evening turn to hymn number 100 my soul 105 go ahead and start there right on the
first and cheer the heart like G sing this evening we'll thank you for this
opportunity we have to sing praises unto you Lord thank you also for ten souls
that were saved this evening I pray that you bless all courage them to serve you
and to love you with their life so that you bless the remainder of the service
and be with us as we sing and be with pastor as he preaches from your word
Lord in Jesus name I pray amen for our next song if you would turn in your
hymnals to hymn number 359 thy word have I hid in my heart hymn number 359 go
ahead and start there right on the first thy word is a lamp to my feet I to my
path from sin and please raise your hand as you can see on the front we are on
this week for Genesis chapter number so you hit until the end of the day on
Saturday to get this quoted and then whenever you do get it quoted please do
email me or message me somehow your shirt size we're gonna be ordering some
anchor Baptist Church jacket slash winter gear and so I can't promise that
every single Bible memory chapter will have prizes this cool but this one is a
cool one so you'll want to quote it we can't do it every time but I'm really
excited about this one so please do message me your sizes if you get that
quoted on the inside our service times are listed Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday
evening at 430 Wednesday evening at 7 our soul winning times are listed there
below then we have our year-to-date soul winning statistics which we'll need to
add 10 for the total great evening of soul winning praise the Lord for that
so great job out soul winning then upcoming events this upcoming weekend
evangelist Tanner Fer will be preaching both services here and I'm bummed that
I'm gonna miss it in one sense because I know he's gonna do a great job and I do
miss him he's a great guy but I'm gonna be definitely excited to be preaching at
Spring Crest Baptist Church in Houston and so I've actually never been to that
church but I've known pastor Reyes for years and years and he's a great man
good friend and I'm excited to go out and preach for him and Saturday I'll be
at the Space Center having fun making fun of flat earthers so just gonna be
an awesome weekend really looking forward to it then next Friday February
13th is the Sweethearts banquet at 6 o'clock p.m. please do sign up if you are
going to be participating in that because we'll probably make the food
order on Monday so please sign up by Sunday if you're gonna be participating
and as a reminder like last time we'll probably have the kids sectioned off in
the mother baby room areas with some activities for them if you have a
trusted babysitter close family member that you want to leave your kids with
more than welcome to do that but of course there's always options here at
the church keeping them here with you then we do have on the upcoming events
after that March 7th is the Tulsa Oklahoma soul winning marathon and we'll
have more details coming out as that gets sooner but it'll probably be the
same schedule as last time from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. the last soul winning marathon
in Lawton was a huge success great timeout soul winning great fellowship
great area definitely a place we would like to go back to it seems like there's
a lot of untapped potential there we've barely scratched the surface of what
seems to be really receptive areas so and it's not too far away so that's a
great one on the right we have our visitor card as well as our information
about giving online and then our prayer list before we go ahead and go to our
third song let's go ahead and pray as a church family Lord God we thank you for
the opportunity to be in your house tonight Lord to gather freely to sing
praises to your name to hear your word preached to be amongst God's people I
pray that we would never take the great blessing that we have of a church like
this for granted and I pray that you just fill us all with the Holy Spirit
during the service that everything done would be for your honor and glory and we
want to pray for all of the soul winners missionaries that have sacrificed their
time and effort and energy to go over to the Philippines. I pray that you just
bless the remainder of their trip that you would just bless the people who have
gotten saved that you would lead them to great men of God like Brother Duncan and
Pastor Stuckey that they get plugged into churches and become soul winners
themselves that you please just give everyone travel safety home and that you
just bless continually the great works being done for you in the Philippines
Lord. I just pray that you just open up the doors for like-minded churches for
even more great missions trips and soul winning marathons in this year God. We
also want to pray for Brother Theodore that you please bless his mother that
you just please heal her of her cancer Lord and also for all of the church
members that we have here with unsaved loved ones that you please bless those
people that those individuals would have soft hearts to the gospel and that you
just give us all boldness to preach the gospel to our friends family and to
strangers as well. I pray that you bless this upcoming weekend that you give
evangelist for travel safely safety coming to us and please bless Spring
Crest Baptist Church as well. In Jesus name we pray amen. Alright at this time
we'll go ahead and go to our third song together. Alright for our third song if
you would at this time take your white handouts and turn to holy holy holy
that's holy holy holy in the white handouts. Go ahead and start there right
on the first. Oh this evening it's 12. I beseech you therefore brethren by the
mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable
unto God which is your reasonable service and be not conformed to this
world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is
that good and acceptable and perfect will of God for I say through the grace
given unto me to every man that is among you not to think of himself more highly
than he ought to think but to think soberly according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith for as we have many members in one body and all
members have not the same office so we being many are one body in Christ and
every one members one of another having then gifts differing according to the
grace that is given to us whether prophecy let us prophesy according to
the proportion of faith or ministry let us wait on our ministering or he that
teacheth on teaching or he that exhorteth on exhortation he that
giveth let him do it with simplicity he that ruleeth with diligence he that
showeth mercy with cheerfulness let love be without dissimulation abhor that
which is evil cleave to that which is good be kindly affectioned one toward
another be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love and honor
preferring one another not slothful in business fervent in spirit serving the
Lord rejoicing and hope patient in tribulation continuing instant in prayer
distributing to the necessity of saints given to hospitality bless them which
persecute you bless and curse not rejoice with them that do rejoice and
weep with them that weep be of the same mind one toward another mind not high
things but condescend to men of low estate be not wise in your own conceits
recompense to no man evil for evil provide things honest in the sight of
all men if it be possible as much as light in you live peaceably with all men
dearly beloved avenge not yourself but rather give place unto wrath for it is
written vengeance is mine I will repay sayeth the Lord therefore if that enemy
hunger feed him if he thirsts give him drink for and so doing thou shalt he
calls a fire on his head be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with
good that's power has four prayer father in heaven we thank you for this day our
church and we thank you for all the laborers that are here we just ask that you bring more laborers into the harvest help us to reach the Lord with the gospel we ask you to fill our past with your spirit and help us to learn from the Lord we love you Jesus we pray in them.
Man Romans chapter number 12 verse 1 the Bible says I beseech you therefore brethren by the
mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God
which is your reasonable service now he starts off beseeching the Romans here what it means
to beseech is to beg or to earnestly implore to do something so he's saying like hey I'm
begging you I'm exhorting you by notice what he says by the mercies of God now what does
that referring to I think we just have to go back one chapter look at verse 30 of Romans
chapter number 11 it says this for as ye in times past have not believed God yet have
now obtained notice that word mercy through their unbelief even so have these also now
not believed that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy for the for God have
concluded them all in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all oh the depths of the riches
both of the wisdom and knowledge of God how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways
past finding out so in Romans 12 one where he's saying hey I beseech you therefore brethren
by the mercies of God I think what he's saying is hey you've since you've received such great
mercy since God has shown such great mercy and riches of his goodness unto you you ought
to therefore present your bodies a living sacrifice what does it mean to be a living
sacrifice we'll go back to Romans 12 look at verse 1 it defines it in the same verse
notice that you present your bodies a living sacrifice what does that mean holy acceptable
unto God which is your reasonable surface so offering your body a living sacrifice means
living a holy life what does it mean to be holy it means to be set apart and you know
what our bodies ought to be set apart for the service of God and not just set apart
for the service of God on Sunday morning on Sunday night on Wednesday evening but you
know what we should just be a living sacrifice meaning that it's just at all times you know
what else this verse proves how it says present your bodies a living sacrifice holy I like
this next phrase acceptable unto God you know what that means that means that there are
some things that are not acceptable to God you know you've heard these hyper grace type
preachers saying oh any preacher that would say that you have to do anything to be accepted
with God is preaching heresy no no you have to separate yourself you have to be living
a holy life to be acceptable in the sight of God now obviously salvation is by faith
alone we know that he's proved that this whole entire book but you know what like like most
preachers today Paul does not want to just sit here and hammer only salvation and talk
about nothing else in life no once we're saved hey there's a therefore after that hey therefore
we've received these great mercies we've received God's grace but now we should offer our bodies
a living sacrifice wholly acceptable unto God go to 1st Corinthians chapter 6 now when
you think about separation there's two parts to that I think that there's things that we
should separate our bodies from that would be sin right and of course there's things
we should separate ourselves unto what are some things we should separate ourselves from
how about 1st Corinthians 6 verse 16 the Bible says what know ye not that he which is joined
to in harlot is one body for to saith he shall be one flesh but he that is joined unto the
Lord is one spirit flee fornication every sin that a man doeth is without the body but
he that committed fornication sinneth against his own body so notice the Bible commands
us to flee fornication run away from fornication and people who are committing fornication
are sinning against their own bodies the Bible says this is obviously not being holy being
holy as being separated being sanctified you know you're not offering your body a living
sacrifice if you're causing your members to become a member of an harlot right that would
just be an obvious proof that someone is not living a holy life that someone is not being
a living sacrifice if you're going out and committing fornication and you know it's very
important for us to read the Bible and renew our mind with God's commandments because
the world thinks that fornication is no big deal the world thinks that fornication is
fine so long as you love each other that's the mentality today but what does the Bible
say flee fornication not even hey just don't fornicate it's like run away from it stay
as far away from that line as you possibly can because when you cross it you often destroy
yourself look what it says in verse number 19 what know you not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you which you have of God and ye are not your own see
there's a slogan that leftists love to use today when describing how much they want to
murder innocent babies it's called my body my choice but you know what it's not your
body it's God's body you've been purchased with a price we've been given such grace and
that's why you say hey therefore present your bodies a living sacrifice wholly acceptable
unto God verse number 24 year bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body
and in your spirit which are God's you know the liberal modernist type Christianity today
would say that hey God doesn't judge these things God doesn't care what you do with your
body hey as long as you love each other hey he doesn't care about tattoos he doesn't care
about your hair length he doesn't care about your dress style he doesn't care about what
you put into your body with things like alcohol no that's all complete garbage the Bible
says that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that you've been bought with a price
therefore glorify God in your body and where does being a living sacrifice start with hey
it starts with being holy separating yourself serving God with your body by being separate
from sin now what about being separated on two good things go to Romans 10 Romans chapter
number 10 you know our bodies obviously we should abstain from wickedness with our bodies
but we should also separate ourselves and be holy by using our bodies for the service
of God in a positive way look how the Bible describes this in Romans 10 15 and how shall
they preach except they be sent hey here's a great thing you could do with your body
how about preach the gospel right God has given you a voice use that voice to speak
God's word to teach the people the gospel to get people saved I don't know the name
of the hymn off the top of my head but I'm thinking about the lyrics how it says something
to the effect of you know let me sing always only for my king right using our voices to
glorify God you know that's being holy rather than using your voice to sing I don't know
Taylor Swift to sing what Sabrina whore I mean carpenter whatever that demonic woman's
name is right Billy Eilish the wicked people that people love to exalt today and sing songs
to you know you're singing Billy Eilish you're not being holy you're not being separate listening
to that garbage that look what it says as it is written how beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things hey you know the
the feet of a soul winner is a beautiful thing and if God has given us a voice let's use
it to preach the gospel and if God has given us feet hey let's not let our feet be swift
and running to mischief like the world why don't we let our feet go publish the gospel
of peace and God looks at feet like that and says hey that's beautiful that is a wonderful
thing go back to Romans 12 Romans chapter number 12 verse number two it says and be
not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may
prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God the Bible commands us
that we are not to be conformed to this world you know what that implies is that the world
is constantly going to pressure you and try to get you to get on the world's program and
you know what it's not really that hard for the world to get backslid in Christians that
are not holy that are not separated from being conformed to this world because of this thing
called the flesh and you know what the flesh does not automatically look at the things
of this life through the lens of God's wisdom you know just our natural human state does
not take all the biblical takes that the Bible will give us it's not going to lead us down
the road to righteousness you know our flesh naturally is just going to conform to this
world and so like the Christian in a default state a Christian who is not constantly reading
the Bible separating himself going to church walking in the spirit that Christian in a
default state will conform to the world they will be just like the world but what's the
command but be transformed by notice the renewing of your mind why that you may prove what is
that good and acceptable and perfect will of God so the way that the world thinks about
things the default opinions that man takes today is not good is not true is not acceptable
is not perfect is not in line with the will of God which is why we must renew our mind
and of course how do you do this you do this by reading the Bible and you know it should
always be a serious red flag to you if you take any position any opinion in life and
you look to the left and there's liberals humanists atheists lesbians you look to the
right there's like ICE protesters haters of God you know despisers of authority people
you know cheering on rebellion people hating pastors people hating Christianity you know
when you just look to your left and look to your right and you say wow I have the same
opinion as the world wow I have the same thoughts as these unsaved wicked people you might need
to renew your mind that should be a red flag to you saying like hey you know I'm back in
my default state I'm back in my flesh and you know what I need to renew my mind and
do not have the prideful thought thinking well I've been saved for this amount of time
or I'm a preacher or I'm a soul winner so you know I can't get caught up in some worldly
philosophy you know what this world wants you to conform wants you to conform really
bad and if you don't actively renew your mind you will believe stupid things you know what
when you just hear people just constantly saying things that aren't true having unbiblical
takes having feminist takes having terrible takes let me tell you about that person they're
not reading the Bible and it's just obvious it's so clear because here's the thing you
have to be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that
good and acceptable and perfect will of God see truth the right takes in life you know
it's not subjective it's not we're not going to take a poll and see who's right no no
it can be proven what is right what is good what is acceptable to God and you know that's
proven by the word of God and this is the only proof that I will ever accept on any
subject and you know it's the only proof you should ever accept as well and if you want
to come at me and say well the U.S. law says or well I mean come on we all agree or I mean
well don't you know the world's going to think this about us I'm going to say I don't give
a crap I care about what the Bible says and you know what you are trying to prove your
opinions by what you think is good what you think is right and you need to shut up and
read the Bible and I'm talking to every single person stop leaning on your own understanding
go to Psalm chapter one Psalm chapter number one you say how much Bible do I need is it
a daily devotion is it a oh I have a I have a screen saver on my phone that has the Bible
verse of the day and man I'm just like I'm a stoic warrior now cuz I don't have any distractions
and the word of God I just saw verse and now I'm just a spiritual warrior it's like okay
let's see what the Bible says how much we need the Bible says blessed is the man that
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful you know what this person sounds like someone who is not
conformed to the world the person who's just gonna conform you're gonna find yourself
around these type of people but blessed is the man who doesn't conform notice what it
says in verse 2 but his delight is in the law of the lord and in his law that he meditate
day and night hey we need a lot of bible into our hearts we need a lot of bible into our
souls and you know what as the days and days you know as the days get darker and darker
and our country just gets more and more wicked and christians are just departing from the
faith and baptists are watering down doctrine and independent fundamental baptists are getting
more and more liberal you need to be reading the bible more and more and more and you know
what i need to be reading the bible more and more and more and we need to delight in it
the bible says but his delight is in the law of the lord you know this isn't the textual
critics that come to the word of god and sit here and judge the bible and say well this
verse should be in it this one shouldn't i'm gonna lean on my own understanding no we're
gonna delight in what the law of the lord says and meditate there in day and night if you are not
reading the bible you are not right with god and you are on the path to destruction if you are old
enough to read you need to read the bible every day you hear me kids all of you read the bible
go to joshua chapter 1 see everyone wants success right everyone wants to be prosperous and i didn't
finish reading psalm 1 let me read verse 3 go ahead and go to joshua 1 verse 3 the bible says
and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper hey there's a promise of
prosperity that comes from the person that meditates in god's word day and night now it's
not necessarily the prosperity that joel ostein will tell you about though god can bless you
financially but you know you know what's being prosperous is saying being able to prove what is
good and acceptable in the will of god and actually walking in god's will that's a prosperous life
right there look at joshua 1 8 this book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou
shalt meditate therein day and night there's that day and night again right that thou mayest observe
to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous
and then thou shalt have good success powerful verse there i like how it says that this book
of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth hey you know joshua is a leader joshua is leading
the congregation and you know what needs to be coming out of joshua's mouth the words of god
and you know what you could tell when a preacher has not had their mind renewed when they're
conforming to this world when it's just like a 45 minute story time this is unfortunately a lot of
baptist churches today where the pastor will get up he'll read a fox news article he'll talk about
israel he'll talk about you know his last trip that he took to the holy land and all the great
things that he did there and he'll just talk and he'll talk and he'll talk it's like where's the
bible and joshua has told hey the book of this law it says shall not depart out of thy mouth
you know we need to make sure that what we're speaking is the words of god not our opinions
not our own ideas because our ideas are garbage because guess what we are just flesh right our
mind by default is not automatically going to prove that which is good and right and acceptable
unto god if you want to prove your doctrine you better prove it from the bible go back to
roman's chapter number 12 roman's chapter number 12 now what are some ways that we need to renew
our minds well here's a great example roman's chapter 12 verse 3 the bible says for i say
through the grace given unto me to every man that is among you not to think of himself more highly
than he ought to think but to think soberly according as god hath dealt to every man
the measure of faith when it comes to this need to renew our mind to prove what is acceptable
what god likes you know the first thing he talks about is not to think of yourself too
highly why because what is the default situation for mankind is to be prideful and to think that
all of our ideas are what's right and of course all of our opinions are right oh and of course
i'm not doing anything wrong oh yeah everyone else sucks everyone else has problems but i'm
great man if everyone would just be like me right that this is what the world thinks today this is
mankind today how about this the world will tell you hey do what makes you happy is that not pride
right there because what if what makes you happy is not acceptable unto god is not pleasing unto
god what should you go with with what makes you happy no no no you should renew your mind and if
something makes you happy but it offends god then stop doing what makes you happy i hate this lie
that says you deserve to be happy you know you deserve to burn in hell and so do i because we've
sinned oh we all deserve to be happy you know girl you leave your husband because you deserve
to be happy no no no you made a vow and you know you would offend god by breaking your vow because
the bible says that god hate it putting away right oh just do it makes you happy how about this
follow your heart okay wait a second the bible says that the heart of man is desperately wicked
that it's deceitful that it's desperately wicked who can know what the bible says
following your heart's not a good idea or or how about this great advice that the world says
hey just do what you think is best yeah why don't you read the book of judges where every man did
that which is right in his own eyes and see how that works out and you see today people just
walking this through this world through the course of their own mind and you know they end up having
a failure of a life go back to romans 12 look at verse four notice it says for as we have many
members in one body and all members have not the same office what is this thing it's saying hey
we have many body parts in our physical body and not every body part has the same job serves the
same function right what's the context of this thinking of ourselves soberly okay verse five
so we being many are one body in christ and every one members of another go to first corinthians
12 right so thinking soberly of ourselves is we don't want to think of ourselves as just this
lone wolf this one man show who could just do everything by themselves no we have to recognize
that hey we're a part of the body right we're a part of anchor baptist church and we each serve
a function at anchor baptist church and look each person serves an important role right so this is
thinking of yourself soberly it's not necessarily saying like you know oh follow your heart do what's
right be prideful but it's not also you know this self-deprecation of just saying like i'm worthless
i'm nobody i'm not important that's not true either we have to think of ourselves soberly the
way that the bible tells us to think of ourselves let's look at this uh a similar passage here in
first corinthians 12 verse 18 the bible says but now have god set the members every one of them in
the body as it had pleased him and if they were all one member where were the body but now are
they many members yet but one body and the eye cannot say to unto the hand i have no need of
thee nor again the head to the feet i have no need of you right this would be insane you know
let's just pretend our body parts could think for a minute all right that'd be ridiculous for your
eye to take a look at your hand is to be like you know what you're worthless you serve no purpose
you do nothing because you know what while the eye is pretty cool and i would hate to lose my eye
you know the eye sees something called food and wants you know to eat it and the eye needs the
hand you know to scoop food into our mouth and we need our mouth to chew it and we need our
throat to swallow it need our stomach to digest like we need each other right in this body
illustration verse 22 nay much more those members of the body which seem to be more feeble notice
this are necessary right so on one hand we don't want us being prideful or puffed up like wow i'm
the eye wow i'm the head wow i'm the foot wow i'm the hand or whatever no no we have to realize hey
we all need each other and it says all of those members are necessary right so all of us serve
an important role number one within the body of christ right because the fact that god has sent
us to this earth to be ambassadors for him and the bible talks about how he's ordained to minister
for every man to hear the gospel and you know what if you don't be a soul winner if you don't
open your mouth and preach the gospel there will be less people to get saved and so you know what
you are necessary this is why it's so important for you to offer your body a living sacrifice
to live a holy life so that you don't waste this opportunity that God has given you called life
because you know it's just like imagine the hand just never works you're just crippled it's limp
well it's like okay well that's not you know serving any purpose no all members are necessary
and it says verse 23 and those members of the body which we think to be less honorable upon these we
bestow more abundant honor in our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness right so every single
part of your body is important whether you think it's comely whether you think it's important or
not you know how about the big toe right no one no one thinks a big toe looks great but you know
what when people lose their big toe they can often struggle to walk and you would just think like
this little part of your body just a toe can it really affect you that much and it's like yes
absolutely and this is every part of your body you know when i was a teenager i had a really big
shoulder surgery where i tore my labrum my bicep my rotator cuff and you're like well how much does
your shoulder affect your life it affects everything in your life try sleeping sitting up for three
months that's what i did you know you go to open the fridge because you're just muscle memory and
just like the pain just drops you to your knees you're like oh i can't open a fridge i can't open
a door you know i can't sleep laying down i can't take a normal shower i can't do all these things
and so we just think like oh you know what would it be like you know just losing one part of your
body it would be life-changing right and sometimes i think people because they're not renewing their
mind they can kind of get dragged down with this self-deprecating just despairing blackpilling
feeling of just like you know how important really am i i'm no one you know they think
well only you know the preacher is important or something like that but what purpose do i serve
no no no all parts of the body are necessary and important and oftentimes it's even the most
uncomely parts that we bestow the most honor upon right and so never get this idea that you
are not important in the kingdom of god look if god has given you breath in your lungs he has a
work for you to do that is just a fact go back to romans 12 now here's the thing though we don't
want to get prideful about our position in the body we do recognize though that every single body
part has a specialized function right and here's the thing there's some things in our body that
every single part of our body does right like our whole body is like moving blood we have blood
vessels we have arteries throughout our whole body and it doesn't matter if you're a hand or a foot
or a leg like blood is is being moved through you right cells exist in every part of your body and
in the same way when it comes to church and the kingdom of god there are some tasks that all of
us should be doing you know it's not like well i was gifted you know i have the gift of preaching
the gospel or i have the gift of showing up to church or i i'm just not a good reader so this
is not my gift no it's like there's some things that all of us are just commanded to do but
you know it'd be foolish to just look at every single part of our body and say like they all
have the same exact function no no no there are some parts of the body that have a very specialized
function right and it's like try running a couple miles on your hands i mean that would be really
impressive but that's impossible right go for a run on your hands not going to happen right try
to eat food with your feet maybe in some places in asia they could pull it off but you know what
that's not going to be very helpful in your life same thing with church look at verse number six
it says having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given unto us whether prophecy
let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith so hey we have gifts that are differing
from each other just like the hand can grab the hand can pick things up and the foot can bear
the weight of your body and your legs can propel you forward hey some of our body parts perform
similar things but we have specialized body parts okay what about prophecy well in one sense
prophets to prophesy means to preach in one sense this is something that all god's people
should be doing right hey go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature don't
come at me with i just don't have the gift of prophecy no god commands all to be a soul winner
but let's be honest there could be people where god has gifted with the ability to preach where
god has gifted you with the ability maybe to be a really really effective soul winner now here's
the thing wouldn't it make sense for the specialized parts of your body to really focus on the areas
that they're really really good at right not just like well let's just give the foot a chance
to put food into our mouth or let's give the hands a chance to run a marathon it's like no no no the
feet can run the hand can you know grab a fork and spoon right the eyes can see we're not going to
try to see out of our tongues or something weird like that all right you know if you've been given
the gift of prophecy like if god has given you the ability to preach use that gift doesn't have it
doesn't mean you know having to be a pastor doesn't mean having even to preach a servant it could just
mean like you're really skilled soul winner let's be honest some people are better soul winners than
others now look any christian can be used of god to get someone saved i don't want to discourage
anyone who is maybe more shy or they don't have as polished as a presentation but then there are
some guys that are just mighty soul winners right and hey if you're not a mighty soul winner you
work on that because that is a function that all of us should be doing hey if one part of
your body is not you know having blood travel through it address that issue that's a problem
okay but hey you know the voice is what's meant for preaching and so let's use that voice to
preach the gospel and think about you know if you have that gift if you have the ability to preach
hey if you get an opportunity to preach you better preach because the bible says hey weather prophecy
let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith you know god does not give us these gifts
just so that you can squander it waste it be stubborn and rebellious and refuse to use it
i mean think about moses god says hey i'm going to put the words in your mouth i will be with
thy mouth who has made man's mouth oh i'm just not a good speaker but hold on a second if god's
giving you the gift to preach then you know you better just do it right and he's like hey i'm
going to be with you and moses was kind of what he was kind of hesitating he kind of didn't want
to he's kind of being a little stubborn you know let us not be like that as christians you know
if god has given you a gift in some area of life run with that gift use that gift let's keep looking
at some different ones that he talks about here notice verse seven it says or ministry let us
wait on our ministering now again in one sense ministry something that we all should be doing
right what does it mean to minister it means to serve right doesn't jesus talk about how the
greatest in heaven will be him that is a servant becomes a servant right so we are supposed to be
a servant unto all we serve people when we go out soul winning we serve people in church when a
friend is down we serve people if they're sick by helping them out there's all sorts of different
ways we can apply this but you know we all should be ministering but maybe some people they're just
really gifted at that they really have a heart for that you know there's there's some guys in
the ministry that are our pastors and then there are some guys that are staff guys and it's like
maybe they won't ever be a pastor someday but they're just a really dang good servant and
you know what that's a necessary thing that is an honorable thing we shouldn't look down on people
that are ministers or servants or assistants and say like they're not you know they're not important
or or some moron said that's not even a real job you know what that is that's the eye saying to the
hand i have no need of thee it's foolish it's idiotic hey some people they're just great number
two guys and you know if you find yourself in life in number two you just be the best number two ever
just be humble right but other people hey you know you're giving the gift of prophecy wait on that
or then it says here or he that cheat teacheth on teaching go to first timothy chapter number three
now again some of these you can just look at these in both ways should we all be teachers yes
we're supposed to teach all nations right so don't say like oh i'm just not you know gifted to teach
well learn to teach learn to teach the gospel we will help you to teach the gospel we'll give you
a handout you could follow the handout to a t like there's no excuse why you couldn't teach the gospel
but some people are really gifted at expounding things at building concepts at taking difficult
concepts and making it very understandable very palatable if you have that gift wait on those
things and this is one of the things that the bible actually says is a requirement to be a
pastor first timothy chapter 3 verse 1 the bible says this is a true saying if a man desire the
office of a bishop he desireth a good work a bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife
Vigilant sober of good behavior given to hospitality notice this apt to teach so there's lots of qualifications for the bishop
We didn't even cover all of them
But one of them is that you are apt to teach meaning you are able to teach
I think some people get this idea where they say like well this person is a good christian, you know
They're good in this area. They're a good worker. They're a good dad. They're a good husband. They're a good brother
Whatever and so of course they'll make a good passer
But it's like hold on a second preaching matters preaching is super super important
The ability to teach is very very important and look someone could be just a rock star christian
Highly favored of god very blessed of god living a prosperous christian life succeeding in christian life
But it's like but if they can't preach they should not be a pastor because this is a qualification
So it's like hey, we all should teach but it's like but man if god's really giving you that gift to teach
Use that ability and maybe even be a pastor someday because that's a requirement verse eight
Go back to roman chapter number 12 verse number eight
It says or he that exhorteth on exhortation he that giveth let him do it with simplicity
He that ruleth with diligence he that showeth mercy with cheerfulness
So let's talk about each one of these
The first one is exhortation the definition of exhort is to urge
Advise or caution earnestly to admonish urgently to goad press spur
Or encourage now in what way could this be applying to all of us?
Well, hey when we go out soul winning we are urgently warning people about the fires of hell, right?
And if some have compassion pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh, right?
But also I could see this like where would this be a more specialized?
Skill or gift again, I would think this is primarily something that a pastor is doing in a formal way
Why go to second timothy chapter four second timothy chapter number four
Of course pastoral epistles written to a young pastor and we're going to see this same word used
Remember to exhort is to urge advise or caution earnestly, right?
Verse two of second timothy four to preach the word be instant in season out of season
Reprove rebuke exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine
So the bible just straight up says that pastors must be exhorting people
It's funny how people want to come to a church and be like just don't want to be told what to do
I don't want the sermon to be about me. I don't want the preacher to tell me how to live
It's like well, what bible are you reading?
What is he going to be reproving rebuking and exhorting you to do exhort you to feel great about yourself or something like no
We need to be all told that we're wrong constantly
We need to be corrected constantly and so, you know, if someone says the gift of exhortation
I would think from a specialized point of view that would probably be again a preacher a pastor
Now what are some ways we all could do this?
We'll go to hebrews chapter 10
Of course
We know that the preacher should be getting up and exhorting god's people to follow god's commandments urgently
Cautioning them of the consequences if they don't but there's another way this word is used
Look at where it says in hebrews 1024 and let us so that's everyone. That's not just the pastor
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is but
Exhorting one another and so much the more as he see the day approaching
You know, what's a great area that all of God's people should be exhorting each other in and that is in church attendance
And hey the vast majority of just direct formal
Rebuke reproof, you know correction exhortation is going to be coming from behind the pulpit
But you know what?
There's also times just in our daily life friend to friend man to man where exhortation takes place
Sometimes reproof sometimes rebuke and you know one area we all should be holding each other accountable and exhorting each other is to stay in
Church and like your buddy at church quits church
That would be a time where you should exhort that person person where you should earnestly caution them advise them
Say hey get back in church, right because we don't want to discourage one another
We're supposed to be considering one another and provoking each other unto love and unto good works
You know to provoke it kind of makes me think of to go or to poke or a prod or something like that
You know, we're supposed to be provoking each other to good works. We're supposed to say like hey
You're going to the next soul winning marathon, right? Hey, you know, you're going soul winning this week, right?
Hey, you're doing the next Bible memory chapter, right? Oh, I but then I would feel uncomfortable
What do you think a goat does like do you think that they get the cows and they just like pet them with it?
it's like no they're poking them to get them to move their fat lazy butt and
God's people sometimes need you know
The goat of God's word to get them to move their fat lazy selfish butts, right?
And you know what you as well should be exhorting one another
We should all be exhorting one another to serve the Lord. What about giving go to Malachi chapter 3
Let's think about this again from the two dual perspectives. We're thinking about right in some ways
These are things that we all do in some ways. These are specialized
So what's something that all of God's people have been called to do that is to tithe. What is that? That's the tenth
That's 10% of the income that God blesses us with Malachi 3 look at verse 8
It says will a man rob God yet you have robbed me, but you say wherein have we robbed thee
I'll answer that in tithes and offerings, right? So he doesn't say like, oh, you know, whoa, you know God
What do you mean? We've robbed you
Don't you understand that I have just not been given the gift of giving right and God's supposed to be like
Oh, I totally forgot Romans chapter 12, right? He just gives the gift of giving to people
No, the tide is just expected of all of God's people. It's not something over and above
It's not like, you know, you're just a rock star for doing it. It's just like it's God's commandments
It's how things work notice the the consequence verse 9 you are cursed with a curse for you've robbed me even this whole nation notice
He doesn't say you're good, bro. You didn't have the gift. He says you're cursed with a curse. That's scary
I'm trying to exhort you right now because I don't want you to have to go through that to be cursed by God
That's bad bringing all the tides into the storehouse that there may be meat in mine house and prove me now herewith say at the Lord
of hosts if I will not open you the windows of heaven and
Pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it
So notice it's not like like what are the outcomes of tithing? It's either, you know a curse from God or it's just neutral
No, no. No, it's like it's either a curse from God or God's going to bless you, right?
So this is not a neutral, you know aspect of our Christian lives like there will be
Consequences for lack of a better term it whether positive or negative on one hand or the other by doing this
and so look at what it says in verse 11 and I will rebuke the devourers for your sake and he shall not destroy the
Fruits of your ground neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field sayeth the Lord
So, you know, we should reframe our view of money and tithing and not really look at it
It's like oh, you know, we have to do this
We have to pay this like we should look at it as something that's an opportunity
Something that we're blessed to be able to do because we know that God said he's going to bless us for doing it
He's gonna rebuke the devourer for our sakes and you know as our economy gets tight
You know as inflation just roars, you know
It's times like these that we need to be more spiritual more hanging on to the promises of God's Word
Not less right not walking away from those things
So Matthew 6 go to Matthew chapter 6. So look at it like this tithing is a blessing
But the Bible says hey he that giveth let him do it with simplicity
Right, just do it with simplicity. It is a blessing now. Also. I want to say this
Of course some people, you know, maybe if they have the gift of giving maybe they just choose of their own will to give more
Than that that's between you and God. I would never tell someone they need to do that
Maybe you do that of your own will hey praise God what it's yours you do with what you want with it
But notice this principle in Matthew chapter 6 verse 1 the Bible says take heed
That you do not your alms before men to be seen of them
Otherwise, you have no reward of your father which is in heaven. So when the Bible is telling us Romans 12
Hey, he that giveth let him do it with simplicity
One way you could understand simplicity is just not making a big deal about it
Right not making videos of yourself that always go viral always super popular around the holiday seasons where it's like
Hey, here's me going to this dark tunnel finding up these guys shooting up heroin and giving them a stack of cash
Aren't I so awesome? No, you're an idiot is what you are and you're in violation of Matthew 6 one, right?
You're just trying to be seen of men. The Bible says you do that. You have no reward of your father, which is in heaven
Hey, just faithfully tithing the Bible says reward
Blessing if you gave alms went above and beyond that just wanted to bless someone
Of course, God's gonna bless you for that
But not if you're doing it to be seen of men therefore when thou doest thine alms
Do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men
Barely I saying to you they have their reward. Of course in our modern vernacular. It's like hey, don't post it on the internet
Don't draw attention to yourself about all this extra giving that you're doing
You already have your reward then your reward is everyone thinks you're awesome
You know scratch that everyone who's simple thinks you're awesome people who have read Matthew 6 do not think you're awesome
Just letting you know verse 3 but when thou doest thine alms let not thy left hand
know what thy right hand doeth that thine alms may be in secret and
Thy father which is in secret himself shall reward thee openly so look when it just comes to giving the Bible says hey
Just do it with simplicity
Don't even let your left hand know what your right hand is doing
Don't make a big deal out of money if you try to give a bunch of extra if you're going above and beyond
Don't try to bring a show to that and you'll also you know
Don't don't bring a show to your own finances and also don't try to make bring a show to other people's finances either
Okay, you know, let me say this when it comes to people counting the money
You're being entrusted with private information that you're seeing never ever make comments to people about that for any reason
The Bible says hey just give give with simplicity
That's a real quick way to stop being an usher if I find out people are making comments to others about their giving
That's between them and God just count it and move on right give with simplicity
The Bible says go back to Romans 12 Romans chapter number 12. What else was listed there talked about ruling?
In verse 8 ruling with diligence, right being faithful showing mercy. Let's look at verse number 9
It says let love be without dissimulation
Abhor that which is evil believe to that which is good
So what is dissimulation it means to simulate or to be fake, right?
and the Bible says we should not have love that is fake and there are two aspects that we must have
In order for you to have a true godly love and if you're missing either parts of these your love is fake
You can pretend like you're loving all day long, but the Bible would say you have a simulated fake love
What must we do? We have to abhor that which is evil. We have to hate
Yeah
That word is okay to use to hate that which is evil and you have to love that which is good
And it's not one of the other it's not just hating evil and it's not just loving good
It's both you must have both and if someone just says I just love love love love love, but they don't hate anything
They're a liar. They have no real love. What are some things we should hate
How about Proverbs go to Proverbs chapter number eight and people who have not renewed their mind to prove
What is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God? They'll hear the word hate and they'll say oh, that's not Christian
And they'll mock us. Oh, there's no hate like Christian love
Yeah, you're damn right because the Bible says that we should hate and love and there ain't no hate like Christian love
Yeah, that's a great slogan slogan. That's fine
Because look what the Bible says in Proverbs 8 verse 13 the Bible says the fear of the Lord is to hate
Evil sounds like we should hate some things. What else? How about pride boy?
That reminds me of June all these faggots using pride as a slogan. Hey, I hate pride
I hate gay pride month. There's nothing gay or happy about their disgusting faggity lifestyle
There's nothing gay or happy about the fact that we live in a country where sodomites can literally buy and own children
You know what? I hate that it's disgusting
Any normal person would hate that says to hate evil pride and arrogance in the evil way and the froward mouth
Do I hate that's inspired scripture go to Proverbs 6 Proverbs chapter 6 look at verse 16
These six things that the Lord hate sounds like God just hates a lot of stuff. Here's just six things God hates
Oh wait, I miscounted yay seven are an abomination unto him a proud look a lying tongue and hands that shed
Innocent blood and heart that diviseth wicked imaginations feet that be swift in running to mischief a false witness that speak
It lies and he that soweth discord among brethren
You know anything that God hates you're free to hate as well. That is just a given go to psalm 26
Let's look at some more verses on this psalm 26
Psalm chapter number 26 and of course I've explained this before hatred can be both a
Visceral loathing on an emotional level and that's absolutely valid. No doubt about that
God hates people in that way some people and so should we also hatred could be choosing something over something else
All right. Look at psalm 26 verse 4. I have not sat with vain persons
Neither will I go in with dissemblers. I have hated the congregation of evildoers notice. He's not sitting with them
He's not being with them and will not sit with the wicked, right?
So part of a godly hatred is making the right choices with what with our body, right?
Being a living sacrifice being holy acceptable unto God go to psalm 139. Of course, this is the classic
This is the classic hate chapter in the new IFB. I got to tell you a story
All right, but not as long as old IFB just real quick. There's been a lot of Bible
Okay, when I was at steadfast Baptist Church, we had the steadfast Saints
It was like an adult church a softball league and we're playing against other churches. Some of these churches are complete false prophets
We're playing as Catholics and playing like against the friars. We're playing against the Nazarene's
We're playing against all sorts of people some of them don't believe the gospel whatsoever
They prefer scripture and one time we were playing and steadfast always packed the house
With you know people cheering us on like the moms the kids all came out like they showed up
And I remember I was out at shortstop and all of a sudden I just start hearing do not
I hate them all the kids just started singing psalm 139, you know
It's just like this team is just like what's going on?
But hey, you know at least these kids aren't ashamed of God's Word
A lot of churches will be scared to sing that in church in the house of God and these kids like hey
We're playing against the Catholics. Well, do not I hate them. Oh Lord that hate thee those kids are based right there psalm 139 verse 21
Do not I hate them. Oh Lord that hate thee and I'm not I grieved with those that rise up against thee
See if you tell me that you love people that hate God
Sodomites you tell me that you love people you're not grieved when people rise up against God sounds like you hate God
Then sounds like you're choosing
faggots
Choosing the wicked over God. Hey, you love something you hate something and if you choose people that hate God over God
Well, then you yourself are a hater of God buddy. Look at verse 22. I hate them with perfect hatred
I count them mine enemies and notice he's not just getting wild here
He says search me Oh God and know my heart
Try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me, right?
So he's not just flying off the handle here going wild
He is under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost David is when he's writing this
What are some things we should love right because we are to abhor that which is evil hate that which is evil and
We're supposed to cleave to that which is good. Hey, how about God's Word? We ought to love God's Word
I'll just read for you Psalm 119 verse 97. Oh how love I thy law
It is my meditation all the day
How do you know someone loves God's Word when they meditate all day long on it when they read it all day
Thou through thy commandments has made me wiser than mine enemies for they are ever with me
You know if you ever see someone attacking the Bible if you ever see someone putting doubt on the Bible
If you ever see someone just interpreting away the truth of the Bible, just take it to the bank
That person doesn't love God's Word. That person has a dissimulated fake love
There's a lot of preachers today that have dissimulated fake loves ones that preach false doctrine
Textual critics trying to get you to doubt the validity of God's Word. How about good men go to Titus chapter 1
You know the Bible says that we should love good men and I submit to you if you do not abhor that which is evil
You're fake and you don't have real love and I submit to you that if you do not love good men
You are fake and you do not have real love
Here's a qualification of the bishop in Titus 1 verse 7
The Bible says for a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God not self-willed not soon angry not given to wine
No striker not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality a lover of good men
sober just holy temperate look when I see
Good men of God being attacked by these, you know back slid in watered down lame preaching
Sucky do nothing ex new IFB losers. I know something about you. You don't have a real love
You have a fake love because people today think like oh love just means being nice to everyone
No, no, no, sometimes love is preaching super hard
And you know what you should love the preacher that preaches hard you should love the man of God
You should love the real ones that are out there and it's a big big red flag when people don't love the real ones
It's a big red flag
You know when when this loser Salvador Alvarez got ordained and he just immediately turned on pastor Shelley
I just immediately knew this guy's a piece of crap because pastor Shelley is a good man
Pastor Shelley preaches super hard pastor Shelley preaches right doctrine pastor
Shelley's leading a church getting tens of thousands of people say and if you don't love that there's something wrong with you
You don't love the the great man of God and the new IFB. There's something wrong with you
It's called you have a fake love. It's called you've not renewed your mind
It's called you're just stuck in this world's philosophy. You're reading too much hater groups or something
You're reading too many feminist books. You're listening to too many stupid online podcasts
You haven't renewed your mind with this book. You're backslidden. You're worldly. You don't love that's the reality go to Leviticus 19
You know what else you should love I already told said this but you should love hard preaching you should love
Hard preaching and hard preaching is not something that the flesh is just gonna naturally like
No one likes the prodding right now
If you're wise you'd appreciate the prodding because the prodding is trying to get you to go in the right direction
The prodding is trying to keep you safe. The prodding is trying to keep you on the right path
But let me just tell you something folks people do not like hard preaching people act like they do
People do not like hard preaching. This is the reality look at Leviticus 19 verse 17
The Bible says thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart Amen
So does that mean that we only ever speak really soft and kind to each other and we can never say anything offensive
Or we can never tell you that you're wrong. We can never tell you that you're wicked
We can never tell you what you're doing is bad. We can never tell you your idea is stupid
We can never tell you your philosophy is worldly trash
No, the Bible says thou shalt in any wise
Rebuke thy neighbor and not suffer sin upon him. You show me the preacher that doesn't rebuke
I'll show you the preacher that does not love that is the fact most preachers today do not love why because you know what?
It's hard to love the way the Bible says to love sometimes because rebuking someone is not fun. At least it's not for me
I think it's that way for everyone, you know
Oftentimes people are so dang lazy. They won't even correct their children not to mention, you know adults that need correction
Like people won't even correct their kids people won't even reprove their kids
It's like do you really think they're gonna like have an uncomfortable conversation with an adult or preach something?
That's gonna make someone mad at them. It's not fun when people are mad at you, right?
But you think you know who does that though?
You know who does that the person who loves you the person who loves God the person who does not have a fake love?
And you know what we need to beware that we do not allow
Anchor Baptist Church and the new IFB and Baptist in general to get this weak soft
Watered down preaching. Okay, because let me tell you something
I've seen these X new IFB rejects that have broken off and you know what I noticed about them changing
I noticed their preaching change. I noticed their preaching change. I was like, what is this?
This is not who I knew this is not, you know, the new IP movement. Why is every sermon so boring?
Why is nothing hard being said? Why is it that the only time these X new IFB losers?
Actually get fired up about something actually lift up their voice is when they're preaching against us Wow
Ridiculous, but let me tell you what it is. It's because they don't love it's because they lost love along the way
They got just in the flesh. They got backslidden
they lost that that godly love that leads men of God to rebuke and so what happens it's like as you backslide you
Conform to the world and you get back to that default state and it's like you look at some preachers
It's like what's the difference between you and the new evangelical movement besides you have a suit and tie on and you're preaching out
The King James but it's like everything else about the service is the same your tempo your cadence
The volume of your voice the topics that you'll touch and won't touch and it's like what happened
Oh, I know what happened is you stopped loving your brother. You stopped loving your brother
You stopped loving your congregation and and giving them the rebuke that they need go back to Romans 12
Romans chapter number 12 look at verse number 10 the Bible says be kindly
Affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honor preferring one another
Kindly affection that that kind of draws like an emotional love type type thought is what I'm thinking of you know
Like to have affection for someone is like you just emotionally really care and love about them
And you know what if you really like love someone then you will rebuke them if they're in sin if you really do love
Someone then you won't suffer sin to be upon them then you will preach hard
But I was just be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love look if you can't love the people at anchor Baptist Church
Who can you love seriously if you can't you know love the men you know getting thousands of people saved
Leading churches that are doing that as a group effort of course, but like if you can't love people like that
It's like who can you love how could you not be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love and by the way
You know people generally take rebuke a lot better when you are kindly affectioned towards them, right?
When we have that unity when you know that your pastor actually wants what's best for you
And he's not just trying to get you into a seat to pass the plate to fill the coffers of the church
Then you could actually accept that hard preaching a lot more
But it's like you know I'd be really leery of a church where it's like the pastor never says anything's hard because I'd
Wonder like does he even care about us, or does he just want to keep us at all costs right?
But the person preaching hard that's the one who's affectioned one to another with brotherly love
What are some ways that we could show love one to another?
I think this next list is gonna hit that look at verse 11 not slothful in business fervent in spirit
Serving the Lord hey one one thing you could do by being one way
You could demonstrate love is by being a hard worker okay?
Because being a lazy jerk is not loving to anyone right these lazy do-nothings that just live their entire life off
Welfare when they're able-bodied and can work they don't love people
They don't mind just taking other people's hard-earned dollars, so they could sit there and do nothing they have no love right?
You know that's not a loving thing to do to be lazy
You don't have to turn there
But the Bible talks about people who do not work it says in verse 11 of 1st Thessalonians 3 for we hear that there
Are some which walk among you disorderly working not at all but our busy bodies
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work and eat their own bread
But ye brethren be not weary and well-doing if any man obey not our word by this epistle
Note that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed
Hey, we need to bring back shame to lazy jerks in our society that don't work
You know that the homeless people they're they're painted as like these all they're all poor little victims
They're all just such wonderful people and look
I'm sure there are some homeless people out there that are that are like on their down on their luck actually have serious problems
You know the paraplegic out there the wounded war veteran, whatever. Okay, there's different situations
But most homeless people in America are not good people. They are lazy jerks that don't love anyone. How do you say that?
Well, why why is none of their family members there to help him? No family. No friends. No brother
Definitely no co-workers because they don't have any right. No one in your life loves you
Maybe because you're a crappy person maybe because you're wicked
Maybe because you're you're living your whole life just selfishly only caring about yourself, you know being lazy is not loving
We should be you know fervent in our business
We should be working hard being lazy in church is not loving your brethren either, you know
Staying back behind, you know and never being a sole winner while while the soldiers go out to war
That's not very loving to the soldiers, right? We need to be so winners together
Not saying every single time we have a soul winning time, but like you need to be a soul winner in some capacity
Okay, how about praying for each other look at verse number 12 of Romans chapter 12 rejoicing and hope patient in tribulation
Continuing instant in prayer. How can you show love be kindly affectioned one toward another, you know
How about being patient in tribulation not dipping out when things get hard?
You know, that's not a very loving thing to do when your brother goes through a trial or your pastor goes through a trial
Or your church goes through a trial and it's just all just dip out when the tribulation comes. That's not love
That's not being loved loving towards one another the Bible says patient in tribulation saying hey, okay, things are hard. That's okay
Hey, we're anchored right here, right? We're steadfast right here. We're not going anywhere. We're patient in tribulation
Continuing instant in prayer, of course praying one for another is a great way to show love
It's it's kind of like giving financially where it's like, you know, you don't make a big show about it
A lot of people don't even necessarily know you're doing it. But you know what? You should be praying for one another
That is a great way to district to show love then it says here verse 13
Distributing to the necessity of saints given to hospitality. So
Necessity something you actually need right? So hey if a saint is actually in need, they're not just lazy
They're not just not working at all. Hey, it's great
You'd have been really fervent in your business to work really really hard so that you could even
Distribute to the necessity of Saints. It's a very loving thing to do. It's a way to show love given to hospitality
And I don't even think you have to have a bunch of money to be a person who's given to hospitality
It just means like, you know, you're gonna love on people you're gonna bring them in you're gonna accept them
You're gonna bring them in conversation. You're gonna shake their hand. You're gonna say hi to them
You're gonna include them, right? We want to make sure that if we get visitors
You know, it's it's hard for any person to go to a new church no matter what like I don't care
What type of church it is. It's a little hard to go to a new church
It's hard to walk into a building of people you don't know, you know
It's probably also hard in a church like ours. That's a little bit smaller because people might have a preconceived idea
Oh, this is a this is a club, you know, they're not gonna accept me us for no more
You know, obviously that should not be our attitude. We should be very hospitable
You know when someone comes to these doors, they don't need a 20 question polygraph to see like are you okay to come here?
It's like hey be hospitable, right? Welcome in welcome them in now, of course, you know if they've got you know
LGBT memorabilia all over their body that might be the polygraph. What the heck is that?
You know what? I mean, like we talked to God's promise rainbow or something else. Like what rainbow is that right there, right?
You guys go to I'm saying be hospitable, please
Look at verse number 14 Bible says bless them which persecute you bless and curse not so notice
This isn't necessarily the enemies of God the haters of God. This is blessed those that persecute you, right?
Love your enemies go to Matthew 5
Let's read that Matthew chapter number 5 Matthew chapter number 5 verse 43
You have heard that it hath been said thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy
But I say unto you love your enemies
bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which
despitefully use you and
Persecute you so hey someone curses you, you know
You could give that person the benefit of the doubt not just automatically assume there's some God hating reprobate
That's a different story
But when that happens was Bible say three things do good to them, right?
Do good to them just pray for them and it says bless them
You know, that's that's hard for people to do that's hard for all of us to do
But this is the words of Jesus here to love our
Enemies the Bible says that you may be the children of your father
Which is in heaven for he maketh his son to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just
And on the unjust, you know
God just sends the rain on the good and the bad in this world and it's like our default position should be
Showering down blessing love and prayer for all of mankind as our default position, right?
And in me or not verse 46 for if you love them which love you what reward have you?
Oh, I'm not gonna love this person because they don't love me because they didn't do good to me. They didn't bless me
They didn't pray for me. They didn't do good unto me. Okay. Well, it's like well, then what reward have you for if you love them?
Which love you what reward have you do not even the publicans the same?
That's how the world lives their life is you do bad to me. I do bad to you. You don't like me
I don't like you you said something mean to me. I say something mean to you. You curse me. I curse you you attack me
I attack you right that's worldly go back to Romans 12 Romans chapter number 12
What else does having true love for your brethren and in honor preferring one another look like well?
You know it means being there for your brethren during the highs and the lows verse 15 the Bible says rejoice
with them that do rejoice and
Weep with them that weep see we got to get the focus off of ourselves as
Christians and not think like well, you know, I'm going through a bad time
So, you know, I'm just gonna think about my bad time think about my troubles think about my woes, right?
Or you know, I'm going through a really good time
So I don't want to have to think about my brother who's struggling or my sister who's going through a hard time
No, no
What we should do is we should be there for each other where we're at and realize that hey
You've got your own struggles that doesn't discount from my struggles and my struggles don't discount from your struggles
You know
We all have a different cross to bear and you know what I should do is I should rejoice with those that rejoice
Hey something good happens in your life
I'm gonna be happy with you regardless of what's going on in my life if my life is falling apart if I have
Troubles and woes and illnesses and problems, you know, but something good happened to you. I better be happy with you
I better not sit here and wallow and self-pity and focus on myself. That's not spiritual. That's being selfish
That's being carnal rejoice with those that rejoice someone gets the job. Be happy for them. Someone, you know goes in the ministry
Be happy for them. Someone gets married be happy for them
Oh, but I'm still single shut up rejoice with those that rejoice and you know, what slip that around weep with those that weep
Hey things may be going great in your life. But you know, what about your friend? Have you checked on them?
Hey things may be going great in your life
You might be you know thriving financially your health might be great your family life might be great
But do we just forget about our brothers and sisters in Christ who aren't having a good time?
No, no, no, we condescend right we go to wherever they're at. We rejoice with those that rejoice
We weep with those that weep verse 16 kind of the same idea be of the same mind one toward another
Hey, you're happy. I'm happy. You're sad. I'm sad with you mind not high things
But condescend to men of low estate be not wise in your own conceits, you know, especially as a church grows
There's gonna be more people there's gonna be more people who have not been in church for as long who have not read as
Much Bible who have not as heard as much good doctrine
And you know what you're gonna know about their life is their life is gonna be
Catastrophically jacked up in all sorts of areas
And you know what we need is we need the love of Christ that's willing to condescend to men of low estate
Be of the same mind with those people where you know
Weep with those that weep and not have this this
Mentality that we've heard preach so much where it's just like be awesome as I'm awesome. That is not condescending to men of low estate
It's just this idea of just like well your wife is rebellious. Well your wife back talks to you
Well, if you were just such an awesome leader as I am if you were just as wonderful as a husband as I am
Then you wouldn't have any problems. How is that being of the same mind one toward another?
How is that condescending to men of low estate? What is that? That's pride is what that is and you know what it is
It's a bunch of lying to what we've learned these people that put themselves forth as just like the greatest thing ever
Everything's perfect about their life. You find out that's not really true. We're 17. And by the way, don't get this idea that like
Pastors are just like these Superman these just high and above, you know people of the congregations
Like I'm just a regular person that meets the qualifications that is in an office worthy of respect
Absolutely, and there's a certain way you must treat me
But you know, please please don't get this idea that I'm putting forth this image to you that I'm perfect
I have no problems. I've never had any fights in my marriage
I've never had any shortcomings with my child rearing don't sit here and point out every problem or nitpick my life
Because I never told you I was perfect never ever ever ever did I tell you I was perfect
So when you find out Wow pastor Oz isn't perfect. It's like bro. I never pretended I was
You know
I never want to have that that aura about me as a pastor because you know what I want to do
I want to be of the same mind one toward another I want to condescend to men of low estate for 17
Recompense to no man evil for evil provide things honest in the sight of all men
What if someone in church genuinely does you wrong, right? They're not showing love towards you. They sin against you
They do something wrong or oftentimes what it really is is people perceive that something was done wrong. Well, what do you do?
Well, you don't recompense evil for evil, right? Someone does something bad to you
Don't return that same thing back unto them. You become just as wicked if not more so you become just as guilty
Oh this person you lied against me
So I'm gonna go publish a lie about them like what's wrong with you?
Like do you want to bring the wrath of God upon yourself?
Is that what you're trying to do here verse 18 if it be possible as much as life in you live peaceably with all men again
What's our default position in life default position love blessing do good pray, right?
That is our default position for people now
Of course is if it be possible because sometimes it's not possible. That's okay
Christ came to bring division division is gonna be happening if you care about the truth. That's alright verse 19 dearly beloved avenge
Not yourselves, but rather give place under wrath for it is written vengeance is mine
I will repay sayeth the Lord therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirsts give him drink
For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head notice what this whole chapter is doing
This chapter is telling you like all these good things you should be doing do this good thing and this good thing and this good
Thing but then it's saying like hey if evils done to you don't avenge yourself
That's not your position right God is going to avenge now of course sometimes
You'll find yourself in in a position in life where you're an authority figure and you are the person that's dealing punishments
You are the one dealing with issues
Responsible for stuff like that. That's not taking vengeance right you know a parent spanking their kid because they did wrong
That's not taking vengeance upon them right church discipline for big issues
That's not a pastor taking vengeance on someone, but you know what when you just perceive that you're wrong
And you're like you know what I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna do this against them
You know that's taking vengeance the Bible says don't do that in fact what you should do is do good pray bless like Jesus said
Right hey feed them give them drink and so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head see the last thing you want
Do if you feel like someone's done you wrong is just throw away your integrity throw away your character throw away your standards throw away
Your morals throw away the commandments of God and just you know do all this wicked stuff back
It's like bro. You know if someone's actually doing you wrong. Hey just bless that person you're heaping coals of fire upon their head
Kill them with kindness
And you know that brings us the last verse notice this be not overcome of evil
But overcome evil with good what a beautiful verse that is you know I think a lot of times
Myself I could feel this way at times where I just kind of get just a little overwhelmed with the evil in this world
And it just makes me mad, and I just see things in the news
I got to stay away from it sometimes. I got to get away from social media
I got a you know I preach the whole sermon. You know don't pay attention to the haters. Don't pay attention
Don't hate you know don't focus on them focus on good things because sometimes if I focus too much on that stuff
I just get that feeling of overcome with evil
I'm sure you guys can feel the same way at sometimes right and so it's like what do we do do we allow ourselves to?
Be black-pilled do we allow ourselves to be overcome of evil? No, we overcome evil with good, right?
Resist the devil and he will flee. What's the best revenge? I love that pastor Anderson preached this last year
Hey, the best revenge is to live well, right?
And sometimes it's like it can get really frustrating the constant attacks the constant lies the constant issues the constant problems the constant pressure
These things can get to us, but it's like, you know how we fight back. You know how we punch back in this world
You know how we overcome evil we go and get 2,200 plus people saved in 2025. That's how we do it
It's like hey, you know America in this world is wicked in
2026 and hey it is but guess what we're already on track. We're ahead of last year's numbers than when we were at this date
Hey, let's overcome evil with good right? Oh, there's people that hate us. There's people that rail on us
There's people that do evil unto us. There's people that wish us, you know harm, but it's like yeah, but at the end of the day
I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and read the King James Bible at the end of the day
I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and and go to a job that I'm really thankful for you know at the end of the day
I'm waking up in Oklahoma tomorrow. I'm happy. I live in Yukon. I've got a great wife. I've got great kids
I've got a great church. I've got the blessing of God, you know, I've got the Lord on my side at the end of day
It's like hey, there's a lot of evil
But yeah, let's just overcome evil with good at the end of the day. I get to read my Bible
I get to go soul winning. I get to memorize scripture. I get to go to a soul winning marathons on Saturday
I get to go to NASA and make fun of stupid flat earthers with the brethren down in Houston
I mean life is good. I get to go preach at Spring Crest Baptist Church. Hang out with pastor Reyes
I mean folks don't sit here. Just live your life focusing on the evil
Why don't you focus on all the other verses in Romans 12 all the good that there is to do?
All right, be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good. Let's pray Lord
Thank you so much for this great chapter in your word
I'm sure there's so much all of us can work on with these many exhortations you've given us
I pray that we'd really just think on these things meditate on these things
Help us to make application in our life where we need to we love you. Do you see me pray? Amen
We'll go ahead and sing one last song to conclude the service if you would at this time take your hymnals and turn to him
number
296 follow on and number
296 we'll go ahead and start there right on the first down
In the valley with my savior I would go where the flowers are blooming and the sweet
waters flow
Everywhere he leads me I would follow follow on walking in his footsteps
till the crown be one
fall Jesus
Anywhere everywhere I would follow fall Jesus
Everywhere he lead I would fall my savior
I would go where the storms are sweeping and the dark waters flow
With his hand to lead me. I will never never fear
Danger cannot frighten me if my lord is near
fall fall Jesus
Everywhere he lead I would fall my savior
I would go where the storms are sweeping and the dark waters flow
With his hand to lead me. I will never never fear