Be Shut Up With God --- Paul Washer -- Sermon Jam

dear brothers I have spent 30 years reading men that I cherish particularly the reformers but mostly the Puritans I love the Puritans I study the purpose I I bring together passages of the Puritans I I love the Puritans but they're writing about something they're writing from what they know about a book I need to read the book I need to be nourished in the word and you young men listen to me listen to me I'm not talking about a 45 minute quiet time I'm talking about if you're going to go into the ministry you eat this book you consume this book you live this book this book is everything you bleed this book when they cut you it's not just knowing it's not less than knowing but it's more than knowing it is feeding upon the scriptures feeding upon the scriptures you say yes the scriptures scripture scriptures but you need to understand especially from Paul's prayers in Ephesians 1 and Ephesians 3 he had no understanding of learning anything from God where prayer was not included [Music] son [Music] get off the internet [Music] just quit it get off the internet get on your knees and in the Bible hours a day and for all you young reformed guys the Bible consists of more than the book of Romans in the book of Ephesians read from Genesis the Revelation over and over and over and over again I can tell you something in most cases if I have two men with the very same Doctrine and I listen to them long enough I can tell which one learned it from a Systematic Theology and which one learned it from scripture now you need both do not misunderstand me but nothing trumps the study of scripture and nothing trumps prayer prayer not just intercession not just crying out for the Nations not just crying out for your family communion with God remember he is a servant of Christ Jesus that is not just horizontal it's vertical ministering unto the Lord the greatest missionary movement in the history of the church in Acts chapter 13 occurred while men were ministering unto the Lord [Music] let me say this your public Ministry and I say this in the fear of the Lord your public Ministry should just be the tip of the iceberg of your life below the water is a man shut up to God while everyone else is playing while everyone else is conversing while everyone else is surfing the internet for the next great sermon the man of God is on his knees the man of God is in the word the man of God awakes in the Night Watch and he tarries there the man of God doesn't just pray to intercede he prays to see his face he cries out Show Me Your Glory I can not live unless I see you in clearer light and I will tell you this I am reformed I am Reformed Baptist but I will not allow anybody to take the supernatural away from me and I'm not talking about these silly boys talking about silly gifts I'm talking about the supernatural nature of an intimate relationship with God in which God becomes more real to you than 6 000 people in a room well with him he is so precious and yes sometimes it's like a ceiling of bronze over your head [Music] how do you pray I'll tell you what was told me many years ago you pray until you can pray and then you pray until you have prayed you break through [Music] you'll give him no rest [Music] we're not just academics and if we are we are a pitiful art [Music] we are men who walk with God men who meet with God and if you don't want to do this if you don't want to do this if you want to buy sermons and things like that then just please go away just just go away

Channel: Grace Family Baptist Church

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Length: 6min 19sec (379 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 10 2023