130 alcohol get drunk folks and maybe there's a unicorn out there you know a one in a million 00:55:14.130 --> 00:55:18.520 unicorn but you know what the exception proves the rule and people drink alcohol for one 00:55:18.520 --> 00:55:23.040 reason it's to feel that inebriation to feel that intoxication people are not drinking 00:55:23.040 --> 00:55:27.550 alcohol because they like the taste that's not happening folks people are drinking alcohol 00:55:27.550 --> 00:55:32.460 to get drunk people are doing drugs to get high you know what Oklahoma needs to do is 00:55:32.460 --> 00:55:37.570 throw the stupid marijuana in the trash you know I'm out soul winning yesterday amongst 00:55:37.570 --> 00:55:43.810 this most ghetto derelict apartment windows bashed out everywhere trash everywhere people 00:55:43.810 --> 00:55:48.140 that can't even keep their pants up walking by a bunch of losers and do nothings I don't 00:55:48.140 --> 00:55:53.500 care who this offends you know what I see all over the ground packets of marijuana because 00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:57.540 these people are unwise and you know what apparently no one's loved them enough to 00:55:57.540 --> 00:56:03.030 scream at them to stop being a loser to stop being an idiot and to throw your stupid alcohol 00:56:03.030 --> 00:56:07.250 away and to throw your stupid marijuana away you know I've never seen a single person in 00:56:07.250 --> 00:56:12.940 my life who smokes marijuana that I thought that's a smart person that's a cool person 00:56:12.940 --> 00:56:17.070 that person has their life together every single person you ever see who smokes marijuana 00:56:17.070 --> 00:56:21.280 you're like this guy's probably a flat earther this guy can't even string a sentence together 00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:24.950 this guy can't even walk in a straight line this guy's probably even never read a book 00:56:24.950 --> 00:56:31.350 in his life this guy's an idiot you know you don't see pot smokers working on the uh the 00:56:31.350 --> 00:56:35.730 space program all right you know you see mishawn over there working on it all right she's not 00:56:35.730 --> 00:56:39.260 a pot smoker that's why she could work on it but you know what these people are doing 00:56:39.260 --> 00:56:44.640 nothing with their lives they're wasting their lives they're not producing anything of value 00:56:44.640 --> 00:56:49.560 they're destroying their brain they're destroying their body they're not reading the bible 00:56:49.560 --> 00:56:54.290 and growing spiritually because they're drunk with wine and you know what the bible says 00:56:54.290 --> 00:56:59.990 if you're deceived by wine you are a fool and we need to get back to a place in christianity 00:56:59.990 --> 00:57:04.480 where we approve of excellent things that we say hey the bible teaches abstinence from 00:57:04.480 --> 00:57:09.650 alcohol and you know what i love that it teaches that i approve that it teaches that i'm not 00:57:09.650 --> 00:57:13.230 ashamed that it teaches that you know the bible says look not on the wine when it is 00:57:13.230 --> 00:57:17.980 red when it gives its color in the cup when it moves itself all right the bible says not 00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:23.660 even to look at that type of alcohol how much more to not drink it it's ridiculous today 00:57:23.660 --> 00:57:27.870 that pastors are teaching this go if you would to first corinthians six first corinthians 00:57:27.870 --> 00:57:33.930 six and i just want you to i want you to just get this mindset where the bible is not up 00:57:33.930 --> 00:57:39.990 for debate god's commandments are not up for debate the bible just says what it says the 00:57:39.990 --> 00:57:44.330 scripture is of no private interpretation and you know what if the bible says not to 00:57:44.330 --> 00:57:48.820 look on the wine it says not to look on the wine and you know what anyone that goes around 00:57:48.820 --> 00:57:52.190 teaching it's okay to drink alcohol i don't want you to think well he's got just a different 00:57:52.190 --> 00:57:58.750 opinion i want you to think this guy's wrong this guy does not approve of excellent things 00:57:58.750 --> 00:58:05.570 look at first grant the in six verse 18 how about purity the bible says flee fornication 00:58:05.570 --> 00:58:11.010 every sin that a man do it is without the body but he that committed fornication sinneth 00:58:11.010 --> 00:58:16.040 against his own body what know you not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost 00:58:16.040 --> 00:58:20.730 which is in you which ye have of god and ye are not your own for ye are bought with 00:58:20.730 --> 00:58:27.560 a price therefore glorify god in your body and in your spirit which are gods hey the 00:58:27.560 --> 00:58:34.410 bible teaches us to flee fornication to get far away from it to run from it in the opposite 00:58:34.410 --> 00:58:38.210 direction and you say oh god just doesn't want us to enjoy life he doesn't want us to 00:58:38.210 --> 00:58:43.850 have fun no no let every man have his own wife let every wife have her own husband the 00:58:43.850 --> 00:58:50.280 Hey defraud you not one the other except to be with consent for a time, right? Hey be thou always ravished with her 00:58:50.280 --> 00:58:55.450 Love the Bible says let her breast satisfy thee at all times drink waters out of thine own cisterns 00:58:55.450 --> 00:59:00.410 It's not that God doesn't want you to enjoy life or enjoy that area of life. But you know what fornication? 00:59:00.410 --> 00:59:08.360 It's not just well, we love each other. Well, it's just a mutual consensual loving relationship of adults that are at age 00:59:08.360 --> 00:59:13.010 No, that's not what it is. It's called whoredom. That's what it is. It's wicked. It's fornication 00:59:13.180 --> 00:59:18.700 it'll get you kicked out of this church if you're a fornicator because you know what we need to make sin exceeding sinful again and 00:59:18.700 --> 00:59:24.190 Sit here and approve of excellent things which is being pure until you get married and you know 00:59:24.190 --> 00:59:30.840 What when you get married staying with your spouse and if you go outside of the realms of your marriage, it's not an affair 00:59:30.840 --> 00:59:38.240 It's adultery. And if you sleep with a married woman, it's a capital crime and you should have a bullet put in your head 00:59:38.240 --> 00:59:42.310 That's what the Bible teaches and not get up here and act and you know 00:59:43.160 --> 00:59:49.640 Minimize sin de-emphasize sin. Oh, what people say, but I just think God wants me to be happy 00:59:49.640 --> 00:59:55.760 That's what people do instead of you know saying well, the Bible says this they just come up. Well, I just think well 00:59:55.760 --> 01:00:02.220 I just feel okay. Well, you just don't approve of excellent things because the Bible says flee fornication 01:00:02.220 --> 01:00:07.110 Well, I just think we should see if we're compatible before marriage. Shut up. No one cares what you think 01:00:07.110 --> 01:00:13.110 You're an idiot your your mind your mind is is unregenerate. Your mind is not God's Word 01:00:13.110 --> 01:00:17.940 You need to submit yourself to God's Word. I just think I just feel who cares what you think 01:00:17.940 --> 01:00:21.490 Why don't you approve of something? That's excellent. Go to Romans 7, you know, how about divorce? 01:00:21.490 --> 01:00:27.200 Well, I just think God wants me to be happy. Well, I just think that there's someone else out there for me 01:00:27.200 --> 01:00:32.520 Well, I just feel like I shouldn't have to put up with this marriage anymore. Hey, you know what you are. You're just wrong 01:00:32.520 --> 01:00:38.080 Oh, I just have a different opinion on divorce and remarriage. I just I just see things a little differently 01:00:38.080 --> 01:00:43.180 You're just wrong and you need to submit yourself to what the Bible says because here's what Romans 7 verse 1 says 01:00:43.180 --> 01:00:49.950 no, you're not brethren for I speak to them that know the law how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as 01:00:49.950 --> 01:00:56.520 He liveth for the woman which hath and husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth 01:00:56.520 --> 01:01:00.850 But if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband 01:01:00.850 --> 01:01:08.030 So then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man. She shall be called an adulteress 01:01:08.030 --> 01:01:13.770 But if her husband be dead, she is free from that law so that she is no adulterous 01:01:14.100 --> 01:01:16.390 Though she'd be married to another man 01:01:16.390 --> 01:01:23.390 Look if you get divorced if a woman leaves her husband and then goes and marries another man 01:01:23.390 --> 01:01:28.590 That's not some godly marriage. That's not some sweet relationship. That's not an affair 01:01:28.590 --> 01:01:35.310 That's not something that God approves of that is adultery and you know what you're not just oh, I just have an opinion 01:01:35.310 --> 01:01:37.880 I have a different idea. No, you are an adulteress is what you are 01:01:37.880 --> 01:01:39.690 You are an adulteress 01:01:39.690 --> 01:01:45.470 You know what if someone is divorced from their spouse and their spouse is still alive. Here's what the Bible says 01:01:45.470 --> 01:01:50.040 You can do remain unmarried until you die or go back to your spouse 01:01:50.040 --> 01:01:53.890 And if the spouse dies, then you're free to remarry the Bible says 01:01:53.890 --> 01:01:57.260 But you know what people need to do today if you're divorced you need to go back to your spouse 01:01:57.260 --> 01:02:02.910 You left your husband you need to go back to your husband and stop here 01:02:02.910 --> 01:02:08.240 You know flirting with the world trying to find what else is out there. No, no, no listen to what the Bible says 01:02:08.240 --> 01:02:13.870 Why don't you be a person that for once in your life just approves of excellent things and okay 01:02:13.870 --> 01:02:19.500 You messed up in the past you already sinned leaving your husband was already a bad idea, but let's not make things worse 01:02:19.500 --> 01:02:25.810 Let's not compound your sin with another sin of getting remarried go back to your husband same thing for guys 01:02:25.810 --> 01:02:30.690 You left your wife you abandoned your wife. That was crappy. That was wicked. That was evil 01:02:30.690 --> 01:02:35.930 But you know what don't go find another woman. Don't go get married to some younger model go back to your wife 01:02:36.910 --> 01:02:43.970 Reconcile in your marriage. Let's approve of that go to Deuteronomy 22 Deuteronomy chapter number 22 01:02:43.970 --> 01:02:51.520 It's crazy today. How many Christians will approve of wicked things? They'll disapprove of excellent things 01:02:51.520 --> 01:02:59.480 They won't be approving excellent things the pastor will get up and he'll officiate a marriage of divorced people marrying other people. He's literally 01:02:59.480 --> 01:03:02.220 officiating an adulterous marriage 01:03:02.220 --> 01:03:08.950 How crazy is that today? I would never officiate a marriage where one party is divorced and getting remarried 01:03:08.950 --> 01:03:10.910 I would never even attend a wedding 01:03:10.910 --> 01:03:14.340 You know if I had a family member that wanted to do that look I love that person 01:03:14.340 --> 01:03:16.520 But I will never attend a wedding doing that because it's wicked 01:03:16.520 --> 01:03:22.910 It's wrong and you know we need to love people enough to say that how about dress standards boy 01:03:22.910 --> 01:03:26.180 Don't people love to have their own opinions on this right well 01:03:26.180 --> 01:03:30.430 I just feel well. I just think well. I don't want to look like this who cares what you think 01:03:30.430 --> 01:03:37.360 What does the Bible say look at Deuteronomy 22 verse 5 the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man 01:03:37.520 --> 01:03:42.090 Neither shall a man put on a woman's garment for all that do so are 01:03:42.090 --> 01:03:48.900 Abomination unto the Lord thy God now because we live in such a weird wicked society that is just 01:03:48.900 --> 01:03:51.500 normalized sin that is just 01:03:51.500 --> 01:03:58.270 Desensitized us to sin brainwashed us into just accepting sin many people today have no issue 01:03:58.270 --> 01:04:01.170 Seeing a woman walking around just wearing pants 01:04:01.170 --> 01:04:07.170 But you know what that is that is a woman wearing that which pertaineth unto a man the Bible says that is an abomination 01:04:07.600 --> 01:04:14.170 Now thank God we live in a society where if we saw a man wearing a dress our stomachs would flip, right? 01:04:14.170 --> 01:04:17.790 We would freak out seeing something like that. We would say that's gross. That's wicked 01:04:17.790 --> 01:04:22.120 That's an abomination and it is but you know what? It's an abomination for women to be wearing pants, too 01:04:22.120 --> 01:04:26.170 That's just the reality you say is that your opinion? No, that's just what the Bible says 01:04:26.170 --> 01:04:28.900 That's God's opinion. And what do we need to do? 01:04:28.900 --> 01:04:35.760 We need to approve of excellent things and look this could be one that's harder for people to do and I understand 01:04:35.840 --> 01:04:41.400 You know practically speaking why that is it's because we live in a society that from your birth ladies 01:04:41.400 --> 01:04:44.610 You probably have been wearing pants unless you grew up as a fundamental Baptist or something 01:04:44.610 --> 01:04:48.060 If you were just in the world if you just had a family that wasn't religious 01:04:48.060 --> 01:04:53.960 You probably just grew up wearing pants and that's just normal to you, but you should not sit here and think oh 01:04:53.960 --> 01:04:59.370 What other people think what's my opinion? What's normal in society? You should ask yourself 01:04:59.370 --> 01:05:04.580 What does the Bible say and if and if you submit to me, I don't think that's talking about pants 01:05:04.580 --> 01:05:08.050 I'm all ears. Please tell me what the garment is that pertains unto a man 01:05:08.050 --> 01:05:13.680 I don't see how it's anything else other than pants and you know what all of human history agrees with me since until recently 01:05:13.680 --> 01:05:18.690 It was literally illegal for women to wear pants in this country in the United States of America 01:05:18.690 --> 01:05:24.010 It used to be illegal for women to wear pants you used to I mean think about this ladies 01:05:24.010 --> 01:05:29.520 If you wore pants out in public a police officer would physically grab you and take you to jail 01:05:29.520 --> 01:05:33.980 That's what would have happened because that we had a country that used to respect God's Word 01:05:33.980 --> 01:05:42.060 We had a country that used to approve of excellent things. All right, go to first Timothy chapter number two first Timothy chapter number two 01:05:42.060 --> 01:05:55.450 Notice what it says in like manner also first Timothy 2 verse 9 in like manner also that women adorn themselves in what modest apparel 01:05:55.450 --> 01:06:01.140 With shame facelessness and sobriety not with broidered hair or gold or pearls or costly array 01:06:01.140 --> 01:06:05.100 But which would become if women professing godliness with good works 01:06:05.100 --> 01:06:09.150 Hey, you know what the Bible says ladies is to adorn yourself in modest apparel 01:06:09.150 --> 01:06:12.890 And you know what if you you should approve of that you should say yeah 01:06:12.890 --> 01:06:17.850 I like God's commandment to be modest because you know what a lot of ladies do a lot of ladies 01:06:17.850 --> 01:06:23.310 Unfortunately are being forced to dress modestly by their husband or by their father 01:06:23.310 --> 01:06:27.720 But you know what you should get to a point in your life where you say I actually want to please God 01:06:27.720 --> 01:06:31.610 I actually want to hear God's commandments and God says I should be modest 01:06:31.610 --> 01:06:37.170 You know what I actually want to please my father in heaven by doing that because I love God and I love his commandments 01:06:37.170 --> 01:06:43.250 You know, I approve of God's commandments instead of how many girls in church do it today is they'll show up in church 01:06:43.250 --> 01:06:49.060 Kind of wearing a garment that pertains unto a woman, but it's the shortest thing possible. It's the tightest thing possible 01:06:49.060 --> 01:06:54.330 You know, they're they're kind of keeping God's commandments, but you can tell they don't want to they're gonna push it as close to the line 01:06:54.330 --> 01:07:00.900 As they can and then outside of church watch out. It's the short shorts. It's the super immodest clothing 01:07:00.900 --> 01:07:06.630 You know, it's the what it was the leggings and all that kind of stuff wearing your underwear outside wearing the bikini 01:07:07.360 --> 01:07:11.330 At the beach. Look, let me tell you something wearing the bikini at the beach 01:07:11.330 --> 01:07:15.310 It's not oh, I just I just have a difference of opinion of modest apparel 01:07:15.310 --> 01:07:19.490 No, you're just dressing like a whore is what you're doing. You look like a whore is what you are 01:07:19.490 --> 01:07:23.340 You know, the Bible says that there's the attire of an harlot, but I'm telling you right now 01:07:23.340 --> 01:07:30.380 You better believe it that there are probably people maybe even in this room that would have no problem wearing a bikini out at the beach 01:07:30.380 --> 01:07:32.470 Let me tell you if you feel that in your heart if you're like, hey 01:07:32.470 --> 01:07:38.400 I would I would have no issue doing that you need to change you need to approve of excellent things and not sit here 01:07:38.400 --> 01:07:42.400 And despise God's Word have negative feelings towards his commandments 01:07:42.400 --> 01:07:45.920 No, no, no, you need to approve of excellent things and say hey God says to be modest 01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:52.310 I want to be modest. I actually want to be modest go to Leviticus 19 Leviticus chapter number 19 01:07:52.310 --> 01:08:01.350 Here's something a lot of Christians have oh just a difference of opinion on when it comes to God's commandments. How about tattoos? 01:08:01.350 --> 01:08:08.310 I mean folks there are literally Christian tattoo businesses talk about an oxymoron 01:08:08.780 --> 01:08:13.280 It's like are there Christian escort businesses - is there a Christian bar? 01:08:13.280 --> 01:08:19.530 What are you talking about a Christian tattoo parlor look what it says in Leviticus 19 verse 28 01:08:19.530 --> 01:08:26.590 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print any marks upon you 01:08:26.590 --> 01:08:32.470 I am the Lord hey don't get a tattoo. Oh, but it's a Christian tattoo 01:08:32.470 --> 01:08:35.810 It has a Bible verse on it like that makes it worse 01:08:35.810 --> 01:08:41.000 I don't know if you realize that that makes it actually worse because it's kind of like you're just spitting in the face of God 01:08:41.000 --> 01:08:46.700 You know like I would have more respect for someone who was like unsaved backslid and whirly they got some stupid 01:08:46.700 --> 01:08:50.160 You know military tattoo or something like that then to be like, oh, you know 01:08:50.160 --> 01:08:55.620 Let's put a Bible verse on my body when the Bible says not to that's crazy folks 01:08:55.620 --> 01:09:00.290 And look, this is one of those sins where if you committed it in times past, you know 01:09:00.290 --> 01:09:02.990 Some men sins are open beforehand going before to judgment 01:09:02.990 --> 01:09:07.340 It's one of those things where it's like hey, it's gonna be visible you did it don't do it again 01:09:07.490 --> 01:09:15.090 But here's the thing don't approve of it. Don't sit here and justify yourself. Don't try to say like well, you know 01:09:15.090 --> 01:09:17.840 It's not that bad. It's not that big of a deal. You know what if you have a tattoo 01:09:17.840 --> 01:09:21.570 I'm I hope I'm not trying to make you feel bad now because it's something in the past 01:09:21.570 --> 01:09:25.070 I don't think you should walk every day and shame and just hate yourself or something like that 01:09:25.070 --> 01:09:27.410 But if someone asks you about you should be like, hey that was dumb 01:09:27.410 --> 01:09:31.490 I shouldn't have done that and you know what you you don't do that young person, you know 01:09:31.490 --> 01:09:33.820 Hey, if mom or dad did that kids, you know what? 01:09:33.820 --> 01:09:36.650 No one's perfect and you realize hey mom and dad made a mistake there 01:09:36.650 --> 01:09:43.890 Don't go down that same road because it's wrong. Don't make any marks upon you go to Psalm 149 Psalm 149 01:09:43.890 --> 01:09:45.940 I'm just trying to show you man 01:09:45.940 --> 01:09:51.690 We just need to approve of things that are excellent and I just am so sick and tired of Christians today 01:09:51.690 --> 01:09:57.380 Judging God's Word debating against God's Word arguing against God's Word 01:09:57.380 --> 01:10:00.140 I would have more respect for someone who just says like yeah 01:10:00.140 --> 01:10:04.920 That's what the Bible says and I'm just wicked and backslidden than people trying to act like the Bible doesn't say what it does 01:10:04.920 --> 01:10:09.510 Say, all right. Look at Psalm 149. How about this singing praises to God? 01:10:09.510 --> 01:10:14.200 Singing praises to God. This is one of those things that you kind of hear people say like well 01:10:14.200 --> 01:10:19.390 You know, I just I just don't have a good voice. Well, I'm just kind of shy. I just I'm really not into singing 01:10:19.390 --> 01:10:21.570 It's like that's not just a difference of opinion 01:10:21.570 --> 01:10:27.360 You're just wrong because look what the Bible says in Psalm 149 verse 1 praise ye the Lord 01:10:27.360 --> 01:10:34.730 That's a commandment sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise notice in the congregation of Saints 01:10:34.730 --> 01:10:40.200 It is a command of God to sing out and if you don't sing out, it's not like well 01:10:40.200 --> 01:10:44.250 That's just my opinion. I'm just a little different. No, you're just wrong and you know what? 01:10:44.250 --> 01:10:50.510 You're just not approving of excellent things and hey the more people sing out and the more people sing out with their heart 01:10:50.510 --> 01:10:53.160 You know the the less we'll even be able to hear you if you're self-conscious 01:10:53.160 --> 01:10:56.180 You know, we need more people to sing out with all of their heart 01:10:56.180 --> 01:11:01.590 Approve of God's command to sing out because again God's Word is not up for debate folks 01:11:01.590 --> 01:11:10.050 He just says what he says go back to Philippians 1 Philippians chapter number one while you're turning there Psalm 119 verse 128 says this 01:11:10.050 --> 01:11:17.890 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I hate every false way 01:11:17.890 --> 01:11:20.690 You know, that's the type of person that I want to be 01:11:20.690 --> 01:11:25.370 Here's the thing God's Word is right whether you acknowledge it or not 01:11:25.370 --> 01:11:30.200 I mean people are foolish today acting like they could change the nature of God or change the nature of reality 01:11:30.200 --> 01:11:36.910 Whether a church wants to acknowledge it or not whether a Christian wants to acknowledge it or not. The Bible is always right 01:11:37.310 --> 01:11:42.520 But you know what? I want to be a person where I'm not kicking against the pricks or I'm not fighting the Bible 01:11:42.520 --> 01:11:47.280 I want to be a person where it's like hey, I approve of excellent things. I see something in God's Word 01:11:47.280 --> 01:11:52.100 I love it. I hear a hard sermon that offends everyone. Hey, if it was true, I love it 01:11:52.100 --> 01:11:57.450 I heard old IFB pastor this week say this he's like there's two types of people when they're driving home from church 01:11:57.450 --> 01:12:01.860 There's can you believe he said that? Can you believe the pastor would say something like that? 01:12:01.860 --> 01:12:04.500 I mean, who does that guy think he is to say something like that? 01:12:04.500 --> 01:12:12.060 And then there's the people that are like can you believe he said that we're coming back right? Yeah? Hey you get to choose 01:12:12.060 --> 01:12:15.150 Which one you want to be if you want to be an angry bitter? 01:12:15.150 --> 01:12:22.980 Person who's just you know front fronting against God's Word and you stiffen your neck against the hard preaching well 01:12:22.980 --> 01:12:30.640 Just enjoy feeling bad every church service because God's Word isn't gonna change and I told you on Wednesday. I'm done being mr. Nice pastor 01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:35.160 I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. Let me tell you a mistake. I've made in my first year of ministry 01:12:35.160 --> 01:12:40.480 I've been too nice. I'm just being honest with you and I'm done being nice made that very clear on Wednesday 01:12:40.480 --> 01:12:41.500 I will continue 01:12:41.500 --> 01:12:45.100 You know, I'm just gonna preach God's Word if you want to feel bad if you want to feel uncomfortable 01:12:45.100 --> 01:12:48.020 Well, then just keep disapproving of excellent things 01:12:48.020 --> 01:12:53.570 But you know what? I think is a much better idea is just approve of excellent things because then you won't feel offended 01:12:53.570 --> 01:12:57.600 You know women who don't dress like whores they don't feel offended when I preach against women dressing like whores 01:12:57.600 --> 01:13:03.840 You know when I preach against men being lazy bums that aren't providing, you know men who are providing don't feel bad 01:13:03.840 --> 01:13:08.630 You know people who go soul-winning they don't feel bad when I scream about how you need to go soul-winning people who read 01:13:08.630 --> 01:13:13.140 Their Bible they don't feel bad, right? Hey people who aren't gossips. They don't feel bad, right? 01:13:13.140 --> 01:13:18.230 You know stop if you want to stop feeling bad in church and stop feeling bad at the hard preaching 01:13:18.230 --> 01:13:23.380 Just a proof of excellent things look at Philippians 1, you know, I have the same exact prayer 01:13:23.380 --> 01:13:30.780 I have the same exact prayer that the Apostle Paul has he says this in verse 9 and this I pray that your love may 01:13:30.780 --> 01:13:35.000 Abound yet more and more in knowledge in all judgment 01:13:35.000 --> 01:13:39.020 That's my prayer for anchor Baptist Church. That's my prayer for all Christians 01:13:39.020 --> 01:13:44.770 That's why I do what I do is to try to edify God's people to try to build up God's people 01:13:44.770 --> 01:13:49.370 To try to show you what the Bible says that you could increase in love in knowledge and judgment 01:13:49.370 --> 01:13:57.640 Why that you may approve things that are excellent that you may be notice sincere and without offense to the day of Christ 01:13:57.640 --> 01:14:04.400 You know what a sincere Christian looks like a sincere person hears God's word and agrees with it. They hear a hard sermon 01:14:04.400 --> 01:14:09.110 That's biblical and they agree with it. Why because they actually have love knowledge and wisdom 01:14:09.110 --> 01:14:14.840 You know what an insincere Christian looks like one who always has bad takes one who's always on the wrong side of 01:14:14.840 --> 01:14:18.970 Controversy one who's not sticking with the Bible one who's not preaching the truth 01:14:18.970 --> 01:14:25.560 That is an insincere Christian and without offense till the day of Christ notice being filled with the fruits of righteousness 01:14:25.560 --> 01:14:31.500 Which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God. Look there's gonna be things in your life 01:14:31.500 --> 01:14:35.870 There's been things for me where maybe the first time you hear it your flesh doesn't necessarily love it 01:14:35.870 --> 01:14:41.580 Right, there's gonna be sometimes you hear something and in your flesh the way you were raised the philosophies 01:14:41.580 --> 01:14:44.600 You were brought up around you don't necessarily first agree with it 01:14:44.600 --> 01:14:50.080 But you know what when when you come to a point in your life where you feel that feeling you just need to ask yourself 01:14:50.080 --> 01:14:56.180 What does the Bible say not what do other people think not? What do I think? 01:14:56.180 --> 01:15:02.550 What does the Bible say? Hey, and then we could actually be someone that approves of excellent things. Let's pray Lord 01:15:02.550 --> 01:15:05.400 Thank you so much for your word. Thank you for your instruction God 01:15:05.400 --> 01:15:10.840 I pray that you just help us to be people that harken to your word that we would humble ourselves before your word 01:15:10.840 --> 01:15:15.710 That we would allow your word to correct us in any area of life whether that be our ideas 01:15:15.710 --> 01:15:22.170 Or our actions Lord help anchor Baptist Church to be a place where we not just tolerate the truth 01:15:22.170 --> 01:15:25.070 But we love the truth. We proclaim the truth 01:15:25.070 --> 01:15:29.960 We champion and cheer for the truth and approve of excellent things in Jesus name. We pray. Amen 01:15:29.960 --> 01:15:48.930 The last hymn this morning turn if you would to number 130 hymn number 01:15:48.930 --> 01:15:51.990 130 130 01:15:51.990 --> 01:16:09.430 Yesterday today forever 130. We'll sing there starting right on the first 01:18:29.320 --> 01:20:08.610 NEVER SAVE US, NEVER SAVE-