1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,080 Throughout the years, I have been a great, it's been a great 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:07,880 joy to me to have the opportunity to study with people 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:12,040 who are new to the church, new to God's way, new to God's plan 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,520 in this congregation. You have several and we're so 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,000 proud of you, all of you, those who've been born and raised in 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,160 the Lord's church, those who have come to the Lord Church 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,640 right at some point in your life, and those of recent times, 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,120 the last year or two who have become New Testament Christians. 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,480 All of this is spectacular. It's wonderful. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,640 And I just pray to God that you at the end of life's day, that 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,000 you would be as faithful to God today then as you are today. 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,840 That is so very important. That is the difference in you 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,320 being saved or lost, but not only than those who are newer to 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,640 the church. Everybody here, we all need to 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,320 do, we talked about last night, be faithful unto death and I'll 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,040 give their crown of life. We need to be faithful to the 17 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,840 Lord and being willing to give our life to the Lord if that's 18 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,879 what it took. And it's furthermore, we as 19 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:08,320 Christian people, we need to have a commitment that we are so 20 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:11,920 much evangelistic minded. We're going to tell our friends, 21 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,120 we're going to tell our family, we're going to tell our 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,920 neighbors. We wouldn't even tell our 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,840 enemies about the gospel of the Lord Jesus. 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,160 There is so much we need to learn. 25 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,360 What we have on the board tonight is a brief look. 26 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,920 There's many more passages we could include on the board, but 27 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,840 I want to share with you this because it has proven to be 28 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:40,680 effective in helping to stabilize individuals faith in 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,840 the Lord. And it helps us all and me and 30 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,640 you both to know we've got to go back to Scripture. 31 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,120 We've got to go back to Let the Bible Speak. 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:59,840 In October of 1968, the brotherhood that we know began 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,760 ATV program called Let the Bible Speak. 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,200 It began in Springfield, MO. At the particular time, the 35 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,880 first speaker was Brother Ronnie F Wade, who now has deceased 36 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,840 back in January of 2020. But Rodney did the program for 37 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,080 many, many years and then he retired and another preacher 38 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,840 took his place for a little while and then he passed away 39 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,280 suddenly. So Rodney went back to him for a 40 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,560 second time and then he did it for a while. 41 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,840 Then another preacher took his place and let Rodney retire for 42 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,200 the second time from the TV program. 43 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,000 And then this other preacher had health trouble, so Rodney took 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,360 it back up again for his third time. 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,840 And then so you had all that together and he was in there 46 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,160 preaching on the television for 30 to 40 years. 47 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,400 Numerous of others have done so recent times. 48 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,720 Perhaps the largest audience of the people would be Brad Hickey 49 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:57,840 and also would be Kevin Presley. Now, there are several others in 50 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,840 different smaller markets. But these two great men, great 51 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,880 men of God, great preachers, and I'm proud of everything they 52 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,760 accomplished because they're reaching out beyond the borders 53 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,360 of the United States. They're reaching out to other 54 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,480 countries to run their sermons out of many other parts of the 55 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,520 world. Listen, the TV program from 1968 56 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,440 to the current day, obviously 15, whatever, six years or so 57 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,880 ago, but this is wonderful way to reach the gospel. 58 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,800 I don't know how many of you have been converted because of 59 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:36,000 the TV program, but I know that brother Frankie, he's done a lot 60 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,800 of TV follow-ups. That is people writing in, 61 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:45,600 asking questions, asking for maybe a CD or DVD, asking for a 62 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,440 home Bible study or Bible correspondence course. 63 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,760 But in Oklahoma City, we have that and we have results 64 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,600 essentially, with rare, rare exceptions. 65 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,800 Every Sunday we get a new introduction to someone's home 66 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,160 and it is so exciting. I just can't hardly wait to be 67 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,960 able to go visit them or to respond to whatever request that 68 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,000 they have. Most times the first request is 69 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,440 a copy of the sermon, maybe a transcript, maybe ACD or 70 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,480 whatever. It's fine. 71 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,800 We just are thrilled to death to have that good fortune. 72 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,600 And we have the same good fortune today, approximately 73 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,880 2000 miles away from where I live in Oklahoma City, to make 74 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,720 my brothers and my sisters in Christ, some of which have been 75 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,720 in the church essentially all their adult life. 76 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,720 And other than you've been in the church for just a few weeks, 77 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:41,040 few months, few years, God bless you all, everyone of us, 78 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,760 regardless of who you are, what your background has been, we all 79 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,920 are making a commitment to the Lord the day that we obey the 80 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,120 gospel of baptism. You know, it's very much of A 81 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,520 transition when you're baptized into Christ. 82 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,800 You walk in the water, which is behind this board here. 83 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,800 Yeah. You walk into the water, a dry 84 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,600 center. Guess what? 85 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,600 You walk out a wet Christian. That's an amazing transition. 86 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:12,280 And just a matter of seconds, you change to being a Sinner, to 87 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:14,680 being a Christian. You walk in a child of the 88 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,760 devil. You walk out of the child of 89 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,440 God. Let me tell you what the 90 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,080 motivation that that should give within every one of us. 91 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:29,240 We gain motivation by witnessing your baptism and or even hearing 92 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,160 about it 2000 miles away. Brother Terry, Brother Frankie, 93 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,800 you know, on their own timing, you know, they called and we 94 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,120 communicated by phone several times before the meeting came 95 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,040 about. And it was such a joy to hear 96 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,000 the joy in their heart for your salvation. 97 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,080 They love you, I love you. They, they know you better than 98 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,560 I do, but I love you in a way because you're my brother or 99 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,840 sister in Christ. So I want you to be so committed 100 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:01,960 to the Lord. And I promise you this, if 101 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,520 you'll let this title and its meaning that we're going to 102 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,280 share with you 7 points and we can make brief comments on each 103 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:12,200 of these. But if we can really bear down 104 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,520 and make sure that we individually, men or women, 105 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,360 young or old, been in the church a few weeks, few months, few 106 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,600 years, whatever the case may be, that we're committed to whatever 107 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,800 God wants out of me, I'm going to give it. 108 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,680 I'm going to do the very best I can to do what the Lord wants. 109 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:32,960 That's the kind of. Commitment the Lord had, and 110 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,200 tell you what, the Lord did you a favor. 111 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,920 He did me a favor. The Lord chose His only begotten 112 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,240 Son. Sent him from heaven. 113 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,040 Jesus was willing to come to die on the cross. 114 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:53,760 So you and I would have a plan, God's plan of salvation where we 115 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,040 can go to heaven. God wants you to go to heaven. 116 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,120 He designed the plan and you can go. 117 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:05,160 Jesus wanted to be part of that plan and he he volunteered, yes, 118 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,560 here am I sending me. He's ready to row. 119 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,520 He's ready to go. He was ready to help you go to 120 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,080 heaven. And my dear friends, today what 121 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,560 needs to happen? Every one of us, including me, 122 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:24,280 we need to have the same dedication to God as God does 123 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,360 to. Us, God wants us to go to 124 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,200 heaven, and now if he gave his only begotten Son. 125 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,880 But listen, I've got four kids. They're adult kids. 126 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,760 And my four adult kids, three of which have their own kids and 127 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,600 another has a fourth, and they have a child on its way and, and 128 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:47,520 they are very responsible for those young kids and want to be 129 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,200 born here in a few weeks. You know, all that's really, 130 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,560 really important. But tell you what's important 131 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,120 spiritually is that everybody in this building make sure you're 132 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,280 baptized by the baptism of the Great Commission. 133 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,960 You're not baptized according to some man or woman standard. 134 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,200 And I'll be very frank with don't be very pointed with you. 135 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,680 It doesn't matter what you think or what you believe or what I 136 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,800 think or what I believe. What matters. 137 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,800 Is just what Frank had mentioned, book, chapter, verse. 138 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,400 And that's the reason we go right here. 139 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,000 Let the Bible speak, not let island speak. 140 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,880 Not let you speak. Let the Bible speak. 141 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,160 This is where our commitment to the Lord really comes in. 142 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:36,240 Because if you're caught up, or if I'm caught up and oh, I think 143 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,640 this or I think that, well, listen here, we're listening to 144 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,039 the wrong guy. Us. 145 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:45,080 We need to go to God's word and listen to the inspired Word of 146 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,200 God. What I love to preach about the 147 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,040 Bible, where it came from, how we received and all that. 148 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,880 That's not what this lesson is. This lesson is going back to 149 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:59,000 Scripture, but chapter verse, taking a good look at it and see 150 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,120 what we can learn. Now, there's probably twice as 151 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,440 many points that could have been alluded to, but this was 152 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,240 something that I've chosen for tonight's lesson. 153 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,080 And it's it's critical that we follow this and listen, this 154 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,240 congregation and the town of Bakersfield, CA and I looked it 155 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,440 up on the way out here, not quite a half a million people, 156 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:26,280 but according to the 2023 census report was right at knocking on 157 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:31,720 the door 500,000 significantly over 400,000 people, half a 158 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,200 million people. I'm going to call her OK, half a 159 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,200 million people. Let me tell you what you're in. 160 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,240 You're so blessed. You're in a congregation right 161 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,800 here that believes in letting the Bible speak. 162 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,240 You're in a congregation unlike any other congregation 163 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,440 throughout this whole metropolitan area who's devoted 164 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:54,760 to serving the Lord. Put in the Lord first, doing 165 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,040 what Jesus said. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God 166 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,920 and his righteousness and all these things to be added to you. 167 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,240 Matthew. 6 and 33, that's what Jesus said. 168 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,360 My dear friends, today this helps me and you to be more 169 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:15,360 committed because not about me, it's about God, It's about his 170 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,040 Son Jesus, it's about the Holy Spirit, it's about the angels, 171 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,920 it's about the apostles, about the righteous 1 who've lived 172 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,680 before. It's up to me and you. 173 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,440 God is relying on me and you to talk to people, friends, 174 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,160 neighbors, and everyone else about the gospel and letting the 175 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,760 Bible speak. Well, we're going to take a look 176 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,280 at these seven points and we hope it's encouraging to you and 177 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,720 motivating to you to help make sure we stay on course. 178 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,920 We don't let anybody or anything get in our way. 179 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,760 We don't try to make any unwise decision. 180 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,600 Like why do I have to go to church this Sunday morning 181 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,800 because of XYZ? Wrong. 182 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:59,560 Listen, Lord's Day morning is the Lord's Day designed for me 183 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:02,840 and you, as the Bible says, assembly together for the 184 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,440 communion. Assembly together to lay by the 185 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,440 store on the first day of the week. 186 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,640 Christian people gather together because that's the Lord's. 187 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:16,200 Plan, and that's what the Bible says, and I commend that to you 188 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,440 among many other truths. Point #1. 189 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,440 I have a lesson I preached the last two or three years in Tyler 190 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,560 and it is written. We're not reviewing that 191 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:30,560 material today, but Matthew 4, verse 4, verse 7, verse 10, if 192 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:34,640 you look at the tail end of chapter 3, verse 16 and verse 193 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,080 17, the very ending of that short chapter of Matthew 3, 194 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,840 verse 16 and 17, it's the baptism of Jesus. 195 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,920 It's Jesus been baptized and true enough, he was baptized and 196 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,480 then he went out in the desert land and he spent there for 40 197 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,720 days without anything to eat for 40 days. 198 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,320 He fasted before he began his gigantic 3 year ministry. 199 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,120 And when Jesus was coming out of the desert land, which is also 200 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,520 known as the wilderness land, and as he came out of there, of 201 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,280 course the devil is going to find you at your weakest moment. 202 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,880 And perhaps as the Lord gone 40 days without anything to eat, 203 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,800 food may have been on his mind. It would have been on mine, but 204 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,640 it was on his. And they thought that's what the 205 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,760 devil thought. He said, hey, turn these stones 206 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,440 to be made bread. Listen, if Jesus could turn 207 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,160 water to wine, he could turn his stones. 208 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,440 To bread. But guess what? 209 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,680 And as a kid, I just said, man, why didn't he do that? 210 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,760 That would have been so cool. But guess what, it wasn't man 211 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,640 cool because he would have done it had it been. 212 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,880 He said no Sir, he said it is written. 213 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,640 Number one, it is written. Man should not live by bread 214 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,920 alone, but by every word proceeding out of the mouth of 215 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,000 God. Don't go by physical food, you 216 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,640 go by spiritual food. That's what's important. 217 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,400 Jesus did two things three different times. 218 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,360 Matthew 4, Matthew 7, Matthew 4, verse 4, seven and 10. 219 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,080 He did three things. He did three things, two things, 220 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,000 three times. It is written. 221 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,200 It is written. It is written. 222 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,440 He quoted it right, quote UN quote. 223 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,200 It is written another thing He did three times. 224 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,440 He went to God for help. I want you to know in your 225 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,920 spiritual journey, you can have hiccups, you can fall flat on 226 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,520 your face. I have too. 227 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,960 And I'm not through falling. I'm not through making mistake. 228 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,000 I want to pray to God every day. And as baptized believers, you 229 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,320 can know what is written and you can stand against the devil just 230 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,640 like Jesus did. Jesus told the devil in verse 7 231 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,520 when when the devil took Jesus up on the pinnacle of the temple 232 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,040 and there he just set him down and then he essentially modern 233 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:54,640 day binocular, he did jump. Jump. 234 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,120 The anchor should give you charts concerning you less than 235 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,440 anytime you dash your foot on. In other words, you know, just 236 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,080 slap your toe, jump, we're all here. 237 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,160 Watch, let's see him, then jump. And I thought, boy, if jeez, 238 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,440 we're going thought it'd be so neat. 239 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,280 Guess what? No, it wouldn't have been. 240 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,120 So that was me thinking like a a mortal person, Jesus the 241 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,240 spiritual leader. And Jesus said it's rich and 242 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,680 again, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 243 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,560 Now if I was the devil, I just kind of think I would have left 244 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,520 the scene of action there, but I'm still going and move on. 245 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,560 Did the devil do that? No, he didn't do that. 246 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:35,000 He come bouncing right back and he showed Jesus the riches, the 247 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,560 glory, the honor, the fame and all the things of the world. 248 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:44,160 You know what Satan said? He said every bit of this I the 249 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:50,080 devil will give you Jesus If you know everything the devil offers 250 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:54,640 you carries a condition if you have fallen down to. 251 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,680 Worship me. I don't think Jesus had to think 252 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,800 twice about that. He said, I tell you right now 253 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:07,040 it's written again, thou shalt worship the Lord of thy God and 254 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,360 him only shall thy serve. Now Christian friends, listen, 255 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,120 young and old, men and women, new converts or people, been in 256 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,240 the church basically your whole adult life. 257 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,080 I want you to understand what is important in your spiritual life 258 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,000 is it is written. You want to know what's written. 259 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,160 You want to make sure you plot your life. 260 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,080 You want to make sure that you obey those things. 261 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,440 Big things happen when you obey the Lord. 262 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,520 Terrible things happen when we choose to disobey the Lord. 263 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,840 So I want us today, in order to get our spiritual life really in 264 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,080 shape, to learn what is written. And you're going to learn that 265 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:48,360 by reading, by studying your Bible, by focusing in and 266 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,400 comprehending these words and listening to a variety of your 267 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,880 brethren where they're teaching lessons, by going to revival 268 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,880 meetings and making sure that anybody that says anything. 269 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,720 We mentioned this briefly last night. 270 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,560 Is giving you book, chapter, verse in the Bible. 271 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,840 I'm not interested in people's ideas and thoughts souls if it's 272 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,520 not biblically based. I want biblically based 273 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:17,560 situations. It's so important point #2 have 274 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,360 you not read? And Matthew the 19th chapter, 275 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:28,560 the Pharisees, they came to Jesus and they said is it lawful 276 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,880 for a man to put away his wife for every 'cause? 277 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,480 Thus in verse three of Matthew 19 and Jesus, Philip says he 278 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,280 immediately popped the next, but he said, have ye not read 279 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,040 Matthew 19 verse four? Have you not read the he which 280 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,000 made you at the beginning, made you male and female? 281 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,560 And here comes the conversation back and forth. 282 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,520 And Jesus said from the beginning, it was not so He went 283 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,640 all the way back to the patriarchal dispensation of 284 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:03,600 time, back to Genesis, early Genesis chapter 123, and moving 285 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,400 forward. He's known from the beginning 286 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,920 God did not allow that. You know what they did? 287 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,040 The devil and his followers and these wicked old Pharisees here, 288 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:17,720 they said wait a minute, wait a minute, Moses, your man Moses 289 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:24,960 allowed you and allowed us to divorce for every 'cause you 290 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,599 know what Jesus said? Yep, He sure did because of your 291 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:31,680 hard hearts, because of your hard hearts, He allowed that. 292 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,600 But from the beginning God did not allow that. 293 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,200 Jesus allowed it. He has the manipulations, He 294 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,360 allowed it. However, Jesus said in verse 9, 295 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,640 whosoever shall put away his wife for every for any cause 296 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,360 other than for fornication and married another commits 297 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:51,080 adultery. Jesus tightened it up mighty 298 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,000 tight. One call for Scripture divorce 299 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:58,040 for man or woman, a Christian man or woman to divorce her 300 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,000 spouses for doctrine. And when these Pharisees 301 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:05,120 questioned Jesus about can we do it forever because Jesus 302 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,360 essentially gave them no and patriotic law and no under my 303 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:12,240 law. It's a powerful message. 304 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,400 The key point we're making right here is how did Jesus approach 305 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,200 it is have you not read, my dear friend, that is a good 306 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,440 phraseology to utilize when talking to people, whoever 307 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,800 you're able to talk with about spiritual things. 308 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,040 And they said, well, why do you do this? 309 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,840 Why do you commune every first day of the week? 310 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:34,480 Why do you sing without instruments, music? 311 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,440 Why, Why? Why did you shoot something out 312 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,240 you said? Have you not read? 313 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,960 Ephesians 519, Colossians 316. Hebrews 212. 314 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,160 In the midst of the church. Well, I seen some praises unto 315 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,080 thee. Have you not read of how Jesus 316 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,000 the Lord suffered? Have you never read these 317 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,040 things? And you don't want to sound 318 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,360 egotistical here, but you want to get people to understand. 319 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,880 You've got to go back to what the Bible speaks or what the 320 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:02,160 Bible says. You got to read the Bible. 321 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,320 Now I do know this. People have different reading 322 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:11,760 habits. Some people like to read just a 323 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,680 few verses a day. That's OK, That's perfectly 324 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,560 fine. Some people like to read a 325 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,320 chapter a day. Now when I'm training young 326 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,480 preachers, I've trained a number of young preachers. 327 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,840 And when I trained young. Preachers, they've got to read 328 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,560 the New Testament through every month. 329 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:29,680 Every month that they're with me. 330 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,640 I I'm making a commitment to that. 331 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,080 And if you're not committed to that, you're not coming to study 332 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,080 with me because we're going to learn this book right here. 333 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,600 We can learn it. We can learn it good. 334 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,320 We're going to know what to do to be saved. 335 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,880 We're going to learn how to stay saved. 336 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,680 We're going to learn the establishment of the church. 337 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,320 We can learn all kind of things. And the only way you're going to 338 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,120 know that is to know what is being the scriptures know what 339 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,720 is for us to read. Have we not read? 340 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,840 Well, I've never had anybody not to agree to do that. 341 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,040 It's like that's number one every month that you read the 342 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,480 New Testament through and I've had people with me for weeks and 343 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,000 for months and for some have been for years. 344 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,120 They've been great. And then every morning we will 345 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:14,280 set forth a time to get together whatever book they've read, we 346 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:15,880 talk about questions they've had. 347 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,120 We talk about events of those particular reading those 348 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:23,240 chapters, that particular. Book of the New Testament and we 349 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:27,320 just have a really good intense study for about an hour. 350 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,000 Talk about what they read yesterday and then today they 351 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,080 take off on another book. And tomorrow we're going to do 352 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,280 the same thing again because we're going to learn the 353 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,320 Scriptures. My friend, I beg of you, let the 354 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,360 Bible be the number one book you read in your life. 355 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,960 Let it be your number one. Because if you don't read the 356 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,920 Bible, did you know you're going to be easily misled? 357 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,280 Oh, that'd be that'd be just so sad. 358 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,280 But you are and I would be. If I did not know my Bible, I'd 359 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,560 be easily misled. The Word of God teaches that 360 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,160 over and over again. And you know, today whenever 361 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,000 situations turn up and people are not reading and studying the 362 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,480 Bible, but yet they're complaining because they don't 363 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,040 feel like they're growing like they should without the reason 364 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,960 people don't grow. And the reason people don't grow 365 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,520 is because. They don't know what the Bible 366 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,240 says. You don't know what the Bible 367 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,240 says. We make mistakes. 368 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,200 It's just like someone who's new to the church. 369 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,000 They made for an example. When you throw a wild example 370 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,880 out here, they made some say do not show up, not because they're 371 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,000 sick, but they just had something else on their mind to 372 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,040 go do it. But once they read the Bible and 373 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,680 they began to realize what this is really, really important. 374 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,680 I need to read and study the Scripture. 375 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,320 This needs to be all what I do. You know what, the more you know 376 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,640 about God's Word, the better off you'll be spiritually. 377 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:56,000 So therefore, have you not read, You're going to find this all 378 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 through Scripture one way or another. 379 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,240 It is written, you send all this in. 380 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,120 These are just two of the points of the seven points, and it is 381 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:08,480 so critical that we read and we study the Bible. 382 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,720 We'll plot for life and guess what? 383 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 You will no longer be a baby in Christ like First Corinthian 384 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,760 talks about when people are first baptized there. 385 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Like a baby. In Christ, but then they go to 386 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,600 what the word of God called full grown or mature. 387 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,840 It is so great to see people from beginning to you see, and 388 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,960 the Lord doesn't expect you to grow overnight. 389 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,280 He does expect you to work toward developing yourself into 390 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,320 a good, solid Christian. It is so precious. 391 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,480 The Lord is so good, so kind, so thoughtful. 392 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,200 I do want you to love the Lord, not the Lord loves you. 393 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,600 And if you do that, Satan doesn't stand a chance. 394 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,240 Well, I'll assure you. Have you not read and the 395 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,680 question that you can utilize within your? 396 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,200 Vocabulary. Just like I've tried to utilize 397 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,840 it in mind when talking to people and they ask you a Bible 398 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,520 question, I said to you. A lot of times I'll say, well, 399 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,680 have you ever read about this situation or that one, or maybe 400 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,520 a parable or a miracle or just a direct message or intent from 401 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:14,240 Scripture sermon, whatever the case may be, when people find 402 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,920 out it's in the Bible, they've not read it. 403 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,000 I, I just give you many, many examples of that, but that's not 404 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,200 what's important. What's important is that you 405 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,000 point in people to Scripture. Number one, you make sure that 406 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,040 you've read it and you know what it says? 407 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,320 You know where it says that? And now? 408 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:35,160 You are teaching other people #3 what said the Scriptures down 409 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,280 the the passage of Romans and Galatians. 410 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,800 Both of these say the same thing. 411 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:43,640 I'm not going to discuss all the details because it goes quite in 412 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,480 depth and that's not the tenor of today's lesson. 413 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,600 But Romans 4 and verse 3, Paul said what said the Scriptures in 414 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,040 Galatians 4 and 32, the Church of Galatia, just like this one 415 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,800 was the Church of Rome. He said what sets of scriptures? 416 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,440 I love this, I love this when people come to me and why do you 417 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,880 do this and why do you do that? I go, but what sets of 418 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,680 scriptures? What do you mean? 419 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,520 I go, what does the Bible say? Let us go. 420 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,000 What if written, have you not read? 421 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,560 Mention the passage too. You know what sense of 422 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,440 scripture? This is important, and this is 423 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,400 how to stabilize your Christianity. 424 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:28,680 It stabilizes every young or older person in the faith. 425 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,640 I love it because the devil is a man on the run. 426 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,600 He's running away. So it's like he did Jesus here. 427 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,400 You know, verse 11 which we didn't talk about, but verse 11 428 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,320 of Matthew 4, the devil leadeth him and the angels came and 429 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,720 ministered unto Jesus. It is so great to see the devil 430 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:53,760 whipped soundly because Jesus quoted what was written in the 431 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,360 Scripture. My dear friends, today, if we're 432 00:24:56,360 --> 00:25:00,760 not careful and we allow things to get in our way, it can really 433 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,200 create a lot of problems for it spiritually. 434 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:09,200 Please don't let Satan have one inch of your spiritual life. 435 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,920 Don't let him get one point with you. 436 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,920 No, you say no. No, I'm not interested in what 437 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,200 you have to say. You know, I have a priest this 438 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,320 one summer, a long, long time, but things the devil wants to 439 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:24,240 do, there's many things the devil loves to, to really dig 440 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,880 down and and do whatever he can. Because see, the battle is 441 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:32,160 between God and the devil. And the devil figured, well, I'm 442 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,240 not going to win over God, but I may win over God's children. 443 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,160 That's me and you. And he could try to get us out 444 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,080 of the way. I just want you to know this, 445 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:48,400 and this is disappointed as I need to be, but if we do not 446 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,120 know the Scriptures, if we don't know what's written, if we don't 447 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:55,640 know what's read, we do not know what the scriptures reveal. 448 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,200 My dear friend, the likelihood is we're going to make some 449 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,640 really serious blunders, and I want to show you what the Bible 450 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,120 says about it, and I'm going to invite you to turn Hebrew the 451 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,480 5th chapter. I don't have this passage on the 452 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,680 board, but Hebrew five can tell us the last. 453 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,800 Three. Verses of Hebrew five will be 454 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,480 verses 1213 and 14. And I want to look at the logic 455 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:20,280 that the great inspired writer of Hebrews reveals about knowing 456 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,240 God's will and God's Word. Hebrew the 5th chapter maybe 457 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,840 please begin reading the verse 12. 458 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,640 And we're going to read 1213 and 14. 459 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,680 Hebrew chapter 5, begin in verse 12. 460 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,720 I'll give you a moment, no hurry, we're good Hebrew. 461 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,640 The 5th chapter beginning in verse 12. 462 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,160 And I want you to look at this, and I want you to imagine you're 463 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,920 the person Paul's writing to verse 12. 464 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,800 For when, what? For when? 465 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,960 For the time you ought to be teachers. 466 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,200 You have neither one teacher. Again, which be the first 467 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,160 principle of the articles of God and you're becoming such a have 468 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,560 need of milk and not a strong meat. 469 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:03,560 Look at verse 13 for everyone that gives us milk is unskillful 470 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,320 in the word of righteous. Why? 471 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,840 Because he's the babe. He's the babe. 472 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,000 That's what the Bible says. That's what your version says. 473 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,880 Whatever your version is, he's showing he's the babe. 474 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,680 Verse 13, look here. But strong meat belongs to them 475 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,680 that are full age, that's mature. 476 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,600 They're growing in the faith or mature. 477 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,520 There are full age. Even those who by reason get a 478 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,560 hold of this, this is powerful. This is going to help us do the 479 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,160 right thing, make the right choice. 480 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,680 Look at the very last two verses here or the last two lines here. 481 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:40,200 He said who by reason of use. They have the senses exercise to 482 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,200 discern both good and evil. Don't you want to know what's 483 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,760 good? Don't you want to know what's 484 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,240 evil? Don't you know which is which, 485 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:54,120 good or evil, right or wrong? Well, yes, you know and you need 486 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:56,760 to know and you want to know. Well, you're going to learn what 487 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,360 the Bible says by what's written, what you read, and you 488 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,920 can learn the inspired scriptures given by God. 489 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:07,160 And now we know how to discern both good and evil. 490 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,120 Well, that's motivating to me to know that the more I know about 491 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:14,840 Scripture, the better it would be that I know right from wrong. 492 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,320 And guess what? The more you know about 493 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,280 Scripture and the more you know about what's written, the more 494 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,520 you know about Let the Bible speak, the stronger you can 495 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,280 become spiritually. Don't ever let anything get in 496 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,120 your way. This is what it's all about. 497 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,360 Or there's much more I can say, but I'm going to. 498 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:38,680 Continue #4 give attendance to reading First Timothy 4 and 499 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,120 verse 13. Here's the chance that the 500 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,840 apostle Paul is writing a young preacher Timothy, and we can 501 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,800 spend a little bit of time right here. 502 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,600 And both first Timothy and Second Timothy. 503 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,800 If you notice First Timothy 413, we'll also notice Second Timothy 504 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,560 2 and verse 15. But in first Timothy 4, you know 505 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,160 a very popular verse is in verse 12. 506 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,840 And I'll go ahead and turn there with you because the several 507 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,040 eternity and that's great. And I want us to take a good 508 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,360 look at this because beginning in verse 12, he's given you 509 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,800 several things that will help you live in a very faithful 510 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,560 Christian life. And in first Timothy the 4th 511 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,680 chapter, here's what the Bible says. 512 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,920 Let no man verse 12, let no man despise our youth, but be thou 513 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,680 an example the believers in Word and that's simply your matter of 514 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:34,800 life and conversation and charity and spirit and faith and 515 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,960 impurity. He said I want you to be an 516 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,480 example. Get hold of this. 517 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,160 I want you to be an example of the believers. 518 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,640 Now listen, this is the two way St. me and you. 519 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,960 We're baptized believers. We need to be example of the 520 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,480 believers two ways. Number one, to other believers, 521 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,600 we need to be a good example, letting our lights so shine 522 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,080 before others for everybody to follow. 523 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:08,360 Furthermore, we are an example of the believers #2 to non 524 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,160 Christians, to non baptized believers. 525 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,960 Wow. So when you look at first 526 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,800 Timothy 4 and 13, then he says, I need you to do this right 527 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,840 here, Timothy. Oh, here's what I want you to 528 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,200 do. I want you to give attendance to 529 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:29,880 reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 530 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,920 Listen, you look at that and it's very, very clear what he 531 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,720 has in mind and what he expects out of Timothy. 532 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,680 And then Please note here he lets him know I want you to give 533 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,160 attendance to it now my. Question to you is, are you 534 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,040 doing that? Am I doing that? 535 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,120 The more you read and study the Bible, you're getting so 536 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,760 equipped. You're going to be able to work 537 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,280 over the devil. He will lose every battle with 538 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,280 you. If you know the Scripture, what 539 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,120 enough to say, no, Sir, that's not what we're going to do. 540 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,560 It is so wonderful. You know what the most beautiful 541 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,640 thing is? Not only are you working to help 542 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,400 save yourself, you're working to help save others. 543 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,160 Now here's the situation. There's more I can say there, 544 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,080 but I want us to now go to a passage of Scripture that's been 545 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,960 thumped on a little bit unjustly, and I want to share. 546 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,040 Some thoughts with you on Second Timothy 215. 547 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,400 Now, Second Timothy 215 is not near as complicated as some 548 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,520 people seem to. Think it is and they try to make 549 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,240 it. There's none, none of that. 550 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,880 So I want to read it. I want to explain it and if you 551 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,120 have any question about this after services you feel free to 552 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,320 ask. I'm more than happy to talk with 553 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,600 you about it. The word of God said study 554 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:51,120 second to 2:15. The Bible said study to show 555 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:55,240 thyself approved unto God, a Workman that needeth not to be 556 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,920 ashamed of rightly divided the word truth. 557 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,560 It's amazing how people say say study. 558 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,960 It don't mean study. It doesn't mean keep your nose 559 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,960 in the books. It doesn't mean you got to read 560 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,800 and study all the time. Who said it does? 561 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,880 There's probably been a time in the history of our life that 562 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,920 people use the word study to say you need to keep your nose in 563 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,000 your books. Let me tell you what this verse 564 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,760 teaches. Keeping your nose in your book, 565 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,480 but it's not in the word to study. 566 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,120 All right, look that verse again. 567 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:36,360 Study to show yourself approved unto God this word Study. 568 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,880 Matter of fact, if you're using a modern version, you very 569 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:47,160 likely said be diligent, be enthusiastic, be aggressive, be 570 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,160 diligent to make your calling and you're like, sure, see, you 571 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,600 need to be so on fire for the Lord. 572 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,720 You're not letting nothing get in your way of serving the Lord. 573 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,960 You be diligent. You study to show yourself what 574 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,440 approved unto God. What's more important than that? 575 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,680 Nothing is more important than you've been approved before God. 576 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,960 So you're the other thing you're studying to make yourself 577 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,360 approved unto God as a Workman. Listen that needeth not to be 578 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,760 ashamed. No, no, don't be ashamed. 579 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,560 Be thankful. Read your scriptures. 580 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:24,360 It's OK if people see you should read. 581 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,800 There are people, sometimes it's the strangest thing, they say, 582 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,680 Oh, we should not offer thanks in the restaurant because people 583 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,680 will see us praying and, and the Bible says don't pray to be seen 584 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,200 a man. Wrong. 585 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,560 What are people thinking? It's great to be an example for 586 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,880 now, if you're doing it for the absolute sole purpose of getting 587 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,600 people to wow they must be religious, then you've got a 588 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,400 problem within yourself. The fact of the matter. 589 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,560 Is we can show you time to people in the scriptures. 590 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,680 They pray where whoever was there can witness it. 591 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,760 Here's what I want you to do. I want you to give yourself holy 592 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:06,080 to Jesus in the scripture. Give yourself hold of them like 593 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,480 we read in First Timothy. Now we're studying, we're being 594 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,960 diligent, we're being eager to make our self approved unto God. 595 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:15,040 A word that needs not to be ashamed. 596 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,679 Now look here, rightly dividing the word of truth. 597 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:23,960 That sounds like I need to keep my book, my nose in the book, 598 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,800 rightly dividing the word of truth. 599 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,840 There's your study that you're not thinking of studying, 600 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,520 getting your nose in the book rightly divided the word truth. 601 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,280 Now I've got a whole lesson I did without one phrase. 602 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,639 Let me tell you what rightly divided the word truth is 603 00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:42,639 focusing in. It's just like you remember here 604 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:48,800 in Matthew 19 when the Pharisee that Jesus about it didn't often 605 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:49,679 put away. Why fear? 606 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:51,840 Because. You know what Jesus did, but all 607 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,159 the way back to the beginning, the patriarchal law in Genesis 1 608 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,360 forward and then he showed them what God said. 609 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:03,600 And then they discuss the law of Moses and then now today we're 610 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,720 under the law of Christ. So it's very important to 611 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,200 rightly divide the word of truth. 612 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,640 So in other words, if I ask you a biblical question for today, 613 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:16,440 you can't go back to Genesis or Genesis 3 says this. 614 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,840 No, no. Or you can go to where the books 615 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,680 of the law of Moses and read chapter verse. 616 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:27,320 No I want Matthew to revelation. You rightly divide the word of 617 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,760 truth by knowing and you're recognizing well, this question 618 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,360 was asked under the Mosaic Law, and Mosaic law taught this. 619 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,560 But today we need to know what the New Testament teach you, 620 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,280 that it is the law of Christ that we need to follow His will. 621 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,240 That's how you rightly divide the word of truth. 622 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,640 That's not where it all ends. I'll assure you. 623 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,080 When you get into the law of Christ, then you got to talk 624 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:53,520 about, well, I need, I need to address that which is during the 625 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,440 day, the spiritual gifts and the days that are not spiritual 626 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,800 gifts, when spiritual gifts have already taken away and been done 627 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,240 away with, then how do we go from there? 628 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,920 The Bible. Tells us how matter of fact 629 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,200 there'll be. One night this week I'm I'm not 630 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,920 absolutely positive and we will be dealing more with that. 631 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,080 There's there's several topics that I, I want to give and I'm 632 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,920 working on that quite a bit today and I won't have more 633 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:21,160 sermons than I've got days to give, but it's OK, I'm going to 634 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,840 work at it. I do want you today. 635 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:24,880 To. Learn. 636 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:29,920 That second Timothy 215 teaches to be eager and be diligent to 637 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,520 study. The Bible says you the King 638 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,320 James will use the word study other verses use the word to be 639 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,840 diligent to make your call and let you sure. 640 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,080 Why? Because it makes you approve of 641 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:44,160 God. At the end, it teaches you and 642 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,640 me that we need to rightly divide the word of truth. 2nd 643 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,920 10:00 to 2:15 is a wonderful passage, but people when they 644 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,920 realize the word study meant to be diligent, they just dismiss. 645 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,240 At least, it seemed like the attitude by which they 646 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,320 antagonize Second Timothy 215 people just didn't. 647 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,880 Want to pay attention to that passage? 648 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,160 That's bad. That's wrong. 649 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:07,480 I want you to appreciate this passage. 650 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,920 It teaches you how to be approved of God. 651 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,400 It teaches you how the right to divide the word of truth. 652 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,400 It teaches you the enthusiasm by which we need to study. 653 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,120 This is the great verse, and we need to do that. 654 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,680 And what we need to learn is give attendance to reading. 655 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,520 My dear friend, do you understand if we put all this 656 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,320 together? How motivated we are going to be 657 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,480 to study this word or just look at #5 using the Word of God 658 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:36,680 effectively? This is one of the most popular 659 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:41,080 passages of Scripture in the New Testament, at least in many 660 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,960 circles. Jesus wept might be the number 661 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,960 one because that way everybody can memorize. 662 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:50,560 It 2 words Jesus wept. John 1135 But no, that's not 663 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,280 what I want to talk about. I want to talk about Second 664 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,920 Timothy. Paul is teaching his training. 665 00:37:55,360 --> 00:38:00,880 Timothy, did you know Second Timothy is the last book we have 666 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:05,400 in the record of of the apostle Paul wrote, it is said by 667 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,240 historians. Now he could look out the little 668 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:12,200 jail cell and he could see where his head was going to be removed 669 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,840 from his body. He could see where his life was 670 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,880 going to be taken from him. But before he died, buddy, he 671 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,360 started writing a letter. He wrote Second Timothy. 672 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,520 Oh, it's such a powerful. And when you know, when you know 673 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,720 when you start reading Second Timothy. 674 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:34,960 This is his very last letter. Paul wrote fourteen of the 27 675 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:40,560 books of the New Testament, but this one is his last one that we 676 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:44,400 have in the record. And what he teaches here in 2nd 677 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,280 10 to 316, he let it be made known. 678 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,640 And listen here he let it be made known. 679 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,680 All scripture is given by the inspiration of God. 680 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,320 All scripture. And I'll give you another verse 681 00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:58,640 here in a minute. You go ahead and be turning 682 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:04,880 second Peter Chapter one I. Want you to get a hold of this? 683 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,080 We can come back here in a minute. 684 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,400 Go ahead and turn over to second Peter, but here he teaches here. 685 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,240 All scripture is given by the inspiration of God. 686 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:18,640 This scripture is given by God. That's why we're to be committed 687 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,000 to following Him. And it's profitable. 688 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:28,720 It's beneficial for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 689 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:32,000 instruction and righteousness. What's the benefit? 690 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:36,200 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnishing 691 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:39,120 all good works. Wow. 692 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,920 This is really good. Now if you're in second Timothy 693 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,560 3, put your marker there. I want to show you the passage 694 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,920 that I want you to read in second Peter chapter one. 695 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,760 It's the very last a couple of verses of second Peter. 696 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:57,160 One the word of God said verse 20, knowing that first of all 697 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,360 the prophet knowing the 1st that no props the scriptures of 698 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,040 private interpretation, no scripture came from man. 699 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,040 It came by the inspiration, the Holy Spirit, which I would like 700 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,840 to speak on one night this week too. 701 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,960 Verse 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of 702 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:19,960 man, it did come by the will of man, but holy man of God spank 703 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:22,120 as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 704 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:26,560 I want you to know the Holy Spirit inspire the scriptures by 705 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,360 God. Even Jesus when he got ready to 706 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,200 depart and to go to heaven, he told the apostles, I've got to 707 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,880 leave you. They was all what I call beside 708 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,160 themselves. They were not happy with what 709 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,800 was getting ready to happen that Jesus was going to leave them. 710 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,320 But one thing, Jesus let it be made known. 711 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,520 He said don't worry about it, no sweat. 712 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,240 When I get to heaven, I will send to you the Holy Spirit from 713 00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,480 the Father. He, the Holy Spirit. 714 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,080 He's going to testify with me. He's going to tell you 715 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,120 everything thing that I've said to you. 716 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,240 He's going to remind you of everything I've said so you 717 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:06,280 don't have to worry about you remembering it because God is 718 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,960 going to give you the Holy Spirit and He's going to guide 719 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,440 you to everything you need to write. 720 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,320 See God, Christ, the Holy Spirit work together for God's plan. 721 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,840 Now when you look here, here's what we find. 722 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:24,640 We find the second in the 316 the Bible said teaching us to 723 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,400 use the word of God effectively, that this Scripture is given for 724 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,320 doctrine, reproof, correction and doctrine and instruction. 725 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:39,360 Here is what is right. You know, somehow or another, 726 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:40,840 and this should not be the way it is. 727 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,080 Doctrine is almost like a dirty word to some people and doctrine 728 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,240 just simply means teaching. But when you say, well, we're 729 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,240 going to talk, we here's our doctrine. 730 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,400 People say I don't really want your doctrine. 731 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,440 Would you say here's I'm we're going to teach what Jesus 732 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:56,520 taught. Oh really? 733 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,400 What did he teach? People are much more interested. 734 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,600 Don't hate the word doctrine, appreciate it. 735 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,360 Even the Bible from God in 2nd 3/16 he said doctrine. 736 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,920 Basically they can teach you what's right. 737 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,800 Oh reproof right here. Now he's going to teach us. 738 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:20,280 What is wrong? Wow, isn't it important for me 739 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,480 and you to know what's right and what's wrong? 740 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,080 You know how we do that? By learning what the Bible says. 741 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,040 Are we going to learn that by what's written about, what we've 742 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,920 read, about what the Scripture said, the fact we've been 743 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,760 focusing time and attention, now we're using the Word of God 744 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,800 effectively. That's how it's all fit 745 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,880 together. Listen, Satan is on the move 746 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,920 away from you if you're committed to following the Word 747 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,560 of God. We're not going to learn what's 748 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,920 right and what's wrong. We're going to learn correction. 749 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:55,600 You know what correction is, is how to get right. 750 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,400 Wow. You know what people love? 751 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:01,640 They love to know how to get right. 752 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,560 Well, their heart is really right, and they're trying to 753 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,760 improve that. They love to get right with the 754 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,880 Lord. My dear friend, I want you to 755 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,280 get right with the Lord. If you're not and if you are, 756 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,640 God bless you. You're our brother and our 757 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,960 sister. You're the son or daughter of 758 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,160 God Almighty. Wow. 759 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:22,200 The devil lost his battle with you because you obeyed the 760 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,720 gospel and baptism and you've made a commitment to the Lord. 761 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,080 I'm going to serve you to the day I die. 762 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:33,000 Your commitment to the Lord is is such a powerful commitment. 763 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,360 It is so wonderful. And then it says for instruction 764 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:44,040 and raunchiness. And that is how to stay right. 765 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,520 My Christian friends today, here's what we want to do. 766 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,680 We want to show you what's right according to Scripture. 767 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,200 We want what show you what's wrong according to scripture. 768 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,960 We want to show how to get right according to Scripture. 769 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,960 We want to show you how to say right according to scripture. 770 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,760 And that's because that's what 2nd 10 to 316 says. 771 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,880 I'm not making that up. I'm just giving you a bigger 772 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,720 piece of 2nd 10 to 316. What it's taken. 773 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,800 You can read verse 17 goes together beautifully. 774 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,760 Let's go to point number six and first Peter. 775 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:25,720 Now Peter is the same man who's in Jesus's inner circle, Peter, 776 00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:28,600 James and John. You remember the transfiguration 777 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,720 and other events in the life of our Lord? 778 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:38,160 What Peter first Peter 2 verse six, he said it is contained. 779 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,920 I love this, believe me, I use this. 780 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,400 It's contained. In the scriptures, but if. 781 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,640 Somebody wants to change the way of worship, singing, praying, 782 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,080 teaching, communion, contribution, and they want to 783 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:53,280 change. I go no, no, no, no. 784 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,160 I'm not interested in what you want. 785 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,200 I'm interested in what the Scriptures teach. 786 00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,840 I'm interested in what's contained in Scripture. 787 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,840 Now, can you show me in the scripture what you're promoted? 788 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:09,800 People say, well, not exactly. Oh well, if you can't exactly, 789 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,840 that means no. And I'm not interested in what 790 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:14,400 you think. I want to know what the 791 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,160 scripture says. Listen, you robbed that out and 792 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,880 people will either come to you and obey the gospel and do the 793 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,640 right thing or they going to leave and do their own thing. 794 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,520 Please don't be the one that's going to do your own thing. 795 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:28,840 You be the one that said, Lord, you tell me what to do and I'm 796 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:30,960 going to do it by the Scripture. You can do that. 797 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,920 It's contained in scripture. See friends, I'll tell you what 798 00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,840 this is for new converts and people been in church based in 799 00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:41,200 all your adult life and that is we need to learn what the Bible 800 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,280 says and we need to make sure we're plot to our life. 801 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,080 In conclusion here, Revelation one, verse three. 802 00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:53,000 Blessed is he that readeth. Number one and they that keeps 803 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,760 the words of the prophecy of the book. 804 00:45:57,240 --> 00:45:59,320 He said blessed word blessing means happy. 805 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:03,200 Blessed are happy. It's he that readeth it and keep 806 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:04,520 those things that are written therein. 807 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:09,880 Listen, we want to do today. We want to read and he said. 808 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:14,240 I want you to keep the things. That are written in this book. 809 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,920 Well, I love doing Bible markings and and teaching to do 810 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,680 personal work and and training a different one that I've done 811 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,640 this all over the country. And it's a very important role 812 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,880 because it's teaching the congregation how to accomplish a 813 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,760 very important principle of reaching the lost. 814 00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,800 And this is where it is. It's following this teaching 815 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:40,280 right here that we're teaching people to read and to keep the 816 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,840 things they read. That's your commitment level. 817 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,280 You want to follow that? Well, there's so much more I can 818 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,880 say, but it's already 8:30 or so, 837. 819 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,440 I could go by my time and then it's bedtime, so I won't. 820 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,280 It's two hours later. But I want you today to do the 821 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,600 right thing. I want you to be so committed 822 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,960 that Satan know I don't stand a chance with him or her. 823 00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,120 No, no, because they're going to go by the Bible. 824 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,120 They're going to stay with the word of God. 825 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:13,240 No, I don't have a chance. I'll tell you what, Whip Satan 826 00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:16,200 and whip sin. Give yourself completely to the 827 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:19,840 Lord and don't let anybody or anything get in your way and 828 00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:23,280 salvation would be yours. May the Lord bless you in every 829 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,360 way. To anyone in our assembly 830 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:28,440 tonight who's not ready to meet your Maker, would you please get 831 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,600 right tonight? We I always will be going home 832 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,160 in a little while, but we're not in a hurry. 833 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:34,720 We want to see you obey the gospel. 834 00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:37,360 If you've not obeyed the gospel, and if you have obeyed the 835 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,280 gospel and you've got sin in your life, you have yielded to 836 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,240 temptation. You know the song you should 837 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:44,440 sing. Yield not to temptation for 838 00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,640 yielding the sin. Listen, if you have things come 839 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,360 in your life, that's a myth, get rid of it. 840 00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,240 Repent of the realms, confession, thoughts and our 841 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,080 prayer, the baptized belief with thy share privilege. 842 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,120 We want you to be saved. Please come and stand and want 843 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,960 to see. We thank you for listening to 844 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:07,320 our podcast put on by the Church of Christ at 2215 Plans Rd. in 845 00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:10,280 Bakersfield. If you would like any additional 846 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,560 information or you would like to receive a free Bible 847 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:17,440 correspondence course by mail, please e-mail us at 848 00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:23,920 info@churchofchristbakersfield.com. Our service times are Sundays at 849 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:29,400 10:30 AM and 5:00 PM and Wednesdays at 7:30 PM. 850 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,600 Please make plans to join us. We would love for you to be our 851 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:34,440 honored guest.