Turn your Bibles to first Corinthians chapter 2 first Corinthians chapter 2 first Christians first Corinthians chapter 2 verse 15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things yet. He himself is judged of no man. Let's pray heavenly father
Thank you for this awesome church God and for the time that we get to come together and hear from your word Lord
It's pray that you'd help me deliver something to your people from your word Lord. Amen
All right
So before I get in my sermon here a lot of people
right off the bat take this verse and love to just turn it completely on its head and they try to make the second part of
The first 15 contradict with the first part because it says that the spiritual man judges all things yet
He himself has judged of no man and we've all heard people say only God can judge me. I hear Remy say that all the time
No, yeah
Only God can judge me. That is a lie
God is not the only one that could judge you and the Bible says that he that is spiritual judge it all things
So there's two interpretations of how people can say that both of the statements in this verse can be true
The first interpretation which I think is the correct one
We just need to look at the context all of chapter 2 Paul is preaching about how our faith and his preaching
Has to stand in the wisdom of God and not in the wisdom of man
So I believe the correct interpretation when it says that he himself is judged of no man
It's that he's not judged of the wisdom of man. He's not judged by man's you know words of man's wisdom
He's judged by wisdom of God another
Idea people have about this is that the reason the spiritual person is not judged is because he's living his life in you know
Such a holy way that nobody can judge him
I don't think that's correct because Jesus himself said Marvel not if the world hate you
So if the world hates us that's even more than just you know being judged of them, so I don't think that's correct
Interpretation but getting my servant Bible says that he that is spiritual judge at all things and we want to be spiritual Christians, right?
We don't go to Verity Baptist Church so that we can be lame watered-down Christians, right?
So how does this look practically in the life of a Christian? So number one, we need to be judging ourselves
So go ahead and turn in your Bibles to 2nd Corinthians chapter 6
We need to be judging ourselves and there's two ways to judge yourself. It's not very deep, but it's true
There's the right way and the wrong way and isn't that how it is with a lot of things in the Christian life
There's so many wrong ways of doing things and there's usually just one right way of doing things
So let's look what the Bible says here. You're in 2nd Corinthians 6
I'll read for you Proverbs 28 he that trusted in his own heart is a fool
But whoso walketh wisely he shall be delivered. So here are some phrases
Here's some buzzwords that you'll hear fools say often. Well, I just think well, I just feel you know
When you're trusting in your heart, you're just showing that you're a fool. So 2nd Corinthians chapter 6. Let me get there myself
verse 14
Okay. So here's some examples of this, you know, here's here's man's wisdom
Well, you know, I know she's not saved but I know I feel like we're meant for each other
So I'm gonna marry her, you know, that's man's wisdom, right?
But what does God's wisdom say look down at verse 14 be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers
For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion have light with darkness, you know
When you're judging the actions your life, you know in that area for you're gonna marry you said well
I don't care if she's safe because I just feel like she's great, you know, you know, you're a fool
Here's another example. Well, I just feel TV doesn't affect me spiritually, you know, that's man's wisdom
But what does God's wisdom say Psalm 101 verse 3? I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes
I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me once again just going against man's wisdom
Man's wisdom says I think we should just love everybody no matter what but what does the Bible say Psalm 139?
Do I do not I hate them Oh Lord that hate thee and I might not grieve with those that rise up against thee
I hate them with perfect hatred, you know
So many Christians think they're so spiritual because they love everyone but they're going against what the Bible says
How can you be spiritual when you're going directly against what the Bible says?
The world thinks we're disgusting for hating fags, right? I think it's disgusting to be a fact
Imagine that you know liberal Christians say it's sinful to hate sodomites
I think it's a sin not to hate sodomites if you're a Christian and you have sodomite friends
You have a soft spot for the fags. You are not right with God. Here's the right way to judge your life
Psalm 119 105 thy word is a lamp unto my feet light unto my path
So this verse calls the word of God it likens it to a light into a lamp
You know, it's something that illuminates, you know, and we could take the Bible and we can illuminate our lives
You know and see, you know our opinions and our actions and see how the Bible matches up with our wisdom
We don't want the the wisdom of this world influencing our life
So number one if we want to be spiritual Christians, we need to judge our own lives the right way number two
We need to judge preaching turn to Acts chapter 17 verse 11
Acts chapter 17 verse 11
these were more noble than those in Thessalonica and that they received the word with all readiness of mine and
Search the scriptures daily whether those things were so so the Bible is really clear that you know when you're hearing preaching
Our job is to be judging the preaching and we're not supposed to judge it according to how we feel or what we think
We're supposed to be judging it based off what we read in our Bible
You know, otherwise you're gonna end up like Sam get zombies, right?
His zombies they're real they're sitting in the pews of his churches
Because I was there for three years and I listened to Sam get blasphemed Jesus Christ
I listen to Sam get preached the most heretical things possible and you have a bunch of stupid Christian zombies in the pews
You know, he's sitting there making up a story. Yeah Jesus. Oh, let's go down there to that major
I'm gonna be born that major everyone just like
Those are the zombies, you know those people they're not judging the preaching of God's Word because they're not in God's Word
That's their problem second Timothy chapter 2 says and I love this because Sam Gibb has quoted this verse so many times to try
To prove dispensationalism. It's just it makes me laugh so much
Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth
But shun profane and vain babblings for they will increase unto more ungodliness
You know he always points to but rightly dividing the word of truth. That's the seven gospel. That's the eight gospels
Whatever it is, but if you look at that verse, you know
There's three things that are gonna happen to you when you don't study yourself yourself to be approved unto God number one
You're gonna be ashamed number two. You're gonna be prof you're gonna be fooled by profane and vain babblings
that's dispensationalist preaching you're gonna be deceived by their idiotic preaching and
You're gonna increase unto more ungodliness. You know what? I saw all of these things in the old AFB church
I used to go to I saw girls who outside of church were wearing the short shorts
I saw guys that did no soul winning. I went up to the pastor himself asked him to go soul winning
No, the weather's too bad. I go around the church trying to find men to go soul winning
No one wants to go, you know, they're not in their Bibles and you know what they should be ashamed
Because it's a shame to be deceived by the profane and vain babbling of the pre-tribulation rapture something that's just so
Unbelievably contrary to what God's Word says, you know, it's a shame to be a Zionist
It is a complete shame, you know
It's a shame to believe that eunuchs are homosexuals and we need to bring them into the church
It's a shame to let your children be exposed by faggots in your church. What is wrong with you?
Why do you want that in your church?
Unbelievable, you know, it's a shame to be deceived by the profane and vain babbling that force and remarriage is okay
You know when when pastors go soft on sin
It's a shame to be deceived by these things and it's gonna cause you to increase unto more ungodliness
You know, I heard a preacher one time say that the Holy Spirit told him to preach to homosexual the same Holy Spirit
You know that that inspired the Bible that said that they should be put to death in the Old Testament said they're worthy of death
In the New Testament says that Sodom and Gomorrah is an example to those who afterwards should live ungodly
How God feels about the homos today in 2017 is the same way he felt about him when he burned him with fire in
Sodom and Gomorrah, and that's exactly what's gonna happen in the future
Rainbows ours rainbows ours, you know if we want to be spiritual we need to be ready to hear God's word
Yes, but we should be judging judging the preaching as we hear it last area in life
Well, obviously he that spiritual judge of all things but last I'm focusing on is you know
We need to be judging our brothers and sisters in Christ in the church go to Matthew chapter 7
Matthew chapter 7 first one judge not that you be not judged for with what judgment you judge
He shall be judged and with what measure you meet it shall be measured to you again
And why beholdest thou the moat that is in thy brother's eye, but considers not the beam that is in thine own
Eye, or how will thou say to thy brother?
Let me pull out the moat out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye thou
Hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the moat out of
Thys brother's eye one reason we need to be judging our brothers and sisters in Christ is to help them remove that moat when it's there
As long as we're not judging hypocritically of course
But you know I hope that if I was in some sin that some man in this church would care for me enough and have the
Guts enough to reprove me or rebuke me if necessary
You know we need to be doing that and it's not you know a hateful thing to do
It's a loving thing to do to judge your brothers and sisters in Christ
I know that's not popular, but that's true first Corinthians chapter 5 if you want to turn there you can first Corinthians chapter 5 verse 11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an
Idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such in one no not to eat for what have I to do to judge them
That are without do not ye judge them that are within but them that are without God judgeth
Therefore put away from your from among yourselves that wicked person another reason
We need to be judging our brothers and sisters in Christ is because the Bible teaches that there's a time
Where people need to be kicked out of church and you know we do that out of love for the people who are at risk of being
Corrupted by that the young people or just the people that are young in the faith we do that to protect them
It's out of love for them and also out of love for the person themselves because we want them to get right with God, too
So, you know in conclusion here if we're gonna be spiritual Christians
We need to have this word in our life judgments
We need to be judgmental if we're gonna be spiritual Christians
We know we need to use the Bible as a standard in our life to match up with our own actions and beliefs
We need to judge ourselves correctly, you know
We need to be judging the preaching we're hearing and actually be in your Bible so that you can rightly judge the preaching you're hearing
And lastly, you know
We need to be making sure that we're loving our brothers and sisters in Christ enough to be judging them as well
Just to keep them from making mistakes in their own lives that will hurt them or the lives of others
Let's pray Heavenly Father. Thank you Lord for this day. Thank you again for this church God
I just pray something I said was edifying to your people tonight Lord and in Jesus name. Amen