1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:02,300 Got your Bible, Hebrews chapter 13. 2 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:04,600 He was up to 13. Now, I'm going to preach this 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,000 sermon differently than I preached the first service. 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:12,000 So in fact not totally different but completely different almost. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,700 Okay, so I'm going to begin this way as you turn to Hebrews 6 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:18,400 chapter 13, we will look at verse number 9 today, I'm going 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,400 to be in this way years ago, in our church, first started, we 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,800 had a man in our church, who was a dear friend of mine who was 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,900 involved in our recording Ministry. 10 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:32,400 And the day one, when we met in a park, we began recording all 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,100 of our sermons because when the church began, we wanted to be on 12 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:38,700 the radio and the Lord had opened the opportunity for us to 13 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:46,000 be on the radio, just one hour a day that was at 4:00 in the 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,900 morning but that's all we got. But we took it. 15 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,500 And so we had to record everything that we that we 16 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:55,300 preached. And of course, he was there to 17 00:00:55,300 --> 00:01:01,300 be courted on that Sunday. We first started in 1994 and of 18 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:04,500 course, Don Davis who still works are sound Ministry is with 19 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:06,800 us today still here after 20 years. 20 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,300 Wow, Don. What commitment? 21 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:13,900 You're great, man, but he worked with with Don and so we went 22 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:17,700 from the from the, from the park to, to a school and we were to 23 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:22,400 school for about a year and then we moved to a church in Glendora 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,100 church is no longer there. They sold the church and built 25 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:28,300 houses there. Unfortunate. 26 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:34,000 But we went there and this man still was involved in a 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 recording. The unfortunate thing about it 28 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,500 is so many times because we use different equipment at different 29 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:42,000 times, sometimes the recording didn't take. 30 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:46,700 So I had to come back on Monday and re-preach Sunday, sermon, or 31 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:49,800 come back on Thursday and re-preach Wednesday night's 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,200 sermon. Okay, that happened quite a few 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:57,200 times probably 13 or 14 times less than 20, but more than more 34 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,000 than N. And of course this man would 35 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,600 come and he lived close to the church. 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,600 He would come in and we record the message and hear the message 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:12,200 again. and, After a period of time, you came to realize that 38 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:17,600 this this man had had begun to adopt a different belief than 39 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,600 the church. And I remember he went through 40 00:02:19,608 --> 00:02:22,600 our membership class, he was a member, he's signed our 41 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,600 doctrinal statement and all that kind of stuff. 42 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,000 But word got back to me that he was beginning to learn in 43 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,600 believe something different about the Christ. 44 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,600 And so we came to realize that he no longer believed in the 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,200 deity of Christ, that Christ was God In the Flesh. 46 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,800 So I set him down and began to talk with him about these 47 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,200 things. And as we sat down, we talked 48 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,600 about them. And and I said, who are you 49 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,400 listening to? Who are you talking to? 50 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,500 Well, he was taking Jehovah's Witnesses and bringing them into 51 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:02,800 his house and talking with them about what it is, they believed 52 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:07,700 he did this on a regular basis. And the more he did it, the more 53 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:13,600 he realized he didn't believe that Jesus was God In the Flesh. 54 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,600 And so as I was talking to him in my office one day and going 55 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,200 through, scripture with him, I said you proved to me that Jesus 56 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,300 isn't God. Go ahead. 57 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:25,100 Try it. Sweet ride. 58 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,300 I kept saying wrong verse can't do that wrong again and wrong 59 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:33,300 again and so you can explain to him the deity of Christ and how 60 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:36,800 the Bible so eloquently. And so clearly presents. 61 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,100 That Jesus is God In the Flesh from the Old Testament to the 62 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:44,300 New Testament from Genesis to revelation. 63 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,300 We spent hours talking about the deity of Christ, and he just 64 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:52,900 would not. Believe. 65 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,400 So I said to him, listen, I will give you one more verse and 66 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,000 that's John 8:24, unless you believe that I am, he you will 67 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000 die in your sins. Unless you believe that Jesus is 68 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 the god who spoke to Moses from the burning bush and Exodus 69 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,200 chapter 3, you will die in your sins. 70 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,900 That's all I have for you. Because you don't repent for 71 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:16,500 what you believe about. Jesus Christ. 72 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:20,700 You will spend eternity. Inhale. 73 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,000 He said, okay. You know, if my office unless 74 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,900 the year later he was dead. He never turned his life around. 75 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,600 But he got caught up listening to the wrong kinds of people. 76 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,500 Did he lose his salvation? No, he didn't lose his 77 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:42,700 salvation. He never truly was bored again 78 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:47,200 to believe with, to begin with. That's why he was so easily 79 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,200 duped and led astray sync with these. 80 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,100 Four tells us that Satan blinds our minds so that we don't 81 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:58,300 believe in the deity of Christ. That won't believe that Jesus is 82 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:01,700 actually God In the Flesh. Because once you believe that 83 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:05,000 Jesus is God, okay, you can begin to understand that the 84 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:10,800 work on the cross was sufficient for your saving Saving Grace. 85 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:15,000 So it's unfortunate that that took place, but over the years 86 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:18,300 as Elders, we've had to deal with people in the church who 87 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:22,800 have listened to others outside the church that have led them 88 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,000 astray. We've even had to discipline 89 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,200 Elders in our church, who began to believe different things, 90 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,000 other than what, the Bible actually taught about the 91 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,600 identity and the ministry of Christ himself. and that was, 92 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:46,000 Unfortunate, it is unfortunate. But we are supremely concerned 93 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,400 about what people believe about the gospel. 94 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:56,400 What they believe about Christ. And so we want to keep our ear 95 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,400 close to the ground to hear what's being taught in Sunday. 96 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,600 School classes was being taught at home. 97 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,900 Bible studies what's being taught with our young people, 98 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,300 our college students because we want to know that truth is being 99 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:13,800 taught. Why is that so important? 100 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,900 Because Hebrews chapter 13 verse number 9, the writer of Hebrews 101 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:26,300 gives us the sixth principle, the sixth Timeless truth that we 102 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:29,400 need to tackle as well as to treasure. 103 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:34,800 And that is in verse number 9, which we just way do not be 104 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,900 carried away by varied and strange teachings. 105 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,700 What is good for the heart to be, strengthened by Grace, not 106 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:45,500 by Foods through which those who were so occupied. 107 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:54,100 We're not benefited. The sixth truth is that you need 108 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:58,300 to refuse to listen to wrong teaching. 109 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,300 Refuse to listen. To wrong teaching. 110 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:12,000 Right of Hebrews is writing to. Hebrew people there Jews, right? 111 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:19,500 Jews are big on dietary laws. They're big on ceremonial laws. 112 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:22,800 There are big on rituals. Okay. 113 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,100 So much so that they were external trappings that they 114 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:30,700 believed would draw them closer to God. 115 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,400 They didn't but that's what they believed. 116 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:37,600 So the writer of Hebrews is going to say to them, listen I 117 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,300 know what you believed before. You gave your life to Christ, 118 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:46,400 don't go back in that direction, don't listen to those various 119 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,800 kinds of teachings, and strange teachings. 120 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,900 That will take you back to a place. 121 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:55,600 That will not be a benefit to you spiritually. 122 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,700 But you need to be enriched and nourished by the words of God's 123 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:04,400 grace. Very important statement. 124 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:10,600 Because the church today in America is being tossed to and 125 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:15,100 fro by every wind of Doctrine and that's unfortunate. 126 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Preachers are mainly at fault for that and I'm a preacher. 127 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:26,300 So I can say that because we sometimes don't do what we've 128 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:31,200 been called to do. To preach the word in season and 129 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,799 out of season. But more about that. 130 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:38,500 In a moment, it's imperative that we understand that. 131 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:45,800 That to pick up on varied, kinds of teachings is dangerous. 132 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:52,900 I mean, most churches are filled with with babes babes. 133 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:58,100 You know when you get your your grandkids or your kids together 134 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:00,300 and they're really small, all right in there. 135 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:03,000 Crawling on on the ground, right? 136 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:06,200 When they come across an object they get it! 137 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,300 They pick it up and the first thing to do is put it where in 138 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:14,000 their mouth No matter what it is, no matter where it is, no 139 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,300 matter where it's been, they're going to pick it up and put it 140 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:20,900 in their mouth. That's the way most Christians 141 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:25,700 are in the church. They're crawling around 142 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:29,200 listening to all kinds of teaching and trying to put it in 143 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,900 their mouth thinking that it's going to help them. 144 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,700 But in reality, it's going to hurt them because it's not sound 145 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:41,500 Doctrine, it's not the truth of the word of the Living. 146 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:45,000 God So the writer of Hebrews says, listen. 147 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:49,600 I know about your your rituals in your your ceremonies in your 148 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,600 dietary laws, put those things aside, never put aside the moral 149 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,100 law, right? Because the moral law is Eternal 150 00:09:56,100 --> 00:10:00,100 Word of God that sustains forever, but the ceremonial laws 151 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:04,200 are ritualistic laws. Those dietary laws that you're 152 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,500 engaged in are not going to help you in your walk with the lord. 153 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:09,400 They're only going to drag you down. 154 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:12,900 So he says, don't be carried away, don't be removed. 155 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,900 Removed by them. Don't be caught in the Trap. 156 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,400 Because if you are, it's not going to benefit you because it 157 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,600 hasn't been in benefited anyone else ever. 158 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:30,200 You get so many times the church finds itself. 159 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,000 Trying to feed off of things that do not benefit them. so 160 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,900 right here who says, refuse to listen To wrong teaching. 161 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:44,900 Now, the writer of Hebrews did not have to battle social media, 162 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,900 right? That was not a thing back in 163 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:54,100 those days today, you can listen to anybody anywhere at anytime, 164 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:57,400 right? Everybody's got a podcast. 165 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,800 Everybody's got a YouTube channel. 166 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,100 Everybody's got this going on. So are you going to do is tune 167 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:03,900 in listen. But you got to make sure you 168 00:11:03,900 --> 00:11:07,300 listen to the right people. So we times people say, well, 169 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:10,100 you know, he was so good. He always talked about Jesus. 170 00:11:11,100 --> 00:11:13,600 Well, if he talks about Buddha and Muhammad, you're not going 171 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,900 to listen to him. So certainly is going to talk 172 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:19,300 about Jesus because if you listen, if he talks about 173 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:21,200 Buddha, you're not gonna listen to him. 174 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:24,600 That's not Mohammed, you know, you can tune them out. 175 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,400 But he said it so enthusiastically. 176 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:32,300 He said it was such conviction. Yeah. 177 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:34,500 But didn't he see? What was true. 178 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,900 What was right? What was pure? 179 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,500 What was holy? There are a lot of charlatans 180 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,900 out there. A lot of people out there that 181 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:48,600 don't teach the truth. And the unfortunate thing is 182 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,000 that there are many Christians who fall? 183 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,300 Prey to that kind of teaching. Satan loves to destroy your 184 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:58,300 testimony. Satan wants to divide the church 185 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:00,600 Satan wants to destroy the people in the church. 186 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,900 You know, so many times, we think that we we leave here. 187 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:05,900 We're going to go out and fight Satan, no, no Satan's here. 188 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:09,200 He's in the church. You think he's out there 189 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,600 someplace? Well, yeah, the lust of the 190 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,700 flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life. 191 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:17,300 This is that has nothing to do with Satan, that's just you be 192 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:19,400 careful about your lust for the flesh. 193 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,800 Your pride of life, right? Your lust of the eyes. 194 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,500 No, we can fall prey to all kinds of sin. 195 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,600 And Satan doesn't have to tempt us because we are so prone to 196 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:35,400 falling into sin. But in the church, Inside the 197 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:40,900 church. Is where Satan loves to exist. 198 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,100 He loves to be in the church. We can divide the church sow 199 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:50,000 dissension in the church get false teachers that are rise 200 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,900 within. The Church of Paul says in Acts 201 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:57,300 chapter 20, He is looking to destroy from the inside out. 202 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:00,400 He wants his, he wants to destroy for. 203 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,400 The I said I didn't but he can't write, he couldn't destroy the 204 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,400 outside, in just look at what covid did covid. 205 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:08,900 Did nothing to destroy the church. 206 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:15,500 But yet. if you can work on the inside and get false teachers to 207 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:20,200 arise from the inside, you can destroy the church. 208 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:22,900 All you got to do is read the book of Revelation, Revelation, 209 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:26,900 2 & 3, And see what Satan did to the church at Ephesus. 210 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:30,700 When Paul said these words to those in Ephesus and accept the 211 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:36,300 20, He said. Verse 28 be on guard for 212 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:38,100 yourselves. And for all the flock among 213 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:40,900 which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to Shepherd the 214 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:44,400 Church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. 215 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,000 She's challenging the Ephesian Elders. 216 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,200 You need to Shepherd the Church of God, you need to protect the 217 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,600 church. Because Christ shed his blood 218 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,800 for the church. He says, verse 20. 219 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,900 I know not, I think, or this is the possibility, or this might 220 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:07,300 happen somewhere down the road. So, watch out now, he says, I 221 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:12,100 know very emphatic. I know that after my departure 222 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:18,000 Savage wolves will come in among you not sparing the flock and 223 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,800 from among your own selves men will arise speaking perverse, 224 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,900 things to draw away the disciples after them. 225 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:31,200 Therefore be on the alert remembering that night and day 226 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,700 for a period of three years. I did not cease to admonish 227 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:36,400 each. One of them are which each one 228 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,300 with tears and now I commend you to God in the word of his grace 229 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:43,000 which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance 230 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,400 among all those who are sanctified I have one protection 231 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,300 than only one. It's the word of his grace. 232 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:54,700 Nothing else I can do for you. I've been here for three years. 233 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:58,400 I'm on my way out. And when I leave, mark it down, 234 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:03,000 Savage wolves will arise from among your own. 235 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:08,100 Selves is a Savage was going to cover the outside, then arise 236 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:13,500 from the inside. So the only thing I can do is 237 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:16,800 commend you to God and the word of his grace, which is able to 238 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,800 build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who 239 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,400 believe because you only protection, you only defense 240 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:29,700 against false teaching is the truth of the word of God. 241 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,200 That's it. Need to master it. 242 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,600 Paul said to those in galatia church at galatia. 243 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:44,800 Oh Church what has happened to you, who has Bewitched you Who 244 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,900 has come in among you, who has turned you aside. 245 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,000 That has got you to believe another gospel. 246 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,100 How is it? You had begun in the spirit. 247 00:15:55,100 --> 00:15:58,600 But now you're trying to be perfected In the Flesh. 248 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,900 How is it? You began so good. 249 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:05,400 And now things are so bad. What happened to you guys? 250 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:10,000 That was the church at galatia? Church of Ephesus. 251 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:15,100 It's not around today. Because of false teaching Came 252 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:19,400 From Within and destroyed the church. 253 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,700 Paul says, in Romans 16 verse 17, the church at Rome. 254 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,300 He says, now, I urge you Brethren, keep your eye on those 255 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:31,600 who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the 256 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:37,200 teaching which you learned and turn away from them for such men 257 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,200 are slaves. Not of our Lord Christ, but of 258 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,100 their own appetites and by their smooth and flattering speech, 259 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:49,400 they deceive, the hearts of the unsuspecting, be careful, watch 260 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,600 out. People are they're going to 261 00:16:52,608 --> 00:16:56,400 cause dissension among you going to deceive you and Lead. 262 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,500 You astray be very, very careful. 263 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:05,000 And then Paul says, in first technique with these 11 false 264 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,700 prophets are deceitful workers disguising themselves as 265 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:10,599 Apostles of Christ. No wonder for even Satan 266 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:12,800 disguises himself as an angel of Light. 267 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,500 Therefore it is not surprising. If his servants also disguise 268 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:19,400 themselves as Servants of righteousness, whose end will be 269 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:26,400 according to their deeds. In other words, Satan is a 270 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,600 master of deception. A Master of Disguise. 271 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:33,500 Goalie back to the Book of Genesis. 272 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:40,900 The third chapter He deceived. Adam and Eve, he told a lie. 273 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:46,000 They believed a lie. The sin into the world. 274 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:52,000 Satan is a master of deception. He always disguises himself as 275 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,400 an angel of Light. In his emissaries, they disguise 276 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,900 themselves as angels of light, they look good on the outside. 277 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,500 They, they smell good on the outside, but on the inside, 278 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:10,600 that's Christ would say they're as rotten as dead men's bones. 279 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:14,200 Remember in Matthew chapter 7, when Christ was ending The 280 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,600 Sermon on the Mount, he talked about false teachers, beware of 281 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,500 false teachers that are among you, right? 282 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,800 They look like like sheep on the outside, but inside there, 283 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:30,200 they're wolves, Savage, wolves and who's he talking about? 284 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,600 He's talking about Pharisees scribes Sadducees. 285 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:37,000 He's talking about the religious establishment of his day in 286 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,700 Jerusalem. These are the guys, you got to 287 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:45,200 watch out for. Watch out for the homosexual or 288 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:50,700 the adulterer or the drunkard. You know, they're Sinners. 289 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:54,600 Gotta watch out for those who disguise themselves her false 290 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,700 teachers. Who get you to believe that what 291 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:00,500 they're saying. Is right. 292 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,800 Church at colossae. Second chapter First number 8, 293 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,400 Paul says the same thing. John gets in love. 294 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,300 At first John 4 verse. Number one is this test the 295 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:13,800 spirits so John gets in on as well. 296 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,300 Peter second, Peter chapter 2. He gets you in on the 297 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:20,100 conversation about false teaching and Jude. 298 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:24,100 Yep. Same with Jude jube that verse 3 299 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:26,200 beloved. I while I was making every 300 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,600 effort to write to you about our common salvation, I felt the 301 00:19:29,608 --> 00:19:32,500 necessity to write to you, appealing, that you contend 302 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:35,900 earnestly for the faith, which was once for all handed down to 303 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:39,500 the Saints. Why for A certain person's have 304 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:46,400 crept in unnoticed those who are long beforehand, marked out for 305 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:51,200 this condemnation, ungodly persons who turned the grace of 306 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:56,800 our God, into licentiousness and deny our only master and Lord 307 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,100 Jesus Christ. Juices, I want to write to you 308 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:07,800 about our Salvation because it's so great. but, but, There are 309 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,300 certain men that have crept in unnoticed. 310 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:17,300 Many turn the grace of God into licentiousness who deny our Lord 311 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:20,000 and savior. That is they tell you that you 312 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,400 can go ahead and send us. Okay? 313 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,800 Because because God's grace will cover that. 314 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,300 It's okay live as you want to live And yet he says they've 315 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:35,100 crept in unnoticed, but they're here, Jesus warned, and Matthew, 316 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:41,600 and the gospels they're coming. Paul warned, when I leave, they 317 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:48,500 will arise within Peter. John Jude all said they're 318 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:51,800 coming until June funny says, guess what? 319 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:56,900 They're already here. They have crept in and you don't 320 00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:59,600 even know they're among you. Wow. 321 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:04,900 That's amazing. Think about that. 322 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,200 And so, the writer of Hebrews says, You got to refuse to 323 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,300 listen to wrong teaching. You can't be listening to those 324 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:18,400 who because of their dietary rituals or because their 325 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:22,500 ceremonial ax, or because their holy days or, because of their 326 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:25,800 clothes and wearing those kinds of garments. 327 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:28,800 It's going to make you any better in Christ eyes or even 328 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,600 commend you to God. That's first, Christian Saint. 329 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,100 Paul says listen, no matter what you eat. 330 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:35,000 You're never going to please God by what you eat. 331 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:37,200 Let's First Corinthians chapter 8. 332 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,700 Because God doesn't care about what you eat Pastor. 333 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,600 How can you say that? Because the kingdom of God is 334 00:21:43,608 --> 00:21:48,000 not about eating and drinking. It's about righteousness. 335 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:52,900 Peace and joy. In the Holy Spirit, the king of 336 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:56,800 Gods internal. What defiles a man comes from 337 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,400 within the man, not from what the man takes on the outside and 338 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:06,200 puts into me, right? That's why Christ told Peter and 339 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,000 exit. Through 10 don't call anything 340 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,700 unclean that I've already labeled clean. 341 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:13,700 Meaning, that Cornelius was going to be the first Gentile. 342 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,500 Who was born again in the book of Acts and great things are 343 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:20,800 going to happen because in the Gentile world because of the 344 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,100 work of Christ on calvary's Cross. 345 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:29,100 So important. So, the writer of Hebrews says, 346 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:30,900 I want to warn you about something. 347 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,100 Good to refuse to listen to wrong, kind of teaching the 348 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:39,400 church needs to be discerning. And the only way he can learn to 349 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,700 discern between what is good and what is evil, what is right and 350 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:45,400 what is wrong is to know the truth of the Living God that's 351 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:50,500 it. So Paul in his epistle to the 352 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:57,300 church at thessalonica, gives the Clarion call for discernment 353 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:01,200 in the church. He says these words in first 354 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,400 Thessalonians, chapter 5 verse number 19. 355 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:09,700 Verse number 20 do not despise prophetic utterances. 356 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:13,400 Do not despise prophetic utterances. 357 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,300 Remember, we told you last week and the week before that 358 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:23,300 Proverbs 13, 13 says what don't despise the word of God. 359 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:29,000 Or you will be in debt to it. Don't disregard what God says, 360 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,700 don't despise, what God says, don't turn a deaf ear to What 361 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:34,600 God Says, or you'll be in debt to that. 362 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,800 In other words, you'll suffer the consequences of those who 363 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,500 live and Disobedience to the word of God. 364 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:43,300 Then we took you to Proverbs chapter 16 last week to show you 365 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,800 that he listens to the word will be rewarded. 366 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,700 Proverbs 23:23 says by truth, never sell it, do all you can to 367 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,900 obtain truth because truth is the only thing that matters. 368 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,500 And now Paul comes in first and 25 says, do not despise do not 369 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:04,800 disregard, not look down upon prophetic utterances. 370 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,800 In other words, he's not telling them not to look down upon 371 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,300 prophecy or people predicting the future. 372 00:24:10,300 --> 00:24:12,600 That's not what he's saying. Prophetic utterances is the 373 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,000 reiteration of biblical truth. So those who prophesy 374 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,800 biblically, who give to you, the truth of God, do not despise. 375 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,900 The prophetic utterances given to you by those who give you the 376 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:25,700 truth of God's word. Don't despise it. 377 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:30,600 He says instead examine everything. 378 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:34,400 Good words. Go. 379 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:40,100 I get mods 0, which means to scrutinize to test. 380 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:44,400 It's a process by which you take something through a grid to 381 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,200 prove whether or not it's authentic and genuine. 382 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,000 This is what you got to do. Make sure that you don't despise 383 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,800 prophetic utterances, that you listen to them. 384 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,900 But you examine everything. Everything that has spoken, I 385 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:02,600 would I would expect that every one of you would examine 386 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,900 everything that I say every Sunday just don't say well 387 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:07,600 Pastor Lance that, it must be true. 388 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:12,600 Don't do that, that's the wrong attitude to have examine it. 389 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,800 Re-read it. That's why when we preach the 390 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,700 word we take you from verse 2 verse 2 verse 2 verse by because 391 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:22,400 the Bible interprets the Bible. So if Paul said it Peters mother 392 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,100 said Peter said it Jude's going to say juice said it John's 393 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:26,500 going to say it. Why? 394 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:28,500 Because Jesus said it's all over the place. 395 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:32,700 So the Bible proves the Bible. So it's imperative that we 396 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:36,700 examine every prophetic utterance and then you cling to 397 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:40,200 that which is good. And you abstain from, every form 398 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,800 of evil. That's a verse of my mom and dad 399 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,200 used to always go to me. When I I was a kid growing up, 400 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,700 hey abstain from every form of evil, and that's true, you 401 00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:50,200 should do that, right? But that's not what the verse 402 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,100 says. The verse says, abstaining from 403 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:56,500 everything that's evil about what you just examine about. 404 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,200 The prophetic utterance, that's not true. 405 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,400 That makes sense, that's what it means. 406 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,400 So you don't despise prophetic utterances, first Thessalonians 407 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,400 5 verse number 20, but then you examine everything, that's been 408 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,200 spoken, hold fast, that which is good cling to that, which is 409 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:18,500 Hold on to that which is true. But abstain shun get rid of 410 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,700 everything, that's evil, that was spoken. 411 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,300 That's the certain. That's what the Discerning 412 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:28,900 Spirit. Does seem weird to use in first 413 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:31,900 Thessalonians chapter 4. When it says, we are to abstain 414 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:36,400 from sexual immorality, we don't dabble in sexual immorality. 415 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,300 No, we abstain from it. You turn away from me, you shut 416 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:40,900 it. Okay. 417 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:47,200 First, Peter 2:11 abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against 418 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,300 your soul, right? In other words, stay away from 419 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:54,400 those things will seems to with those who teach evil things 420 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,800 things that are unprofitable cling to that, which is good. 421 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,800 Not don't cling to that, which is entertaining, but cling to 422 00:27:00,808 --> 00:27:03,200 that, which is good, which is true, which is accurate. 423 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:08,400 But abstain from every form of evil that style you. 424 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,400 So Paul says the same thing, the right of Hebrews says by 425 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:17,500 refusing to listen to wrong gun, you teaching The call for 426 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:20,100 discernment in the church is huge. 427 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,700 For the most part, the church is undiscerning. 428 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:28,700 Why is that? How does that happen? 429 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,700 What office is it this way? Tragically. 430 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:34,300 There are many in the contemporary church. 431 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:36,500 Who also lacks spiritual discernment. 432 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:39,600 Such people are far better at staying in tune with cultural 433 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,400 Trends. Then they are at appreciating 434 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,500 and understanding biblical Doctrine in some cases. 435 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,800 Hold churches, have shifted their focus from the clear 436 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,700 teaching of scripture, to the felt needs of Sinners. 437 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,900 They want to make the church service comfortable and 438 00:27:56,100 --> 00:28:02,000 non-confrontational As a result, the message a champion are 439 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,700 theologically week and the people, they serve our 440 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:11,300 doctrinally naive. Those churches are defenseless 441 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:15,000 Against Terror. So true. 442 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,500 Most people in the church are not equipped. 443 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:25,300 To defend against Terror. Paul says, if you just for God's 444 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:31,000 given gifted men to the church Apostles prophets evangelists 445 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:34,000 pastors and teachers. Those are gifted men that God 446 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,000 has given to the church. There are spiritual gifts that 447 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,500 every one of you has but God gives gifted me into the church. 448 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:46,000 So the church will be equipped. The church should be mature that 449 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,200 you should grow up through the preaching and teaching of the 450 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,700 word of God. So that people are not tossed to 451 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:56,700 and fro by every wind of Aaron being deceived by spirits that 452 00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,900 will come along and move them astray. 453 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,500 So Paul says listen examine everything. 454 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:09,000 Why? because, for the most part, 455 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:13,900 People are taught by men, who all they want to do is be 456 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:18,700 contemporarily relevant. Who want to be in style? 457 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,200 Who will be cool with the things they say, who want to tell? 458 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,100 Good stories to get you to laugh or or sad stories because you to 459 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:29,000 cry play on your emotions. They didn't the lights in the 460 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,100 service, have smoke that comes out in a service because it's 461 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,000 all about the mood that they can create thinking that he can 462 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,900 manipulate you into believing what they're saying. 463 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:44,000 All that. You need to refuse the turn away 464 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:49,000 from This author goes on to say there are six reasons. 465 00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:53,600 For the disturbing lack of discernment that characterizes 466 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:58,700 the contemporary church. Number one, he says, The recent 467 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:02,600 Trend among many image evangelicals to minimize the 468 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,900 importance of Doctrine. Those this Camp argue that 469 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:11,400 biblical Clarity is both divisive and and loving to them. 470 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,900 It puts up walls, lack humility, and hinders Unity. 471 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:17,300 The reality however, is that the church has suffered severe 472 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:21,700 consequences for abandoning, its commitment to sound Doctrine. 473 00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:27,600 So true Number two, he says the church has become less objective 474 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,100 in its Outlook substituting. Unconditional Truth for moral 475 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:35,400 relativism and postmodern subjectivity. 476 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,700 Instead of seeing truth in terms of black and white, many 477 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:42,800 Christians treated as a gray area, the Bible is clearly 478 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:46,200 antithetical. It makes absolute distinction 479 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,600 between right and wrong truth. And error. 480 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,700 Then the three part of its contemporary Vengeance. 481 00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:57,000 T strategy. The church has a bend in its 482 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,200 commitment to the power of scripture and become preoccupied 483 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:05,600 with his image in order to reach the culture is become just like 484 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:11,300 the culture. if you go to church, And your church is just 485 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,500 like your culture you're not in church. 486 00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:19,300 You're in the culture. That'd be different, right? 487 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,200 Uniquely, and distinctly different than the culture. 488 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:26,600 Because that is a number four in consequence. 489 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,500 Of the previous point, the church's current lack of 490 00:31:28,508 --> 00:31:31,700 discernment stems from a failure to properly study and interpret 491 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,200 the scriptures. That's true. 492 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,300 Number five. He says, is it General 493 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:41,400 abandonment of church discipline in Evangelical circles, when 494 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:46,300 God's people fail to confront sin, and heresy wickedness, 495 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:51,000 within the body goes, unchecked the congregation, and evidently 496 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,300 accumulates more, and more unregenerate members, 497 00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:57,800 unbelievers, who feel comfortable, because their sin 498 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:02,500 issues are never addressed even Grievous immorality and major, 499 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:06,400 ethical lapses are sometimes overlooked ignored under a false 500 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,200 pretense of love, but a church cannot effectively promote 501 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,800 discernment if it happily condone sin or primarily 502 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:19,700 consists of unsaved. Sinners, after all the 503 00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:24,100 congregation that thinks incorrectly about Holiness shows 504 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:27,900 that it also thinks incorrectly about truth. 505 00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:34,100 So very true. And lastly says, the church is 506 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,200 lack of. The sermon is the rampant void 507 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,300 of spiritual maturity within its ranks. 508 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:42,900 Those who are those with a superficial understanding of 509 00:32:42,908 --> 00:32:47,500 scripture, a weak grasp of sound Doctrine, and a deficient view 510 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:55,700 of God cannot be discerning. Why is it our children, don't 511 00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:57,700 discern between good and evil, right? 512 00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:02,000 And wrong because they're not spiritually mature. as they 513 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:07,100 begin to grow in their walk with the Lord, their senses are Fine, 514 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:12,600 tuned to hear error. You need to be able to listen 515 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:18,200 for error and no it when it arrives and no, the cling to 516 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,000 that, which is good and abstain from every form of evil. 517 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,200 Listen, if everybody in the church was this way, it would be 518 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,000 so magnificent. That's why we teach you 519 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,700 Doctrine. Let you do it during our 520 00:33:31,708 --> 00:33:34,100 announcement side. Why don't we teach you Doctrine 521 00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:37,400 every quarter because we want you to know what the Bible says 522 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,200 about anthropology. What the Bible says about 523 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,600 theology. What the Bible says about 524 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:48,100 homology, pneumatology ecclesiology eschatology, right? 525 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:49,700 We want you to know those things. 526 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,500 Why? Because you need to be fed 527 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:58,100 truth, fine, fine doctrine. That helps, you understand the 528 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:02,200 truth between good and error. Unless we teach you, those 529 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,200 things you're not going to learn them. 530 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,199 I can't teach you every Doctrine from the pulpit, but we can 531 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:11,699 teach you what are what we believe, and teach it on a 532 00:34:11,699 --> 00:34:14,699 consistent basis. So you can grow in your 533 00:34:14,699 --> 00:34:19,699 understanding of the gospel and the god, you serve. 534 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:23,300 That is so important. That's why the greatest study 535 00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:27,500 you can ever embarked on. Is he attributes of God, right? 536 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:32,300 Just studying the attributes of God, knowing your God who he is, 537 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:34,000 how he functions. All those things. 538 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:38,800 Just expound your understanding of the beauty and nature of the 539 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:39,699 Living. God. 540 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,300 And so, it's important that we understand these things. 541 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,900 So, the writer of Hebrews says in Hebrews chapter 13 verse 542 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,100 number 9, do not be carried away. 543 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:52,500 Do not be removed by varied and strange teachings for it is good 544 00:34:52,500 --> 00:34:55,000 for the heart to be, strengthened by Grace, not by 545 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,100 Foods through which those who were. 546 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:02,100 So I keep I'd were not benefited, they do you, no good. 547 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,900 But if you're nourished in the words of Grace, if you're 548 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:10,400 strengthened by those words, that's what you need. 549 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,800 That's why Paul said that. If he's an Elders, I commend you 550 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,800 to God and the word of his grace, which is able to build 551 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:20,600 you up, and to give you an inheritance, it's the word that 552 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,800 saves, it's the word that sanctifies him. 553 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,200 Christ has Sanctified them in truth. 554 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,700 My word is truth. It's the word that satisfies job 555 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:33,000 said, it Job chapter 23, right when he said, Ed. 556 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,800 I treasure your words more than my necessary food, why? 557 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,700 Because he knew that only thing that could satisfy him amidst, 558 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:41,600 all of us pain and it's all of his turmoil. 559 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:46,700 I missed all of the abuse he was receiving was what truth that's 560 00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:49,300 all that matters. It's all I have. 561 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,200 It's only you can satisfy the man. 562 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,100 His wife couldn't satisfy him. She was nowhere to be found. 563 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:55,700 His friends couldn't satisfy him. 564 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:57,500 That's for sure. They can say anything good. 565 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,400 His health was in shambles, he lost his children, he lost 566 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,300 everything. So how does the main find 567 00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:05,900 satisfaction when his life is totally tone of torn apart? 568 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:12,000 The only place you can find satisfaction in the truths of 569 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,900 God's holy word. See that's where it is. 570 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,800 But if you don't know the truth, Candlelight, the truth. 571 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,700 And move toward that truth. suppose that committee to God, 572 00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:29,000 the word of his grace, which is able to Build You Up, It's God's 573 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,500 word that does that. And we need to come to grips. 574 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,000 With that. I have in my presence here since 575 00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:45,300 the year 2001. My welcome mat. 576 00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:50,400 It's kind of old now and grungy See that's clean that used to 577 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,500 because I keep stepping on it, but I had this underneath my Pew 578 00:36:55,500 --> 00:37:00,100 out of here, is since a man gave it to me when I preached on 1st 579 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:03,600 Thessalonians 2 verse number 13, where the church of thessalonica 580 00:37:03,900 --> 00:37:08,400 put out the welcome mat for the word of the Living. 581 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:13,600 God, it's my constant reminder, that, when I opened the word of 582 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:18,700 God, I must welcome everything that God says And so I keep it 583 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:22,400 here and there, he my pew. As a constant, reminder never 584 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,800 do. I sit down stand up or walk 585 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,200 around the front, without knowing that's there. 586 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,100 Because as your pastor, if I don't put a welcome mat out to 587 00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:36,700 the word of the Lord, why would you write? 588 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:41,100 And so, Paul commended the Church of thessalonica because 589 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:46,700 they welcomed what was said, they received with joy and 590 00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:48,900 became imitators of Paul and Silas. 591 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:53,200 And they realize that God's word was everything because he 592 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,400 welcomed it in. And Paul says, the reason you 593 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,300 welcome it is in is because it does a work in. 594 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:02,900 You, who believe in, there's been a mighty work done in your 595 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:08,400 lives because you believe, But so many times. 596 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:11,200 We don't want to welcome the word. 597 00:38:12,700 --> 00:38:14,900 All right, Hebrews says these words. 598 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,900 Hebrews chapter 19, I'm sorry. Progress at the 19th. 599 00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:26,700 Forgive me verse number 27. Cease listening. 600 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:31,100 My son. To discipline. 601 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:39,100 Cease, listening my son to discipline and you will stray 602 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,900 from the words. Of knowledge. 603 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:47,400 What a powerful verse. That all powerful, right? 604 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,100 But they're powerful for this occasion. 605 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,900 Do you know what happens when you stop listening to 606 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:58,300 discipline? You stray from the words of not. 607 00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:01,500 Why is it people in the church stray away from the truth? 608 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,000 Because they will not listen to the words of discipline. 609 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,300 The words are discipline only come from the truth of God's 610 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:11,400 word. What does God's word say, right? 611 00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:16,400 And so when you when you tell them what God's word says they 612 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,300 are the words of discipline, they're the words of training. 613 00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:21,400 Their the words of of development that the words of 614 00:39:21,408 --> 00:39:26,400 instruction And if you refuse to listen to those words, guess 615 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,400 what you will eventually stray away from the words of 616 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,400 knowledge. Why because you become 617 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,700 accustomed, not doing what God's word says. 618 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,000 When you become accustomed, not obeying, what God's word says, 619 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,900 it's easier to disobey the next time, and then the next time, 620 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:46,600 and then the next time and then you got it. 621 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:51,100 Thanks Tom. That's Stop listening to 622 00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:55,200 discipline my son. And you will certainly stray 623 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:59,500 away from the words of knowledge. if I could tell you 624 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:03,500 how many times, Over the 28 years that we've been together, 625 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:07,200 we've warned people of that. They still care. 626 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,800 We each other. It will affect you down the 627 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,500 road. You will stray from the words of 628 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:18,500 knowledge are not prophets. I'm not claiming to be prophets 629 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,200 or Center profits. We're just quoting to you. 630 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,100 What God says in his word is going to happen. 631 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,900 Because you refused to listen to the words of discipline. 632 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,400 You will stray, from the words of knowledge, it happens. 633 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,000 It always does why Proverbs 13 13. 634 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,300 If you despise the word of God, you'll be in debt to the word of 635 00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:44,100 God. Israel, is that way. 636 00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:51,700 Israel is so important to learn from Everything in the world is 637 00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:55,600 about Israel said that for 28 years going to see if the next 638 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,500 28 of God gives me that long. Everything is about Israel. 639 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:05,800 Always has been always will be okay. and God speaks to Israel 640 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,500 in the book of Jeremiah He says these words. 641 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:15,000 Jeremiah 50 verse number 30. An appalling and horrible thing 642 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:19,700 has happened in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely. 643 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:24,200 And the priests rule on their own authority. 644 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:31,500 And my people love it. So, Other words, the prophets 645 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:33,400 don't speak the truth. They just prophesy falsely. 646 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,600 And the priests. They don't follow my authority, 647 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:42,800 they follow their own authority. And because they do the people 648 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,600 just love it. They eat it up. 649 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:49,100 They eat it up. So the Lord says this and 650 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:52,700 chapter 6, verse number 10, behold the word of the Lord has 651 00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:57,700 become a reproach to them. They have no Delight. 652 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:03,500 In it, he ever met someone who no longer is Delights in the 653 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:08,700 word of the Lord. You're met someone who when they 654 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:10,700 hear the word of God, it becomes reproach to them. 655 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,800 Why is it? Simply because they have not 656 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,700 refused to listen to wrong teaching. 657 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,700 They listen to prophets who prophesy falsely. 658 00:42:24,700 --> 00:42:28,000 They've listened to priest to work under their own authority. 659 00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:32,100 And they love it. So, Paul said, in second, 660 00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:35,700 Timothy 2:56, the preach the word in season out of season 661 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,400 reprove rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and patience, 662 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,800 why? Because the time is coming when 663 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,100 they will not endure sound Doctrine anymore. 664 00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:48,700 You don't want that. You know God's word doesn't 665 00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:52,900 tickle your ears. God's word boxes, your ears? 666 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:58,500 Read your ears, boxed. Not a good feeling, that's God's 667 00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:01,300 word. If your is being tickled, that's 668 00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:07,000 not God's word because God words, confronts sin and deals 669 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,900 with it so that you're convicted and changed. 670 00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:18,000 So God says this to Israel. This is the Lord stand by the 671 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:21,300 ways and see and ask for the ancient paths the way they used 672 00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:24,700 to be. Where the good way is and walk 673 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:27,700 in it and you will find rest for your souls. 674 00:43:28,700 --> 00:43:35,500 But they said, we will not walk. In it. 675 00:43:37,300 --> 00:43:41,900 When you refused. To listen to the words of 676 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:46,100 discipline. You will walk away from the 677 00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:55,100 words of knowledge. so, I said, I watched Men over you. 678 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,800 A mission to warn you of impending judgment. 679 00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:05,000 Saying, listen to the sound of the trumpet but they said we 680 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:11,600 will not listen. Therefore hero Nations and Noah 681 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:16,400 congregation was among them. Hear o Earth behold. 682 00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:22,200 I am bringing disaster on this people. 683 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:28,800 The fruit of their plans. Because they have not listened 684 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:34,400 to my words. and that's for my law, they have rejected it also, 685 00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:40,300 He who despises the word will be in debt to the word. 686 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,900 He who ceases to listen to discipline will stray away from 687 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:51,200 the words of knowledge. And God says, come this way. 688 00:44:52,300 --> 00:44:56,300 Walk the ancient past. Listen to what I had to say. 689 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:02,100 We will not. I'll give you a Watchman. 690 00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:06,400 Who warned you who blow the trumpet to let you know, of 691 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,900 impending judgment. We will not listen. 692 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:18,000 Really. Okay, I will bring disaster 693 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,100 about you. And Israel. 694 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:26,900 Yep. For 70 years. they went off into 695 00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:33,900 Babylonian captivity simply because they did not refuse. 696 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:40,300 To listen to wrong teaching. They delighted and listening to 697 00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:44,300 false teachers. And he delighted in listening to 698 00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:47,700 priests who functioned under their own authority through 699 00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:51,000 God's Authority. It cost him dearly. 700 00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:56,300 I don't want that for me. I don't want that for you. 701 00:45:57,900 --> 00:45:59,200 I don't want that for any believer. 702 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:04,500 I want us to understand the beauty of God's holy word and 703 00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:11,000 the prize that we possess in holding in our hearts hiding it 704 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,700 in our hearts, handling it correctly. 705 00:46:14,300 --> 00:46:19,800 So others will hear and believe and know this is the way walk in 706 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,600 it. Let's pray father thank you for 707 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,400 today. Thank you for your word. 708 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:28,400 Thank you for the greatness of your truth. 709 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,600 Our prayer Lord is that everyone of us. 710 00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:39,700 Every single one of us would truly. long to listen to you 711 00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:44,900 only There are so many people out there that are talking. 712 00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:49,600 Insane things. It's just aren't true. 713 00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:55,600 We need to be discerning. And the only way that happens is 714 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,400 to be completely, commended and committed to the word of your 715 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,900 grace. We can be built up in the faith 716 00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:06,400 and know the truth of a living. God as you leave this place 717 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,900 today, help us to live for you. until you come again, as you 718 00:47:10,908 --> 00:47:14,400 most surely will in Jesus name, amen.