Fail Proof Living part 9

welcome to ever increasing ever increasing faith  grow in godliness we walk by faith not by faith you can change welcome to ever increasing faith remember these  words from the book of romans chapter 10 verse 17   so then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the  word of god praise god for another day and for   another privilege and opportunity to share with  you the living word of god i need your continued   faithful financial support if ever increasing  faith television is to remain on the air in your   area on the screen is an address where you can  mail your tithe gifts or offerings for the support   of this ministry and let me take this opportunity  to thank you so very much for your past your   present and whatever future support you're led to  give remember you are helping to make it happen   all right let's turn in our bible to second  peter chapter one second peter chapter one   second peter chapter 1 and we'll read again our  foundation scriptures for our present lesson   all right second peter chapter one if you ever say  i have it all right beginning at verse one it says   simon peter a bond servant an apostle of jesus  christ to those who have obtained like precious   faith with us by the righteousness of our god and  savior jesus christ grace and peace be multiplied   to you in the knowledge of god and of jesus  our lord as his divine power has given to us   all things say all things all things that pertain  to life and godliness through the knowledge of him   who called us by glory and virtue by  which have been given to us exceedingly   great and precious promises that through these  exceedingly great and precious promises you may   be partakers of the divine nature having escaped  the corruption that is in the world through lust   but also for this very reason giving all diligence  add to your faith virtue to virtue knowledge   to knowledge self-control to self-control  perseverance to perseverance godliness   to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly  kindness love for if these things are yours and   abound you will be neither barren nor unfruitful  in the knowledge of our lord jesus christ for   he who lacks these things is short-sighted even to  blindness and has forgotten that he was cleansed   from his old sins therefore brethren be even  more diligent to make your call in election sure   for if you do these things you will never stumble  i want us all to read verse 10 allowed together   let's read read therefore brethren be even more  diligent to make your call and election sure for   if you do these things you will never stumble now  we're talking from the subject fail-proof living   living without failing based on this verse  that we just read it is possible and i believe   father god's purpose for his children to live  a life that does not contain failure now we   found out early on that the word stumble as it's  used here in the new king james it means to fall   never fall fall down or fail now the word never  as i pointed out before is an awesome word   i mean never i mean that's pretty definite  never say never never never okay that word never   literally means by no means ever it also carries  the idea by no means not even at any time   so when we who are in ministry look around the  body of christ and particularly even when we have   the oversight of a local congregation like here  crenshaw and we see so many christians who are   who have fallen failed in life failed as  christians even in the sense of living a   victorious ongoing life that you it it hurts  your heart to see it particularly when you   pour out what you have to them not only out of  the crucible of the word itself but out of a   lifestyle that you've lived yourself  and know that it's possible to do that live without failing that's awesome  never stumble never fail but   we control that that won't happen and you will  never experience it unless you do what the word   said add to your faith and so that's what we've  been talking about now the last time we were   together we were talking about because it tells  us that add knowledge we pointed out the fact   there are two kinds of knowledge that we need to  be aware of first of all spiritual knowledge but   then also practical knowledge concerning the lies  that we have to live because we live our life in   a three-dimensional physical world we need to know  some things about this physical world and we need   to know some things about ourselves physically as  well as spiritually and so we were talking about   some things that we needed to know one of the  things was uh what's called temperance and that's   the old king james talks about temperance but the  real meaning of the word is simply self-control   and that seems to be a real  real hindrance to many people   so many people christians and this this is the  sad part christians are out of control amen   and they wonder why things don't click for them  why things don't work for them because they look   over the little foxes now they're really quick  to recognize a dinosaur but when it comes to   little fox they they don't seem to think that  that's of any value or any importance but it   is it all works together so self-control to  master and control the body with all its lusts   and usually we you know i'm not gonna go there   i talked about it last night i'm not gonna  say anything about it my wife is looking at me okay people date them anyway self-control  self-control uh let's look uh   at romans chapter six we looked at this  before but i want to uh go on today from   where we left off so i need to hook up with  that romans chapter 6. we're in control i used to think that things were  just inevitable you know they just   you know quest or whatever would be  will be no no no no we have control   and that's an awesome thought to think of  it that i can control when i say control now   i'm responsible for my actions i'm responsible  for my lifestyle the lord will help me he already   provided all of the necessary ingredients but  i have to do something with those ingredients   okay so romans chapter 6 and we'll look at verse  11. it says likewise you also reckon yourselves to   be dead indeed to sin but alive to god in christ  jesus our lord now i pointed this out last time   but i want to revisit it simply because of his  great importance and i see so many christians who   don't seem to recognize this it says likewise you  also reckon that word recommends to count yourself   or act like it's so to reckon or count yourself  or act like it so it says likewise you also   reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin now i  pointed this out before but it'll bear repetition   this we're reading an english translation from  the greek language and the translations and   translators sometimes put into the translation  their own perspective perhaps religiously   theologically traditionally denominationally  and it kind of clouds the meaning of the word   because it uses the word here likewise you  also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin   but it's not sin it's the word if you look  it up you'll find out it literally that whole   chapter that word sin is talking about the  sinful nature because the sinful acts are the   result of the sinful nature if you didn't have  a sinful nature you would never commit a sin   you couldn't are you following me and so  it's really sinful nature likewise you also   count yourselves to be dead well if he tells  me to count myself to be dead i must be alive guess what dead folk don't have to count  themselves to be dead they are dead   go to the cemetery and visit look at the tombstone  and see if you see anybody talking to you   if you do get out of that cemetery quickly  speedily fast right no so so we must be alive   if i have to count myself or act like  i'm dead that means i must be alive   that's where faith comes in i've got to  act like i'm dead to the sinful nature   see when we were born again nothing changed  in the spirit part of our threefold nature i'm sorry in our flesh the threefold nature which  we our spirits have souls live in the body the   spirit part of us is what was changed we have  a new spirit we're a new person in christ jesus   spiritually but not physically that's why you  have the temptation trials and tests that come   against you and sometimes some have yielded to  those because you're not that that that flesh   is still the way it was before you got saved  if you don't do something with it it'll lead   you down the garden path so likewise you  also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed   to the sinful nation but alive to god in  christ jesus so that means i'm in control   that means i can do that why would god  tell me to do something why would he tell   us to do something that he by his omniscience  would very well know we can't do that   we can't do that why would he tell us to  do what we can't do he wouldn't so that   means we can't it's a matter of choice do you  will to do it all right look at 8 romans 8 12 talking about self-control he  said if we add this to our faith   we will never stumble we'll never  fall we'll never fail if say if   little word with a huge meaning if it's a  condition all right look at 8 12 and 13. it   says therefore brethren we are debtors not to  the flesh to live according to the flesh for if   you live according to the flesh you will die but  if by the spirit and again that word spirit is   is not translated correctly he's not talking  about the holy spirit talking about our recreated   human spirit the real us he says but if by the  spirit you put to death the deeds of the body   you will live therefore brethren we are debtors  not to the flesh you don't owe your flesh a thing you don't owe your flesh a thing look at it it  says therefore brother we are debtors not to the   flesh so you don't owe your flesh anything  you can't let your flesh run you because   it doesn't know how to do anything but what it  used to do before you ever found out about jesus   it'll do anything you let it do in  some things that you won't let it do   seriously i mean because it  doesn't know the difference   it's never been changed that's why god gives  us the responsibility to control that's why   self-control if god was going to do it through  the new birth then why tell us to be self-control   it look like we ought to be god control like  robots or automatons but we're not it's our   responsibility so he says therefore brethren we  are debtors not to the flesh to live according   to the first meaning the flesh dictating how we  act how we live that should never be the case   for if you live according to defense you  will die now that doesn't mean physically   dying because you're going to die anyway if you  don't do nothing if you lie in the bed the rest   of your life you're going to die every minute  that you live you're dying you're not gaining   more life you're using up life you're not getting  closer to your point of origin you're getting   closer to your point of departure so you're going  to die so he's not talking about that but we could   things can die in terms of your joy in terms of  your influence in terms of many other things can   all die if we let the flesh dictate the terms of  our lives all right let's look at something else uh this is what we were talking about last time uh   we were talking about well let's see  where do i want to go we're talking about   uh lying started talking about lying we  ended we started talking about timeliness   self-control control still be on time now i  thought about it again this morning when i came in   i've been asking this question to myself for years  i don't i don't have an answer i don't know maybe   i'll do a a poll you know what i mean i put out  a a question and answer thing to find out i don't   understand i'm not i'm not trying to be funny or  facetious i just don't understand why born-again   christians claim to be filled with spirit love  the lord oh yes hallelujah dance before the lord   nothing wrong with that don't misunderstand  me now but i don't understand how they   of all people on planet earth cannot  be on time for a service every sunday but it's amazing we have the  ability to get to work on time because if we're late too many times that  man will put your tail out in the street but isn't it amazing we just spit in god's face  but we want him to come to our rescue and our   aid when we have a need but we can't even get  to church on time once a week to be with the   saints of god and to demonstrate our commitment to  god by simply being on time see that self-control other than something that happened beyond  your control and you can't you cannot say   that in all the years of your life you've  had 959 times when things happened that you   didn't have any control over most of the time  you're late because you don't start on time amen i just want to know  maybe i put out a question   i'm serious i'm not trying to be  facetious i i just don't understand   you can be you can be on time for the  man but you can't be on time for the man i mean five days a week most 40 hours a  40 a week job you got to go there every   day monday through friday and some people and  this is what really gets to me some christian   are so proud of the fact that for 25 years i have  worked for this company and i have never been   late and they get the little plaque or the  award for timeliness but when it comes to god   late all the time what's up with that i mean   anyway i just i don't understand i really i don't  understand and that's a part of self-control   i mean if god can't trust you to be on time  why would he trust you with anything else i wouldn't why should he he  can't count on you to be on time   once a week not five days a week not 40 hours  a week once just once you can't be on time   you are out of control see you don't control  yourself i don't know what i don't know who   it is or what it is it's controlling you but  somebody else apparently must be controlling you it's timeliness just just be on time just be on time so i i think i might do  that pastor if i get your permission no   i'm really serious i just i don't understand  i i i i i want to know i just want to know   if you have a legitimate i mean if  all these people that come in here   after 10 o'clock have a legitimate reason for  being late i just would like to know what it is   what's what what's the cause of it it  says i see it as being out of control and like i said most of the time there's  really no reason to be late you're just   fooling around to the last minute i  mean it's not every week that there's   a jam on the freeway where you can't get  through you know they got you on a detour i leave an hour ahead of time   every week you get to church and usually only  ends up taking about 30 minutes ordinarily it's real easy i don't know i just have this thing about i have  this thing about if if i if god can't count on me in little things how can i expect him to count  on me in bigger things and that may be why   if nothing's ever come to you things you like  things you want desire but you never you never   even consider little things like timeliness that's  all it is self-control it's control i control it so i get up early i get prepared like i say i  put do all my clothes and stuff saturday night   saturday afternoon saturday night so that  everything's i know everything is right i get   the right socks the right shoes the tie all that  kind of particular cufflinks that i want to wear   put everything aside saturday night i'm ready when  i go to bed i'm ready all i gotta do is wait for   morning to come and i just put that stuff on and  i'm out of there fumbling around and it's like oh   my god the shoelaces broke or or the the cufflink  broke off but you wait till sunday morning that's   what happens to you late but you you i even see  it in the natural rim sometimes when i'm driving   and particularly women because they have no no  no i don't mean that to put down they have makeup   they put on i don't put makeup on every day to  go to work but most women do lipstick and rouge   and i watch when they get to a signal they stop  and you can see them in the rearview mirror and what's up with that that's  just somebody out of control seemed like a little thing but see  it's a little foxy they spoil the vine see it's the little things and  that's what trips people up   i don't want to fail in life so i do what i got to  do self-control now lying go to proverbs chapter   6. again see lying i i can't stand a liar because  see a lie you're in control of a lie now stop this   listen to this rather lying is not just verbal  it's your actions you can lie by your actions those look like hips but  they're really not you're lying you're lying what's that about it what is that about i i just use that as one  illustration oh yeah yeah yeah yeah i think it   doesn't make any but it does it does all right  look at this now proverbs 16. i don't i i really   yeah yeah if you lie to me i gotta cut you loose  i love you pray for you distance but i can't   trust you the reason being because a lie is a  premeditated act you don't accidentally tell a lie i can prove it you know why wha  what is what's the purpose of a lie   any kind of lie when you let's  say on a one-to-one basis   talking to somebody else or relating to  someone else what's the purpose of a lie   to deceive isn't that right okay so that's why you  can know that a lie is premeditated because you   got to think about what you're saying because  you end up you might end up telling the truth and that you don't want to do that you want the  person to think up when in fact it's really down   so you got to do a little thinking before you  open your mouth because you just might let the   cat out of the bag and tell the truth so that's  why i know you're in control when you tell a lie you're in control and i i just i i you know i  like i said i pray for you i'm bored you if if i   if you lie to me and i catch and  find out it is a lie i'm through   i'll pray for you i'll never lift a finger to  hurt you but i can't trust you because now i   don't know when you're telling me the truth  if you ever lie to me one time i i don't know   when the truth is coming or when a lie is  coming and i got too many things to do in   life you have to sit around and weigh your  words to find out are they true or are false now watch this i got all of this from god i got all this from god i'm gonna show  you in the bible proverbs what chapter 6   he'll blow you away on this one all right look at  verse 16 and 17. it says these fixed things the   lord what i didn't hear that i didn't hear it what  i didn't hear oh are you saying hey hey watch this   now these six things the lord hates yes seven are  an abomination to him a proud look a lying tongue hallelujah praise the lord well wait wait  a minute we're supposed to emulate and   copy and follow our heavenly father  so if god hates a lie i hate a lie   all right let me read it again because you didn't  get that these six things the lord hates yes seven   are an abomination to him a proud look a lying  tongue hand that shed innocent blood a heart that   divides his wicked plans feet that are swift in  running to evil a false witness who speaks lies   and one who sows discord among brethren  god hates the lying tongue so do i you couldn't pay me to lie to you there's  not enough money on this planet mars jupiter   venus saturn mercury for me to lie to you and  you know why just because i choose not to lie   i'm in control it's a choice i  control my tongue boy when your   tongue is out of control and somebody else  is controlling it you got a real problem lie christians that's the part that's so bad the  world i expect that i mean they lie to us every   night every day on the news telling us all kind of  junk you know so i expect that that's the nature   of the world because the world is dominated by  satan but christians born again spirit-filled   christian bible token christians red green orange  yellow and blue highlight marking christians no look at this i got it out of the bible  so if god hates it i ought to hate it   watch this i ought to hate it enough not to do  it so you can lie to me if you want to but if   i find out that you lied to me and i found  out it's a lie your word from then on is no   good because i don't have any way of knowing  when you're going to be telling the truth   because again a lie is premeditated you have to  think about what you're saying because as i said   earlier you could tell the truth when in fact  you want to tell a lie you want to deceive a   person so now i don't know when are you telling  me the truth and when are you telling me a lie okay now the bible says in the mouth of two or  three witnesses we're talking about self-control   and lying is self-control let's  look at this look at proverbs 13 5.   you're in proverbs 13. we're talking about control  he said if you add these things through your life   you'll never stumble or never fail maybe that's  why you're failing because you tell too many lies   you know again lying by your  words and by your actions and then while i'm on it let me get on  this it just came to me let me get on this i said something about this in years gone  by i don't know where my finance people are   but i'm wondering i don't know oh yeah but i was wondering  if there's anybody here from   the finance department you can tell me  are we still getting checks that bounce you can tell me that we still get checked to  bounce see when you give somebody a check you   lie to them unless you tell them this check  i'm giving you now the date is next monday   don't put it in the bank until after that date  i won't see you physically so i won't be able   to give it to you later so i'm giving it to you  now but it's post dated so don't try to cash it   because it's going to bounce christians writing  god a check that bounces you out of control you   needed to be you need to be locked up somewhere  you're dangerous no you're dangerous no you're   dangerous think about it write in god to check  and it watches if you don't know how much you   have in your checking account that show nothing  means you don't have any business writing a check because the check is in lieu of cash   when you give someone a check you are saying  there's money in the bank to back that check up   and if there's not money in the bank then you  lied about it when you gave them the check   you're a liar and you ought to have your part  in the lake that's right and i don't mean tahoe   seriously christians writing a  check to god in the czech bouncers i mean i've had people do that to me personally  i mean i never ask anybody for any money   and they give me a check and that sucker comes  back and i got to go through the whole thing   of messing up my check register to deduct that  fallacious bootleg check out of control out of   control you ought to know how much if you don't  know call the bank before you write to check see little foxy it's a little thing you  think it doesn't make that much difference   everybody's doing it but you're not everybody  you're a child of god you're spill spirit   filled you're you're a child of god you  should act with exactitude whenever you act   integrity thank you very much yes yes  with church getting checked the bounce and you know what it's very rare and i've gotten  quite a few of them back like for instance   in the videos giving me checks and i don't  ever recall getting a check back from the bank for other than non-sufficient funds i never got a check back lacking  a signature or something like a it's   non-sufficient fun that means there's not  enough money in the bank to cover the check   if you don't know how much money you have in the  bank you don't have any business writing a check   and see we don't we we're so out of control   and so self-centered that we never stop to think  how would you feel if somebody gave you a check   and it bounced would you like it oh goody i got  another bounce check hallelujah praise the lord glory to god i don't think so i don't  think so think about it where suppose   they gave you a bad check well then why  would you give somebody else a bad check   out of control that's all it is is control  reconcile your checkbook if you don't know how   to do so get somebody to help you with it so that  when you write a check you know that it's good because somebody may be counting on  that that check that amount of money   and so when you write a check and you don't  have money to cover the check you just lied   you lied and we just found out  god don't god don't like liars that didn't go over very well i'ma move on i'm  moving on yes i'm gonna move on uh did i tell you   to go to 13 yes i didn't tell you the verse yet  proverbs proverbs 13 and verse 5. look at this a   righteous man hates lying so am i wrong for hating  liars or lying i got out of the bible look at this a righteous man and see if you're a christian you  are the righteousness of god in christ you are   supposed to be a righteous man  righteous woman righteous whatever   it says a righteous man hates lying i would never  want anyone to lie to me so i cannot lie to you   if i don't want someone to lie to me now  if you like folk lying to you then go can   go ahead and tell your life i don't like  it myself so i i can't participate in i   can't do it and the good thing about  it i'm i'm in control i'm in control let me read it again a righteous man hates lying   lying is a part of being self-control you control  it telling the truth or telling a lie okay   let's look at this go to ephesians  chapter four now this one this is heavy heavy hangs over somebody's big toe no it does it's it's it's christians writing checks and don't  have the money to cover it in the bank ephesians 4. all right think about it this way  let's really bring it down the home how many of you are gainfully employed  let's say on the average 40 hour a week job   doing something and how many of you  get paid for what you do on that job   we call it earning a living how many of you  get paid by an actual physical paper check   in the envelope however they give  it to you but you get a check   how would you feel if you went to the bank  and the check bounced happy happy happy day   the check bounce you hold you already just  about laid on your mortgage's payment when   that you count on that check to get that check  in the bank how would you feel you be happy why would you give somebody else a bum check  and why on god's green earth would you give god   a bad check and then expect him to heal you  with your mm-hmm but we don't think about that   you know just me myself and i no no  no you're a representative of god   jesus said it himself when he was here  he said you are the light of the world you're not the light of the church  you're the light of the world so how can light lie all right ephesians chapter four  if you have it say i have it   oh gosh i don't know whether we ought to read this  or not but i'm going to read it not to worry not   to worry okay look at this now we're talking about  self-control verse 25 therefore putting away lying   let each one of you speak truth with his brother  or neighbor for we are members of one another whoa therefore putting away lying see  we used to lie when we in the world   some of us before we came before we became  christians our whole lifestyle was a lie people thought we were something when we weren't  because we put on a front but now he says put it   away doesn't the word putting away isn't that  indicative of the fact that you're in control   we could have because if you were not in control  then it would be fallacious for paul to tell us to   put away something that god the father would  know we don't have the capability of doing   so that means i can do this i can stop  lying amen by words and by actions therefore putting away lying let each  one of you speak truth with his neighbor you are my labor neighbor and i'm your neighbor   so he's telling me what to do that means  i'm in control would you agree with that okay so from this day forward i'm challenging  you no more coming to this church late i don't think i instituted but it used to  really get me and i was going to decide   to lock the door at a certain time see my  wife she don't like it oh dad don't do that   that's why people get away with stuff because  they're never challenged not to do what they do and it's amazing we christians are  really a different breed all businesses   they uh department stores everybody all  those they have a time when they close they have a tiny clothes they  have a time to open and guess what   if you get there past the closing  time they don't let you in yeah i wanted to oh i want to do it so bad guess what they they they do that at the airport   the plane will leave your  raggedy tail at the loading gate   okay question anybody ever  miss a flight yeah exactly and you talk about embarrassing and frustrating  lord jesus they will leave you at the terminal now now today i mean airlines this thing  is so messed up i mean years gone by there   were airlines that their standard was on  time they had a reputation being on time i missed the flight one time yes the right  reverend dr apostle frederick casey price   betty's husband fredrik junior's father they   left me in the airport and the  plane took off i watched it take off i could look through the great big plate  glass window and see the plane i told him   people wait i gotta take it and they didn't  get anything about me they left me at the   airport and guess what i've never missed  a flight since then i've been flying for   40 years they left me stores have a closing time  they have an opening time that's what i really   want to really want to do i want to really post a  sign and tell y'all service starts at 10 o'clock   if you're not in you split you're not getting  there attention supposed to be in your seat you don't get to the airport when the plane is  leaving you get there ahead of time get on the   plane have your tail in the seat your seat  belt bathing tray tables up waiting for the   flight to take off you're supposed to get there  ahead of time not just when the plane is going   to lift that's the way it ought to be here oh i  want to i'd love to just do that yeah look there   she is no dad you don't want to do this oh dad  you know what you do what i do i want to do it   because i think it's it's i think it's it's  it's pitiful it's it i don't have words   let's move on y'all we're talking self-control  okay anyway no more lying no more bum checks timeliness lying both by your actions  and by whatever else all right next item is patience knowledge of patient  patient or the word is actually perseverance   and it really means or in the greek it means  endurance the ability to stand fortitude stand   fast or steadfastness constancy the word is not  passive but active look at this luke chapter 21. still here okay luke chapter 20 words whoo  i'm so glad he's off that lion business man if i had known he's going to talk  about that i wouldn't have come this   morning yeah i bet you wouldn't well father  wants to help you so he uses ministry gifts   you know as much as he can if you can  get a ministry gift that will be willing   because most people are so bound up with  acceptance a need to be accepted so they bypass   things that need to be dealt with because they  don't want anybody to think better i don't i   don't either but i don't give a real care  because you ain't gonna reward me i love you   and that's why i give you the truth but if you  get upset about it it's not on me it's on you when you can categorically show me from the  bible that what i'm telling you is not true   i'll repent publicly on nationwide television  and i won't do it again how about that   is that okay i'm serious i'm not trying to  play games but god's got to talk to you you   don't want him to come down here until you get  your tear here only and i'll bet you if god did   come down here and sit on that platform and say  we're going to start at 10 o'clock next sunday   morning and if you're not here we're going to lock  the door i'll bet you you get your skinny or big   wide whatever here i bet you i guarantee  you you get it you'll be here on time yeah you'll be here on time well he'll be here on time but in the meantime back  at the ranch you're going to do your thing   yeah i'd be glad i'm coming i don't know  what are you talking about me in here on time   that's terrible attitude to have dangerous it's  really dangerous sounds comical but it's not   comical it's reality all right let's look at  this what did i say luke chapter 21 okay look   at this now now jesus the christ is speaking so  get your rock and get ready to authority jesus   no because this is this is awesome uh verse  19 he says by your patience possess your souls that simply means control you're in control by  your patience or endurance possess your soul so that's our responsibility okay that's perseverance be   the ability to stand and having done  all the stand look at roman chapter 5.

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