CWC SDA featuring Dr Abraham J Jules - "When Peace Invades Panic"

[Music] stand to your feet for the reading of scripture our praise team come up front so we'll be singing that sound Lord prepare me let's turn to our Bibles to the book of Galatians chapter 5 beginning at verse 16 Galatians chapter 5 peeking in beginning at verse 16 have you found it all right one person found it Galatians is in the New Testament closer to Revelation than to Genesis go that way amen all right verse 16 says this I say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh for the flesh lusteth against the spirit and a spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other so that you cannot do the things that you would but if ye be led of the Spirit you're not under the law now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like of the which I tell you before as i have also told you in time past that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God verse 22 I read all of that so you could understand verse 22 but the fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace longsuffering gentleness goodness faith I want to bring to your message today when faith when peace rather invades panic peace invades panic Lord prepare me everybody's sick with me [Music] everybody's singing like a Mina today [Music] [Music] I [Applause] one more time everybody sing it meditatively Lord prepare me everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] father we are careful today to turn to you to ask that you may breathe life upon your own word so that your people may come alive to your spirits leadings teach us this day please draw us closer to us in the name of Jesus we pray amen be seated everybody be seated everybody now Paul in the book of Galatians sounds as if he was alive in 2018 because every sin that Paul delineates for us that will keep you out of the kingdom 2000 years ago are still prevalent today amen in contrast Paul says when you live and you live by the flesh there are some things that come easy to you you either live ladies and gentlemen under the spirits leading or you live based upon your natural inclination it's natural for me or you to want to do wrong Paul said listen vote when I want to do right is the hardest thing in this world and Paul says when I want to do wrong is the easiest thing in this world what Paul was talking about was fleshly living and spirit-led living uh-huh amen samadhi fleshly living is when my life has not been contaminated with the Spirit of God and spirit-led living is when I've been invaded by a power and a presence outside of myself in other words on my own I cannot do right even when I want to do right I cannot do right because I was born in sin and is shapen in iniquity if we understand that fact ladies and gentlemen it will make us very sensitive to people who have fallen prey to sin say men if we know that as a fact we will be very careful not to condemn anybody if we know that for a fact we will never say silly things like I will never do that please never say never cuz you never know what you'll do say men somebody Amen be careful of being high-minded and ultra spiritual you know that's a disease that's plague in the Adventist Church write a bunch of Pharisees let me tell you the people who get the biggest hits preachers who preach hard and preachers who are insensitive and not compassionate I don't see that in the Jesus that I read in the Gospels you know where I see that I see that in the scribes and Pharisees but I don't see it in Jesus and yet there are many of us who want people to beat up on us and we think that's good preaching let me tell you what good preaching is good preaching is a gospel that gives me hope when I've lost hope amen all right here we go now that wasn't a part of the sermon it was just me talking there are nine Cardinal Christian virtues that are produced in our lives by the Holy Spirit and it is called the fruit of the spirit now 9 and it's called fruit singular 9 and it's called fruit singular 9 and it's called fruit singular the fruit of the Spirit is love and then it says joy peace all the rest at lists 9 but it says is the reason being ladies and gentlemen every other fruit of the spirits that's identified really emanates from the first one the only one which is love Amen somebody so the fruit of the Spirit is love and then there's not only the fruit of the Spirit but when you read the Bible there are gifts of the Spirit the gifts of the Spirit and able us as Christians to do certain things and accomplish certain things in ministry like singing and you will agree that the pastor has that gift you will agree with that wouldn't you that's a gift of the Spirit amen somebody all right but the fruit of the Spirit enables us to be something now the gift of the Spirit enables us to do some things but this fruit of the Spirit and a bonus enables us to be something one causes me to do the other one makes me be do something and be something and it is more important to be something for God than to do something for God Amen somebody Galatians 5:22 but this fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace today I'm only gonna talk about peace give peace a chance this is for a servant for those of us who march under the banner and flag of Christianity we are supposed to be upright and we are supposed to we and we sometimes lose our peace and our peace is easily shattered into pieces I think I'm on safe ground by saying that there is nothing we want more in our lives than peace we want peace in our marriages and all couple who have been married for 70 years the husband looked at his wife in a nursing home and said I love you she said what did you say love you said what did you say he said I love you she said I'm tired of you two we want peace in our homes we want peace in our families we want peace in our world but you know as much as we want peace and desired peace is very elusive we don't seem to ever experience it get a handle on it and here's the great paradox that we are so uptight stressed out ready to resign from life stop the world let me off because of the absence of peace in our world where we have unimaginable affluence that's the paradox we have more gadgets more luxuries but yet less peace and that is because we have bought into the lie that the Madison Avenue marketing machine cranks up to sell us on what is really superficial and false peace it really is not real it's really an illusion when you Libre embrace illusions you will always be disillusioned the Madison Avenue boys and girls tell us now this is how you have peace peace is something you wear or something you drive even when you're driving your ideal car or living in your ideal dream house if you are miserable in life you will be miserable in your ideal car and your dream house because our house is not a home and the wedding is not a marriage and most people who are miserable in life cannot stop being miserable when they come to church all that so makers in charge are miserable people happy people don't create trouble Amen somebody thank your dad you're just cranking me up right now then pop culture tells us peace can be found in pills and peace can be found in pleasure two weeks ago I was in California and they took me and my family and the tour we went to where Michael Jackson spent his last night on earth and we saw that gate that was on television we parked up right outside of it Michael Jackson Whitney Houston Prince you can go down the list of people who had all the money fame appellants in this world but thought they can find peace in appeal now there's a word found in the Bible it's Maranatha and it means come quickly Lord Jesus and is found in the book of second Corinthians Maranatha and you know some times have you ever been to church and the preachers want you to be engaged during the sermon and they would say turn to your neighbor and say Maranatha Maranatha say Maranatha not you i'm just i don't do that the preachers do it and one member turned around and says he said saint-meran have the same man and the member turn around says marijuana marijuana and we think we will find peace in that in appeal or in pleasure now the Prophet Jeremiah warned us about seeking false peace he said they offer superficial treatments of people's mortal wounds and you get superficial treatment for deep wounds they give a source as a peace when there is no peace God wants us to have peace the fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace and God wants us to have peace on three levels because always a three-level experience first of all in the Bible peace is eternal peace it is peace with God and God forgiving us of our sins and it's impossible to experience peace when you're filled with guilt now I don't know about you but I've done some wrong things in this world and I've experienced guilt and I've wrestled all night long with God and I felt miserable I couldn't eat or sleep because of what I've done my sins broad guilt brought shame had brought regret and I had no peace guilt is a piece buster when you are guilty of something that you know violates your moral code of conduct when you have let people down when you're violated the Word of God and you're plagued with guilt you cannot have peace in fact look at these three G words these three peace Buster's guilt and the second G word is grief you cannot have peace when you have grief when you are stuck in creep and you cannot move beyond grief because of something of someone you lost and then the third G word is grudge you want me to show you a man who lacks peace and is miserable I'll show you a man who keeps a grudge Amen somebody a man who can't let go a woman who cannot let go you cannot have peace spending your days and nights worrying about how you can straighten other people out and mess up yourself thinking you could have peace holding on to a grudge is the equivalent of drinking poison and then waiting for the people you hate to die let's back up a little bit now to give because all of us are guilty of something and the devil uses the guilt to rob us of our peace but guess what God does he takes all of our sins and nails our sins to the cross of Calvary now that's why we get baptized because baptism symbolizes death burial and resurrection when you get saved the reason you get baptized is because you are using a visual aid to tell the world the old you has died in the water buried in the waters of the liquid grave and the new you comes up and the old you is buried now somebody is saying that a pastor I got buried five years ago in the water but my old self is a good swimmer who can hold his breath a pretty long time by faith the old you has died that's peace that's eternal peace and that's why Romans chapter five and verse 1 says therefore since we have been made right in God's sight by faith we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord did for us on the cross we have peace with whom God because of what Christ did for us on the cross I don't need to walk around with guilt as long as Jesus is on the throne he will take my and since and wash them away that's basic Christianity now that is Christianity 101 Christ died on the cross for you and me he paid the price now what do you do with a bill that has been paid do you worry about it no because it's been over with and has been done with and if your sin debt has been paid why in the world are you worrying over sins that have already been forgiven I mean people come to my office and they're still talking about a Sindhi committed 20 years ago can I just give you a little assurance this is it when you commit a sin and you confess that sin in that very moment Christ forgives you you don't need to confess it over and over and over again say Amen somebody and many times you don't forgive yourself and you interpret it as if God didn't forgive you but God forgave you and you should never worry about your past if God takes care of it now people made me remind you of your sins but Jesus says you know what I forgot about it how did you forget about it Jesus because I cast your sins into the depths of the ocean never to remember again and when Jesus forgave us and cast our sins into the depths of the ocean he put up a sign that says no fishing everybody else may be digging into your life but God says no not here can somebody say Amen my sin problem like guilt problem my lack of peace problem has been taken care of at the cross you see the devil loves to remind you of your past when he reminds you of your past you remind him of his future amen somebody that's eternal peace secondly external peace external peace is peace with other people learning to get along with other people and you can't get along with other people if you can't get along with yourself most of the people who create conflict anywhere they go some people everywhere they go this conflict on the job just conflict in church this conflict they always in the middle of mess do you know what's their problem they are conflicted they've got issues Amen somebody and you cannot you cannot get along with people if you can't get along with yourself hurting people hurt people that's why Romans 12:18 says do all you can to live in peace with everybody notice that it didn't say you would always succeed but he said please make the effort to live peaceably with all men notice Jesus did not get along with everybody that's why they killed him and I find that quite comforting because I don't get along with everybody but you ought to do all that you can to get along with everyone saving somebody now I love everybody some people I don't like them at all you you do know the difference don't you love is a deep abiding principle like is my preference and in this house today I like all of y'all some people you just have to leave them alone some people the way you get along with them is by getting along with them from far Kahala the preacher and the book of Proverbs said these words he says some people the way you talk to them is while you're walking away from them he said don't you stand and talk to them external piece I'm right with God eternal peace I'm right with God external piece I'm trying to get along with folk and then thirdly internal piece I prepare service this way so y'all could try and remember it I'm not a rapper I'm a wannabe rapper internal peace is what Colossians 3:15 says and let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts notice it says let the peace that comes from Christ don't let other people's concept of peace and don't let other people people's mess people don't let other people mess with your peace don't let other people get in your spirit and don't keep nursing and rehearsing what has been done to you don't give your haters any control over your emotions don't let them have any place in your heart but let Christ rule in your heart and that is what brings peace now when the Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is love joy and peace which one of these three pieces is Paul talking about is he talking about eternal peace is he talking about external peace or is he talking about internal peace when he says the spirit brings peace he's talking about what's going on on the inside of you one of the signs that you have the Spirit of God is that you possess a peace that passeth all understanding I know that you're filled with the spirit not because you preached or because you testify or because you're sing on the praise team not because you're always witnessing to sinners no I know you're filled with the Holy Ghost because you have a sense of peace what does peace peace is the assurance that God is in control therefore I can keep calm in chaos have you ever bet folk they fly off the handle in a second they get so excited when anything goes wrong there's no peace our mantra should be every day in our lives God is in control God is in control God is in control God is in control when you don't get the promotion you think you deserve God is in control when you get a bad medical report God is in control when your enemies turn on you God is in control when your children are acting the fool God is in control when your husband is not acting right God is in control when you're not feeling the way you used to feel God is in control when you're getting old and your body is acting up God is in control you're still here when you're bout the clock on somebody and you want to custom outs remember God is in control and it makes you calm in the midst of chaos now if you want to activate that peace and if you're wondering why it feels like something is missing in spite of the fact that you know God is in control is because you're not doing what Paul says we are supposed to do in the book of Philippians chapter 4 if there are any trapped chapters I would recommend to you from Paul's pen it's Romans chapter 8 and Philippians chapter 4 that's what you call empowerment living anytime you feel weak and you're giving in to your emotions read Romans 8 and Philippians 4 because in Philippians 4 he tells us what you need to do to have peace and he tells us what peace is it's a matter first of all of focus Philippians 4:4 always be full of joy in the Lord I said again rejoice now Paul is in jail but he's not focusing on the jail he's focusing on God you are always gonna be what you focus on if you focus on the thorn and not the flower if you focus on the seeds and not the watermelon if you focus on five percent that's wrong and not the ninety five percent that's right if you focus on the fact that I'm getting old but you're still here well I can't walk like I used to but you're still walking if you spend your entire day focusing on what's not right what could go wrong what you don't have you will be miserable but if you focus on God if you rejoice in the Lord in fact Isaiah puts it this way in Isaiah's 26 and verse three thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee how many of you remember Peter walking on water he got out of the boat and he walked on something that should have taken him under he stayed on top of something that should have taken him under and some of us are on top of something's that should be taking us under right now he walked on water but then he began to sink does anyone remember why because when he was doing the impossible he had his eyes on Jesus but when he took his eyes off of Jesus and began looking at the circumstances that is when he began to sink and if you start focusing on your storm you will sink every time and if you start looking at your bills you will go under and if you start focusing on your medical report you will lose it but if you look unto Jesus he will keep you on top of what should take you under so matter focus and he said rejoice in the Lord not sometimes but always let me help somebody today the number one reason that most people don't find peace is because they're looking for it you don't find peace because you're looking for it you find peace when Jesus finds you and so on interesting bumper sticker and it said no Jesus and oh Jesus and old peace no Jesus no peace on the same bumper sticker said KN o W Jesus ka no W piece no Jesus no peace no Jesus no peace no one person can give you peace quit thinking that if I have this person back in my life I'll have peace you don't find peace in a person you better have peace before you meet the person and your peace comes from Jesus Jesus said in Matthew 6:33 but seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added on to you you are aware of what Ellen White said she said when the Spirit of God takes hold of our lives all other blessings come in and strain so there are some things you're trying to get if you get God's Spirit in your life what will happen is the very thing you want God will give to you same and somebody all other blessings come in and strain I was single and dating my wife and she kicked me to the curb so I went I bought me a brand-new mercedes-benz s430 and as I picked it up from the dealership I drove by her house I went and buzzed the Bell I say come I want to show you something and I showed her my silver s430 brand-new spanking bench and she said to me that's all you can do with your money I'm gonna tell you this we believe that peace comes in things we believe that peace comes in people can tell you the simple message today is that peace only comes when Jesus is your Lord and your king Amen somebody it's about your focus quit focusing on the wrong thing but it's also secondly about your faith look at Philippians 4:6 it says don't worry about anything but pray about everything tell god what you need and thank him for all he has done he said don't worry about anything because anytime you're worrying you're saying God I don't think you are in control or I don't think you care when we worry we slap God in his face you are literally saying I got to take care of myself because God you will not and Ellen White says to worry is to sin do you remember what happened when chaos from the blue ether erupted on the Sea of Galilee and zigzag lightning wrote its sketch across a blackened sky and kettledrum lightning and thunder and water was throwing that little boat that Jesus was in into the air we told Jesus was at the bottom of the boat snoring sleeping through the storm and the disciples were in a panic mode they were asking how are we gonna make it and Jesus was just sleeping but the only thing they did right was to wake him up and they said master carest thou not that we perish how canst thou lie asleep when he's moment now we are perishing Jesus woke up stood up looked at his disciples and rebuked them and said o ye of little faith why did you doubt then he said three little words peace be still and Jesus didn't say it the way I said it I gotta be loud because I'm trying to create authority I gotta stomp my feet and hit the desk cuz I'm not Jesus but when Jesus says it he just walked by the guys and said peace be stuff Normandy said peace be still thunder went into hiding lightning stop storm ceased same in somebody because at the authority of Jesus's voice or his wish nature will obey save him somebody demons in Hell will define saving somebody when God is in control you don't have to worry oh ye of little faith the storm can only frighten you but the storm can't hurt you and the winds and the waves obeyed his will I heard about a man who all he did was worry he woke up worried every day all day long he was a professional worrier and worry is something you have to work on you were not born a worrier my children when they were much younger didn't worry about anything they always believed we had money to buy whatever they wanted I think I still believe that my daughter siren will call something says daddy where are you and then the only time she calls to find out where I am is when she needs something and then she would say next daddy would you stop and pick up such assets at the store for me please she would never ask me do you have money do you have anything in your pocket she knows I'm a poor preacher but children don't worry about that because we were not born warriors you've got to learn how to worry that's the kind of faith God wants you to have so all this professional worrier did was worry but one day he was calm and somebody asked him why are you calm today what happened you always worry and he said because I went and hired a professional worrier so anytime I have a worry I just call him and tell him I want you to worry about this for me and the guy said well how much does it cost and he said I pay him $1,000 a day the guy said but you don't make that much money how are you gonna pay he said that's for him to worry about y'all not just made up that story in it guess what your troubles your sickness your issues that's not your worry that's God's worry God's got you he said don't worry what do you do instead pray about everything and if you want to have peace it's about focus it's about faith and if you focus and you have faith then you will have a fact what's the fact you will have peace then you'll experience God's peace which exceeds anything you can understand in other words you will be calm and people will be wondering how can you be so calm when you're facing what you're facing and the writer says his peace with God your minds his peace will guard your minds and hearts it's like God has put angels divine sentinels around your mind so that stuff that should be bothering you doesn't bother you anymore when peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows like sea billows roll whatever my lot thou has taught me to say it is well it is well with my soul I've got peace because the Holy Ghost told me to tell somebody whatever is happening to you is really happening for you he's the Prince of Peace you can't control what's outside of you but you can always control what's on the inside of here when peace like a river everybody stand to your feet everybody's sick crazy people gonna move quickly when peace like a river come on up quickly please everybody's singing [Music] saying everybody starts saying please [Music] when sorrows [Music] whatever my life [Music] now has taught me to say it as well it as well with my soul second stanza second stanza I said [Music] of this glorious look [Music] my sin not in part [Music] mother ho is nailed to the cross and I'm Aaron praise the Lord praise the Lord [Music] oh my soul it as well sing it like you mean it today everybody in as well [Music] in as well [Music] that stats us next times everybody sing [Music] the plows be rolled back [Music] the Trump shall resound [Music] even so [Music] it as well here as well it as well [Music] good as well [Music] it as well [Music] one more time in as well it is well singing everybody it as well [Music] [Applause] [Music] every head is bowed every eye is closed today some of you left God but God has never left you God is saying come back to me you want peace in your heart peace in your life peace in your home some of you have come to church but you've never made Jesus your Lord and Savior let him be Lord of all in your life today if you want to say pastor I want to come back home today before it's too late I want you to raise your hand wherever you are we'll see who you are will pray for you god bless you my brother somebody else god bless you in the balcony somebody else I'll see those hands in the balcony somebody else if you would raise your hand I'll see your hands to the back god bless you god bless you god bless you do we have anybody in the balcony any of our clerks in the balcony somebody needs to be in the balcony if somebody I see a hand over here do we have clerks and elders working their hands all over the century elders and Clark's help me somebody raise your hand for Jesus today you want to come back you want to say pastor I want to come back I want to come back before it's too late you may give up on God but God will never give up on you you want that peace that I preached about the day that only Jesus can give raise your hand raise your hand wherever you are I see a hand over here god bless you I see a hand over here I see a hand over here to the right another hand raise your hand over there somebody else raise your hand somebody I see a hand to the back see hand to the back elders and clerks raise your hand somebody else somebody else somebody else you may have been coming to church but never made that commitment to Christ today you can do that we'll pray with you we'll study God's word with you we'll prepare you to take that big step in baptism somebody else would you raise your hand what do you say past I need that piece I need Jesus in my heart god bless you over here sister I see your hand listen to me folks I'm gonna pray for somebody because you may have come in here rattled by life's circumstances but I believe here today that you can leave this place with a peace that only God can give if you need special prayer I want you to get out of your seats come to this altar we'll pray about your needs as we sing when peace like a river everybody sing come we got pray for you special prayer come to the altar will pray for you come from all over the sanctuary and come close to the altar leave room for those are coming behind you come all the way [Music] come come when sorrows [Music] whatever my life I was taught me to sing it is well it is well with my soul [Music] second everybody in as well [Music] say that second stanza sing the second stanza sing the second stanza as they're coming [Music] as they come let's sing everybody I said not in thought [Music] is nailed to the cross [Music] and I bear there's a lot praise the Lord my soul singing everybody's singing it as well [Music] it as well [Music] [Applause] sing that for us one more time in Israel get as well it as well [Music] it as well [Music] [Applause] [Music] in as well in as well it is well with my soul it is well [Music] there Jesus the elusive peace we seek it's not as elusive as we think we humbly surrender to you this day so you could be our King so that you can be our Lord so you can be our peace when you left this earth you says my peace I leave with you but our hearts are troubled we are conflicted we are confused we worried we are sad we are easily broken god this day weak once your peace we want your peaceful turmoil we want your peace when we fall - we want your peace when we experience guilt we want your peace God when it's hard to go on we want your peace God we know your peace comes with you so what we're really asking God today we want you we want you in our hearts we want you in our living rooms we want you in our bedrooms we want you in the dining table we want you when we are sitting with our families we want you when we are in the subway we want you God when we are in conflictual circumstances we want you and your peace God and father today many of us walked into this church without peace without hope I pray God that you'll come into our hearts so forgive us lord please father you've been standing at our doorsteps and you've been knocking we are opening the doors to you right now during this moment of consecration come in take up residence be the answer to all of our problems be our Lord our God our King and our peace I know you have heard our prayers I know you've entered the hearts of each person help us to live each day recognizing that you will never leave us nor forsake us and when we turn our backs on you you'll come after us grant us your peace grant us your grace in the name of Jesus we pray with joy abundant and Thanksgiving that the people of God say Amen better people of God say Amen [Music]

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Length: 53min 42sec (3222 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 14 2018