"Following Jesus in the Regeneration" ~ Sfg. Bishop Rader Johnson

we want to read verse sixteen through twenty eight that's twelve verses because this is where our lesson is will stop at verse 28 well I think what we do we'll read verse 28 this is where our subject is and then we're going to go back and deal with verses 16 all the way leading up to verse 28 all right you have a key say Amen all right let's read and Jesus said unto them verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory ye also shall sit upon twelve Thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel and now our subject is following Jesus in the regeneration jesus said unto them verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration understand that regeneration means the new save life and since the new saved life is to save life and our lesson is dealing with us following him in the saved life that he has given us it's good to be baptized in Jesus name and feel what the Holy Ghost but that's not following him in the regeneration that is the regeneration when we got saved that's what brought us into the regeneration that's what brought us into the saved life but there is a life of salvation that we have to live now that we have been regenerated and we need to follow him in that regeneration in the saved life that we have we need to follow him in the life now this statement was prompted by Peters question in verse 27 when he says then answered Peter and said unto him behold we have forsaken all and followed thee what shall we have therefore now Peters question is prompted by the incident the conversation that Jesus had with the rich young ruler the conversation that he had with the rich young ruler is what prompted Peters question as to we have forsaken all what are we going to have in the end and then Jesus makes the statement ye which have followed me in the regeneration in the saved life and then of course he tells them you should going to be on twelve Thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel now some people think as I read in one article it said that there were like 23 or 25 apostles that's not true there was a 12 including Judas there was Pete Paul or there was Matthias then there was Paul and Barnabas Barnabas now how many does that make 15 there were only actually 15 apostles of course Judas committed suicide so they were actually well you had the eleven Matthias twelve Paul and Barnabas 14 but Jesus said ye shall be upon twelve Thrones so it was the twelve the eleven and the Apostle Paul that were actually personally taught and trained by Jesus and so they were the ones that had that distinction and they are the ones that he is talking about he shall be on twelve Thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel but that is not our subject tonight a subject has following him in the regeneration now as we told you he was responding to Peters question and Peters question was prompted by Jesus conversation that he had with the rich young ruler so let's go back to the beginning and see how this discourse came about that's why we need to back up to Matthew chapter 19 and verse 16 and make some points here concerning followed him in the regeneration now this is what he's dealing with he's dealing with the rich young ruler concerning following him all right so let's look at verse 16 let's read and behold one came and said unto him good master what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life what good thing that I what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life this is an attitude that many people have today they think that they can do good things that will get them into heaven that they can be saved by doing certain things of course the preachers on radio always talking about the law and keeping the law and as I've said before Israel couldn't even keep the law and they were Jews how you gonna keep it especially we you don't have the Holy Ghost you know what the law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit and that law he's talking about is the Ten Commandments all right and so keep in mind then that this rich young ruler has the misconception that he can do a certain thing that will get him eternal life and a lot of people feel that way they feel that if I just love everybody because it's all about love that's what's going to get me in or if I do any certain things that that's what's going to get me in you know he thinks that he can be saved by his good works and that's not the case because in Isaiah 65 I think it is it says all our righteous Ness are as filthy rags now why did he say righteousness says it's because he's talking about those things that we consider righteousness that we do but God said it is as a filthy rag our righteousness is not going to get us to heaven it's the righteousness of God that's gonna get us there but this is the attitude so he feels and he asked the question what good thing can I do in the sense that I can earn eternal life by the works that I do none of us can do that well Jesus is didn't correct him he baited him on a little bit and so let's look at verse 17 and he said unto Him why call us now me good there is none good but one that is God but if thou will enter into life keep the commandments now Jesus is baiting him now okay let's see what he says verse 18 he saith unto Him which this is to imply that there are some Commandments that I have to keep and other Commandments that I don't have to keep and that's how people are today they feel that there are portions of the Word of God that they are relative to them that are of importance and that there are other portions of the Word of God that they could just disregard because he says which ones now it should have been all of them but as you see he was not keeping all of the commandments he was not as good as he thought that he was you see he responded which ones which ones do I have to keep you said keep the commandments which ones do I have to keep and a lot of people like that they talk about the gospel Jesus died and was buried and rose again the third day then they jump over at the book of Acts and go to Romans 10 and 9 and say confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus now I've heard preachers on this radio station here in town I've heard them quote acts 2:38 and they said repent and be baptized every one of you and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost I've actually heard them do that numbers of times his preachers that come on between 2 and 3 o'clock and then the other false prophet comes on at 3 o'clock but I've heard them hold those scriptures and skip right over them why because they feel that you that somewhere the portion of the word of God that you have to keep and there's other portions of the word of God that they don't believe in and so they just discounted well this is how this rich young ruler was he asked which Commandments do I have to keep well let's see what Jesus baited him a little bit all right you didn't chastise him he's just leading them on let's read no shall well okay what does it say where am i keeping he said in God but if thou will enter into life keep the commandments and said okay let's read thou shalt do no murder thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not steal thou shalt not bear false witness honor thy father thy mother and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself now these are the last six of the newt of the ten commandments you see when you look at the commandments and see them posted in churches and on walls and all the other kind of stuff they usually divided into five and five but that's not correct they're actually supposed to be divided four and six because the first four has to do with your relationship with God thou shalt have no other gods before me thou shalt not make unto me any graven image [Music] thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy see the content Commandments are separated four and six because the first four has to do with your relationship with God the last six are the civil commandments which has to do with your relationship with your brother and sister so Jesus quotes the civil Commandments to him all right and so he has given him an opportunity to boast of his own morality and Jesus allowed him to do that because he's about to show him his own heart see we don't know our own heart people like to walk around and see what the Lord knows my heart when you tell them about something right or something that they're doing wrong he said well the Lord knows my heart and I've been known to say to them yes he does and you don't how why is it that we don't know our hearts because our hearts are deceitful and above all things desperately wicked and then he asked the question who could know it and then the next verse unless you know I the Lord the Lord knows our hearts sometimes you deal with people and say I know what you're thinking I'm like really you really know what somebody's thinking now I've done that I've done that to my wife at times oh I know what you're thinking she said what so are you the Almighty I say I am NOT the Almighty then she said that you don't know what I'm thinking and I said I know what you're thinking now what I know you're thinking that I'm crazy she that's right you're crazy so a lot of us like to play God sometime to say we know what somebody is thinking but Jesus the only one that can read thoughts I remember there was a church in Jackson on south on the south side and they had a woman prophet s so called there and she boasted that she can read people's minds and thoughts and so they packed his church out and she was reading people's minds and thoughts and everybody was so amazing he thought it was of God and of course he was in high school at the time and it was now bishop tim johnson because we've been out preaching on the street corner and and so many of the some of the high school students that we went to high school with went to that church and so they were like oh this it was God was reading our thoughts through this woman and and I'm making the point I said no that's no one can read thoughts about the Lord and see but this how the devil works so the devil can put a thought in the person's mind and then tell somebody else that they were thinking that how can they do that because he's the one that put it in a mind and that's exactly how was being done you know because the church was a cult they taught that speaking in tongues was from the devil and then we was putting so much pressure on the church me and Tim because we had a I was preaching out on the corner every day and we would go where there was a whole bunch of young people and they had a lot of young people they went to the church the young people wore their skirts that swept the floor because they were pretty straight no earrings no makeup you have to wear skirts and I remember before I got saved going to the parties and the fastest daughter used to attend the parties and then every now and there during the party she would out be out there dancing in her long skirt on and somebody would say Reverend Hamptons at the door and she would jump up off that dance floor and running hide and everybody would just laugh you know but the devil can do that the devil can put a thought in your mind and then tell somebody else what you're thinking and you know that's not of God isn't it I don't know why people think that just because something miraculous that happens or unnatural that happens it's supposed to be God everything that miraculously happens is not God Satan has power to the demons of Hell have power to but greater is He vis and US than what he that is in the world all right so Jesus quotes him the civil commandments and now he's feeling pretty good about himself all right he's but he's boasting about his morality all right verse number 20 the young man saith unto Him all these things have I kept from my youth up what lack I yet so he is challenging God to find in him something where he is lacking he gives him the several Commandments now Jesus knew he was keeping those Jesus knew everything he was God he was just setting the young man up in order to show him his heart because he was blinded concerning the condition of his heart by his morality you see some people are blinded to their condition because they're so self-righteous there are some people that are never wrong and when you try to tell them that they're wrong they want to come up with excuses as to why they're right and they're still and they're just as wrong as to left shoes see the Bible says every man is right in his own eyes but the Lord waiteth the hearts you know God looks at the heart man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart and sometimes you can tell what's in a purposed heart in a person's heart but what comes out of their mouth because out of the abundance of the heart the what the mouth speaketh so you got to be careful what you say because if you not care about what you say what's in your heart is gonna come out he was a man so he baited him on and so he got even the place now what God can deal with him see God does this with us sometime he'll let us go on because he wants to show us something about ourselves show us something I remember when I first got saved I still remember the first sin that I ever committed 39 plus years ago and I remember going to the pastor and talking to him somebody said what is it you want to know what it was thank you I need to know is gonna tell you anyway but but I but I went to the pastor and told him how could something like that happen he said sometimes things have to happen to show you what's in you so that you will be aware and they quoted me the scripture let him that standeth take heed lest he fall you see sometimes you're not as saved as you think you are and you're not as lacking as you think you are either and so every now and then God's got to come through and allow you to see some things about yourself and sometimes he might even use the same to come by and do something to show you what's in yourself and it's not about what somebody did to you a lot of times it's about what's in you because you have to keep in mind we're always being tested we're always being tried and we will continue to be tested and continue to be trying and I remember a story of Bishop Haywood he gave many years ago and he was invited to a place to preach I think it was in Canada and something happened to where he got stranded and he made the statement the test is on somebody and what he meant by that was that God is testing somebody he didn't say himself what was the result well I can't remember the story verbatim because it's not in my notes just came back to my mind but when it was all said and done he established the church there in Canada that became a very thriving church and the church never would have been started had he not been stranded there in Canada so you see a lot of times and we are in difficult situations the test does not necessarily on us it's on somebody else I think I might preach that to Sunday since that there's a lot of that that'd be a good sermon wouldn't it see we always think about it's about us it ain't always about us you know sometimes I mean Jesus it wasn't about him he knew that that's why he died on the cross it was about us and a lot of times it's not about you and it's not about me it's about somebody else all right and so he is showing he's gonna show this young man his heart and this is what God tries to do with us he tries to get us to see ourselves and a lot of times we can't see ourselves and so God has to allow certain things to transpire in our you get our attention he's got to bait us around a little bit so that we can come to ourselves and see ourselves so this is what he did the disjunct man he said all these things I kept from my youth Oh what lack I yet now Jesus is about to get to him verse 21 Jesus and unto him if thou will be perfect now he keeping the civil commandments he kept them from his youth oh but he still was not perfect did you know that you can be holy and still not perfect you can be just because you are living holy don't mean you are perfect now we'll get to that as we go along and the lesson if thou will be perfect what did he say go and sell that thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come in what follow me you see he set him up to show him himself you know there are a lot of people that are not committing heinous sins but they're still lost because they blinded to their own morality because they are not perfect in the sight of God now what was hindered him from being perfect well his riches so Jesus is saying get rid of all of your hindrances and then you will have treasure in heaven and come and follow me follow me what follow me in the regeneration now the young man wasn't as good as he thought he was let's read verse 22 but when the young man heard that saying he went away what sorrowful for he at what great possessions if that will be perfect now see even though that he was doing all those things it makes the point that our greatest righteousness that we may have is not enough to perfect us in the sight of God or is not enough for us to be what God wants us to be we have to get rid of any and every hindrance that we have in our life that will keep us from following him in the regeneration following him in the manner that he wants us to follow follow him in the manner that he will consider us following him all right you see God is our judge is that right he's judging us all times the Bible says in 1st Peter 4:17 I think it is that judgment begins at the house of God every day of our life we are sitting in judgment would being judged now how does that work well you're being judged right now that as the word of God goes forth God is showing you some things in your life that you need to start doing that you haven't been doing and some things that you need to stop doing that you have been doing he's given us that privilege to judge ourselves now Paul said if we judge ourselves now we will not be condemned with the world and see the reason why people are gonna go to the lake of fire is because they refuse to judge themselves see all sin has got to be judged God is a God of judgment all sin has to be dealt with and what he has given us is an opportunity for us to deal with our shortcomings now so that when the rapture takes place he won't have to deal with him but those that refuse to deal with them now that he has to deal with them later and it's going to be too late you see so you might have a saint in the church that's causing problems disobedient the pastor disobedient to leadership alright not paying ties or what-have-you you bring them in to try to gain him try to reach him they still refuse and then eventually if they get too bad you have to put them out now I've heard people say you can put me out of your church but you can't put me out of God's church and I've told them if I put you out this church you are out of God's church you know but what happens to the individual they have sin in their life that is not judged so God has to judge it in in you know but if we judge ourselves now Paul said in first Corinthians I think it is 11 we will not be condemned with the world why because we would have already dealt with it in the time that God has allowed us to deal with it that's the privilege he gives us so he tells him to get rid of his possessions you have treasure in heaven and come and follow me the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had what he had great possessions another place I think it's in mark 10 21 it says jesus beholding him loved him now he loved him but that wasn't good enough for him to get in that wasn't good enough to make him perfect o people like to talk about how much Jesus loves them but that doesn't guarantee you salvation just because you say he loves you Jesus loved him but at the same time he says if that will be perfect so it's not enough to have God love you to be perfect you have to get rid of any and everything that will hinder you from following him all right so one thing that could perfect this young man the perfect is this admirable character in him is to come and follow Jesus by getting rid of his hindrances following how follow me in the regeneration well let's look at verse 23 then said Jesus unto his disciples what really I said to you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven now he didn't say a rich man could be saved because Paul said charge those that are rich in this world that they be not high-minded but fear so we do have some people that are rich none of us here I wish I was rich we can do a whole lot more in his church but anyway he didn't say a rich man can't be saved he just says hardly why because riches is one of those impediments that is hardest to overcome because a lot of people trust in their riches rather than trusting in God could you imagine a life where you have so much money that you can get whatever you want to get go wherever you want to go do whatever you want to do what kind of a life none of us can imagine that kind of life because a lot of times the hardships that we go through we turn to God because we can't meet those needs but what if we had all the money that we could ever want or need would we really serve God like we do now David said on one occasion concerning riches he said don't let me be too rich or too high because I might curse you he said don't let me too poor you know and I can't remember that part but he says feed me with food that is convenient for me just give me just enough to make it to where I won't deny you because of the things that I have or steal that's right thank you don't let me be so poor that I'd have steal and break one of the commandments thou shalt not steal say God knows exactly what he's doing with us he knows exactly what he is doing all right so he tells them really I'm saying to you that a rich man shall hardly enter the kingdom of heaven verse 24 and again I say unto you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter to the kingdom of God now he's not talking about a sewing needle did you know that he's not talking about a sewing needle you know what needle he's talking about you know what the door into the city the gates of Jerusalem would be closed during the Sabbath day and the only way to get in to the city would be through that small door that they call the needles eye and if a man was traveling and held his possessions he would hardly be able to get his possessions in that door which is called the needles eye and what does that speak up there will hardly be people into heaven because they got too much stuff that they refuse to part with in order to be saying you see if god's gonna see whether or not we are serious about our salvation or not and we're going to be tried and your trial is gonna come in a manner that you don't expect it might come through the pastor did you know most of the chastening comes through the pastor did you know that you didn't know that did you oh I got scripture to show you that how has it come through his preaching and his teaching and that's why we say don't discount what we're teaching because God chases you through that process the Bible says that should not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the grain or the corn and we are as the Ox the us as the grain and we are treading on you with that word and it gets to the point to where you say I don't know why he's talking about me somebody must have talked to him they did the Lord not you specifically but as a congregation so we get tried in all kinds of ways that we don't expect because God is trying to save us well so that's that needles I then for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God now let's look at the response to the disciples verse 25 when his disciples heard it they were exceedingly amazed saying who then can be saved but Jesus beheld with them and said unto them with men this is impossible but with God what all things are possible was he saying out of all of the hindrances that we have in our life and the distractions and the things that we have to deal with day by day how are we going to be saved is gonna be because of God that's how we're gonna make it if we're gonna make it it's gonna be with God because with God all things are possible you can still make it with God all right well so this is what prompted Peters response as he says here let's read then answered Peter and said unto him behold we have forsaken all and followed thee what shall we what have therefore now let's look at Peter for a little bit let's look at him as an individual what is he giving up you know he was a fisherman it wasn't a hobby it was his living and Peter had a wife her name was prepare for pronounce and all of a sudden / to it I believe her name was that was his wife in his fisherman business he was in business with his brother he had partners and of course the sons of Zebedee were partners with him and so when Jesus came because he said come and follow me Peter left his business he left his wife he never his partners to follow a man that said the foxes have holes in the birds there have nests but a son of man have no place to lay his head this is what he's talking about Peter said I've left everything what am I gonna have what shall I have therefore I've left everything you see we all have something to give up and to make it with God we're gonna have to give up everything Peter gave up his family his wife now I'm not saying that he left his wife he got divorced in a broken marriage and all that that's not what happened at all because his wife did die a martyr's death just like he did Peter was crucified upside down because when they were gonna crucify him he said I'm not worth it be crucified my Lord like my lord so they took him and crucified him upside down but then of course his wife was crucified I believe it was according to history so in order to follow Jesus you have to get rid of everything no hindrances between you and the Lord Peter left everything to follow Jesus all right and so then he answers them verse 28 let's read jesus said unto them verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory ye also shall sit upon twelve Thrones judging the what twelve tribes of Israel and so keep in mind he includes us here verse 29 and I think we need to reverse 29 there's not in my notes but let's reverse 29 and everyone everyone so that brings us into the picture doesn't it and everyone that as what forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name sake shall receive an hundredfold and shall inherit what so we cannot allow our houses our brothers and sisters mother and father not even our wife or our children or land to keep us from following Jesus we have to forsake all of that in one place he said whosoever shall not hate mother and father sisters and brothers is not worthy of me now he's not talking about hating them in the sense with the kind of hatred that we think of but what he is saying is simply this is that our love for God should be so great that in comparison to anybody else it's like hate you see he said Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated God didn't hate he saw in the sense as you normally would a person would hate their enemy but his love for Jacob was so great that in comparison to Esau it was almost like hate that's how we're supposed to be with God he is supposed to be our everything now I love my wife and my wife loves me but my wife ain't gonna go to hell for me should tell you in a minute and I'm not gonna go to hell for her if I was the backslide my wife's gonna keep on she probably put me out to Moschino devil living with her I know how she is so I guess I'll just stay safe and they're wonderful but you see what we're saying though see there can be nothing between us and the Lord if we're gonna follow him in this save life so what's hindering you from follow him the way that you know you should follow him what is standing in your way what is it that you have to give up well God's gonna put us all to the test he's gonna put us to the test some people can't be saved because of their children some people can't be saved because their wife and I can't tell you how many couples I've talked to that have told me our wives that have told me that they want to come to greater powerful temple but they got to follow their husband I said that's not in the Bible where did you read that in well he's the high priest I said there's only one high priest his name is Jesus and not Festus Festus is not the high priests Festus was a character on Gunsmoke that's why I've told him and he was like my name in Festus I said you know what I'm talking about I told him right there in front say you don't need you don't follow him want to concern your salvation and he goes to hell just break I was tired that day y'all I said if he go to hell are you gonna go to hell with it you know and he go to prison you gonna go to prison with him I gotta be with my husband well you now gonna be in that prison I'll put you in the worst prison in which is the women's prison you see that's a deception you see you see how the devil turned things around in the beginning Adam had to follow Eve he felt he needed to follow he now the devil has turned it around and now the wife says she got to follow us be gonna catch that oh you better save yourselves from this untoward generation just because you said I do don't mean that means that I do go to hell with you they don't mean that and I've just told the right may face praise the Lord cuz we need to tell people the truth is that right then all right dr. Mitchell now all right you got to tell you got telling the truth and if they get mad it just getting mad I did my job praise the Lord all right so let's go to let me see here let's go to Saint John chapter 3 verse 5 believe it not we're gonna be done in a few minutes this is a short lesson st. John chapter 3 verse number 5 see everybody is not like lady stewards and lady Stewart a husband has gone on to be with the Lord and she's still here I can't we say man there's a whole lot of first ladies that their husband goes on to be with the Lord and he don't come back to church I guess their husband was their God and they're gonna be something the husband is gonna be in heaven and the throwing a lookout say I couldn't even what you're doing nowadays we'll be in the throne with me I don't think nobody his name is aqua Nisha is it her your middle name - Asia - Asia what in the world well you you died and left me were you weird but Jesus is still alive or aqua nation wouldn't it be something Saint John chapter 3 verse number 5 alright let's read jesus answered verily baby we got repetition don't we barely barely I say unto thee except a man be what one of the water and of the spirit he cannot enter into what this brings us into the regeneration this brings us into it it brings us to the regeneration but we have to follow him in it there's a whole lot of folk that get to the regeneration and they don't stay say Oh a lot of folk I remember the first five years I passed through then base city we baptize 750 people in Jesus name I don't know how many got the Holy Ghost but we still only wound up with 30 35 fold because everybody that comes into the regeneration don't follow him in the regeneration and see the salvation brings us into the regeneration but there's a life we have to live we have to keep on following him so that we can be saved in the end all right Luke chapter 9 verse 57 and 58 let's look at some things that hinder people from being all that God has called them to be Luke chapter 9 verse 57 and 58 well that scream makes me look small I hope the other ones do they don't we need to change the lord have mercy alright I'm back in the spirit now don't worry Luke chapter 9 verse 57 and 58 now look at this here alright the tree and it came to pass that as they went in the way a certain man said unto him lord I will follow thee whithersoever what thou goest now Jesus is going to let him know what is gonna cost let's read and Jesus said unto Him the foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man has not what to lay his hair are you willing to pay the price follow me there's a lot of uncertainty when it comes to following Jesus you don't know everything that's gonna happen are you willing to put your life at risk like that for the Lord are you willing to go that far to follow me are you will you really follow me Peter said Lord I'll follow you into prison and the first chance he got he denied him three times didn't he and the Bible says all the disciples forsook him and fled after being with them for three and a half years and all the miracles that they saw but thank God they came back didn't they but a lot of people get saved and they're not willing to pay the price to stay saved a new of young lady that got saved in our church and she went home and her boyfriend raped her and I think he's dead now is he dead do you know this drug addict he got so bad about her being saved that he raped her that night I know that we know the one person she's still saved to this day still following Jesus she didn't say Lord why you let that happen to me well the Bible says he won't put more you than you can what then you can bear so whatever allows to come our way we can take it don't you know that God measures everything before it comes to you did you know that do we really believe that I can't take it did you hear what they said well the Lord heard the Lord let him do it Jimmy I cussed David out in joy I went to kill him he said now I may be the Lord let him curse him but in the end he told Solomon get him take care of him now that was something else that they was dealing they went back then but do you understand what we're saying God measures what comes our way because he wants a certain amount of stuff to be words in us just enough not too much not too little just right we are the measuring cup and he's pouring in the the fiery trial and it might be at level two he said okay that's enough because once they come out of that they're gonna be at this level y'all hear me so don't matter what you go through it's measured by God and if God allows it to come you can handle it because he's trying to stretch your faith can you say Amen no matter what it is no matter no matter what it is see we are in the hand of God he's in control he's always in control just because it's out of control as far as we are concerned he's still on the throne he has not lost his power just because things are chaotic you see the disciples was in the boat and it was too impetuous out there in the sea the wind's blowing the raves drawing the Lightning flashing and the Thunder roll and they felt since breakers - and trying to conquer their soul but everything was all right wasn't it no yeah they woke up Jesus then right Jesus said now he could say like this now you woke up my humanity but don't you know I'm on the throne always that lady and I never slumber nor sleep too worried about I think when we get to heaven we're gonna be like you know what I shouldn't know worried as much as I worry I shouldn't have been all night long crying and carrying on I should have been giving them some glory you'll see yourself saying that I do I see myself saying I don't worried myself to where I'm lost my hair why was I doing all that worrying why was I doing her and sometimes some of our leaders they get tired of me saying how much does that gonna cost because I'm still kind of I'm still I still penny pinch and but I think when we get to heaven we're gonna be like that we're gonna be saying you know what I could've did a little more and that's what causes me to try to do a little more now you ever think like that you know I'm big maybe I don't know I never thought about that bishop world now you can think about it all right well let's move on here he says let's reverse 59 and he said unto another follow me but he said Lord suffer me allow me first to go and bury my father now his father was not dead yet because if the father was dead he wouldn't be there he'd be in the house of mourning so what he is saying in essence Lord now a father's sick and I gotta take care of it so when I'll get finished taking care of him and when he dies I'll come and follow you you see that ax - well I would do this in a church but I need to do doesn't does first Lord I would but you know there should be no but when it comes to Jesus but this was a good dish what is his response verse 20 verse 16 Jesus said unto him let the dead bury the dead but go thou and do what also he was talking about a preacher wasn't he see some preachers got standards before God before they go out and do what they Lord I don't I want to I want to start a church in Louisville I've had so many preachers that call me and say I'm I want to start a church oh and then my test question is or where you gonna go oh well I want to go over here because my cousin's family is there and I know immediately God ain't sent you because you don't go where God where you want to go you go where God tells you to go it's kind of like at the prison when we checked in at the prison we come down check in they slammed those gates I heard those gates land for 20 years in my sleep but we have walked through those gates go down to the mezzanine go up to the control center window and they told you where you worked you going to the wild wild west that was eight blocks I hated a block cuz you locked them guys up your turn around they back out running around and he had some officers they got mad cuz they didn't want to work a certain areas and so they tell him where they got it going it I'm not feeling too good and they would tell them okay McDonald's is hiring and they go where they tell them to go and see that that's usually a test question I asked preachers that want to go out and pastor you don't go where you want to go you go where God tells you to go can you say that makes sense so Jesus said let the dead bury the dead you go in preach the gospel what's more important preaching the gospel doing what God told you to do and don't let anything hinder you alright let's reverse 61 62 and another also said Lord I will follow thee but let me first go bid them farewell which are at mind what at home at my house some folk can't follow Jesus because they family they family hinders them from following Jesus and that's what this situation was the first situation was I don't know what's gonna happen because he told me to follow him but this man ain't even got a place to live see that's a lack of trust in God so he couldn't follow Jesus then the other one was well let me go bury my father first in other words nor this is more important let me take care of this because this is more important to me then I will come that's putting God on the backburner so he can't follow him now this man's talk about his family some fool can't follow Jesus because of their family I got to take care of my husband I have to my husband wants his cigarette so I got to go down and get his cigarettes or he likes that wild Irish Rose and I got easy days easy nights Riunite on ice which isn't no longer nice because they don't drink that no more or mad dog my brother used to drink the worst whiskey that you could ever drink you can light a charcoal grill with what he'd ranked right good yeah right good [Music] so what is that I never had I had never seen any child so don't worry about it I'm just making some points here some folk a the family hinders them my children I can't come to church because of my kids you better get them baby a kids up and bring him to church so God can save him just yeah you get the point that's why I'm digressing I'm trying to get y'all to think are y'all thinking well you know my relatives came by that's why I ain't been to church they've been there all month the funders been there all month I see you in the month that wants us to tell me one time that she was driving 40 miles to church and she said you know it's too big a sacrifice to drive the church so I think I'm gonna leave and find me someplace else I said you only come to church once a month and that was the truth she only came once a month you know some folk a following because they family what the church did to my father so I can come and what the church did to my mother but what the church did to my kids they kicked my son off the drum so now I ain't coming simple can't follow him because of that am I making any sense what did Jesus say verse 62 jesus said unto Him no man having put his hand to the plow and what looking back is fit for what kingdom of heaven God is to be first if I'm gonna follow him I have to follow him unconditionally it's not good enough that I'm moral it's not good enough that I keep his Commandments it's not good enough that he loves me I have to follow him based on the standards I'll follow him that he has said not my own standards all right Ephesians chapter 5 No Titus chapter 3 verse 3 through 5 Titus chapter 3 verses 3 through 5 we got one two three four five six seven scriptures that were done so we got 18 minutes we should be able to finish this up Titus chapter three verse three through five and he all right tonight the baby said he's all right Titus chapter three verse three through five all right mm-hmm let's read for we ourselves also were sometimes foolish disobedient deceived serving divers lusts or desires and pleasures living in malice and envy hateful and hating what so you don't look too bad down on the folk out there cuz we were just like him some of us was worse could be say man and I'm quite sure if somebody looked at us and said look at him what a shame now look at you now you're born again saved and sanctified Holy Ghost filled water baptized got Jesus on the inside and you're running what running for your life so God might be bringing some of them in well the tree that's what we were sometimes go we was like that sometimes ago verse 4 but turn that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us how by the washing of regeneration that's water baptism and renewing of the Holy Ghost now I want you to realize we were washed in baptism we received the Holy Ghost but that doesn't stop there we as we follow him we are continually being washed we are continually being renewed in the Holy Ghost you see no garment is clean just because it was washed the first time I hope you don't think that I put this in the cleaners last year I can still wear it and everywhere it is every day ever since no just because we got cleaned up we have to continually to be clean we have to continually be washed we don't have to be baptized in Jesus name for the Holy Ghost again like in the AOH you don't have to receive the Holy Ghost again like you did before you just have to be washed you just have to be renewed how we washed well Peter says we're washed and water by the word the word is watching you right now you ought to feel clean you ever get out to shower you're like I feel so clean when you leave the house of God you ought to feel what clean and then with the presence of God comes into our services that's renewing us and refreshing us and the Holy Ghost so you got to come to church to get washed you got to come to church get renew just like you have to go and take the shower to get washed and put on some clean clothes you don't put on the same old clothes do you put on some clean clothes and it's just a certain and you get to smelling good put some of that Cologne on your what it may told me one time I used to wear Cologne and the prison that stopped doing that because the one inmate pulled me aside they say done bring me some of that pimple all in that you predict you be wearing I said pep what he's that pepper oil I said you need to get head this little bitty bottle bottle was that little I hope I don't get anything in that little bitty bottle so I stopped wearing it you only pay me no attention that are you we're in anyway we are washed we're being washed right now the word is washing us the Holy Ghost renews us and refreshes us can you say Amen and we will continue to be washed and renewed and refreshed throughout our lifetime as we follow Jesus and what we have to do is that we have to make sure we stay clean now if we get dirty the Bible says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all our righteousness he just watches us all over again so there's really no excuse to miss it is it he's provided everything for us even if I make a mistake all I do is confess and forsake and he will have mercy because it is not his will that any should perish but that all should what son repentance and that's the difference that David made that was the difference between David and Solomon David never made the same mistake twice he was always repentant and he didn't have the Holy Ghost like we have it today when the Prophet would come to him and he see himself he repented and God had mercy on him Oh broken and a contrite heart he will never despise that can we say man I mean you can shout speak in tongues but one thing that gets God is when you have a broken Khan try heart you ever repented heart that's what God's looking for oh and you can only get that if you see yourself alright we're almost finished running out of time here he's is 5:27 we already quoted it Ephesians five twenty seven so you come into the house of God washes you sometimes will you come to church he's sitting in Bible class a lot of times you don't realize how off-center your thinking has been and and I tell you my experience there were times to where because I worked second shift and would not be able to be in Bible class like I wanted to but then when I get there I can as the word of God's going for that I couldn't feel God bringing my thoughts and my thinking centered where he was like a plumb line he ever felt that you know I am Allah she must have felt I think you felt it kind of brain kind of bringing you back Center you got a little off centered a little bit because of dealing with all the mess you got to deal with whether you come in the Word of God centers you brings you right back put you in the center where Jesus is can you save man all right Jesus 527 verse 26 verse 26 to 27 let's read that he might sanctify that's the church and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word why is he watching us that he might present it to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing or anything like socks and wrinkles but that it should be holy and without what blemish if you follow him if you are faithful to church and be obedient when the rapture takes place you will be without blemish you will be clean that's what he's looking for that's what he's looking for all right first Corinthians 1:18 we got 5 minutes plenty of time first Corinthians 1:18 this scripture shows we are saved right now 1st Corinthians 1:18 we are saved we were saved and we are being safe that's called sanctification it's a continuous process verse 18 for the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness that is as preaching and what we're doing to those that are not saved as a bunch of foolishness but unto us which are saved it is the one so we are saved right now and Titus 3 and 5 we were saved by the Washington regeneration and renewing of what the Holy Ghost and we are being saved we were saved we're being saved and Matthew 24:13 lets us know that in the end we shall be safe we're not gonna go there Matthew chapter 24 verse 13 let you know that we shall be saved were saved by the new birth we're being saved as we're being watched and renewed we shall be saved when the rapture takes place salvation is a continuing process called sanctification and it can only be done as we follow Jesus unconditionally removing all the hindrances out of our way Hebrews chapter 10 verse 38 hebrews chapter 10 verse 38 three more scriptures and we're done with this subject so it was kind of a short subject Hebrews 10 verse 38 good scripture here alright let's read it now the just shall live by faith now wait how would you where do you get that faith how do you get that faith comes from God is that right faith cometh by hearing and hearing by what part of God so the faith that we have comes from God it comes from his word now the just shall live by faith the tree but if any man draw back my soul should have what no pleasure him we don't want to draw back we don't want to start out continued for a while and fizzle out we want to endure unto the end let's see it through I believe I'll run on to see what the end is gonna be don't not yet appear what it shall be but when he shall appear I shall be like him for we shall see him what as he is that's what we're trying to get to first Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 oh yes it's close it's coming it's almost here it's almost over yeah we got in right on time didn't we the race is almost over yes first Corinthians second Corinthians I'm sorry second corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 very familiar scripture we all know the scripture we're going to read it quickly tonight as we close second or in thien's 5:17 all right we are commanded to follow him following Jesus is a commandment commandment by God now that is saved as he commands us to follow let's reverse 17 therefore if any man be in Christ is what new creation old things are what passed away and behold all things what things I used to do I don't do no more place I used to go I don't go no more people used to hang out with I don't hang out with no more I'm brand new now you don't go out and buy a brand new car and still keep right around in the one that's raggedy do you put the ball tires and the rust is beating it to death cracked in the window you don't do that do you no you riding in new car feeling good riding new cars stopped at the stop sign somebody say looking good feeling good so that's how it is when you say you're cleaned up you're fresh and just stay that way because you love Jesus isn't that wonderful Galatians chapter 6 verse 15 Galatians 6 relations chapter 6 verse number 15 we must follow him in the regeneration so that those old things don't come back and creep back up into our lives that old man can we say Amen Galatians chapter 6 verse 15 all right let's read for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything nor what uncircumcision but what the only thing that matters is our salvation the most important thing is us being new creatures oh the only thing that is of the utmost importance only thing that counts now is our living the new life in Christ Jesus our salvation should be the most important thing to us everything else has to take a backseat you follow with an all right first Peter chapter 4 verse 1 through 3 verse Peter 4 verse 1 through 3 and this is how we follow him now we do this in following him alright first Peter chapter 4 verse 1 2 3 this is our last scripture we're gonna read the last one I want to quote to you and you could write it down alright let's read 1st Peter 4 verse 1 2 3 alright for as much then as Christ had suffered for us in the flesh arm yourselves likewise with the same mind just like he's suffered we need to get ready to be willing to suffer all right or he that has suffered in the flesh hath what ceased from sin now what does that mean that's taken and in reverse order since you can understand it if I make up my mind that I'm not going to sin my flesh is gonna suffer why is my flesh gonna suffer because I'm not going to give it what it wants that's contrary to God that's what he's talking about so the Insane automatically brings suffering because you are going to deny what your flesh wants to satisfy itself so anytime you make up your mind that you are not going to sin that you're gonna live for Jesus your flesh don't pay the price because you can not cater to the flesh and satisfy Jesus at the same time what is the flesh the old you to send for you the Fallen nature and just as Jesus decided to suffer we need to decide - what suffer because if you decide to cause your flesh to suffer that means you gonna live holy you can't live only and give into the flesh one has got to go so he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin why because he is denying the flesh what it wants sometimes just good to tell your flesh no I've been talking about going getting some pig feet from the last month but I told my flesh nope there's anything wrong with me no but sometimes I just tell my flesh no you're not gonna have your way just cuz you want some pig feet you're not gonna get none today I took my wife there to get her some ribs and I stayed in the car I wouldn't you go in you don't say what we're saying so anytime you make up your mind you gon live with Jesus there's gonna be some suffering your friends gonna talk about you your family gonna cuss you out but isn't the lord worth it isn't the peace and the anointing that you feel I love when I'm sitting in services and anointing just sweeps through it that's something oh yeah if that means I got to give up sin and get that all the time it stands got to go I gotta have it I gotta have Jesus is that right all right let's read no he gives us his explanation that's how we know what we stop what he's talking about verse 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men but to the one-wheel of God verse 3 for the time pass of our life may suffice us to have brought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness as uncontrollable lust lust excess of wine revellings as party in banquet ii and abominable what but i given all that other because I'm following Jesus in mister generation and I don't know about you I'm enjoying being safe I enjoy the presence of God I enjoy holiness I love it that's why I can't stop talking about it I love Jesus he's my Savior but starves our agent he's what jangles sang with me he's my shelter where he leads me I will follow I'll go with him what all the ways I'm gonna let y'all hitting to me almost saying my song anyway alright I'm finished god bless you tonight god bless you thank you for your attention all right thank you god bless hi there any questions any questions tonight Clifton Jones says I'm at my best when you ask questions yes okay you got a microphone there or I bless you for the Kirby thank you praise Lord I've got a question about isaiah 14 verses a13 isaiah 14 verses 1 through 3 alright you see here I guess the main part is verse 2 and the people shall take them and bring them to their place and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord of service and handmaids and they shall take them captives who captures they were and they shall rule over their oppressors alright the Lord will have mercy on Jacob and will yet choose Israel and set them in their own land and the strangers shall be joined with them and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob well then there's a prophecy of the millennial reign God promised Abraham the land he's going to give them Israel has never occupied all of the land that God promised them that's why the battle is going on over there in the Middle East but they're in the millennial reign the Jews will be the ones carrying the law of God throughout the earth and you can read about that in the second chapter of Isaiah and it talks about everyone shall take the hold the skirt of a Jew and say take us to Jerusalem and worship the king that's when they're gonna get all that land that God promised him this will be after the rapture after the Tribulation Period which will him with the Battle of Armageddon and then Israel that we had a place protected for her in the wilderness according to the 12th chapter of Revelation why we'll come out of that hiding and Jesus will set up his kingdom in Jerusalem and we will reign with him as a church and the inhabitants of the world will be taught the law of God by the Jews that will be in the earth at that time to go up to Jerusalem and worship once a year this is what he's talking about it's the king - what they called the kingdom age handmaids well he's not talking about slaves there you have to understand they will be the servants that will be used by God to teach the law of God to those that are left from the Battle of Armageddon and teaching them to go to Jerusalem and worship the king that's what that's doing they will be the servants of God just like we're service of God can we say Amen we're servants of God anybody else will be close all right yes sir praise the Lord his son I'm also had a question I'm trying to clear up a little confusion I'm havin BM being respectful of your father and mother that's something I believe in heavily now when your parents your father and mother are not respectful of the Lord how do you handle that especially if you've stuck where you're at and there's nowhere to go you can't get away from them what do you do well you can't and I can't save anybody all we can do is save ourselves and so how they live and how they do in the home they have to be convicted by God the only thing that you can do is live the life before them and don't assist them in any of their sins that they commit you just live the life live the life and as you live the life it can be a witness to them as to the change in you so don't worry about the things that they're doing that they're not walking with God things like that God is dealing with them a lot of times when you're save and your family starts acting up that's because God is dealing with them and they're fighting God they're fighting the God that is in you that they see okay and so the only thing that you do is that don't get in conflict with them don't get any arguments with them you respect them as your parents but you don't allow that to get in place of your relationship with God you still have to follow Jesus and you ought to pray for God to bless you to get out and get your own place so don't you have to suffer that hostile environment in the home okay that makes sense all right anyone else the enemy will create a hostile environment home because he's trying to that's the enemy attacking you so that was some of my first trials with my family my father my cousins and aunties and all of them that was my first trial so the Lord brought me through that because I did not give in to to them and none of them got saved none of them I'm I think was cousin Chris he got saved and my cousin Jackie got saved but they didn't continue but there was a lot of sin in our family incest just a lot of mess and so when God saved me that disrupted all I had disrupted the whole thing in the family you know because oh yeah folk don't were related in the family cousins was just a bunch of mess and so when they came to me I was like I'm saying I ain't fooling with y'all Devils now I didn't call them Devils then I had to sound that fool around with y'all and so I became an outcast I became an outcast for Jesus Jesus was an outcast wasn't either you know so but yeah anytime you decide to live with God there's gonna be some challenges the devil won't fight you and he'll fight you through those people that's most closest to you but it's a test but you can take it because God is measuring now he won't put more on you than you can bear anyone else you have been brainwashed you've been enforced by the blood of the Lamb that's what I tell him all right let's take offering my father used oh you saw always talk about the Lord bless me my father was famous for saying the Lord ain't bless you you blessed yourself I said well I didn't wake myself up this morning

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Published: Fri Jul 19 2019