9/22/2021 Wednesday Bible Study

[Music] well good evening family welcome to our church of living water wednesday night bible study today is september the 22nd 2021 and you're here so be accounted for and be on intent to hear the word of god on this evening again we'd like to welcome everyone for tuning in this evening our friends and our family our loved ones and be able to hear the word of god where jesus is lord in this place i'll ask for announcements on this evening always be mindful of our live services that we continually have through our live streaming i mean through our services we have through our live stream again we have our wednesday night bible study which is tonight starting at 7 p.m then we have our sunday morning family life class starting at 8 45 a.m and then we have our sunday morning services starting at 10 a.m and then we also have our next generation is going to have their youth men i mean young adult ministry will be having this friday at 7 00 p.m so make sure you tune in this friday night for our next generation service as well live streaming all right on this evening as well be prepared to make sure that you hear from god because i think it's very important the things we're doing with the talking around matthew chapter five just make sure that we continue to hear the things that god is saying through the sermon amount between matthew 5 6 and 7. i think these times are precious in hearing the word of god and then be mindful too that after services on this evening we have our ministry lines that are open again they will be open one hour after service the call in line number is area code 512-255-1959 again that's area code 512-255-1959 please call in if you have one prayer or one just ask questions about the word of god or just want to hear from your voice that we open again today after this evening after services and then also after our sunday morning service for one hour and then on saturdays between 3 p.m and 6 p.m all right and then going back to family life class again we've opened up the opportunity to make sure that you can ask questions for the things that we're ministering about around spirit soul and body so make sure you're taking advantage of that submitting your questions either anonymously or if you want you don't mind putting your name on you can do that as well but submit the questions and we'll deal with those questions either during the teachings or we'll have a separate session to go over those questions so make sure you're submitting your questions for family life class all right that concludes the announcements on this wednesday evening be blessed family good wednesday evening family let's stand to our feet it is good to be in the house of the lord we have another opportunity to magnify our god to give him the praise that is due his name the scripture says the joy of the lord is our strength hallelujah and we are well taught at church of the living waters so we know that joy is not the same thing as happiness because happiness is based on what is happening but joy is based on the promises of god it's based on the truth it's based on his word it's based on the gospel the good news of the lord jesus christ we have a hope that one day when all is said and done we will spend eternity with him and that gives us strength amen to continue to to be all that god has called us to be so this evening we just want to lift up our voices and thank our god for the times that he has turned our mourning into dancing that he's turned our sorrow into joy and we just want to declare lord you are our joy amen hallelujah you are our joy you are our strength [Music] oh lord you have turned my morning [Music] into dancing [Applause] over and over and over again oh lord you have turned my sorrow into joy oh over and over and over again oh [Music] over and over and over my again the lifter of my head you are my joy you are my god i will always worship you for you you are my joy hallelujah yes you are you are my door into dancing lord you have turned sing i will always i will always worship you for you you are hallelujah for the scripture declares that weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning so we want to open our mouths and thank our god for the times dancing over and over over and over and over and over again you turn my morning into over and over and over and over over and over and over and over hallelujah we bless your name lord god thank you father [Music] glory glory to god he's turned my mourning into dancing and we just bless the lord tonight because he is faithful and because he has been so so good to us and we just magnify and lift up the name of the lord because he is worthy amen he is worthy to be praised he's worthy to be adored and i just invite you tonight to let go of anything and all things that you might have done today come across today been exposed to today experienced today for the joy of the lord is our strength and tonight we want to hear from him we just want to focus we want to as minister haston say we want to just be in the moment every time you come to hear the word and it's time for the word to go forth you need to be in the moment so that you won't miss anything amen we want to again welcome uh our visitors welcome visitors welcome our our family tonight and tonight we're just going to uh we're just going to get into this word and see what the lord has in store for us if you can lift your bible we're gonna make our confession this is my bible i can be what it says i can be i can do what it says i can do i'm about to receive the life-changing seed of the word of god and my life shall never be the same because i came to believe and where i have need i came to change and the devil cannot stop me by the help of god i shall believe i shall receive and i shall be changed in jesus name amen we are again concluding the sermon on the mount uh matthew chapter seven and if you would turn there the word that's where we're going to start tonight in matthew chapter seven and we have entitled this uh last part of our series on the sermon on the mount we have entitled it the summation of the matter and we are definitely getting down to the sum of the matter and it's coming coming close to an end and again i want to encourage and admonish you to tune in tune in all the time anytime the word is going forth but i especially and specifically invite you to tune in throughout the month of october the entire month on sundays and on wednesday nights and you will be tremendously blessed we are we are excited to hear what the lord has in store for us for the month of october so in matthew chapter 7 uh let's start reading at verse 1 and then we will get down to uh the scriptures that we will cover tonight amen matthew chapter 7 verse 1 and the scripture reads judge not that ye be not judged for what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and with what measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye but considers not the being that is in thine own eye or how will thou say to thy brother let me pull out the mote out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye thou hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the moat to cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye give not that which is holy unto dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine lest they trample them under feet and turn again and rend you ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you for every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh find it and to him that knocketh it shall be opened or what man is there of you whom whom if his son asks bread will he give him a stone or if he asks a fish will he give him a serpent if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do even so to them for this is the law and the prophets enter ye in in at the straight gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in there at because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves ye shall know them by their fruits do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them not everyone that says do i want to stop yes i want to stop right there wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them and so we have have been again talking about the sermon on the mount and we are coming uh to this point uh coming to this point and we're going to just uh pick up i'm going to do a little short review here and then we're just going to pick up and i want to start uh at entering the straight and the narrow gate because this is going to lead us into what is god is telling us tonight so we talked about uh in in this scriptures uh verses 13 and 14 we talked about uh the american attitude how we have a uh the americans that they have an attitude of entitlement and so uh we also said that here when jesus was talking to uh doing the sermon on the mount and the pharisees and the scribes among others were there we said that the pharisees of the jews that they thought that they had some type of entitlement they had some type of entitlement because god had had given they were the chosen ones and so they thought because they were the children of abraham that that was automatically going to mean that they were going to enter into the kingdom of heaven but here the god jesus is telling us something very different you know that's basically no matter what you where you were born who you were born to listen to that no matter where you were born no matter who you were born to no matter who you are related to it does not matter he said because you have to enter everyone has to enter ye in at the straight gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leader to destruction he said but beca uh they lead it to destruction and many there be which go there and then so and then he says because straight is the gate so here is it very plain and very clear he says wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go there at because what is the because there are many there that go there at go where they go into the wide gate and the broad way why because straight is the gate and narrow is the way and we don't want to enter we don't want to listen we don't want the straight and the narrow we don't want the straight and the narrow a lot of us we want the broad you know because why because because straight and narrow that means that there we say things that you can't do that i'm limited you know we all want to live we want to live our best lives we want to we want to live our lives like it's golden we you know we want we want things and we desire things that worldly things things that don't mean anything things that are passing and fleeting we want every day to be friday and we want all the happiness all the happiness and the joy i deserve to be happy we all you know all of those things and we get caught when people get caught into those things even when believers get caught up in those things then that's why he said he said that's why he's saying that bro why is the gate and broad is the way that leader to destruction he said but there's a straight way there's a way that only god has prescribed and you know you and i told you last week you cannot inherit you cannot enter heaven any kind of way you cannot enter heaven any kind of way you can't confess at one point that god that jesus is lord you can't confess that with your mouth without believing it in your heart and then allowing that would you say you believe to affect change in your life you have to you have to think about it it's talking about fruit here tonight we're going to talk a little bit about fruit but listen if you are not bearing the fruit bearing the fruit of righteousness bearing the fruit of the straight and the narrow the the fruit that the straight and the narrow way produces then first you have to consider did i really accept did i really accept if you're not producing the fruit of that if your lifestyle and your way of living and your way of thinking and your way of doing things is the same that you did before which was leading to destruction the wide and the broad way if you have continued in that you first have to ask did i really accept or were those just words that i repeated that someone had told me to repeat or all those those words that that someone again just told me to repeat but there was not nothing that changed i didn't allow i didn't allow what happens during that that that time when you accept christ when you confess christ when you say that you believe and the spirit of the living god comes to live on the inside of you have i allowed that spirit of the living god to help cleanse me to help sanctify me to help me to uh to help me to produce the things that i need to produce did i allow am i allowing the spirit of the living god to help me in the straight and the narrow way or am i trying to continue in this broad way while confessing christ but yet continuing in the broad way while confessing christ the scripture says that that is of two opinions and you no one can enter into the kingdom of heaven with two opinions you cannot enter no one can enter the heavens no one can enter into the kingdom of god no one can enter into the kingdom of heaven without or or with having two opinions being torn with two opinions have you made the joy of the lord your strength have you made the joy see when you made the joy of the lord your strength all of those things that you used to chase after all of those things that you used to desire all of those things it will be passing and fleeting those are things that you would have changed those are the things that you would be in process of changing daily process of changing if it was really in your heart to do if not only did you confess but you believed believing as an action is going to produce something extra something different is going to produce something different in your life we talked about endeavoring that we have to endeavor that you have to we talked about agonizing striving striving why because we have opposition there's opposition that comes up that will try to keep us from the straight and the narrow way see that's why it's broad that's why many many be there that enter into that wide way why because we don't want to stand up against the opposition because we don't want to put the opposition in its place because we don't want to deny the opposition because we don't want to fight the opposition to fight the opposition simply means simply put is that you fight the good fight of faith that's all you have to do because the enemy is defeated because uh victory is yours if if you have accepted christ and accepting him means i have faith i trust i believe in him and if you trust and believe in him that's fine and keeping that continuing in that that's fighting the good fight of faith and when you fight the good fight of faith then you can defeat the opposition every time the opposition doesn't have to defeat you you can defeat the opposition if you just hold on to the thought to the faith fight the good fight of faith that's all you have to do you don't have to fight the enemy you don't have to fight your flesh you don't have to fight worldly affairs you don't have to fight if you fight the good fight of faith all of the rest of that will be taken care of but see that's what happens we with that faith we lose sight of what that faith means we lose sight of what that of what that salvation plan means we lose sight of that what does fighting the good fight of faith mean it means i'm just gonna hold on to the truth that's what it means i'm gonna hold on i'm gonna have a great expectation that my faith and my trust and the scripture tells us that they those who put their trust in the lord they shall not be put to shame i believe that i hold on to that i am confident that god god is and he will do exactly what he said that he will do that's the bottom line and if i hold on to that fighting that in my mind renewing my mind day by day with that if i remember bring to remembrance day by day that just that just that then i can keep my body under if i just remember those things then i don't again don't have to fight the enemy because he's already defeated all i'm doing is standing standing in my faith i stand in my faith and all of the oppositions that come my way can just bounce off if i just stand that's all i got to do is stand stand firm and stand secure stand confident if i stand confident in my faith holding on to that the opposition will bounce back we'll have no choice why because i'm not i'm not allowing it to enter in because i'm not allowing it to affect me because i'm not allowing it things can only happen if you allow it the enemy can only win if you allow your flesh can only win if you allow it worldly things getting in can only do so if you allow it worldly thoughts can only stay worldly thoughts can only fester if you allow it to stand we gotta stand we say that the flesh is in opposition to what the gospel of the truth states the gospel states that you are a new creature so then that means you gotta walk like it that means you gotta talk like it you you can do that if you're fighting the good fight of faith you're holding on you're trusting in the faith trusting in the one who's delivered the gospel trusting in the one who is the gospel trusting in the one who is the truth we say that the opposition is the worldly mentality that worldly mentality is in opposition to what truth says and then we say that the enemy the adversary is in opposition to the truth of the word of god which brings us down to where we are now in verse 15. so listen the opposition of the enemy is manifested as we see it here in verse 15. what did i tell you about the opposition of the enemy i told you two things about the opposition of the enemy it makes things appear he makes things appear to be all right deceiving and cunning men meaning he will make you think that what you're doing is okay as long as you go to church so monday through friday through saturday you can do whatever it is that you want to do but as long as you confess with your mouth and you can even say that you believe in your heart that jesus raised from the dead if you say those things and you go to church on sunday the enemy can convince you that you are okay no matter what i do if i've confessed if i've confessed the lord if i've been baptized if i come to church on a regular basis if i usher if i sing if i teach if i preach if i pastor the enemy will have you thinking that you are okay deceiving and cunning and then i said the second thing the way he presents himself as opposition is that he sends children of darkness posing as children of light to deceive verse 15 beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing and listen listen god does not do anything and we see here jesus is speaking jesus god they do not do anything god the father god the son god the holy spirit they do nothing nothing by happenstance there is a reason why he said verse 15 and starting with verse 15 after he said 13 14 then he comes down to 15. why because we allow the enemy he said basically i need you to enter in this straight way and while you're doing understand that there's opposition and here in verse 15 beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves so we and we're going to tap we're going to tap into we're going to also tap into verses 21 and and through 23 as we go through verses 16 through 20. but again remember to tune in because you're going to hear more of that in in october we won't be able to do it justice uh for the rest of this time but but tune in verse 15. so i told you that beware that denotes that you must pay attention you must pay attention to something and someone you must attend to yourself i told you this is the time to be selfish when you hear a word that comes forth this is a time to be selfish it's all about me right now because i need to hear and what i'm hearing i need to take note of i need to be careful i need to be cautious to hear properly that's why i said you got to tune in everything else i mean tune out everything else you got to forget about you got to be in the moment why because i need to hear what is being said you don't allow anybody to just feed your soul feed your spirit i don't care where you are your pastor has told you we don't care where you are even in here she said even in here and we know what kind of word we teach but she said even in here she gave you permission she said up front even me whenever anybody gets up uh uh in front of this a plexiglass and minister a word to you you need to be aware you need to be cautious you need to take heed you need to listen you need to tune in and we're gonna find out why what you need to do what you need to do he says uh uh um that they come look at second corinthians chapter 11. keep your ribbon in in matthew 7 because we're definitely going to come back there but second corinthians chapter 11 and let's look at verse starting with verse 13. and the scripture reads for such are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ he said look he didn't even say he didn't say men he didn't say women he didn't say uh somebody off the street he didn't say your co-worker he didn't say your neighbor he said for such a false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of christ and no marvel for satan himself is transformed into an angel of life therefore is it no great thing if his ministers also he got ministers it says it right here that satan has ministers satan has ministers he didn't say satan has neighbors and he does but he didn't say satan has family and he does he didn't say satan has co-workers and he does he says satan has ministers they transform it they are transforming themselves as ministers of righteousness they come that come to you as ministers of as ministers of righteousness not the very thing they come to you as ministers of righteousness that's what the scripture says so what does that mean they come dressed like sheep they come dressed like children of light they clean up well they can walk the walk they can talk the talk but they come in wolves in sheep's clothes but they are woods they are counterfeits as they pose as children of light they are counterfeit instead of healing souls with sound doctrine the sound doctrine that was taught by the apostles they poison the minds and the souls of people instead of healing they poison they have an outward appearance of a believer but they're but they're an outward appearance but they're and they have our appearance of living for god as if they're living for god but in their hearts is very different their heart which you cannot see reveals that they are only acting apart it reveals that they are only acting apart they're acting as a divinely inspired prophet they're acting as a divinely inspired teacher as a divinely inspired pastor who speaks false doctrine under the name under they speak false doctrine under the name of divine prophecies they say that they have been anointed they you know they they say all of those i've been ordained and i've been anointed and god is with me and just watch watch me god is with me but they are ravenous devouring they are seeking whom they may destroy they are seeking just as their father as he roamed about with job seeking whom he may devour and that's what they do wolves last week i mentioned some fictional examples as in a little red riding hood and there was a wolf who was coming to devour her who was coming to deceive her you remember what he did he put on the he put on the the the bonnet and he pretended like he was he was little red riding hood's grandmother deceiving i'm trying to trying to come as her grandmother dress like the grandmother but was not so then we talked about the the three little pigs how the wolves came he said he was gonna huff and puff tried to get he tried to get him get them to let him in he tried to get listen listen what your spiritual is he tried to get them to let him in trying to convince them to let him in well those were just some fictional things that i just kind of threw out there but throughout there but we're going to see what the scripture says about wood the same concept the same concept but we're going to see in the scripture what the uh what the scripture says about the wolves so these ravenous wolves they pray on sheep they pray on the sheep sheep they're very simple very simple sheep they they sheep are able to be led because they're simple they're simple that's why the and the and they they basically go they basically go where they live that's why they have to be herded they have to be herded they have to be herded and that's what the staff is for for the hurting to help keep them where they're supposed to be because they're simple-minded very simple-minded creatures so they are ravenous wolves who prey on the sheep with their words their actions and their deeds these are the fruit of their doctrine the fruit of their diet we're talking about false prophets false teachers the fruit of their doctrine number one it leads men to a strain we're gonna we're gonna chase these down but number one the fruit of their doctrine of false prophets false teachers number one they lead men astray they teach things that appeal to the lust of the hearers and their own lust they teach things that appeal to the lusts of the hearers and they teach things that appeal to their own lusts and this is the main focus for this teaching what god what jesus is teaching here number two they draw attention to themselves we're talking about false teachers we're talking about false prophets and what the fruit of their doctrine is all about they draw attention to themselves meaning that the hearers leave more impressed after they hear what this false prophet false teacher is saying they lead that place the hearers do they leave that place more impressed with the speaking ability of that teacher of that prophet of that pastor of that minister they lead them more impressed with that than being impressed with the grace of god see and that's what that's why i said it and as we go through the as we go through these i'm admonishing you as we go because again we're about to embark upon a pastor appreciation month and as we as we as we uh uh honor our pastor and we and we uh we show appreciation for our pastor we cannot forget and we always because we we won't be we wouldn't be here if it wasn't from the beginning so then we have to show appreciation and show honor to our founding pastor but what i can appreciate again the consistency and the continuity the consistency and the continuity in what this church is all about where jesus is lord in this place and and and our pastor used to say it our current pastor she says it he said look i don't look at me i am only a vessel i am merely a vessel god has placed me here to simply lead he has given me something to give to you understanding that these are god's people i am only here i'm only here to give you what god is giving me what he is what he is bringing forth through me to teach you to direct you to to prepare you to meet him and she points it out and our founding pastor pointed it out do not look to me you need to look to god we're mere vessels mere vessels and that's it that's it we walk like you walk we talk like you talk we have to go through the same oppositions that you go through we face all of those same challenges that you face nobody walks water up in here nobody nobody has nails in their hands nobody has nobody was thrown nobody has has whelps up their back nobody up in here it is god and it's god alone jesus is lord in this place and so when we have false teachers when it's always all about them look at me they got a broadcast everything that they have when they got a broadcast i mean just all over i'm all over the place i go from country to country i'm just you know i just i mean it's just broadcasting and there's nothing wrong with traveling and many but when you gotta broadcast everything that you do when you gotta broadcast everything that you have look if you listen if you got to announce look how the lord is blessing me if you gotta announce that come on and then we get caught up we get caught up why because they are teaching things about the lust of them and this is how they are getting the lust of their flesh the lust of their eyes the pride of life that this is how they are getting and then they are trying to appeal to you the same way oh listen you can have what i have all you got to do is bless the man of god bless the woman of god you can have listen all the blessings all of the anointing that is upon me i declare and decree that it shall be done unto you and it is upon you just send me an offering just come and put it here come and put it here bless the man find it bless the man and the woman of god and watch how the blessings will flow to you and then we're caught up they get people caught up in that they get people caught why because everybody wants some stuff why because everybody wants a little bit more money why because everybody wants their own uh uh uh business everybody wants to be an entrepreneur everybody wants to do this everybody wants to do that and and we and then they we call so you sow into my life so so sow into my life and then watch how the lord would just open up doors for you watch how the lord opens up doors of opportunities for you just so so which leads me to the third one is that they are making merchandise of men number three they make merchandise of men they tell you that their ability to spread the word they tell you that god's program is dependent upon you supporting financially they do mass mail outs now where they get your address from i'm not quite sure but they do mass mail outs they get on television and they say we cannot continue with this we cannot spread the word this is god's program support what god is doing and we need your financial support to do it jesus was on the sermon on the mount jesus was on this was on the mount when he preached his sermon there was no offering play passed around he didn't say in order for me to go to the next mount i need your financial support he did not as a matter of fact as he traveled and he went what did he even tell one of the disciples about paying tribute look you paid paid the tithe i mean the taxes you pay the taxes see so we get it twisted so how is it that jesus can minister without asking for anything how is it that paul can minister not asking for anything how is it that they travel not asking for anything i didn't say that they didn't receive anything i didn't say that paul didn't receive something because remember he did receive something the church of macedonia they blessed them they blessed him well but that was on their own accord because of the burning that was in their heart because of the joy of the lord that they had received but he didn't ask for one thing he didn't ask but people were led they were led because of the doctrine that was presented to them that burned in their hearts they tied themselves to the faith to trusting in that to holding on to that and because of the hope that they found in that because of the joy they found in the lord in that they decided to give they had a change of heart and that's what they held on to that's what they held on to they they say that these uh financial i mean these these teachers these false prophets they may say that your financial breakthrough or your healing or your blessing from god will come the things that you've been praying for and believing for they will come when you sow into the man or the woman of god they will say those types of things when the scripture tells us that healing is a children's bread so why do i have to sow into the man of god when i'm already a child of god and the scripture says that children is i mean that healing is a children's bread when when god said he said what ask and you shall receive he didn't say anything about sowing unto the man of god he said ask romans chapter 16 romans chapter 16. and let's look at this in romans 16 let's look at this in verse 18. the scripture reads for they that are such serve not the lord i can stop now beseech you brother in verse 17. i beseech you now i beseech you brethren mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned mark them beware mark them and avoid them for they that are such serve not our lord they serve not our lord jesus christ but their own bellies they serve their own belly what satisfies them their belly you know we eat and we you know our bellies get full we're satisfied then they are satisfying their own bellies and uh and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple the sheep they're after the sheep the simple simple mind they're after those they're not serving god they're serving their own lust they're serving their own bellies they're only they're only looking for all that means is that they're only looking for their own self-satisfaction that's all they're doing they're trying to fill their bellies and they're trying to fill their bellies with steak and shrimp and caviar and whatever else they can find that's expensive at the expense of merchandising of making a merchandise of god's people that's what they're doing god doesn't intend for the man or woman of god to suffer god doesn't intend for the man or the woman of god to go without god doesn't intend for the man or the woman of god to live below a certain means god does not intend for a man or woman of god to have this when they can have that they say all those kinds of things they may not and so and sometimes it comes out in the teaching it comes out in the teaching trying to fill their bellies they prey on people first john chapter four run over to first john chapter four verse 1 beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of god because many false prophets are going out into the world hereby know ye the spirit of god every spirit that confesses that jesus is come in the flesh is of god and every spirit that confesseth not that jesus christ has come in the flesh is not of god and this is that spirit of the antichrist whereof ye have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world for this reason because they are only here to satisfy their abilities for this reason this scripture tells us that we should not believe every spirit they will come dressed like children of light but we should try the spirits whether they are of god listen the scripture tell the scripture tell the bible tells us it states that in the mouths of two or three witnesses let every let every word be established in the mouths of two or three weeks let me in the mouths of two or three scriptures let every word be established so don't allow you cannot allow someone to come to you with a a scripture a scripture and then they try to build they try to build and establish a whole doctrine around one scripture they try to build and they try to establish a whole church around one scripture a whole belief system around one scripture teaching prosperity prosperity they have one scripture that they have even taken out of context talking about abraham one scripture they'll take one scripture they try to make a whole doctrine out of it no you show me in two or three places support that what you're telling me show that to me in two or three places go back to verse to matthew chapter 7. let's look at this in verse 16. ye shall know them by their fruits do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit that means you will have knowledge of them you will know them you will have knowledge of them you will be able to understand them well by their words their actions and the course of their conversation you shall know them by their fruits fruits with an s fruits with an s you shall know them by their fruits observe how they live if they claim to be ministers prophets evangelists bishops and they they are immoral they live immorally that disproves their intentions that disproves their intentions some produce false commission some produce false commissions meaning they pretend to have they pretend to have been commissioned by god with an immediate direction from god a divinely inspired new revelation but their revelation is without sufficient proof what they're saying is without sufficient proof turn over to matthew chapter 24 just a few pages over matthew 24 verse 11 and many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many verse 24 for there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in so much that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect the very elect who's the very elect that's god's people we have been pre-destined preordained to be the elect those chosen by god all chosen by god god has elected to save us all of us and they come to deceive the very elect that's you that's me that's anybody who believes in the name of the lord they come to deceive they come to deceive that's why we have to be aware that's why we have to try the spirit that's why we have to look at our bibles that's why we have to read our bibles that's why we have to look for two or three if they don't give you two or three scriptures to support whatever they're saying you go look it up for yourself you'll go find it well i can't find two or three witnesses okay oh well they preach false doctrine pertaining to the things this is and this goes back and matthew chapter go back to matthew chapter 3 and this goes back to verses 13 and 14. listen to this the they preach false teachers they preach false doctrine pertaining to things that are essential to true christian living they preach they teach false doctrine pertaining to things that are essential to true christian living teaching things that are contrary to the truth as it is in jesus the truth as it is in jesus and the truth which is in accordance with godliness that's leading me in a strain leading me in the strength the false prophets they are always seeking to broaden the way to god you remember that straight now the false prophets they always seek to broaden the gate and the path to heaven and they do so in preaching false doctrine that appeals to the lust and the flesh the lust of the eyes the pride of life they teach that because they're trying to broaden the way ii peter chapter two let me show you if those other scriptures didn't help hopefully this will this one will in the mouths of two or three witnesses let every word be established ii peter chapter 2 verse 15. which have forsaken the right way and are gone astray following the way of balaam this is talking about false prophets they have gone they have forsaken the right way and are gone astray following the way of balaam the son of bozer who loved the wages of unrighteousness they loved the ways of unrighteousness the wages of unrighteousness but was rebuked for his iniquity and and uh but was rebuked for his iniquity iniquity the dumbass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet talking about a false prophet here these are whales without water clouds that are carried with the tempest to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever they allure through the lust of the flesh they allure through the lust of the flesh verse 18 for when they speak great swelling words of vanity they allure through the lust of the flesh through much wantonness those that were clean escaped from them who live in error while they promised them liberty they themselves are the servants of corruption for of whom a man is overcome of the same as he brought in bondage for if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through knowledge of the lord and savior jesus christ they are again entangled therein and overcome the latter is worse with them than the beginning the elect the elect those who have come out and then they are under these false prophets and false teachers and now they're going back to those things which they left before they say very fundamental things very fundamental things and they change the meaning of words so that they can be used to fix their agenda for their purpose for example one definition by a very prominent a tv pastor is born again a very one definition of this very prominent teacher of born again he says it is to go from low self-esteem to high self-esteem that's what being born again means to go from low self-esteem to high self-esteem so when he says you must be born again he is saying something entirely contradictory to the truth being born again is dying to your old self and then becoming a new being reborn having a quickened spirit and a new way of life nothing better about you is not about a better you it's about a new you it's about being a new creature not a better you in luke chapter six turn here i love the way this uh the way luke states the same the same scripture in luke chapter six let's look at this in luke six i love this verse 43 starting in verse 6 and star burning in verse 43 for a good tree bringeth forth uh for a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit for every tree is known by his own fruit and guess what both matthew chapter 6 verse 21 and and luke chapter 12 it says the exact same thing for where your treasure is i'm gonna talk about the treasure in a minute where your treasure is so keep that in mind where your treasure is that is where your heart will also be verse 44 for every tree is known by his own fruit for a thorns men do do not gather figs nor of a uh and i don't wrote over my word i can't read it a bush gathered by grapes a good man of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh every tree is known by his own fruit that's what it says and then it says what in in in verse 45 he says that of the evil trait he's talking about the treasures a good man out of the good treasure of his heart now we know when the scripture tells us that there is none good there is no not one so so how is it that it's a good man how is that because there's none good outside of christ it is when we are in christ we talked about the heart earlier it's when when those changes are made in the heart it's when those changes are made that we are in christ we can't be outside of him and be good but in christ he is the good that is in you he is the good that is in you and that's how you are able to produce good that's how you're able to produce good because you are in him and in him is good so with him in us we are able us being in him we are able to produce good fruit the treasure of your heart changes see the treasure of your heart that is where your value that's what you value the most the treasure that's what you value the most that's what you set your affections upon what you value the most what you set your affections on your treasure can be worldly things your treasure can be selfish things or your treasure can be god you can't have it both ways it will be one or the other it can't be both it cannot be both the scripture tells us that you got to be hot you got to be cold you can't be lukewarm he spews it out either you're good or you're bad either you have good trash not the heart or you have bad treasures of the heart either you have good fruit or you have bad fruit either you're righteous or you're unrighteous either you're saved or you're unsaved either you're a believer or you're a sinner there's no in between no in between either you're a sinner or you're a sight there's no in between fruit fruit of the loins there's different different types of fruit i want to we're going to get an understanding of that different types of fruit there's fruit of your loins which is what you reproduce your children fruit of the loins from your reproductive system there's the fruit that you bear that can be plucked and consumed by others okay so when we allow the spirit of the living god to help produce in us righteousness uh produce in us joy peace love those are fruits that people can benefit from others can pluck from you they can take they can consume of you and then there is the fruit that is produced as a result of your work there are other types of fruit too but these are the just the three that i'm i'm just going to hone in on and mainly the last one the fruit is produced as a result of your work your words your actions your words and your actions it is the fruit of men's deeds there is the result of their work that expounds that interprets that exemplifies their heart it's the work that you produce by your works i mean the fruit that you're producing those works that you're producing that expounds on it interprets and it exemplifies the heart we remember we can't see the heart man cannot see but we can see your works we can see your deeds we can see your actions we can hear your words in other words it is the end result the fruit is the end result of what's in your heart that's why a good fruit i mean a good tree can only bear good fruit a bad tree can only bear bad fruit and it's through your actions and your deeds this is the most dangerous part this is the most dangerous it is the fruit of your doctrine and that's what we see here with the false prophets it's the fruit of their doctrine that is the problem because now they are tainting the lives the hearts the they are playing with fi they are playing with the lives of people of god's people playing with their very lives causing some to end up in hell because of the things that they've taught the fruit of their doctrine the fruit of the doctrine one teachers will determine the affections and the practices of those that hear and embrace what they're teaching the fruit of the doctrine that one teaches will determine the affections and practices of those that hear and embrace that teaching if the doctrine is of god it will promote serious devotion to god it will promote humility the doctrine of god will promote humility it will promote righteousness it will promote holiness it will promote love for god and love for his people that's what the doctrine of god promotes that's the narrow and that's the straight way the narrow and straight way is humility many then there are few that be that find because of the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life there are few that find humility there are few who find righteousness there are few who find holiness there are few who find true love for god and true love for his people that's the straight and the narrow if the doctrine is not of god it will promote pride and arrogance and worldliness loose conversation and we have to get into that more next week luke conversation and actions it causes the hearers and the embracers of that to be uncharitable unjust fictitious disturbers of peace it causes those that embrace that doctrine to be carnal carnally minded thinking only about their flesh and how to satisfy it god is a good god and he is he is doing his best and yes i got it i i hear what you're saying i've been in this church for a long time i'm not in caught up in all of that i'm not caught up in all of that but guess what we have new folks who have joined the ministry we have folks who are listening don't take these things lightly and you need to beware while you're talking all that you need to beware because that's what happens that's you know what that that is the work of that's opposition right there against truth why because the enemy will get you thinking what did i just say that the doctrine it promotes humility it promotes righteousness it promotes love it promotes peace it promotes it promotes all of those things but the enemy can you cunning and crafting a wolf can come in and get you if you are not aware and we have to always be keenly aware because you know especially those when you say when you say they know i've i've been in this church a long time and i know you know i know the word and i know and i you know i was i've been i've been here those very same people that's why you can have some that were here years ago that are not here now because they have allowed the enemy cunning and crafting to get them all focused to get them offended to pull away from where they once said god sent them if god sends you somewhere why do you leave except you have allowed the enemy to bring an opposition against you that's against the truth of the word of god because what does the truth tell us the truth tells us that we need to endure chastening it tells us that in order to produce more fruit you have to be pruned you have to be purged so that you can produce more fruit and then your pastor starts teaching or does something to help in that pruning product god uses them uses her used him to help prune so that you can produce more fruit and you rejected it that's allowing the opposition to come against you when all you had to do was what stand and fight the good fight of faith if if and i trust and i believe god sent me here i said that out of my mouth and if i said that then i know what his word says is that he gives us pastors according to his own heart and if if he sent me a pastor or put me under a pastor after his own heart then god has a heart for me then that means whatever god sends through that pastor is for me because god gives pastors according to his his own heart you see that but now the opposition has come and it has come against the truth of what god's word says about the pastor and what the pastor's role and responsibility is and then we allow that opposition to pull us away because we didn't fight the good fight of faith i trust god that's all you have to do i trust god no matter what they tell me no matter what the pastor said of what god said through the pastor through the holy spirit i trust god that's the good fight of faith and if i just did that i could have still been standing right with god all right well i said god placed me stand to your feet somebody needed to hear that somebody needed to hear that you're listening you're listening and you've been tuning in and you've left this place and you've been tuning in because you realize what you've been missing i don't know where you've been going i don't know where you've been attending church but god knows and god this is god speaking listen listen whoever it is god says that you need to make the choice and the decision to go back to come back don't let pride don't let your pride don't let your pride keep you from that don't let what you think others might say keep you from what god from what god has he says i gave you a pastor according to my own heart and now you're under a leadership you're under a pastor that is not that is not giving you what you need that sound doctrine giving you away to that broad that broad way that leads to destruction and you left a sound doctrine teaching church and you need to get back whoever that is for i just pray that you take heed don't look at the vessel you need to hear god you need to hear god and he says this is not the first time you've heard it he said this is not the first time you've heard it and i don't know how many more times he's going to say it so you should take heat amen we are people of purpose with singleness of heart committed to spreading the gospel of jesus christ by freely giving ourselves and of our substance staying close to god through fervent prayer and living a holy life is sensitive to his spirit and established in his truth as living testimonies bring laborers together with god out of our bellies rivers of living water we remember that the lines are open for 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Published: Thu Sep 23 2021