The verse of the week is Revelation 14 11, "And the smoke of their torment is set up
up forever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night to worship the beast and his
image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
It's a great verse there, our pastor is Pastor Aaron Thompson.
We had a great service this morning and I think we'll be a great one this evening too.
We also have a Bible study on Wednesdays at 6.30pm, and today we just got back from our soul
winning at 1pm, so we had two salvations, so praise God for that.
That makes it for the month, 11 salvations, and for the year, 149.
One more salvation will be 150, so praise God for that.
Last year we had 250 I believe, around there, so 100 more will reach last year's salvations.
So we're on a good track.
And we also have soul winning on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and in Tri-Cities on Saturdays
as well.
Pray for our church, pray for Victoria's recovery to go well, and for Miss Ashley and other
ladies that, about Dylan's wife, and even Pastor Thompson's wife, they have ladies as
well that are in labor, not in labor, but maybe, who knows.
Well, other ladies that are pregnant, just pray for God to bless them and help them through
that.
Tonight, we're going to have Brother Dylan Oz preach as well in the evening service,
and we all know about the Red Hot Preaching Conference, and then those that are memorizing
Romans 1, you have a few days, so we'll see if you guys can finish it, and if nobody memorizes
Romans 1, I'm not going to tell you what the gift is, but if somebody memorizes it, I'll
let you know, but I guess, yeah, no, it's okay.
I don't want to ruin the surprise, yeah.
It's not a huge surprise, but it's how it is, and everybody knows the rest of the information
down here, and money matters on the bottom of the bolt, and let's pray real quick for
the prayer requests.
Thank you, God, for our church, for all they've given us, God, and thank you for the two salvations
we had today.
I pray that you bless them, bless them that got saved, and help them, God, not only to
receive the free gift, but to work on their lives, help them to, God, to not only follow
you and try to serve you, but also help them to get baptized, and, God, if it's Your will,
help them to even come to our church and learn.
Thank you for everybody that's here and help us all to continue to learn from Your Word,
to grow spiritually.
I pray, God, that You bless Victoria, help her with recovery, and I pray, God, that You
bless all the ladies that are pregnant and are going to go on labor.
And I thank You, God, for everything You've given us.
I pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
Alright, right now we'll do a psalm.
You can open your Bible to Psalm 126.
Psalm 126.
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion,
We were like them that dreamed, And then was our mouth filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing, Then said they among the heathen,
The Lord hath done great things for them, The Lord hath done great things for us,
Whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O Lord,
As the streams in the south, They that sow in tears shall reap in joy,
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy, Then said they among the heathen,
The Lord of done great things for them, The Lord of done great things for us,
Whereof we are glad. He that goeth forth and weepeth,
Bearing precious seed, Shall doubtless come again,
Shall doubtless come again, With rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him,
Thence a day among the heathen, The Lord of done great things for them,
The Lord of done great things for us, Whereof we are glad.
Alright, great singing right now. We'll do tithes and offerings.
Brother Dane if you can pray for the tithes. Thank you so much to us, thank you very much.
Brother Sassidy, back to you. Pray, amen. If you would turn your Bibles to Numbers
chapter 16. Numbers chapter 16. Bible reads, "Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of
Kohath, the son of Levi and Dathan and Abram, the sons of Eliab and On, the son
of Pilath, sons of Reuben, took men. And they rose up before Moses, with certain
of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous
in the congregation, men of renown. And they gathered themselves together against
Moses, and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing
all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them.
Wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? And
Moses heard it, and when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face, and he spake unto
Korah, and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the Lord will show who are
his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him. Even him whom he
hath chosen will cause, will he cause, to come near unto him. This do take you
censors, Korah and all his company, and put fire therein, and put incense in
them before the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the Lord
doth choose, he shall be holy. You take too much upon you, you sons of Levi. And
Moses said unto Korah, Here I pray you, you sons of Levi, seemeth it but a small
thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the Congregation
of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of
the Lord, and to stand before the Congregation, to minister unto them. And he
hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee,
and seek ye the priesthood also, for which cause both thou and all thy
company are gathered together against the Lord. And what is Aaron, that you
murmur against him? And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons
of Eliab, which said, "We will not come up." Is it a small thing that thou hast
brought us up out of the land that floweth with milk and honey to kill us
in the wilderness, except thou maketh thyself altogether a prince over us?
Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey,
or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Wilt thou put out the eyes of
these men? We will not come up. And Moses was very wrought and said unto the Lord,
respect not thou their offerings. I have not taken one ass from them, neither have
I hurt one of them. And Moses said unto Korah, be thou in all thy company before
the Lord, thou and they and Aaron tomorrow, and take every man his censer
and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer
two hundred and fifty censers, thou also and Aaron each of you his censer. And
they took every man his censer and put fire in them and laid incense thereon
and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them under the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the
congregation. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, separate
yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And
they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto the congregation, saying, get you up from
about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went
unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto
the congregation, saying, depart, I pray, you from the tents of these wicked men,
and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. So they
gad up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, every side. And Dathan
and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and
their sons, and their little children. And Moses said, hereby ye shall know the
Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them in my own mind.
If these men die in the common death, if these men die the common death of all
men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then the Lord
hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth
and swallow them up with all the, with all that appertain unto them, and they
go down quick into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have
provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all
these these words, that the ground clay of asunder that was under them, and the
earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and their houses and all the men
that appertained unto Korah and all their goods. And they and all that
appertain to them went down alive into the pit and the earth closed up upon
them and they perished from among the congregation and all Israel that were
round about them fled at the cry of them for they said lest the earth swallow us
up also. And there came out a fire from the Lord and consumed the two hundred
and fifty men that offered incense and the Lord spake unto Moses saying, "Speak
unto Eliezer the son of Aaron the priest that he take up the censors out of the
burning and scatter thou the fire yonder for they are hallowed. The censors of
these sinners against their own souls let them make them broad plates for a
covering of the altar for they offered them before the Lord therefore they are
hallowed and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. And Eliezer the
priest took the brazen censors wherewith they that burnt or they that
excuse me they that were burnt and offered had offered and they were made
broad plates for a covering of the altar to be a memorial unto the children of
Israel that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron come nearer to offer
incense before the Lord that he be not as Korah and as his company. As the Lord
said to him by the hand of Moses but on the morrow all the congregation of the
children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron saying ye have
killed the people of the Lord and it came to pass when the congregation was
gathered against Moses and against Aaron that they looked toward the
tabernacle of the congregation and behold the cloud covered it and the
glory of the Lord appeared. Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the
congregation and the Lord spake unto Moses saying get you up from among this
congregation that I may consume them as in a moment and they fell upon their
faces and Moses said unto Aaron take a censer and put fire therein from off the
altar and put on incense and go quickly unto the congregation and make an
atonement for them for there is wrath gone out from the Lord the plague is
begun and Aaron took as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the
congregation and behold the plague was begun among the people and he put on
incense and made an atonement for the people and he stood between the dead and
the living and the plague was stayed and now they that died in the plague were
fourteen thousand and seven hundred beside them that died about the matter
of Korah and Aaron returned unto Moses under the door of the tabernacle the
congregation and the plague was stayed. Brother Nathan, would you pray for me?
Alright thank you all for being back here again tonight I had a great day so
far thank you pastor Thompson for giving me the opportunity to come up here and
it's been a big blessing for me this weekend and this church has a great
spirit you know I saw pictures of you guys in the winter going out soul winning
in the snow and the ice and today triple digits doing the same thing good group
of soul winner so keep up the great work I know God is gonna bless you guys now
tonight we're in numbers chapter 16 and the title my sermon is bleeding hearts
bleeding hearts now the dictionary of the dictionary definition of bleeding
heart on dictionary.com which I realize it's two words but they do have an
entry for this phrase okay what they say the definition is is a person who makes
an ostentatious so meaning trying to draw attention to themselves or
excessive display of pity or concern for others so this person they're showing
how much they have they care in their heart and they're doing that not because
they actually care but because they just want to draw attention to themselves or
they have excessive pity for people meaning too much meaning when you
shouldn't have pity for someone you are having pity for them and that is not a
positive attribute whatsoever that is not a good thing there is such thing as
being too nice too loving and obviously we usually err on the side of being
graceful and loving all those things but there is a point where it can become
sin where it could actually become wicked to be a bleeding heart to have
this excessive pity in your heart now I believe this chapter illustrates
perfectly what bleeding hearts are like and that's really the second part of
this chapter deals with those people but just so that we understand the story in
the context let's go ahead and start verse number one and understand what's
going on in this passage number 16 one now Korah the son of Ishar the son of
Kohath the son of Levi and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab and on the
son of Pilate sons of Reuben and then notice these words took men so these
wicked people Korah Dathan and Abiram they take men now I want you to remember
that phrase and keep your place there we're gonna be going through numbers
throughout the sermon and go to Acts chapter number 20 Acts chapter number
20 keep your place there numbers 16 now in Acts chapter number 20 Paul is
speaking to the elders at Ephesus and this is what he says Acts 20 verse 28
take heed therefore unto yourselves into all the flock over the which the Holy
Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the church of gods he's talking to the
elders he's talking to the overseers of the church which he hath purchased with
his own blood for I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves
enter in among you not sparing the flock also of your own selves shall men arise
speaking perverse things notice this to draw away disciples after themselves and
when the Bible says that Korah, Dathan, and Abiram took men this is immediately
the passage that my mind thought of because that is exactly what
infiltrators what rebels what false prophets do is they come into a church
and they take men they draw men after themselves to be their disciples verse
number 31 therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I
cease not to warn everyone night and day with tears so this was such a big
subject such an important topic that the Apostle Paul felt it necessary for
three years straight to warn night and day about the false prophets about the
false brethren creeping in it's a very and the reason why he was that adamant
about it is because these people do a lot of damage they do a lot of damage
and this isn't a very pleasant story that we just read in numbers chapter 16
but remember that how he says that he took men now let's go to verse 2 of
number 16 hopefully you kept your place there number 16 verse 2 Bible says and
they rose up before Moses with certain of the children of Israel 250 princes of
the assembly famous in the congregation men of renounce what are they doing
they're rising up before Moses and who have they gathered with them the
princes right the big shots the big names your Jude says that they have men's
persons in admiration because of advantage they're respectors of persons
these false prophets so Cora he wants to get all the big shots all the people
with influence all the people maybe that are recognized by the people that have
credibility with the people and he draws them to himself for what purpose to rise
up against Moses verse 3 and they gather themselves together against Moses and
against Aaron and said unto them ye take too much upon you seeing all the
congregation are holy every one of them and the Lord is among them wherefore
then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord so what are
they doing they're accusing Moses of just being this self-willed self
appointed guy who's lifting up himself above the congregation of being filled
with pride saying that he's taking too much upon them so that's giving you kind
of the context of what's happening in the story then let's look at verse
number four and when Moses heard it he fell upon his face and he spake unto
Korah and unto all his company saying even tomorrow the Lord will show who are
his and who is holy it will cause him to come near unto him even him whom he
hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him this do take you censors Korah
and all his company and put fire therein and put incense in them before
the Lord tomorrow and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose he
shall be holy ye take too much upon you ye sons of Levi and so then Moses
basically counters what they're saying with giving them a challenge saying okay
let's see who the Lord's actually gonna stand up for now what ends up happening
let's skip ahead in the story to verse number 28 let's see what ends up
happening and Moses said hereby shall you know that the Lord hath sent me to do
all these works for I have not done them of my own mind if these men die the
common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men
then the Lord hath not sent me so he's laying down the gauntlet here he's
saying look if these guys die a normal death then I'm not a man of God he's
very confident of what God is about to do verse 30 but if the Lord make a new
thing and the in the earth open up her mouth and swallow them up with all that
appertained unto them and they go down quick into the pit then you shall
understand that these men have provoked the Lord and it came to pass as he had
made an end of speaking all these words that the ground clave a sunder that was
under them and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up in their
houses and all the men that appertain unto Korah and all their goods they and
all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit and the earth closed
upon them and they perished from among the congregation so whose side was the
Lord on obviously Moses's and these guys were not godly men they were not even
saved because they went to hell the earth opened up and they dropped quick
meaning alive into hell and so what they did was extremely grievous in the eyes
of the Lord extremely big sin to the point where when Moses heard of him he's
falling on his face and God opens up the earth and throws these people into hell
these are not good people these false prophets these people that sneak in these
rebels that try to overthrow the leader they're wicked wicked people now all of
this is just foundation to what we're going to talk about tonight but you know
if it whether you're new to this church or whether you've been a part of this
church for years you know if you know of the term the new IFB movement it's
basically a term just to describe some churches that are friends with each
other and that believe a lot of the same things and so if you've been following
this movement for several years or if you've been in this church for several
years you've heard your pastor from time to time have to get up and expose some
Korahs and expose some Dathans and call out some Abirams in his role as a
pastor you know just like Moses did and you've seen other pastors do the same if
you follow the preaching of other churches because it is something that
the Bible says is going to happen that these men are going to creep into your
church they are going to draw away disciples after themselves Paul preached
about it every day night and day for three years because it happens and so if
you're gonna be a part of this church for any length of time you're gonna see
it happen over and over and over and over you know some of these names might
be familiar to you Tyler Baker and if you don't know these names just insert
Cora, Dathan, Abiram okay Tyler Baker, Dominique Davis, Garrett
Kerchway, Michael Johnson, Manley Perry, Evan from Verity, Sebastian Sandoval
these are some Cora's some Dathans some Abiram's that your pastor or pastors
that we're friends with has had to call out and guess what God has had those
men's back these are wicked men that needed to be called out that are
sneaking into drawaway disciples after themselves or doing all sorts of other
crazy things but here's what happens oftentimes a pastor a man of God will do
his job as a shepherd and actually protect his flock like he's supposed to
do but you know what will happen is you'll have a bunch of people in the
church a bunch of people in this on the sidelines that don't know what's going
on and they'll get they'll get sad they'll start to have a bleeding heart
for the Korah for the Dathan and the Abiram they'll start to feel bad for
Korah Dathan and Abiram when they were the ones that were trying to overthrow
the leadership and they'll start attacking the man of God for doing his
job let's go to number 16 still and let's read verse 34 just to give us some
more context before I get too much into this and all Israel that were round
about them fled at the cry of them and they said lest the earth's walls swallow
us up also and there came out a fire from the Lord and consumed the 250 men
that offered incense and the Lord spake unto Moses saying speak unto Eliezer
the son of Aaron the priest that he take up sensors out of the burning and
scatter thou the fire yonder for they are hollowed the sensors of these
sinners against their own souls let them make them broad plates for a covering
of the altar for they offered them before the Lord therefore they are
hollowed and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel and Eliezer the
priest took the brazen sensors wherewith that they had burnt I'm sorry
wherewith they that were burnt had offered and they were made broad plates
for a covering of the altar to be a memorial unto the children of Israel
that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron come near to offer incense
before the Lord and notice this that he be not as Korah and as his company as
the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses so God had them make this
memorial why so that people would not be like Korah that's the example hey don't
be like Korah Korah is even listed as an example of a false prophet of a
reprobate in Jude and he's saying don't be like Korah look verse 41 now here's
where the bleeding hearts come in so think about what just happened Korah
David and Abiram tried to lead a rebellion against Moses God literally
dropped these people alive into hell and God says hey make this memorial so that
you are not like these people sounds like God has made it abundantly clear
where he stands on this issue right there should be no people sympathizing
with these people or being upset with Moses but notice what happens in verse
41 but on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Aaron saying against Moses and against Aaron saying ye have
killed the people of the Lord so what happens they're murmuring and so quickly
tonight I'd like to give you three attributes of a bleeding heart three
attributes of a bleeding heart number one is bleeding hearts complain against
the godly leadership they complain about the godly leadership here we just had
wicked people literally dropped into hell and what happens these people are
upset and they're murmuring against Moses and Aaron oh why'd you have to do
that Moses and Aaron that was a little too hard you know what happens a lot of
times pastors will call out the Korahs, Dathans, and Abirams and a bunch of
people in the church who are bleeding hearts will say I think he had a mean
spirit oh why is pastor doing this isn't he just going a little too far isn't he
doing this a little too early they'll start complaining about the leadership
now that is an attribute of a bleeding heart and when you see your pastor do
his job and kick someone out or preach against someone and someone in the
congregation wants to complain and murmur about pastor Thompson just realize you
are dealing with a bleeding heart Christian a bleeding heart Christian and
here's the thing these people didn't start out committing the same sins that
Korah, Dathan and Abiram were doing but by their the path that they're on as
bleeding hearts they end up committing all those same sins because what was
one of the sins of Korah and Dathan and Abiram go back to number 16 verse 3
verse 3 and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron
and said unto them ye take too much upon you seeing all the congregation are
holy every one of them and the Lord is among them what are they doing murmuring
complaining Oh Moses Aaron you're taking too much upon you seeing all the
congregations holy we're all holy just like you Moses what's the difference
between pastor and brother so-and-so right like there's no qualifications the
pastor has to meet like the pastor hasn't been serving God for decades or
years and years and years and has you know sacrificed a lot to be in the
position he's in but these Korahs these Dathans these Abirams are just saying
oh you know all the congregations holy there's nothing special about you Moses
there's nothing special about you Aaron what they're doing just murmuring just
complaining murmuring about the leadership verse number 12 of number 16
the same thing happens and Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of
Eliab which said we will not come up and then Moses says is it a small thing
that thou hast or I'm sorry this is still the wicked group speaking is it a
small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and
honey to kill us in the wilderness except thou make thyself altogether a
prince over us so still what is he doing just complaining about the position that
they're in complaining that they're not in the promised land yet and putting all
of that blame on who on the leadership on the leadership just blaming and
complaining against Moses now let's learn real quickly what does God think
about complaining how does God feel about complaining go to Numbers chapter
11 Numbers chapter 11 and look at verse number one and when the people complained
it displeased the Lord and the Lord heard it and his anger was kindled and
the fire of the Lord burnt among them and consumed them that were in the
uttermost parts of the camp you know that God has actually killed people for
murmuring and for complaining this is not something that God takes lightly and
when God you know showers out blessings upon you I mean who would like to have a
leader like Moses today that sounds like a pretty good leader right look if
you're complaining about Moses being your leader you'll complain about anyone
being your leader let me tell you if you're complaining about pastor Thompson
being your leader you'll complain about anyone being your leader anyone that
wants to complain and murmur about pastor Thompson complain and murmur
about his family complain and murmur about how the church is run let me tell
you what that is a bleeding heart person period bleeding heart and God does not
take kindly to people that complain and that murmur especially against the
leadership he doesn't want you complaining about anything he doesn't
want you complaining about the heat though we do it sometimes forgive me
Lord okay but dead sure he doesn't want you complaining about the leader that he
has chosen numbers 11 verse 4 and the mixed multitude that was among them
fell a lusting and the children of Israel also wept again and said who
shall give us flesh to eat whining complaining we remember the fish which
we did eat in Egypt freely the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the
garlic and the onions and the garlic but now our soul is dried away there's
nothing at all beside this manna before our eyes so what are these people doing
not only they're just complaining about the leadership's murmuring in general
but literally God has been feeding them with manna from heaven angels food food
that God created for them and they're murmuring and complaining that they
didn't have what they had in Egypt when this is literally something that God
just made for them it's probably the best-tasting thing in the world but
guess what when you'll complain about Moses being your leader when you'll
complain about the food that God made for you you'll complain about anything
and so the people that are complaining about the leadership are the worst side
of people the bleeding hearts and look at numbers 11 verse number 9 because I
want to show you that excessive complaining can affect your leader 11
9 and when the when the dew fell upon the camp in the night the manna fell
upon it then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families every
man in the door of his tent and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly
Moses also was displeased and Moses said unto the Lord wherefore hast thou
afflicted thy servant and wherefore have I not found favor in
thy sight that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me have I conceived
all this people have I begotten them that thou shouldest say unto me carry
them into thy bosom as a nursing father beareth the sucking child unto the land
which thou swearst unto their fathers when should I have flesh to give unto
all this people for they weep unto me saying give us flesh that we may eat I
am not able to bear all this people alone because it is too heavy for me and
if thou dealed us with me kill me I pray thee out of hand if I found favor in
thy sight and let me not see my wretchedness look these people they're
complaining had gotten to a level where Moses is praying and asking God to kill
him hopefully no one in this room has ever gotten on their knees and asked God
to kill them okay but as a leader Moses had gotten to the point where he's like
these these people complaining I'm so sick and tired of it I can't bear this
burden on my own God will you just kill me let me tell you if you're you as a
congregation are causing your pastor to pray and ask God to kill him you're
doing something wrong okay you're doing something wrong because this wasn't
Moses's fault that they were complaining it was the people's fault it's not like
Moses was a bad leader he was a great leader yet even a great leader had
gotten to this point why because of people's complaining so Moses doesn't
like it God doesn't like it you know don't be complaining about the
leadership like the bleeding hearts do I'll read for you Jude 1 16 it says
these are murmurers complainers walking after their own lusts and their mouth
speaketh great swelling words having men's persons in admiration because of
advantage so one of the attributes of a false prophet one of the attributes of
a reprobate is that they murmur and they complain and you know what one of the
attributes are of the bleeding hearts that end up following the false prophets
complaining and murmuring the same thing because often bleeding hearts will fall
into the same sins of those evil Korah, Dathans and Abirons even though they
weren't a part of their group to start with they just got offended with how
Moses dealt with it how God actually dealt with the situation and so what are
some common you know complaints that you'll hear bleeding hearts hear how
about like oh I don't think he has a good spirit when the pastor is just
preaching the Bible the pastor is just saying thus saith the Lord here's what
God said and then the bleeding hearts are like well I don't think he has a
good spirit what are you talking about he's doing what the Bible says to do
how is that not a good spirit when you're reading Bible verses and you're
interpreting them literally and you're carrying them out hello that's a good
spirit that's the Holy Spirit what a joke to say that that's not a good
spirit or how about just saying oh I think you're taking that person out of
context like when pastor Shelley you know destroyed pastor Manley Perry this
year they're like oh you're taking him out of context he literally posts like a
30 minute clip of him just showing every context every you know sermon clip from
pastor Manley Perry and it's like here's him saying nobody burns in hell it's
like well he didn't mean that that's another thing that people do the
bleeding hearts well I don't think that person meant that you know a pastor a
leader will take care of a wicked person that's been drawing people away
that's been teaching false doctrine and then the bleeding heart just says well I
don't think that they meant that when they said you don't have to call upon
the name of the Lord to be saved oh I don't think that that a person meant
that when they taught this damnable heresy out soul winning and they did it
over and over and over in front of multiple witnesses no that is what they
meant that's why they said it out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak it
obviously there's a difference between miss speaking you know just getting your
words jumbled up and just completely saying something wicked that is what you
meant how about this did you call that person first it's like when someone
publicly teaches false doctrine they need to be publicly corrected it's like
what if I got here up here and just publicly taught that salvation is by
works you think that I should just be corrected privately like hey brother
it's actually salvation by faith it's like no you're teaching people it's
public so it has to be corrected publicly you don't need to just call
them you need to correct it publicly go to Galatians chapter 2 Galatians chapter
2 and we'll get an example of this from the Bible Galatians 2 verse 9 and when
James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars perceived that the grace that
was given unto me that they gave they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands
of fellowship that we should go unto the heathen and they unto the
circumcision only they would that we should remember the poor the same which
I also was forward to do but when Peter was come to Antioch I withstood him to
the face because he was to be blamed for before that certain came from James he
did eat with Gentiles but when they were come he withdrew and separated himself
fearing them which were of the circumcision so Peter here he was at one
point doing and teaching the right thing and now he's teaching the wrong thing
now he's Judaized he was fellowshiping with the uncircumcision now he's
withdrawing himself now here's the thing Peter is a public minister he is a
public ministry he preaches people follow his lead people follow his example
so even a good guy like Peter sometimes need to be called out to the face
because what was he he was doing that which is right now he's doing that which
is wrong and so Paul came up and rebuked him to the face to the face in
front of them all verse number 13 and the other Jews dissembled likewise with
him so look Peter's actions had a result on other people they were dissembling now
with him in so much that Barnabas also was carried away with their
dissimulation verse 14 but when I saw that they walked not uprightly according
to the truth of the gospel so this was not a small issue this was actually a
salvation issue this is actually the issue of the gospel what does he do I
said unto Peter before them all before them all if thou being a Jew livest
after the manner of the Gentiles and not as do the Jews why compel us thou the
Gentiles to live as do the Jews we know we who are Jews by nature and not sinners
of the Gentiles knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law
but by the faith of Jesus Christ even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we
might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law
for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified and so that's a great
verse right there verse we often use out so winning but what's the context it's
the context of Peter teaching a horrible doctrine that's causing people to
disassemble that's causing people to get carried away with a false doctrine and
Paul has to come and rebuke him to the face and correct him publicly so the
bleeding hearts can cry all they want but there is a time for public rebuke
there is a time for brothers in Christ to be publicly rebuking each other
there's a time for even pastors to call other pastors which your pastor has
recently done and you know what the bleeding hearts love to do to Pastor
Thompson for doing that complain and murmur about it when we see in the Bible
a great man of God Peter getting rebuked publicly over a very important issue it
wasn't just a tertiary a secondary side doctrine no it was it was a doctrine
relating to salvation very serious issue and so don't be a bleeding heart if
your pastor calls out someone who may even be saved when they're doing
something wicked hey if that person was sincere and they got corrected they
would just change like we talked about this morning loving correction loving
being told that you're wrong when you're wrong you could either feel stupid or be
stupid and so I'm sure Peter felt really stupid in this moment but that would
have been better than him just being stupid and just continuing to go down
that road so don't become a bleeding heart when your pastor call someone out
by name I'll read for you first Timothy 520 says them that sin rebuke before
all that others also may fear that is in the context of a pastoral pistol
instructions written to a pastor and Timothy's instruction was to rebuke
them before other people publicly so these bleeding hearts that complain
about that you know it's not a biblical position to hold to complain and murmur
against your leader for doing his job go to Titus chapter number one what is a
pastor's job what is their duty to do Titus chapter number one this is the
job of a pastor what they're supposed to do verse 9 holding fast the faithful
word as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to
exhort and to convince the gainsayers for there are many unruly and vain
talkers and deceivers especially they of the circumcision whose mouths must be
stopped who subvert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for
filthy lucres sake so look it is the responsibility it is in the job duties
of a pastor to shut people's mouth like Cora to shut people's mouth like Dathan
and Abiram why because they're causing they're subverting whole houses the
Bible says that all that appertained unto Cora went up down alive into the
pit so all of those people that Cora had to see that Cora drawn unto himself you
know what the pastor has to stop that from happening has to try to stop that
from happening and how does he do it he preaches against them that's how you do
it you call out the Cora's the Dathan and the Abirums but the bleeding hearts
when that happened even though they weren't a part of the group that was
dissembling with Cora Dathan and Abiram yet they're still now partaking of the
same sins that they were why because they're bleeding hearts because they are
bleeding hearts you say what should you do when you disagree with the leader
because sometimes you may disagree with the leader well here's what you should
not do is complain and murmur especially behind his back what you should do is
you should either get over it and say nothing or you entreat him as a father
like the Bible says you go to him humbly meekly and you bring your concerns to
him but you don't just start murmuring and complaining in front of other people
about the leadership that's something that bleeding hearts do go back to
numbers chapter 16 number one bleeding hearts they complain about the godly
leadership number two look at number 1641 but on the morrow all the
congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron
saying ye have killed the people of the Lord number two bleeding hearts condemn
godly leadership bleeding hearts condemn godly leadership not only are they
murmuring and complaining but specifically what are they saying what
are they saying to Moses and Aaron ye have killed the people of the Lord so
here we just had God open up the earth and who are these bleeding hearts
blaming for what happened Moses and Aaron Moses and Aaron is who they're
saying killed these people just like when the pastor has to preach against
someone wicked Oh it's not the person who's wicked fault for preaching
damnable heresy for doing whatever they did that caused them to get preached
against it's somehow the pastor's fault you know when someone gets kicked out of
church for committing one of the sins in first Corinthians five and has to get
church discipline oh it's not those persons fault it's the pastor's fault
that's the attitude that these bleeding hearts have they condemn the leadership
not only do they complain they condemn now remember how I said that these
bleeding hearts they often end up committing some of the same sins that
these wicked reprobates do well what was it that Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were
doing go back and let's look again at number 16 3 and they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them ye take too much upon
you seeing all the congregation are holy so they're having a murmuring and
complaining spirit about this but see what they're saying every one of them
and the Lord is among them wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the
congregation of the Lord so here's where the condemning comes in not only they're
complaining but they're condemning because they're saying that Moses and
Aaron have lifted up themselves now is that true did Moses and Aaron lift up
themselves to be the leaders were they self-ordained were they like Adam
Fanon and just called themselves a pastor or something like that no they
were not self-ordained this is a wicked railing lie this is them condemning the
leadership and it's a complete lie that they bring against him now let's see how
Moses and Aaron were chosen Exodus chapter number four let's go back to
Exodus chapter number four and we're gonna prove that what these wicked
people are laying to a charge against Moses and Aaron is a lie Exodus 4 verse
10 and Moses said unto the Lord oh my Lord I am not eloquent neither here to
four nor since thou has spoken unto thy servant but I am slow of speech and of
his slow tongue and the Lord said unto him who have made man's mouth or who
maketh the dumb or deaf or the seeing or the blind have not I the Lord now
therefore go and I will be with thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say
and he said oh my Lord send I pray thee by the hand of whom that will send he's
saying like pick someone else just send someone else please I don't want to do
it and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said is not Aaron
to Levi thy brother I know that he can speak well and also behold he cometh
forth to meet thee and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart and
thou shalt speak unto him and put words in his mouth and I will be with thy
mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what ye shall do does it sound like
Moses was self willed here like he was self-appointed no he was trying to get
out of the job he was saying please just send someone else and God was actually
angry at him for that his wrath was kindled because he wants Moses to do the
job and Moses doesn't want to yet here comes Korah, Dathan and Abiram what do
they sell well why do you have to lift yourselves up above the congregation of
the Lord liars morons they didn't lift themselves up against above the
congregation of the Lord God picked them God chose them and guess what if you're
in a biblical church your pastor did not lift himself up above the brethren he
actually met biblical qualifications to where God can look down and say okay
this man is qualified if you're qualified and you're ordained by a man of
God guess what you're legit you're not lifting yourself up above the
congregation that's what people like Adam Fannin do they just ordain themselves
and just call themselves a pastor and that's pretty much what Korah, Dathan and
Abiram are accusing Moses and Aaron of being like a like Adam Fannin I mean
what a joke what a joke yet the bleeding hearts now are falling into the same
sins of Korah, Dathan and Abiram why because they're also condemning the
leadership just like the wicked false brethren crept in unawares did yet they
themselves weren't that way that way but they're being carried away with their
bleeding little heart and they're committing the same sins let's look at
it again numbers 1641 number 1641 just to get this hammered into our head but
on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron saying ye have killed the people of the Lord so think about
this did Moses and Aaron kill these people absolutely not it's a lie just
like Moses and Aaron did not lift themselves up above the congregation of
the Lord so these wicked people are railing against the leadership now the
bleeding hearts are railing against the leadership too and this is where they've
just crossed a line this is where now they themselves are also wicked where
it's not just their little bleeding heart that's the issue oh they're just
murmuring complaining no now you cross a line to where you're railing against the
leadership and you deserve to be kicked out of church for that according to the
Bible now let's think about this where did these people go it says that they
went down into the pit go to Isaiah chapter 14 I'll read for you a couple
verses Psalm 55 23 says but thou O God shall bring them down into the pit of
destruction bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days but I
will trust in thee Psalm 140 10 says let burning coals fall upon them let them
be cast into the fire into deep pits that they rise not up again you're there
in Isaiah chapter 14 look at verse 15 yet thou shalt be brought down to hell
to the sides of the pit so look is there any question that when Korah Dathan and
Abiram fell into the pit that it's talking about hell there's no question
at all right but notice not only do they condemn the leadership by saying you
have killed the people of the Lord but look at how little discernment these
people have they said ye have killed the people of the Lord are these the
people of the Lord do people of the Lord go to hell no these people are
reprobates they're devils and you have these bleeding hearts see these devils
get the judgment and the execution that they deserve by God and then they lie
and rail in the leadership saying ye killed them and not only that oh they're
the people of the Lord too and these bleeding hearts always have no
discernment whatsoever these bleeding hearts that complain when men of God
preach against other people when they enact church discipline they have no
discernment whatsoever to the point where these reprobates literally fall
into hell before their eyes and they're calling them the children of the Lord
the people of the Lord what a joke how blinded do you have to be but you know
why people have no discernment go to Psalm chapter 119 there in the center
of your Bible Psalm chapter 119 it's very easy to tell why people don't have
discernment number one is either because they're not saved and they don't
have the Holy Spirit that's often what it is but not only that look at Psalm 119
verse 62 at midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments so this person is a person that's reading the Bible they're
rising at night to give thanks to God because of his judgments look at verse
30 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and of them that keep thy
precepts so not only is this person reading the Bible they're reading the
Bible and they're friends with people that fear God and they're friends with
people that are reading the Bible verse 64 the earth o Lord is full of thy
mercy teach me thy statutes thou has dealt well with thy servant o Lord
according unto thy words now here's the key verse teach me good judgment and
knowledge for I have believed thy commandments do you know how a person
comes to the place in their life where they can have good judgments where they
can have good discernment it's when they believe the commandments it's when they
read the Bible and so if a person in their life they have no discernment they
have no judgment they don't have good judgment whatsoever it's because they're
either unsaved or because they're not reading the Bible because the person
that's waking up at midnight thanking God because of his commandments the
person who's hanging out with other people that fear God and reads the Bible
and the person who's being taught good judgment and knowledge why because he
believed the commandments and so that's why these bleeding hearts always have
such horrible decisions it's because they're not reading the Bible and it's
so funny how the bleeding hearts that don't read the Bible want to correct the
pastor whose job is literally to read study preach the Bible and it's like it
just shows you that these people these people mental state is so off and you
know it's illustrated in this story because these people literally watch
them go into hell and they're calling them the people of the Lord but you know
what it's to illustrate to us that you know these bleeding hearts have no
discernment whatsoever no discernment let's go to 1st Corinthians chapter
number 5 1st Corinthians chapter number 5 I know a lot of us know this passage in
here but it's a good reminder 1st Corinthians chapter number 5 verse 9
this is Paul writing to the church at Corinth and he says I wrote unto you in
an epistle not to company with fornicators yet not all together with
the fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or the
idolaters for then musty needs go out of the world but now I have written unto
you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or
covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such and
one know not to eat and so this chapter is often used in church discipline
because Paul is giving a commandment here of certain people that you cannot
fellowship with that need to be cast out of the church that you cannot eat and
fellowship with it what are they fornicators covetous people idolaters
railers drunkers extortioners this is not your just everyday sin you know
fornication is a big deal it's something that cannot just be allowed to go on in
the church unchecked and we everyone knows that brother so-and-so is in
fornication and no one says anything about it no it's something that has to
be dealt with and so you you guys have a church that actually practices church
discipline I don't know if you've ever had to do it before here or not but I
know it's something that your pastor believes in and so look if that ever
has to happen here's the scripture we just read it here's the Bible telling us
that this is what we're supposed to follow so pastor Thompson ever gets up
and says hey the Bible says do this this person's doing that so I'm doing it okay
and then you want to complain about it or you want to condemn him for it it
shows that you have no discernment because a person who has discernment
looks at this verse and says okay yeah that's what it says the Korahs the
Dathans and the Byrams they'll attack the leadership they'll do
something wicked the pastor will kick them out and then the bleeding hearts
they have no discernment they don't understand why why because they're not
reading first Corinthians 5 because they're not reading the Bible they're
not reading the Word of God number three let's go back to numbers chapter 16
number three so number one we saw that the bleeding hearts they'll complain
about godly leadership number two we saw that the bleeding hearts will condemn
godly leadership they'll rail against them just like the wicked people that
they followed were doing but number three bleeding hearts will eventually
conspire against the leadership bleeding hearts will eventually conspire against
the leadership and notice the pattern that we've been following you have the
wicked reprobate false prophets over here and then you have the bleeding
hearts you know obviously these are two different classes of people but they
both end up committing the same types of sins the same types of sins because
they're just following their lead number 16 verse 41 number 16 verse 41 but on
the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron there's the complaining saying you have killed the
people of the Lord there's the condemning there's the railing now verse
number 42 and it came to pass when the congregation was gathered against Moses
and Aaron that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation and
behold the cloud covered it and the glory of the Lord appeared so what
happened first we see them murmur and complain then they condemn and now now
what are they doing standing in the same place that Korah Dathan and Abiram
were standing what gathering themselves together against Moses and Aaron and
this is always where being a bleeding heart leads that's why it has to be
something that pre is preached against because it's not just like oh okay you
know brother someone says a little bit of a bleeding heart he just needs to
grow in the faith it's like no you better be careful not to be a bleeding
heart because it's gonna lead you down a road that takes you to railing against
your pastor and then it's gonna take you down a road that leads you to
conspiring against the leadership and we already know how God feels about that
because he dropped those false prophets into hell for doing that and yet some
saved people will find themselves conspiring against the leadership because
of their bleeding little heart because they didn't want to read the Bible and
get any discernment they just wanted to murmur complain condemn and eventually
conspire against the leadership this is always the road that bleeding hearts go
down and when you can identify someone that is a bleeding heart you know that
this is the road that they will eventually end up on that's why it's
very important that when we see these attributes in people we try to help them
and fix their problem because their problem is leading them to a place they
do not want to go let's turn to Romans chapter number 16 how is it that the
bleeding hearts can conspire against the leadership how is it that the bleeding
hearts can conspire with even the wicked with even people that are kicked out of
church with people that are false prophets how can they conspire like that
here's how Romans 16 verse 17 the Bible says now I beseech you brethren mark
them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have
learned and avoid them and avoid them so Bible says when someone's marked you're
supposed to avoid them so pastor Thompson gets up in the pulpit and marks
someone by name in his preaching and your job is to then avoid that person if
someone has to be kicked out of church your job is to no longer keep fellowship
with that person until they fix things and make things right and this is how
people conspire this is how the bleeding hearts end up conspiring with
the wicked against the leadership is they'll end up aligning themselves with
the enemies of the church with the enemies of the pastor and oftentimes
even with the enemies of God aligning themselves against the leadership and
with those wicked people how do they align themselves by keeping company by
keeping fellowship instead of doing what the Bible says when people are marked
when people are preached against that we're supposed to avoid them the
bleeding hearts since they don't think it was right they were kicked out they
want to complain and murmur they want to condemn and they want to just keep
company with them they're conspiring against the leadership at that point
and so if someone's a known enemy of your pastor if pastor Thompson is just
someone that seems a known enemy of him and your buddy buddy with him you want
to be friends with them that at that point you're conspiring against the
leadership you know pastor Shelley has a lot of enemies I was mentioning about
Manley Perry what if I just on my own just wanted to I just drove to San
Antonio and went to Old Path Baptist Church and preached for them wouldn't
you can say that wouldn't you say that I'm conspiring against pastor Shelley
when you say that I'm aligning myself with the enemy of him wouldn't that be
wicked as hell yet sometimes you'll see this in church where the pastor will get
up and preach against someone and then the bleeding heart goes out of their
way to be friends with that person that your pastor is preaching against to be
friends with the person who is a known enemy of your church and what is that
that is conspiring against the leadership it's extremely wicked it's a
horrible attribute a person to have and what a shame if you're a Christian that
conspires against a godly pastor by keeping company with the enemies of our
church by keeping company with people that your pastor has preached against
it's very wicked thing to do so in conclusion here I told you this would be
a short one tonight but in conclusion how does God feel about bleeding hearts
let's look at verse number 43 of number 16 number 16 verse 43 and as you're
turning there I'll read one more verse in Hebrews 13 17 it says obey them that
have the rule over you and submit yourselves for they watch for your souls
as they that must give an account that they may do it with joy and not with
grief for that is unprofitable for you you know before I get to this this
conclusion I want to say one more thing and that is that the Bible commands us
to obey the leadership that's been put over us it's not an option it is
actually a command and you know the Bible even gives a reason why we should
follow that command and here's the thing when God gives us a command we
don't even need to know a reason why we should follow it it's just if God says
it we should obey it but God even tells us why we should follow this
commandment he says the reason why is because they watch for your souls the
pastor watches for your soul he cares about you he wants to protect you from
evil people and so a lot of times especially people that don't know much
about what's going on in a situation and are kind of shocked when when pastor
has to preach against a certain person just realize that your pastor is
watching for your soul and that he didn't just do this on the drop of a
hat because the Bible says he must give an account you know he has to give an
account for how he's doing as a leader and if anyone's in a leadership
position husbands business owners whatever you're gonna have to give an
account for how you are as a leader and so my advice is if you don't know much
about a situation and it kind of shocks you if pastor has to call out a Quora
David and a Byram the best thing to do is just to be quiet until you understand
the situation don't go blowing your mouth off because guess what the pastor
has been watching for your soul when you didn't even know about it when you did
not even know about it so I understand maybe being shocked at first okay be
shocked that's fine but just keep your mouth shut and learn get some details
talk to your pastor about it but don't just start attacking him conspiring
against him because the Bible says it's unprofitable for you I mean it's
unprofitable for you when you're making your pastor be like Moses you know
praying for his own death which I'm I'm sure pass Thompson has never done that
and never felt that way I don't think you guys are that way but I'm just
saying just as a preventative measure these things need to be preached so that
we can identify bleeding hearts so in conclusion now how does God feel about
bleeding hearts number 16 verse 43 let's read the rest of this and Moses and
Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation and the Lord spake unto
Moses saying get you up from among this congregation talking about the bleeding
hearts that I may consume them as in a moment and they fell upon their faces
and Moses said unto Aaron take a censor and put fire from off the altar and put
on incense and go quickly under the congregation and make an atonement for
them for there's wrath gone out from the Lord the plague is begun so now you know
what God wanted to do to these bleeding hearts he wanted to consume them now and
by the way I love Moses and Aaron's heart because when Korah, Dathan and Abiram
started saying all the wicked things that they were doing you know what Moses
and Aaron did they fell upon their faces and now the bleeding hearts who
have followed in the same path now they're criticizing they're condemning
their railing they're conspiring against the leadership Moses and Aaron has every
right to say okay God yeah well we'll get out of the way go ahead and consume
these people but what happens Moses and Aaron fall upon their faces and try to
help these people and I wish sometimes people would know that when they're
attacking the pastor and they're mad at him they're bitter at him they're bitter
at the pastor's wife they're mad at the pastor's wife that oftentimes these
people in the ministry are still praying to God for you trying to make sure that
your heart's right trying to keep you in church trying to keep you in the will of
God and that's what Moses and Aaron are doing here falling upon their faces when
these people deserve to be consumed people don't understand a lot of times
the heart of a minister all they do is they see they see the hard sermons
against the sodomites and they say oh that's a bad spirit but what they don't
see is them falling on their faces to God that's the part that they never see
but they still want to criticize they still want to condemn they still want to
conspire look at verse 47 and Aaron took as Moses commanded and ran into the
midst of the congregation and behold the plague was begun among the people and he
put on incense and made an atonement for the people and he stood between the dead
and the living and the plague was stayed but there was some damage done look at
verse 49 now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven
hundred fourteen thousand and seven hundred bleeding hearts had the same
fate of dying beside them that died about the matter of Korah so not
including Korah, Dathan and Abiram not including the company that fell into
hell with him now fourteen thousand and seven hundred other bleeding hearts were
killed by God doesn't say that these people went to hell a lot of these
people could have been safe all of them could have been safe but God still killed
them why because these are the type of sins that make God angry when you're
attacking leadership when you're doing these type of things so you know what
what's the application we could take from the sermon back up your pastor have
the man of God's back don't be a pain in his neck don't be complaining about
everything he does about everything he says don't be condemning everything that
he does railing against him talking about him behind his back talking crap
about the church programs talking crap about the preaching talking crap about
the singing talking crap about the building don't be someone that would
condemn in that way like a bleeding-heart would and don't be someone
that would conspire against the leadership don't ever be someone that
would be friends with the enemies of pastor Thompson wicked as hell God
literally killed people for being bleeding hearts like that let that not
be us as Christians let's have a word of prayer Lord thank you for this day and
thank you for this story in the Bible and so much we can learn from it pray
that everyone in this room would just have a heart to back up their pastor
Lord and obviously we always check everything with the word of God but I
just pray that we'd be ready to receive the word when it's preached to us
whether that's by a pastor or by a layman that gets behind this pulpit Lord
pray that you bless this church and that you'd help them to continue to do
great things for God. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.