"Be Not Conformed" | Pastor Henry Wright

why did the balloon pop why did the balloon pop I want a deeper answer why did the balloon pop ah I heard the word pressure where did the pressure come from I knew you would say from the tip of the pen you are incorrect you're incorrect it wasn't for me from God how does a balloon blow up what does the air do that makes the balloon blow up expands it against what the pressure on the outside the only way a balloon blows up is the pressure on the inside must equal the pressure where on the outside on every human being sitting in this room there 14.7 pounds per square inch on everything that exists on this planet that's above water that's fourteen point seven pound pounds per square inch on anything the chair you your clothes your car and the only way you stay inflated as a human being it's because the pressure of air in you equals the pressure of air outside of you are you listening to me balloons don't burst balloons crush all this pin did was change the pressure inside the balloon and then immediately what happened the pressure outside the balloon did what crushed the balloon are you listening to me I say are you listening to me and be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind let's pray teach them today Oh Lord amen we'll come back to the balloon that's still with enough pressure life is full the pressure is it not come on talk to me life is full of pressure sweetie take this for me you're not sweetie she's sweet I love you but see sweetie life is full the pressure listen to your pastor I'm going to teach you today not going to a lot of preaching want you to listen to me we're still in the seventh we're still previous to the seventh seal and John has ended each of the sevens thus far listen to me with a question the question at the end of the first seven churches is will anybody let him come in do you remember that and the question at the end of the sixth seal is what who shall be able to stand and then Brody there is opened up this panorama of events the angel flying the seal being given and the question remaining is will anybody be able to stand is there anybody who can be sealed the Texas flare is looking to seal those who are servants of God where are they how should they be found how will they be identified and then what is this seal and why are they receiving it but I said life is full of what pressures elder the pressures everyday precious to get to work on time can I get a witness have you noticed the traffic is getting more insane every day and now they're talking about closing down for long periods of time that Metro which means is going to be more cars uber and what they call them lifts more cabs more buses pressure just getting to work those of you who have your children in church school pressure to meet tuition can I get a witness and we're telling the truth and those of us who have jobs pressure to keep the job huh pressure coming on in the evening to have a decent meal pressure to make sure you still get worship in in spite of all the things you have to do pressure when those envelopes start showing up at the end of the month huh does anybody know what I'm talking about would that be pressure pressure when you go you know I just I just for my physical just what for my physical pressure are they gonna find something you know Mme and the phone rings doctor wants to see you Oh Lord is this the last hour is this the beginning of the end come on y'all pressure pressure you go to the car in the morning it won't start pressure come on vogue talk to me pressure pressure and you come in in the evening and the children haven't done anything you asked them to do pressure pressure not to lose it come on now not the clean house with their bodies he does not answer you mama he does not answer you mister does not answer the way you want to be answered pressure that your response is that of a Christian sister filled with God's Holy Spirit is anybody what I'm talking about pressure be not conformed pastor what does that have to do with what's going on with these seals was clear that the Angels looking for something it's trying to find something that can be stamped for eternity come on somebody hey hey hey he's looking for some lives that he can turn to God and say these are ready take them on in but here's the problem here's the problem open your Bible here's the problem when this sealing work is opened up pastor Jeff did a good job this morning when this seedings work is opened up it's opened up in the context of something you see the angel who's doing the sealing everybody's listening is told that he must do his sealing quickly because therefore other angels remember that that's read it that's read it was read it after these things verse when I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth holding one talk to me holding what the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth on the sea or any tree and I saw I saw another angel ascending from the east having this seal verse 33 do not harm the earth the sea or the trees till we have sealed the servants of God on their foreheads watch it watch it the seal is introduced in the context of impending trouble so the people who are going to be sealed are facing I will try this group over here the angel just you folk here the angel that's been told seal them the winds are about to blow so after the winds blow see he tells me he tells the four angels hold till the sealing is done then after the winds blow those who are sealed face what pressure pressure so the sealing folks in the middle and the sealing folks over here is given to people who can withstand the pressure now everybody ought to say Amen Oh gives a whole new view of this seal the question about who should shew who should be able to stand silver is a question about where can I find people who are so attached to God that they can take the pressure for the winds that are about to blow are going to blow not just on the evil but on the good so the difference is not the trouble the difference is the ability to withstand the trouble now in order for the balloon to stay blown up the pressure inside the balloon must equal the pressure where outside the blue in order for God's people to stand in the last day what they got inside must match what's going on outside don't better pray I stay calm about this thing this thing has got me excited God is looking for people who are able to take no matter what happens they will not bend under the pressure do you see it now is it clear to you be not conformed and we'll get to that word in a minute see every day that you're alive Satan's trying to burst you you know I'm telling the truth trying to burst you and it comes from all different kinds of ways does it not you know it does you know it does and sometimes it comes from unexpected ways I'm getting up the other morning to drive my car my faithful accurate love my little Acura and this light comes on now this car tells me everything and there's a light that tells me how much pressure there is in each tire now sometimes I wish that thing didn't work just let me drive in ignorance telling me this tire doesn't have enough so how are you going to drive it topically making the work but the light is saying you need air so I've got to change my whole schedule rust ntb find out why this is on because because what the light is done it's taken from me my piece of and see now the cars even tell you when they need service I'm just driving along doing fine out of time and all these lights come on service now I got a call Acura somebody get it lined up just keep the lights off let me drive - the wheels fall off on the oil burns up don't tell me this stuff it means money can I get a witness time if they fix it right pressure but the angel I don't explained it to you now you see it now what's the age of looking for or people can do what who whether the cars going bad or the kids are acting up or the house needs a new roof people in the last days when the earthquakes come in the floods multiply and the unexpected fires burn homes down people who no matter what is taking place can say there is a God in heaven he's got the whole world in his hands I'm not gonna fall apart over stuff not me I know in whom I have believed I'm able I'm sure he's able to keep that which he's given to me people who don't lose it it's time for Christians to get calm why there's an angel flying he's looking for cool heads and tough times can I get a witness and the end and the Bible is clear that the CT you got understand the seal in the light of the pressure see the pressure is coming the question is not about whether the pressures coming trouble is coming God needs people who can stand at the church say Amen now now Ellen White says the seal of God the token or sign of his authority is found in the fourth commandment now I mean it you say oh see pastor she is not about pressure it's about the Sabbath no no no no no no no no no this seal is not a day the fourth commandment teaches that the seventh day is the Sabbath but it's the why of the Sabbath that is important in that commandment because the commandment says we keep the Sabbath because in six days the Lord did what so the Sabbath is not just a day stay with me but hollering the day brings us into communion with the creator of the world or should I say the howling of this day brings us into special relationship with our maker see the intent of this Sabbath is to help you withstand the pressure the word Sabbath means what talk to me the word Sabbath means was rest you ought to come in this church on sabbath boring cool calm and collected come on somebody lay it all back resting in the arms of Jesus knowing he's got the whole world in his aunt word don't need to watch CNN on the Sabbath I will try that one more time I don't need to watch CNN on the Sabbath I need a loud Amen cuz I believe he can handle it that's why I don't go to work on the Sabbath I need rest I need the Holy Spirit watch me now to blow some fresh air into my soul Hey so I can take the pressure cuz Sunday's coming and Monday's worth Tuesday's crazy windy has no sense Thursday is about to kill me and Friday I can barely stand up I need my Sabbath they give me the strep to extend the pressure Oh pastors preaching I admit yes sir I'm trying to tell you that the Sabbath is about giving you something you don't have by the time Friday comes you almost flat like that balloon come on somebody then you work in the church and the pastor says God is able to hey blow me back up I'm looking back on I'm ready to go so the angel talked about the angel a bit more the angel is looking for folks not all nod it up some you walked in church this morning all knotted up tied up you know you did folks speak to you happy Sabbath you can't smile you can't greet you can't relax why pressure pressure pressure go in the sermon with my agent yeah you got it you got it so so so how does the Bible develop this well I taught you last week that one of the key things the Angels looking for is people who are decision makers remember that we thought we saw thee the fallacy of the bad decisions made by Adam and Eve Genesis 3:6 Deuteronomy told us well go there put Deuteronomy up doing the swing tell us Deuteronomy 30 I'm on page 2 of my notes page to them uh notes it's four pages or relax Deuteronomy look at this text this text is mouse drana me thirty I read it to you before but I want you to see it now in the light of this sermon Deuteronomy 34 my decisions now it's decisions these decisions get to that help us deal with the pressure see when look look look look look when bad news comes in that moment you have to make a decision don't you how are you going to handle it am I gonna lose it am I gonna worry am I gonna fret am I gonna trust God in tirana me 30 19 and 20 see it come on I call everybody Reed I call heaven I need you now and earth as witnesses come on today against you that I have set before you what what blessing and therefore do what notice notice that our brains are so messed up he has to tell us to choose life that's what life on planet earth can do to you you lose the ability Evan Dale to know life from death and many of us during this week made death decision not life decisions because of the pressure diabetic when only make that stuff new he's going to just be blown out of whack but under pressure you just wanted to get that thing medida this can take away some of them you know the McDonald's are killing you but you're late don't feel like fixing dinner at night stop by and get them big boys and little boys whatever the case may be why you're laughing by 11:00 you know I'm telling the truth then the intestines must fight all night long trying to digest all that meat with bristled toss and turn all night more pressure now don't sleep a wink because your intestines can't take the pressure of the Big Mac am i speaking the word today children what - what - the devil folk gets us on a roll of pressure and if you notice once you get on that roll one bad decision leads to another and so the Bible cries out I've set before your life and death hey dummy choose life Jasper cried out in Joshua 24:15 as from me and my house we will serve the Lord first Kings gets better it says hey if they'll be God then serve Him but if God be God leave bail alone serve God and so the Bible is full of mine detects okay gentlemen shift down to the section of those mine texts Isaiah 26:3 as he at 26 3 you see that come on let's read it together I will do what I need to hear from you come on I will do what I will keep them in perfect peace whose because he yes yes in other words one of the ways you blow up the balloon of your spiritual life think about who think on Jesus he's able all sister y'all song that song today he's able claim it ain't got no money he's able your kids or sprays as you are he's able God is a fixer we serve a god sister Pearman who can fix stuff how many know I'm telling the truth he can work it out when you have no answers he's got a whole list Ellen White says he's got a thousand ways you have not thought off to solve every problem let's read the next one brethren Matthew 22:37 here we go come on jesus said to him you shall love the Lord your God with all your with all your soul you know we've been telling you and pastor Jeff's been telling you that one of the issues that happened during the seven churches and the seven seals was the loss of love and that's why we make it clear to you that the seal can't just be a day it's a relationship you've got to walk in here on sabbath morning loving the Lord your God but not just on Sabbath morning what about Sunday about some love on Monday come on now how about some more than love on Tuesday it's got to become a way of life that's what the angel is looking for romans 8 and verse 6 romans 8 verse 6 come on for to be carnally minded is death but to be his life and peace shh-shh when's the last time you've had mental peace let me try this one on you let me try this one on when's the last time you've gone through a whole day and didn't worry about anything am i being real and we are Christians we're the Christians with the bad guys we're the good guys and with Ian a angels announced the arrival of Jesus they said he brings peace on earth where is your peace because the pressure on the inside of your balloon must equal the pressure on the outside of your balloon and if that does not happen you shall be crushed by the things of this world but I'm able to declare today without any hesitation that my God can give you strength you do not think you have joy well you've never known joy before our next text next text here it is oh well we've already got that one libyans to 5 I like this one Libyans to 5 come on brethren now we got that already got here there sir here we go here we go ready come on let this mine the adverse six adverse six Oh No No verse six that's right they did great I'm catching off-guard I'll read verse 6 when they get it shot it depends - in fact take us down five six seven and eight I'm on read it come on who being in the form of God did not consider it verse seven verse seven come on brother seven a day they can do it pray for them pray for the machines up there no come on but don't need to go any further what's them listen to me now past is almost done what's the mind of Christ here it is it's the mind of a servant so we get in trouble I'm coming at you now we get in trouble because we think too much of ourselves let me turn that around a little bit because that's now that's always the case Anna sage we think too much of ourselves let me turn that around we get in trouble because we spend too much time thinking about ourselves our problem is an ego our problem is miss focus see if you look at you then you ought to be worried yoyoyo Giga but when you Carl see Jesus the ever-loving every powerful every patient has no dilemma Jesus our problem is that we think too much of ourselves our problem is we spend too much time thinking about ourselves and as we look at ourselves we get discouraged we got problems we got issues we aren't able we got warts we got this we got that look at Jesus and then think about how he feels about you made himself of no reputation took on our thorn Aaron took on our form that we might be able to stand before the Lord God let me wrap this up Romans 7 talks about how messed up we are what I say I'm going to do I don't do what I say I'm not going to do that do I and then at the end of that verse 23 who's going to save us through Jesus Christ our Lord here it is review and Herald we are to look to the man Christ Jesus look we're talk to me look we're who is complete in perfection and righteousness and holiness let us then take our minds of the perplexities and difficulties of this life and fix them where that by beholding what the word for conformed is Tsushima tato it means to be morphed or to be pressed into a different shape don't be conformed don't be morphed come on y'all don't be pressed by Satan into a shape you should not be in the verb means to change the pressure on the inside now I don't know of anything that gives me the strength to get through a day except my faith in Christ because I'ma be honest with you as a pastor of some 52 years experience or be just real honest with you there's a lot of stuff God does I don't understand I don't say see the older I have gotten the less I try to understand God I just trust him when I was young pastor and someone would lose a loved one in death I would try to have some wise thing to say about what God was doing now my sister the Lord songs on songs over as I've gotten older I have found the best thing to do when God moves in a way you can understand just keep your mouth shut pray for faith to a stand the pressure we don't have to have answers we have Jesus how you doing come on how you doing how's the pressure how was this past week the angel is flying and he's looking thanks weeks the folks who can hold up under fourteen point seven pounds per square inch that makes a bloom very special thing it can take that much pressure it's only one reason why it can though why because the pressure inside is equal to the pressure outside stop letting the devil prick your balloon don't be so vulnerable still up it fill up with God's Holy Ghost so when he picks you you just push right back and keep on trucking Rosalyn I don't know what's ahead I've also hit I really don't know what's ahead the Bible asks who shall be able to stand and I want to be able to say Lord it's me it's me o Lord though I'm standing in need of prayer by you here that's enough preaching are you here well maybe you maybe the sermon today made you realize you're about to burst maybe the sermon today made you conscious but there are some pressures we know that angel is circling God wants to fill you up so the angel Celia you want me to pray for you about the pressure well come on up here and stand beside me bring your pressure up here bring it fresh up here maybe a situation has won the question maybe a relationship has you under pressure you whisper to me brother you're concerned about your sister-in-law mother-in-law come on up here the balcony for bring your pressure down here it was a job pressure money pressure he's fine had an extra pastor with the balloon okay you take the balloon for me I want the rest of you who are not coming to kneel want you to kneel this is the day to break ourselves in half before God but to the kneel those who are coming down just grab somebody's hand hold on to somebody a lot of people wrestle but they call high blood pressure look I'm talking about a pressure right now that's greater than that some of you have never accepted the salvation of Jesus as a fact and you're under the pressure of trying to earn God's love every day let me tell you that's a waste of time you had God's love before you were born and when you were walking around the street with your belly full of liquor when you were carousing in in bars and and joints when you were when your head was full of heroin or dope when you were doing the worst you've ever done God loved you just as much then as the day you walked in church his love is not willy nilly take that pressure off yourself God loves you as you are stop making your religion a pressure bathe yourself in the righteousness of Jesus Christ you have to earn it you got it relieve that pressure father I left of all of us though standing here those on their knees don't let us be morphed conformed pressed into an unholy mode unholy thoughts unholy worries unholy words unholy these because we cannot take the pressure fill me with your spirit and push the devil back somebody may have gotten news this week about their health fill them with faith someone may have been made very angry by something some human being did fill them with love someone just went through the end of April facing the months rent before the end of the first week this week filled them with trust but lord take and hold me and then hold for me the pressure we can't take it Jesus we just can't take it we just can't take it we just can't take it fill me with you keep my back straight and my mind set that's the meaning of a seal those who come forward especially ass now they confess there are pressures I give them to you as this last balloon is filled with air may you filled them right now through this prayer with the strength to face the pressure where I closed this prayer it to be someone who needs to make a decision today for Jesus Christ to walk with him all the way to join his church just raise your hand wherever you are just raise it just raise it just raise it having made the decision young old having made the decision the card is there you can tell me in the lobby as you've done Sabbath after Sabbath but today walk out of here knowing you made that decision you took life instead of death thank you Lord and all the people said amen let's give God glory as we go back to our seats praise His name are you glad you came to church today

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Length: 44min 51sec (2691 seconds)

Published: Sun May 08 2016