"Turning the things whereof we wrote unto you, it is good to touch a woman, as to avoid fornication, that every man have his own wife; to the wife do benevolence, and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
The wife hath not power, likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not the other, and accept it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves the fasting of prayer.
Come together again, that Satan tempts you not for your incontinence, but I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. For I would that all men were even as I myself, but every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
I say therefore, to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I, but if they cannot contain, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn. And unto the married I command, ye not I, but the Lord, let not the wife depart from her husband, but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband, and let not the husband put away his wife.
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord, if any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away; and the woman which hath a husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband. Else were your children unclean, but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart.
A brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?
Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called everyone, so let him walk, and so are they and I in all churches.
Is any man called being circumcised, let him not become uncircumcised. Is any man called in uncircumcision, let him not be circumcised.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant?
Care not for it, but thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man. Likewise also, he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Ye are bought with a price, be not ye the servants of men, brethren, let every man wherein he is called, wherein therein abide with God.
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, yet I give my judgment. As one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful, I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress.
I say that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bond unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.
But, and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such shall have trouble in the flesh.
But I spare you. But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth. Both they that have wives be as though they had none, and they that weep as though they wept not, and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not, and they that buy as though they possessed not, and they that use this world as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world passeth away.
But I would have you without carefulness, he that is unmarried careth for the things, sorry, he that is unmarried careth for the things that belongeth to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference also between a wife and a virgin.
The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
But she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
And this I speak for your profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
But if any man think that he behaveeth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will.
He sinneth not, let them marry. Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
So then he that giveth her in marriage, doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage, doeth better.
The wife is bound by the law, as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, whom it only in the Lord.
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Daily Father, bless her preaching tonight, fill her with your Holy Ghost, and in her name, Amen.
Alright, great to be back. The third time I've visited this church now, and I love coming back here every time, it already feels like a second family to me.
So thank you all for coming for this evening's service. And let's look at 1 Corinthians chapter number 7, verse 21.
"For if thou callest being a servant, care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man."
Likewise also, he that is called being free is Christ's servant. Let's pray.
Lord, thank you so much for this day, and thank you for the souls that were won this afternoon,
and for all the people that came to hear tonight's preaching, Lord, I pray that you fill me with the Holy Ghost,
and help me to edify your church tonight, in Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
All right, the title of my sermon tonight is "The Lord's Free Man." The Lord's Free Man. And this verse is really interesting to me,
because it's an interesting concept to think about how someone can be free, and at the same time be a servant,
or how somebody can be a servant and at the same time be free. Keep your finger there and go to Jeremiah chapter number 20.
Jeremiah chapter number 20, starting there in verse 1, the Bible reads, "Now Pasher, the son of Emmer, the priest,
who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
Then Pasher smoked Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin,
which was by the house of the Lord. And it came to pass on the morrow that Pasher brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks.
Then said Jeremiah unto him, 'The Lord hath not called thy name Pasher, but Magor the Sabbath.'"
You know, this story in Jeremiah is a picture of how the majority of the world sees Christians who actually live for God today.
They see us as if we're in the stocks, as if we're in bondage, right?
As if we're in servitude, which we are in servitude to the Lord Jesus Christ, but the world looks at it as a bad thing.
You know, we get cold terms like legalists or, you know, Bible thumpers or all these things.
Because when they look at us, they think that they're free, living however they want to live.
But they think that they see us in the stocks, like they saw Jeremiah in the stocks in that chapter.
But you know what? This church makes no bones about it. This is a fundamentalist church.
This isn't a new evangelical church. This isn't a life church. This isn't a four-square church.
This isn't a blue jeans cowboy church. You know, this church stands on the word of God.
Every single word of God we believe is pure and we're going to teach all of it here without holding anything back.
But you know, what's funny is these Christians that call us legalists are the ones that are truly in the stocks today.
Because the only way that you could be the Lord's free man is by being the Lord's servant.
It's kind of funny how we're always accused of being too liberal on salvation and too strict on sin.
The same people that say you have to live a good life to get to heaven get mad at us for preaching the Word of God.
And for preaching that you should be cleaning up your life.
And for preaching all the things that's unpopular today.
You know, they say you have to live this clean, holy life to be saved.
Yet you never hear hard preaching on living the clean, holy life in their churches, right?
So it's a paradox. It doesn't make any sense.
But, you know, our kind of church and their kind of church, we're approaching things in two completely different points of view.
So I want to talk to you tonight about Biblical freedom, Biblical servitude, and Biblical liberty.
Because these are concepts that the world does not understand and that they have kind of convoluted.
So I'm going to have four statements for you this evening.
The first two are going to be introduction laying the groundwork of this.
And then the last two are going to be like the application, the connection here.
So turn to 2 Corinthians chapter number five, 2 Corinthians chapter number five.
So statement number one, the Lord Jesus Christ was both the Lord's free man and the Lord's
servant.
Like we saw there in 1 Corinthians seven, he says, hey, if you're calling the Lord as
a free man, your Lord's servant, you're called being a bondage, then you're Lord's free man.
So 2 Corinthians chapter number five, starting there in verse number 20, like I said, Jesus
Christ was both the Lord's free man and the Lord's servant.
Well, how is that?
2 Corinthians 5 20, "Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you
by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God, for he hath made him to
be sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
So how is it that the Lord Jesus Christ was both the Lord's free man and the Lord's servant?
Well, truly he was the Lord's free man because he was free from sin.
Lord Jesus Christ lived his whole life without ever committing a sin.
He never stole, he never lied, he never disobeyed his parents, he never tried to sweep his mess
underneath the bed when his parents told him to clean his room, right?
He was free from sin.
He was the Lord's free man, right?
And when you're free from sin, then you're free from the consequences of sin, right?
Now of course, that didn't stay like that for the Lord Jesus Christ because he obviously
was our sacrifice and he took all the sins of the whole world in his body and he went
and he actually burned in hell for our sins, right?
But on this earth, he did not reap, you know, the effects of sin on this earth because he
had no sin.
You know, you go out and you commit adultery, what are you going to reap?
You're going to reap an STD, you're going to reap bastard children, you're going to
reap a divorce, right?
So Lord Jesus Christ was tempted in all points as we are yet without sin, but he was free
from the effects of sin in his life.
He never had to go to jail for stealing from someone, right?
He never had to get a disease or he never had to get his teeth knocked out from a night
of drunkenness, right?
He was the Lord's free man in that aspect.
In 1 Peter 2, 21, I'll read it for you, "For hereunto were ye called, because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps, who did no sin;
neither was guile found in his mouth."
You know, and just a side note, it's really important when you're soul winning that you
go into detail and explain to people that the Lord Jesus Christ never sinned.
Because, you know, they have to understand that not just any man can die for you, it
has to be the sinless, spotless, perfect name of God that died for you.
And then go to Revelation chapter number one, Revelation chapter number one, "Not only was
the Lord Jesus Christ free from sin, the Lord Jesus Christ was eventually free from death."
Revelation 1-17, Revelation 1-17, "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and
laid his right hand, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 'Fear not,
I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore, amen, and have the keys of hell and of death.'" You know what? The Lord is not
only the Lord's free man because he never sinned, he's also the Lord's free man because he has the
keys of hell and of death, because he's free from death. You know, "He died one time on this earth
for our sins, but he will never die again." And thank God, anyone that puts their faith in him,
excuse me, that could be said of them as well, that they will never die again. Romans 5 12,
you want to turn there? Romans 5 12, the Bible reads, "Wherefore, as by one man, sin entered
into the world, and death by sin. And so death passed upon all men, for that all have sin." So,
of course, we know because of Adam's transgression, sin, the sin nature gets passed on through the
Father, right? And then verse 13 says, "For until the law of sin was in the world, but sin is not
imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that
had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was
to come. But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For through the offense of one, many
be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which by one man, Jesus Christ, hath
abounded unto many." And then go down to verse 17, "For if by one man's offense, death reigned by
one, much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign
in life by one Jesus Christ." So, you know, the Lord was the free man, was a free man of God because
he's escaped death, and he's given us the ability to be the same way, right? Just foundational stuff
so far. He's free because he didn't sin, he's free because he's never going to die again. And we're
the same way, because once our new man inside of us is never going to sin again. Why? Because of
that one man, the Lord Jesus Christ. You know, our spirit, our soul inside of us is never going to die
ever again. Why is that? It's because the free man, the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's go to Hebrews chapter
five. Now let's talk about how the Lord was also, Lord Jesus Christ was also the Lord's servant.
Hebrews chapter number five. "Though he were a son, yet learned he obedience." Sorry, Hebrews five, eight.
"Though he were a son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. And being made
perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." So here's the thing,
a servant in the Bible is obviously under someone's authority, right? So Lord Jesus
Christ, whose authority was he under? He was under God the Father's authority, and he obeyed
God the Father, making him a servant. Then we look at John 8.29. We see Jesus as the servant of God,
because he obeyed the will of his Father, and I'll read for you. John 8.29, "And he that sent me is
with me, the Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things which please him." We go
to Philippians chapter number two. Philippians chapter number two. And again, these first two
points are just kind of laying the groundwork for you. Philippians verse number two. So what's been
the common thing so far that we've seen in Jesus' servitude? It's been obedience. It's been subjection
under the authority that he's been placed under. Philippians 2 verse 5, "Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God, but made himself with no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God had highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. So, Lord Jesus Christ,
he became the Lord's free man. He did that on his own, right? He had to live the perfect,
sinless life. He had to conquer death and hell for us. Those are free gifts that we get from God.
Remember, he left us an example that we should follow in his footsteps. The servitude aspect
of Lord Jesus Christ is something that we can do as well. Why? Because right here it said,
"Let this mind be in you," which was also in Christ. What mind did he have? He had a humble
mind. He had a servant's mind. He said that he made himself of no reputation. This is really
important as Christians. I think especially as preachers, if you want to be used greatly by God
and you want to actually, your heart's in it for the right reason, you want to edify people,
your goal and your heart should be to have the mind that Christ have to make yourself of no
reputation, right? So if anyone had the right to make a reputation for themselves, it was Lord
Jesus Christ, right? Because he's perfect, he's sinless, he never made any mistakes, you know,
yet he did not make himself of any reputation. Why? Because he left us that example. So if you
want to be used of God either as a great soul winner or just a great mother, a great father,
you shouldn't be going around trying to make a reputation for yourself, try to make a name
for yourself, look how good I am at this, look how good I am at that. It kind of reminds me of like
these YouTube Christians that like post videos of themselves like reciting Bible from memory.
You know, I don't think that you should be doing that. You know what, if you're gonna,
if you're gonna quote scripture, it should be when you're out soul winning, preaching the gospel,
right? It should be when you're preaching a sermon, but it shouldn't be just like, hey, look at me,
look see how much scripture I've had memorized. That's not the mind of Christ. That is not being
Christ's servant. That's just puffing yourself up, right? And that's an attitude that we definitely
need to avoid. And as far as the first two aspects of what we talked about, the freedom,
that's something that we're going to achieve in heaven, that we're going to achieve bodily at
least. Of course we're saved right now, but the redemption of our bodies because of Lord Jesus
Christ's sinless life, that's something that we're going to get at the rapture when we get to heaven.
But as for His servitude, that's something that we could start to put into practice right now,
which is very encouraging to me. Go to Luke chapter 16, so we saw number one,
Lord Jesus Christ was Lord's free man and the Lord's servant. Chapter 16, number two,
statement number two, Jesus Christ was a legalist. Luke 16, 16 through 17, the law and the prophets
were until John. Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached and every man press it into it,
for it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fail. So you know,
it's funny you ever hear people say, like the whole catchphrase for this whole movement is,
"We're not under law, bro. We're freeing Christ, bro." You ever heard people say it like that?
Well, here's the thing. Lord Jesus Christ is the word of God. And the beginning was the word,
and the word was with God, and the word was God, right? And he said that the law, it's,
let me just read it here in one of his quotes, he said, "And it is easier for heaven and earth
to pass than for one tittle of the law to fail." So yes, you know, we're not under the law,
and we'll get into the details of that in a minute. But saying that just the law is no longer
applicable in any way, shape, or form, it's just totally cast out of the way. You know,
I got news for you. Jesus Christ is the law. So you can't just cast the Lord Jesus Christ
out of the way and say we're not under Jesus Christ anymore because Lord Jesus Christ is
the law. But the reason I bring that up is because, you know, people don't read their
Bibles and they don't even know who Jesus really is. Like we talked about a little bit this morning.
They just parrot these things that they've heard of, you know, we're not under the law, bro. We're
free in Christ, bro, without even knowing what they're saying. They don't even know what the
law is saying that we're not under the word of God anymore is basically what they're saying.
So what's the definition of a legalist? Because I said that Jesus Christ was a legalist,
and I'm going to prove that from the Bible, but legalist, the definition of that is strict
adherence or the principle of strict adherence to law or prescription, especially to the letter
rather than the spirit. What that means, like the letter of the law versus the spirit of law,
the letter of the law is like interpreting what it says exactly. And the spirit of law is like
saying, what do you think they meant? You know, people usually when they use that terminology,
they're talking about like the US constitution or the Declaration of Independence, right? And
they're saying, what does it actually say? What's the letter of the constitution and what's the
spirit of the constitution, right? So that's what a legalist is, someone who is strictly adhering to
the letter. Okay. So let's see if Jesus did that. Go to Matthew chapter number five, Matthew chapter
number five, and I'll read to you Hebrews 13, eight, Bible says Jesus Christ the same yesterday
and today and forever. So here's the thing, if you're going to say that Lord Jesus Christ is God,
which we believe, we believe Lord Jesus Christ is God, but other people will claim to believe that,
then you have to believe that Lord Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. You have
to believe that the Lord does not change. He does not change at all. Matthew five, look at verse 17,
when it proved to you that Jesus was a legalist. Jesus said, "Think not, think not, that I am come
to destroy the law or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto
you till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till
all be fulfilled." Sounds like he was adhering to the letter of the law. He said, "Not one jot,
not one tittle will pass away until all has been fulfilled." He's like, "I'm coming to fulfill the
law, but until everything's fulfilled, the law is still in effect." So the Lord Jesus Christ,
when He came with His earth, there are certain things He did, certain things that were fulfilled,
right? The cardinal ordinances, you know, the ordinance that were contrary to what the Bible
talks about, things that were a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ to come, the Lord Jesus Christ
fulfilled those things, like the Sabbath, you know, resting on the Lord, the animal sacrifices,
right, of the spotless lambs is to picture the Lord Jesus Christ coming to shed His blood for us.
Anything that the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled, then that is done away with. We understand that.
We're not Jews today. We're not going to be sacrificing animals after the service. Jesus
Christ fulfilled those things for us, okay? Colossians 2.14 says, "Bodying out the handwriting
of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
nailing it to His cross." Hebrews 7.12, "For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity
a change also of the law." So, you know, although we don't have to keep the law to be saved and
although we don't even have to keep many aspects of the law, you know, in our church and in the
New Testament, you know, the things that were not fulfilled and the things that were not specifically
changed are still in effect today and God still expects us to be following those laws and preaching
those laws and believing those laws and a church that refuses to do that is not preaching the whole
counsel of God and God is not pleased with a church that will do that. So let's go to
John chapter 8. John chapter 8, I want to show you an example of a story that people try to say we're
free in Christ, bro, which no longer applies to us and we're going to see how Jesus, what Jesus
believes about this. So John chapter number 8, starting there in verse number three. Most of you
know the story, verse number three, and the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in
adultery, and when they had set her in the midst, they said unto a master, this woman was taken in
adultery in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned, but what
sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped
down and with his finger rolled on the ground as though he heard them not. So when they continued
asking him, he lifted himself and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first
cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down and rolled on the ground, and they which heard
it being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even
unto the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. And when Jesus had
lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those nine accusers?
Hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee,
go and sin no more. So what happens in the story? A woman that's taken in a very act of adultery is
brought to the Lord Jesus Christ. And the scribes and Pharisees remind Jesus, not that he needed
any reminder, but they said, Hey, Moses in the law says that this woman should be stoned.
What do you think? And the Bible, the Holy Spirit, the commentator of the Bible tells us the reason
why they were asking this question. The reason they were asking this question was to tempt the
Lord Jesus Christ. And here's why. Putting people to death for adultery was illegal under Roman law.
And but here's the thing, it was obviously part of God's law. So when you actually read the story,
Jesus answers in a very clever manner because people say, "See, he said don't stone her." But
when you read it, he said do stone her. He just said, "He that's without sin, let him cast the
first stone." So he was able to fulfill both God's law and Roman law because he was in a trap, right?
They were trying to trap him. But obviously he was smarter than them and he was able to get out of
that. But people say, "Oh, there you go. Jesus Christ did away with death penalty for adultery
right there." No, he didn't. He actually told them to stone her. Obviously the law of the land
prohibited that. And the Bible teaches us that we're to obey the higher powers, okay? We're to
obey the law of the land if it doesn't cause us to sin. So if our government doesn't do their job
of executing God's laws, then that's their problem. We don't take it into our own hand,
but that doesn't mean that just because the United States government doesn't enforce God's laws that
God's laws are no longer in effect. There's a big difference there between enforcing God's laws
and God just saying these laws are no longer here. You know, I've just done away with it all.
So go to Romans chapter six. That's the introduction kind of showing you,
you know, this in the Lord Jesus Christ's life himself. So Romans chapter six,
Romans chapter six, statement number three, "The Lord's free man is not free to sin."
Look at Romans chapter six, verse one through two. "What shall we say then? Shall we continue
in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?
Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised up from the
dead by the glory of the father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." So here's the
thing, the Bible says, "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbids it." So the Lord's
free man is not free to sin, okay? Now to get to heaven, yes, where sin abounds, grace does
much more abound. But what do we always tell people when we go out soulening, right? "You're
a child of God, right? But as many as received him to them gave you power to become the sons of God."
And we tell them that in Hebrews 12 the Bible says, "But as many as he love it," or I'm sorry,
I don't want to misquote it. Let's go to Hebrews chapter 12. "To whom the Lord loveth he chasten it
and scourgeeth every son whom he receiveth." Right? That's what we tell people out of the doors.
Yeah, to get saved you don't have to keep God's laws. To get saved you don't have to stop living
a sinful life. You know, you can still live in your sin and grace will abound much more.
But does that mean that God allows us, that God wants us to do that? Does God want us to
live that kind of life? The Bible says God forbid. How can you who's dead live any longer to that,
right? And then that gets into like the new man and old man, right? Your new man's there. Your
old man should be dead. Don't live any longer to that. Let's look here. Good example of this,
go to Leviticus chapter 19. A good example of this, of another thing that this movement
is constantly talking about, it's like for some reason they're just obsessed with this,
is that of tattoos. For some reason this free in Christ grow movement really just loves tattoos.
And I have a Fox News poll, which I'm not endorsing them, they're a wicked organization
just like every news agency, but a Fox News poll reports that one in five professing Christians
has tattoos. Now I guarantee you that 100 years ago, you know, even though there's just so many
saved people and just as many false religions and all that stuff, I don't know if tattoos existed
100 years ago, they probably did in the United States, but there's no way one in five professing
christians were doing this because this is kind of a new movement like this free in christ movement
where just you're able to do any sin and god doesn't care anymore he's totally fine with it
all go to leviticus chapter 19 and look at verse 28 the bible says ye shall not make any cuttings
in your flesh for the dead nor print any marks upon you i am the lord so here's my question for
this movement is what in the world does the death of the lord jesus christ have to do with him not
wanting you to cut your flesh and to put marks upon you what does that have to do with anything
did was cutting your flesh and putting marks upon your body a picture of lord jesus christ to come
was it a a cardinal ordinance and a animal sacrifice or something like that that was
specifically changed no god doesn't want us doing that because he doesn't want us defiling the
temple of god our bodies that are in dwell with the holy spirit he does he wants us to be a
peculiar people a called out people a separated people not mixed with the filth of this world
that's the reason why he doesn't want you to have tattoos not because not just for no reason and
not because it was a picture of things to come nothing was fulfilled about that and if you're
gonna say that it's okay to have tattoos that the lord jesus christ is permissive of that now then
you also have to say that it's okay to cut your flesh for the dead is it okay when a family member
dies are we just all going to get in a circle here and start chanting pagan rituals and cutting
ourselves and pouring our blood on the ground is that okay for christians to be doing no jesus
christ dying on the cross had nothing to do with something like that what god writes as a moral
law as a as a sinful law you know that is still in effect today and then look at the next verse
in verse number 29 bible says do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a whore lest the
land fall to whoredom and the land be full of wickedness we're freeing christ bro oh yeah i
prostituted my daughter jesus don't care god has no opinion on the fact that i am just gonna sell
my daughter for whore right yeah because that's what you have to believe if you're gonna believe
that tattoos were not no longer have to follow tattoos then guess what there's nothing in the
world wrong with you being a prostitute then according to these people there's nothing in
the world wrong with you just giving your daughter up to some sick pervert for money right so you
know you have you have all these christian tattoo parlors all over america what's next are you
gonna start a christian whorehouse are you gonna start a christian sex slave trade you know just
because you put the word christian in front of something does not make it christian you know i
love what my pastor pastor thompson says there's no such thing as christian rap that's called crap
right no such thing as christian rap but yet people put christian tattooed parlors there's tons of
christian tattooed parlors across this country i had a friend that i grew up with when i was born in
california and she's in college now and she was telling me about this tattoo that she got on her
that says fearfully and wonderfully wonderfully made right and she's like i got it this christian
tattoo parlor well how about this christian tattoo parlor tattoos leviticus 1928 on your body you
know not to print any marks upon you no but then you look like an idiot but the thing is is anyone
with a tattoo looks like an idiot if you're saying that it's right you know obviously if you got a
tattoo in your past the horrible thing about tattoos is that they're permanent there's nothing
you can do to fix that so you know what if you realize now that that's wrong don't hold that
over yourself don't kick yourself for that move on with your life serve lord jesus christ lots of
people have tattoos but don't get up behind a pulpit and make excuses for sin and cast a stumbling
block block for the young people in your church that are getting pressured by their friends at
school and by their their teammates for their sports teams to go get a tattoo or getting
pressured in the military to go get a tattoo us marine corps right you know what that's wicked
as hell for a pastor to do this movement is a complete joke and you know what if they're going
to teach that you could get a tattoo just fine that they should have the guts to stand behind
their pulpit and say it's okay to be a whore why don't they do that it's okay to have a christian
whorehouse why don't they do that it's a total joke but the thing is is we got to realize that
you know yeah we're not under the law right they're right we are free in christ but when
you understand christian liberty and christian servitude you realize that being free in christ
and just going around and sinning is not going to bring you real freedom in your life it's going
to bring you bondage right a good example of this if you go out and you commit adultery with your
wife and you have all these bastard children the bondage of the child support is coming for you
you're like oh i'm free i'm free from my wife yeah your wallet's not free you know you you're
not free at all because you go to work every day of your life and you earn a paycheck and you get
your guard your wages garnished by the u.s government you're not free oh i'm free in christ
i could rob a bank and go to heaven yeah well you're behind you're behind bars now you're in
jail now for what for for suffering persecution for lord jesus christ for preaching the gospel
note for robbing a bank because you're free in christ right or you get you get a tattoo now now
you're not free because now you have a mark on your body your whole life and now when you get old
and saggy you're super cool b29 bomber looks like a melted popsicle or something right
it just looks stupid so you're not free from anything let's go to leviticus chapter number
20 while we're there in leviticus let's just go over some of these leviticus 20 verse 2 again
thou shalt say to the children of israel whosoever he be of the children of israel
or of the strangers that sojourn in israel that giveth any of his seed on a moleck he shall
surely be put to death the people of the land shall stone him with stones so this is talking
about sacrificing your children to a false god right killing your children for a false religion
no there's this religion in the united states called liberalism there's this religion in the
united states called atheism there's horrible horrible practice in the united states today
called abortion that 3 000 babies babies per day in the united states are being murdered in the womb
you know 22 percent of pregnancies and an abortion and even some of these christians today will say
we're free in christ jesus christ died for our sins so therefore jesus doesn't care if i murder
my own children in the womb right if you're going to believe that tattoos are gone then why don't
you believe that it's okay to murder your children now right and you know what in oregon and in
washington where i live in idaho i don't think it's this way yet i talked before how you guys are
like the last little conservative holdout in the united states somewhat right but in oregon and
washington taxpayers provide free abortions on demand for anyone not even just people who live
in oregon and washington if some whore in idaho cheats on their husband and gets pregnant if they
want to drive to oregon or washington my taxpayer dollars as a washington as a washingtonian or an
organ organian their taxpayer dollars pay for babies to get more aborted from people from other
states from people for their states no questions asked no age doesn't matter if you're 14 years
old doesn't matter yet if you have parental consent you know it's like that this is growing
today in our nation not not getting cut back and the reason why is because of this free in christ
bro mentality that lord jesus christ just because we're saved by faith he no longer cares about the
things we do okay so adultery leviticus 2010 and the man that committed adultery with another
man's wife even he that committed adultery with his neighbor's wife the adulterer and the adulter
adulteresses shall be put to death so god put the death penalty on people that murder their own
children and god put the death penalty on adultery now us as americans maybe especially if you're
new to the bible that may sound shocking to you right because that's not at all how our culture
believes that's not at all what our culture teaches we just have divorce for any old reason
no fault divorce laws it's totally fine but that's not the way it's always been even in our own
country even in our own country there used to be the death penalty on adultery when this nation
was first started and a survey here shows that 22 percent of married men and 14 percent of married
women have committed an adulterous act at least once in their life now that's just the people that
admit it that's just the people that are low down enough to be like yeah i cheated on my husband
yeah i cheat on my wife 22 percent of men okay how many do you think really are doing that that are
too ashamed to tell these these random strangers asking them this probably a lot the percentage of
men and women who admit to having an affair with a co-worker is 36 percent okay and i got married
just a few months ago but even before i was married i thought to myself that adultery is
probably the most hurtful sin a person can ever commit you know i think adultery is probably more
hurtful to someone's heart than murder you know the person that in this life that you trust more
than anyone the person in this life that you love more than anyone betraying your trust and doing
something like that it would destroy you it would tear you apart right i couldn't imagine the pain
of that and you know but god does understand the pain of that and he understands the fact that
children are going to be growing up with divorced parents and children children are going to be
growing up in split homes and they're going to their lives are going to be ruined by not having
a father in their life or not having a mother in their life and not having the natural balance
that god created so what did god say should happen god said they should be stoned because
guess what if more people in america realize the penalty for their action of cheating on their
spouse maybe they think twice about doing it maybe if you realize hey if i cheat on my wife i'm
gonna have rocks thrown in my head until i die maybe you'd be thankful to your spouse and maybe
children would grow up today with loving parents that actually teach them the word of god that
take them to church that make them soul winners they grow up loving the lord loving the laws of
god why because following the laws of god brings liberty in your life and breaking the laws of god
brings bondage in your life you're going to be under the bondage of the guilt of the pain that
you cause to your spouse you're going to be in bondage for the guilt of the pain that you
caused to your children that you didn't love them enough to stay in the home with them to raise them
the way god told you to it does not bring any liberty in your life at all so united states can
you know these libertarians right everyone likes to be libertarian you know i'm not a libertarian
i don't think you should have the right to divorce your spouse because god doesn't think you should
have the right to divorce your spouse god hates adultery and he put the death penalty on it and
you know what if more people preached this and more people felt this way maybe less lives would
be being destroyed by adultery today maybe we'd have some more free men of the lord than some men
in bondage today maybe there'd be some more men today serving god with their lives than working
80 hour a week 80 hours a week so that they can pay for all their bastard children that the
government's gonna take money from them go to matthew chapter number five because what do people
say they say that in the new testament that that divorce is totally fine that jesus doesn't care
about it anymore that we're not under the law that we're praying christ but i want to show you that
jesus christ actually has a harder stance on this than he did in the old testament matthew chapter
number five verse 27 you have heard that it was said by them of all time thou shalt not commit
adultery but i say unto you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed
adultery with her already in his heart so in the new testament where jesus supposedly got
turned into this you know limp-wristed cappuccino sipping you know soft preacher you know in the
old testament he said if you put to death right if you commit the act of adultery well in the new
testament he says if you even look at a woman with lust in your heart towards her you've already
committed adultery with her in your heart you know and he took the harder stance on murder as
well he said if you hate your brother in your heart then you've committed murder in your heart
right so matthew 532 i'll read it for you just as a side note here because we talked about real
adultery adultery in your heart here's another one that's under attack today and that is the
fact that divorce and remarriage is adultery matthew 532 says but i say unto you that whosoever
shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication cause of her to commit adultery
and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committed adultery and what's that talking about
save for the cause of fornication the difference between fornication adultery is one is when you're
doing a married couple should be doing before you're married and the other adultery is when
you're cheating on your spouse right so if you if you marry someone and you know you get to the to
the wedding night and find out that she's been cheating on you this whole time that she's not
a virgin like she said she was then Jesus allows you to put her away for that cause before the
marriage is consummated okay but other than that any other reason you could think of in your mind
and people love to have their reasons for adultery don't they they could just come up with excuses
all day long but Jesus said that if you put her away if you marry another you commit adultery
and if you marry someone that's been put away you commit adultery you know and the reason why people
stop preaching this so much is because pastors are just getting divorced and remarried in the droves
right starting way back with peter ruckman he had like what four wives right so all of his little
ruktar descendants all the way from ruckman to sammy gibstein all the way from ruckman to rick
demichael you know all these idiots believe that adultery is fine they think that divorce and
remarriage is totally fine today uh pastor greg lock who used to be an independent fundamental
baptist well he stopped being an independent fundamental baptist and he's teaching now that
you know you could be divorced and remarried right even though the bible said that a bishop
has to be the husband of one wife you know if you're gonna if you're going to divorce
your wife as a pastor you should at least have the honor to step down and and serve in local
church and not try to just act like you're a qualified man of god still when you've committed
adultery right you know i have i have more respect for a pastor that starts a church and fails
starts a church and quits starts a church and becomes unqualified yet steps down gives the
pastoral office to a man that's qualified and continues to serve god for his life with his life
i have respect for that person but i don't care how big your church is i don't care how much money
you have in the bank i don't care what the name of your baptist college is if you are divorced and
remarried you should not be a pastor you should not step behind any pulpit for any reason so
while we're in leviticus go back to leviticus chapter 20 last one i as well just kick this
dog while it's here the big topic that everybody everybody fights about in our nation leviticus
chapter 20 verse number 13 if a man also lied with mankind as he lieth with a woman both of
them have committed an abomination they shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon
them look there's a time in this country's history that not only obviously we know that way back
sodomites were put to death in this country but for the majority of this country's history
sodomites have been afraid to be what they are okay and as we approach the end times and the
falling away it just seems like they get more and more loud and more and more proud and the christians
that have the word of their of god in their hand are getting weaker and weaker and weaker on this
topic and you know people like Joel Osteen oh what do you think about homosexuality well i just tend
to stay in my lane you know what you know what lane i stay in i stay in the lane of leviticus
chapter 20 verse 13 i stay in the lane of genesis through revelation i stay in the lane of genesis
19 judges 19 jude chapter 1 second peter chapter 2 romans chapter 1 all of these places is the
lane that i stay in why because i believe the word of god because i preach the word of god you know
if you do not believe that sodomize should be put to death you have a wicked heart that is not in
submission to the word of god if you think that we should actually let people live that molest
children for fun that sleep with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that hate god
that invent evil things that are full of all unrighteousness if you think that those people
should be allowed to live what in the hell is wrong with you there is something wrong with your
heart today if you think that these people are the worst low lowest of the low human scum that
exists on the planet just get that through your head just get that through your head that there's
not one mention of a sodomite in a positive light in the bible they're always attacking
christians they're always attacking children they're always against god and god hates them
and they hate god go to turn to jude i'll read to you roman's chapter one roman chapter one verse
27 you know this is another thing that libertarians like to say right they're like well we don't
support it but if they're in love love is love right well let's see what the bible says roman's
chapter one and likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the women burning their lust one
toward another men with men working out which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that
recompense of their error which was me and even as they did not like to retain god in their knowledge
god gave them over to reprieve mine to do those things which are not convenient being filled with
all unrighteousness fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness full of envy murder
debate deceit malignity whisperers back fighters haters of god despiteful proud boasters inventors
of evil things disobedient to parents without understanding covenant breakers without natural
affection implacable unmerciful who knowing the judgment of god that they which do such things
commit such things are worthy of death not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them
now correct me if i'm wrong is romans in the new testament is romans under the new covenant
sure is and what does god think about it right now it says they're worthy of death
you're in jude look at verse 7 even as sodom and gamora and the cities about them in like manner
giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh are set forth for an example
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire he says today right now in the new testament what i did
to sodom and gamora is an example to you what i think about sodom rights and i'm telling you
right now this free in christ movement or these pastors that have gotten soft on this issue which
sadly is most of them almost all pastors almost all churches have forsaken the reprobate doctrine
and has forsaken what the bible clearly says about homosexuals listen if you don't see it
it's because you do not want to see it i do not believe that there is a saved man of god in this
country that thinks from their heart truly that reprobates can be saved unless they just don't
read the bible right and if you're not reading the bible then get out from the pulpit and let
someone else preach i don't believe that there's a single pastor that reads genesis through
revelation that would not agree that god hates these people that god's turned them over to
reprobate mine and that we're to reject them in return i don't believe that there's a single
pastor that could just play dumb on this subject and you know what we need to not let them play
dumb on this subject anymore i'm glad that the pastors and preachers in our movement are going
to keep standing on this. You know, I almost feel awkward turning Romans one because it's
turned to so much. Honestly, like when I preach, I almost kind of like avoid it because we
turn to it so much. You know, we ought not to avoid it. We ought to bring it up more
and more and more because let this city know where Verity Baptist Church stands on this.
You know, that we're going to be the Lord's free man. How? By obeying the law of God because
where the law, where the spirit of liberty is, there the Lord is, right? Where the Lord
is, the spirit of liberty is. So Jesus is the word of God, so Jesus Christ wrote this.
Jesus Christ believes this. You know, am I going to stand with the pedophiles and the
child molesters or am I going to stand before Jesus Christ? It's a pretty easy decision
who I'm going to stand with. And you got to be ready for that too. Who's your pastor?
Your pastor is Pastor Jimenez. You know, he's been through, he's been through this game
with the sodomites, right? And because you guys are attached to his name and to Verity
Baptist Church's name, I'm sure that the, what's that, law center, the Southern Poverty
Law Center will probably find out about you guys soon enough and label you guys as a hate
group like they did to us when we were Verity Baptist Church of Vancouver. Now we're sure
Foundation Baptist Church, and I don't know if they know who we are now, but just be ready
for that fight someday, okay? And yeah, you guys are in Idaho, you guys are in the place
where, you know, homos aren't exactly as bad as far as in numbers as they are in Portland
and places like that, but someday you guys will have the same fight, so keep reading
Romans 1, keep turning to 2nd Peter 2, keep turning to all these places, and don't despise
your pastor when he keeps reminding you of these things, because you'll be surprised
how many people fall away when persecution comes, and when things get hard over this
issue, people just quit and leave, you know, maybe they needed to hear more of it. Number
4, number 4, I'll just repeat these verses, number 4, being the Lord's servant is the
only way to bring real freedom. Song 119.45 says, "And I will walk at liberty, for I seek
thy precepts." Now we need to realize that this movement is garbage, and this movement
is only going to bring you into bondage. When you have liberty is when you obey God, wait
till you're married, get married, you have children, you have a man out working, you
have the wife staying home raising the children, and the children, and the Bible says that
if you instruct a child the way you should go when he's old, he will not depart from
it. Okay, that's a promise in the Word of God. You do things the way that the perfect
law of liberty, it's called the law of liberty for a reason, because when you obey it, it
brings liberty to your life. And obviously, God knows we can't obey it to a T, and that's
why he, that's why point one, where point one comes into effect, that he was Lord's
free man for us, he was Lord's servant for us, right, because we can't do that part.
But God gave us his law to be followed, because it'll bring liberty in our life. Let's go
to Psalm chapter number one. Psalm chapter number one is one of my favorite promises
in the entire Bible. Psalm chapter number one, "Blessed is the man that walketh not
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor siteth in the seat
of the scourgeful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law that he meditate
day and night, and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth this fruit in his season. His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he do it
shall prosper. See, that's the side of things you fall on when you decide to obey the law
of God. That's the place where you'll find yourself in your life when you actually submit
to the authority of the word of God and to the preaching that you hear, whether it goes
against your flesh or not, when you obey God you'll be blessed. When you read his word
you'll be blessed. The Bible says whatsoever you do will prosper. Who wouldn't want that
in their life, right? But people want that result, they don't want to take the steps
to get there. They don't want to actually obey the law of God. Let's see what happens
when you don't. The rest of this psalm goes, "The ungodly are not so. The free in Christ
bro movement is not so. These false apostate pastors that won't preach the word of God
are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall
not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for the
Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish." You
know, and thank God for the gift of eternal life, and that no matter how you live, you'll
never lose your salvation. You know, I feel bad for these Christians that are sucked into
this stupid movement where their entire life, all that they did, shall perish, right? They'll
go to heaven, but all of its wood hanged stubble, it's all going to be burned, you know, their
spirit's going to be saved, you know, from the fire the Bible talks about, but the way
of the ungodly shall perish. Even Christians, if you're an ungodly Christian, the way of
your life, all that you do is going to perish someday. But if you obey the word of God,
everything you do will prosper. That's quite a different result, isn't it? It's quite
black and white different, it's on quite opposite sides of the fence, but you have to choose
which side you want to be on today. Go back to Romans chapter 6, actually go to Romans
chapter 12. Romans chapter number 12, the Bible says, "I beseech you therefore brethren
by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice wholly acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable service. Now 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." We have to make the decision every single day to wake up and
decide that we're going to present our bodies a holy living sacrifice to the Lord. It's
not something that's going to come easy, it's something that you have to purpose to do in
your heart. We have to decide not to conform to this world. It doesn't come naturally,
does it? It's something that you have to put an effort to do in. But look, it says prove
what is that good and perfect and will of God. Wouldn't it be great if it was said of
the people of Verity Baptist Church Boise that, man, they just proved that the will of
God is right. You know, when the Bible says, "I will therefore the young women marry, bear
children, guide the house." Wouldn't it be great if the women in this church had the
testimony of, man, you could raise a godly family when your wife's at home. Man, you
could raise a godly family when you obey God and you go out and work as a man by the sweat
of your face six days a week, shout out labor. And they say, man, what perfect and good will
of God that is. Man, the word of God is right about this area. The word of God is right
about this area. The more that pastors and preachers actually preach the law of God and
the more that people live through experience, they're going to see that the laws of God
are right. You're going to understand, you know, the right way or the hard way why God
had the death penalty on adultery. You could learn it one of two ways. You could learn
it from the word of God or you could see how it brings you into bondage. You know, you
can either believe what the Bible says about the homos or you can make the possibly fatal
mistake of letting your homo cousin babysit your children and then you'll find real quick
where the bondage leads you in your life for not obeying the law of God when your child's
life is ruined by being attacked by some sick freak, you know, or you could just obey the
God and obey the word of God and just protect your children and prove what is that good
and perfect except the will of God in our life. So just in conclusion here, nobody go
too long. But the theme verse, I believe for this wicked movement of freeing Christ is
second Peter chapter two, verse 19, while they promised them liberty, they themselves
are the servants of corruption, for of whom a man is overcome of the same as he brought
into bondage libertarians, the freeing Christ pro movement, people that don't preach hard,
they want to promise you liberty. They're going to say, Hey, it's fine to get that
tattoo, but they're the servant of corruption, of corruption, and they're only going to bring
bondage in your life. So number one, Lord Jesus Christ was the Lord's free man and the
Lord's servant, giving us that example. Number two, Lord Jesus Christ was a legalist. He
is the word of God. He is the law of God. He is the law giver. Number three, the Lord's
free man is not free to sin. Yeah, you can stand and still go to heaven, but that doesn't
mean that God just allows it, that God sanctions it, that God approves of it. He does not.
Number four, the only way to find real freedom in your life is to be the Lord's servant.
Lord, thank you so much for this day and thank you for this church. I pray that you bless
them, Lord, as the weeks go by, that you just give them an increase in numbers and in their
spiritual walk with you, Lord. I pray for the next preacher that's going to be here
next weekend, Brother Chad Rich, that you'd help him to bring a message and be edifying
to these people. Please keep these people safe throughout the next week and help them
to be a good witness for you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Alright, please turn to page number 442. Page number 442. Page 442, we gather together.
Listen to your word. I was able to counsel and pray that you would be saved.
Quick, did anyone on your hand have a salvation today on this morning? They just needed a good count.