Keith Moore Harden Not Your Heart Pt 4

I'm glad I came to church tonight for the Lord is good and His mercy endures forever and ever and it's because of His mercies and Compassion's that we've not already been consumed long ago and perished but glory to God the same mercy and compassion that has sustained us this far will take us all the way how many gonna say I'm gonna go all the way I'm goin all the way I'm making it all the way I'm gonna run my race I'm gonna finish my course with joy hallelujah by the grace of God I'm gonna reach out and hit the finish line and I'm gonna see him and I'm gonna hear well done [Applause] are there any sweeter words you could hear well done well done whoo thank you Lord how many know any price any sacrifice any inconvenience that we might encounter in this life is not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed so let's gird up our loins hallelujah and be strong in the Lord and the power of his might and not let anything hold us back or trip us up or cause us to miss out or lose out on the fullness of the blessing of the Lord turn if you would to Hebrews the 3rd chapter if you hadn't been with us already in these meetings we what is this our fourth one on this subject and if you want to get caught up with us you can get the CDs and DVDs we've been on this passage in Hebrews 3 and we've been believing God together for utterance hmm that was four people I think I said we've been believing God together right we've been hooked together and remember we were excited this morning you remember glory to God we were excited about about the word of the Lord and it has to do with some topics that are not so popular but if you're a real word person you don't just love a couple of verses here and there you love all the word right even the word that corrects your rebukes you you love that word - because whom the Lord loves he chastens he corrects and so it's still the love of God isn't it and so you know the verse you don't like is the one you're not doing so let's go ahead and get right with God and the truth will not him / you hamper you and hinder you I'm trying to say what will the truth do the truth will make you free are you as free right now sitting in this chair tonight as you can be well do you know and are you walking in all the truth there is to know and walk in let me help you with that No so could you get more revelation of more truth and walk in greater truth what does that mean you could be more free how many would testify and say I am freer now than I was 10 years ago than I was 20 years ago hallelujah are 30 or 40 or whatever it may be I know I can put up both hands and a foot I Phyllis and I are different people we have a totally different life than even thirty you know some years ago glory to God and is it possible what causes us to be so it's the word that we got it's the light and the truth of the word that has made us free is it possible to get that much more light again than what we've already received where would we be I would feel like we were suspended between heaven and earth with me Hebrews three did you find it Hebrews three and the seventh first since wherefore as the Holy Ghost says today if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts everybody said that out loud hard not your heart as in the day of provocation in the day of temptation in the wilderness when your father's tempted me proved me saw my works forty years wherefore I was grieved with that generation what grieved him they hardened their hearts now that produced unbelief and rebellion and other things but it came back to this the hardening of their heart I was grieved with that generation I said they do alway err in their heart and they've not known my ways so I swore in my wrath they shall not enter into my rest take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the Living God is he saying that could happen to us yes but exhort one another daily while it is called today lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin for we're made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end quality said today if you will hear his voice said again harden not your hearts as in the provocation skip on down to the fourth chapter in the seventh verse for times sake he says it again again he limits a certain day saying in David today after so long a time as it is said today if you will hear his voice what what harden not your hearts don't harden your heart now we've been into some detail about what that does how that affects us go ahead and turn to proverbs 29 there's presence what folks that uh haven't seen this yet proverbs 29 he describes an incurable condition and that's rare to hear the Bible talk about something incurable I mean we believe nothing's too hard for the Lord right and there is no such thing as an incurable disease there's no such thing as a financial situation that is so bad that God can't provide and you can't recover but here he mentioned something an unrecoverable situation proverbs 29 and verse 1 he said he that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy no remedy let me read other translations of that to you the new century says whoever is stubborn after being corrected many times somebody say many times shall suddenly be hurt beyond cure the today's English version says if you get more stubborn every time you are corrected one day you'll be crushed and never recover a person who will not bend after many warnings was sudden to be broken beyond repair the Living Bible says the man who is often reproved but refuses to accept the criticism will suddenly be broken and never have another chance it's not that God wouldn't forgive you it's not that you you you couldn't recover it's just that you get to the place where you won't listen you won't hear and if you resist harden yourself and refuse correction and refuse and refuse we saw Pharaoh I mean he is the poster child for hardening of heart isn't it things came up and he would he would consent he would relent and he would say yeah I'll let him go yeah I'll let him go and then as soon as the frogs were gone he'd say no I'm not gonna let him go as soon as there was relief he would harden himself and resist and there came a point where I mean the nation was more and more destroyed until all the first weren't born were destroyed and his own people were just demanding that you let these people go and he did but even that wasn't the end as soon as they left what did he do he hardened his heart again and went after him and that's when he and all his were consumed at the bottom of the sea he was destroyed can you see there came a place where he's not going to change no matter how many times no matter how many opportunities he has hardened himself stiffened his neck hardened his heart and the in Hebrews warns us don't don't let this happen to you we won't grace right we won't mercy not destruction not judgment now I know this is not a popular message hmm how many believe in God with me tonight you know utterance is greatly affected by the hearing right I've got some things in my heart if we can get there right but if we don't receive the first thing there's you can't go to the next thing did you know that that's right because one builds upon another and this is not a negative message it's just not a bad word this is a good word right back up in the 28th chapter of Proverbs just back up just a couple of verses there you see the the good news on the other side of this the 13th verse what does it say he that covers his sins what shall not prosper but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy you know what mercy is hmm we talked about that word deserve earlier have you ever heard somebody going through something say in exasperation what did I ever do to deserve this you know what the answer is plenty lots No yeah yeah in fact if you got what you deserved you'd be mentally oppressed and broke all your six short life then you die and go to hell you don't want to talk about what you deserve huh am I on the right crowd tonight you don't want to talk about what you did earth hmm what do you want to talk about grace and mercy who gets the grace and mercy go back to James again we looked at this earlier but this will be a foundational truth in what we'll be seeing tonight James chapter 4 and verse 6 James 4 and 6 was it safe but he gives more grace somebody say more grace more grace did you know you can grow in grace you can increase everything that's going good in your life that's turning out right that's producing fruit it is by the grace of God and did you know God can increase that in you he can add to he gives more grace wherefore he says God resists the proud but gives grace unto the humble submit yourselves therefore to God resist the devil and he will flee from you now I know you've probably heard this many times but try not to hear it like you already know it God gives great he resists the proud he gives grace to the humble we should submit ourselves to God and resist the devil if we're in Pride we're resisting him and if we're resisting him he will resist us can you see that I know like times people don't like to hear that but am I reading New Testament scripture right here God resists the proud and you do want to resist the devil and the two go together in yielding to the devil you're gonna wind up resisting God and in yielding to the Lord you're going to wind up resisting the devil can you see this let me say that again real slow in yielding resisting the devil you're going to wind up yielding to the Lord in fact you can't you don't have things in your own power and strength you'd be yielding to the authority of Jesus name yielding to the greater one on the inside of you right to resist the enemy but when you're yielding to the enemy and yielding to pride you're going to wind up resisting God some eighteen turn there please everybody say we'll get there we'll get there tonight where we need to get to we'll get it we'll receive it we'll do it we're faith people you member psalm 18 25 he said with the merciful you will show yourself merciful with an upright man you'll show yourself upright with the pure you'll show yourself pure with the froward you'll what show yourself froward you get an attitude with god you're cutting off your grace right you begin to resist him there's going to be problems but if you'll humble yourself and be tender-hearted before him it gives him a right to be tender and gracious with you the harder you get with him you'll begin to meet resistance because it's pride and it's rebellion to resist him and be hard with him and he resists the proud doesn't he the more Hardy you get with him the more mouthy you get with him the more arrogant you get with him you're going to hit a wall a wall nothing can get through yeah and if you keep on hardening yourself you can get to the place where nobody can talk to you nobody can get through to you and then there's nothing left but destruction oh but there is another way to go I said there's another way to go and that is when you see the light and it shows up that you're in the wrong and when you're being corrected humble yourself somebody say humble you said humble yourself underneath the mighty hand of God and what will he do he won't beat you down he will exalt you that means lift you up he will lift you up he won't upbraid you because you don't know and you didn't understand if you'll humble yourself before him he will give you grace and more Grace and you'll come out and you'll overcome there is nothing you can't overcome with enough grace there's nothing you can't achieve with enough grace o friends God can grace you to the point you hardly know your feet are hitting the ground there there are degrees of grace that will virtually carry you you believe it or not there are degrees of grace that just puts you so far beyond what you could ever think or do or accomplish so far beyond your ability but you cannot receive them and you cannot operate in them with pride or rebellion or hardness and the thing is the more you greater He pours His grace on you if you have any wisdom and I know you like it and enjoy it and you want more then what should happen is the more he Grace's you and the more he does for you what should be your response help me out the more you humble yourself and the more tender and you and your heart gets before him and the lower the lower you lay yourself before him when the Lord blesses you and uses your the most people who are carnal will try to give the credit to you even church people they do because God's not real to them they don't seem and people are real and when something great happens they want to they'll try to give the credit to you and even though you say no it was the Lord you know that yeah but you had to do this and you had to do that they still trying to give the credit to you are you with me or not and if you got any sense you'll get off by yourself where nobody can talk to you and you'll stick your nose in the carpet and you'll go god I know I had no I couldn't have got up and combed my hair and found the door if it hadn't been for your grace I wouldn't have known where to start I wouldn't have known what to do next your grace has sustained me your grace has enabled me empowered me enlightened me oh thank God for the great grace of God there are degrees of grace that can virtually carry you I've touched a little bit of this not nearly as much as I'd like to but there have been times I was speaking and ministering beyond myself hallelujah I'm learning while I'm talking I'm hearing things I didn't know and it's coming out of my mouth instead that's not Keith that's not me I'm not thinking it up I'm not coming up with this and so I'd be a fool to try to take credit for that right and I don't care what that my area is teaching and preaching and and these things whatever your area is though you know God he anointed Bezalel and a holy ab2 to work with their hands the anointing came on them didn't it to work with wood and to work with metal I'm telling you there's grace for your job there is there's grace to be a parent there's grace to be a husband and a wife for unity there's grace you can struggle in your own meager strength year after year and barely get by or I'm telling you if you learn how to humble yourself if you learn how to repent and receive correction God can add grace upon grace upon grace to you to you flourish and you flower and you blossom and you become a man of God you become a woman of God you become a totally different person that your people respect and love a pillar in the family are you listening you'll never do it in your own strength never there's not enough education there's not enough diligent you cannot accomplish it but with an grace there's no disease you can't overcome with enough grace there's no financial situation you can't get through and overcome with enough grace with enough grace you can get through anything with enough grace you can do anything that the Lord puts in your heart tell me again who gets the grace who gets the grace what are the proud get they get resistant with the froward God shows himself froward you take attitude with him you get huffy with him you get defiant with him your grace cut off now you're on your own say it somebody say not me help me we believe in God right go with me please to Ephesians the fourth chapter Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 27 neither give place to the devil can you be submitting to God and giving place to the devil at the same time remember if you're yielding to the devil what will you also be doing you're gonna be resisting God what if you're yielding to the Lord and submitting to him you can wind up resisting the enemy resisting his temptations right can you see this two to go one way is to not go the other way to yield to one is to resist the other same thing is true with the flesh and the spirit right remember the text if you walk in the spirit what will automatically happen you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh not like you have to stop walking in the spirit and start not yielding to the flesh now if you are walking in the spirit you will simultaneously not be yielding to the lust of the flesh can you see this so you're resisting the wrong lust and desires of the flesh while you're walking in the spirit and what if you're yielding to the lust of the flesh well then you're not walking in the spirit right you're you're pushing down and ignoring what's in your heart you're resisting what's coming up in you because every child of God when you're tempted to sin and you go to yield to it your hearts gonna cry out hmm it's gonna say no this is wrong don't do this but then it's up to you whether you pay attention to it or whether you ignore it and suppress it and push it back down I'm gonna know you need to you need to be watchful what you're yielding to and what you're resisting we want to resist the devil we want to resist the wrong desires of the flesh and the mind we never want to resist God right so he said neither give place to the devil skip down to verse 29 let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but which is good to the use of edifying or building up that it may Minister grace unto the hearers and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you're sealed unto the day of redemption we read in Hebrews that God was grieved and what was it session or two ago we went through the book of Mark and we saw how Jesus was grieved repeatedly and it came back to the same thing what was he grieved about their hardness of Lord now look and you'll see the same thing there's a lot of talk about grieving the spirit and some of it I believe is misinformed and people jump into wrong conclusions because like we talked about earlier the Holy Spirit is not flighty I found him to be very tolerant and accommodating of our ignorance I've seen several situations where I thought man the spirit will be grieved with this and he wasn't to my surprise things kept happening and they kept going why because of there was ignorance a lot of times people just didn't know any better but what does grieving what does really grieve him hardness of heart resistance rebellion that grieves him look at this let all bitterness somebody say hardness and wrath hardness and anger hardness and clamor hardness and evil speaking hardness be put away from you with all malice hardness every one of those things describes hardness now you see that term evil speaking that's one that that's one of the big indicators that a person has hardened their heart substantially they start talking bad about people and the harder their heart is the more malicious they become the more they speak evil of the Brethren if your heart is tender you don't do that right even if somebody's messed up terribly how many know if your heart is soft and your heart is tender even if you know what they did is wrong and you know like what they did you still love them right and you don't want to see them destroyed you don't want to see them judged and if you love somebody the Bible says love covers not publishes love covers the multitude of sins doesn't mean you don't want people to look bad you don't want their dirty laundry aired right when you love somebody you want them to look good right you if there's weaknesses if there's failures if they come out it ain't gonna be about you but when your heart is hard you tell everybody you don't care if it hurts them or not can you see the hardness here you don't care if after you tell them that they did this or this happened to them that they think less of that person than before y'all talked hardness doesn't care what they did it that's true can you hear this down can you hear the hardness can you see what it sounds like and what it looks like and tell me from this verse what does that do with the Holy Spirit it grieves him read it again verse 29 let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth watch what comes out of your mouth only that which is good to the use of edifying that it may Minister grace to the hearers and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you're sealed until the day of redemption and let all bitterness see if you're bitter you're hard can you see this all bitterness and wrath you get you get real mad and upset what's that doing to you heart hardening it's not initially back up to the the first part of it he said verse 26 you know be angry and sin not let let not the Sun go down upon your wrath neither give place to the devil can you see when you're getting angry and angrier and angrier you're getting harder and harder and you're yielding to the devil and you and you're not yielding to God he said don't don't let bitterness or wrath or anger or clamor or evil speaking let it be put away from you and malice put that away from you and verse 32 how should you be how should you be be ye kind one to another that's the speech talking specifically about your Christian brother and sister be kind somebody say kind say it again kind kind one to another somebody comes to our churches they come to our ministries they come to our homes they come to our businesses where we have control where we have influence when they walk in there to walk into a fog of kindness a blanket of kindness and their the remark man everybody around here is so kind they're just so kind so kind and such as you have that's all you can give it's got to be in you or it's not going to come out it's sad many believers have hardened themselves you can tell by the expression on their face it's a hard look and they justify it by I've been through this and I've been through that well the operative word is been was did used to huh and you or not be looking behind right there is no excuse for being hard we've already talked about that in some detail many have hardened themselves claiming they had to to protect themselves from being hurt they were hurt terribly in times past and they never want that to happen again so they put up walls and they're hardened themself and the truth is the more you harden yourself the more you are going to be hurt in the future now if you aren't here I'm not gonna take the time and reteach that but it's just the truth there's no excuse you don't have to trust people blindly you don't have to turn your life over to them and the Lord never told you to that's where people miss it and they're looking to much to these individuals for approval are you listening in fact we need to stay on that just a minute hold your place right here and go to John twelve the Lord's helping us wonderfully in these services I'm so thankful I'll be honest with you I wouldn't know where to start I wouldn't know I'd be up here going huh what do we do help me out somebody got something let me sit down but by the grace of God by the grace of God we can not only make it through we can thrive we can flourish we can be fruitful in the twelfth chapter of John I saw this as we're in our church were in a series now we're calling seeing Jesus and I hadn't seen this as clearly as I've seen it in recent times that the religious leaders in Jesus how much they saw and realized about him and yet what they did with it in John 12 verse 42 it says nevertheless among the rulers also many believed on him did you know that many of the rulers the chief rulers the top people in the religious world at the time that the top people and in the synagogue What did he say they what they what this is the same bunch that agreed with the high priest that he had to die keep reading but because of the Pharisees they what they did not confess him lest they should be put out of the synagogue for why they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God how could they be a part and consent with these blasphemy and the scourging and the crucifixion of the one they saw to be the fulfillment of Scripture did I read this right did you say they believed on him huh so what which would be the proper response if you see and know him and believe on him you follow him you change your life right but what did they do they suppressed it didn't he they ignored what they saw they ignored what they knew they didn't confess him they stood by while others condemned him to die whether they were a silent part or vocal part they were a part of condemning him why because they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God when people talk about being hurt this is the core of it the reason people have been in such angst and they've made themselves when they should not have and they've been hurt when they didn't receive the attention they craved and the approval they so thought they needed is because they shouldn't have been looking to it from the men in the first place can y'all help me with this or not huh the truth is even with many of the people of God they crave the approval of men more than they do the approval of God it is just the truth and that makes you vulnerable it exposes you to being hurt needlessly to grieving when you don't have to grieve to hurting when you don't have to hurt and people blame other people because they weren't there for them and they didn't give them the approval that they craved and they didn't give them the love that they craved not realizing you're at fault for thinking you had to have it to be whole and to believe in yourself I'm telling you you are complete in him [Applause] and if he is happy with you oh come on May if God is pleased with you you don't have to have anything else I mean the Bible said about Jesus Jesus walked this way my friend he walked this way he said I always do those things that please him and he had the cognizance that the father was totally pleased with him night and day and the approval that when people rose up and they wanted to make him King the Bible said he didn't he didn't put himself in their hands he didn't need man to testify about him I like that don't you I don't need your good report I don't need your approval I can be happy without it now if you got it that's great but if it doesn't come I'm not gonna hold my breath and wait for it I am NOT going to feel like I am less than a human being less than what I should be because you haven't talked and told me certain things and you never told me you loved me and you never told me you believed in me well well [Applause] even if I love you and not to say I don't care what you think at all I mean yeah I'm thankful for it and but still you're still no matter how wonderful you are you are still just you and he is him [Music] and even if you're great you can say stuff and not half know what you're talking about and you could change your mind tomorrow but when he says it when you got his approval in his love and he's real to you it makes you strong it makes you strong on the inside and you don't have to go around putting up all these defenses and scared somebody's going to get through to you because if they give it to you great you're thankful if they don't you're still just fine because you're not seeking the approval of man you are seeking the approval of your father God and it's not just hype and imagination it's real to you it's real to you the Bible tells us we are not to mourn like those who have no hope it's not to say we can't mourn at all but we're not to mourn like those who have no hope and when you see even people of God that when somebody they love or somebody close to them goes home to be with the Lord and they can't get over it seems like uh you know it's normal to cry miss people that's not abnormal even if you're supposed to be very spiritual that's that's just normal but you see even people lose their cat and they still can't go to work three months later but you miss but I'm telling you now that's not okay especially for a child of God that is not okay you know what the problem is there kitty has a place in their heart oh that only God should have already are with me kitty had too big of a place in their heart but you know it's true a lot of people a lot of people they love their cat they love their dogs more than their family it's the truth and it is not okay I said it is not okay not at all and even if it's a person that you do loving is a huge part of your life you know never say never say I couldn't live without them never say that things are changing every day right people are coming in this planet they're leaving this planet by the millions every day this is the way of all the earth the Lord tarries has come in just that much longer we're out of here and everybody you know now because beforehand that's great too but can you make it without that person in your life yes how could how could you make it because the most important one is still there the biggest one the one you need the approval of the one you need and have to have the love of that you really can't make it without he is there and he's always going to be there and he's never going to leave he's never gonna forsake you hallelujah and if you've got enough of your heart in him then no matter if your mother and your father forsake you the Bible said then the Lord will take you up and you can make it I didn't say you wouldn't shed some tears I didn't say you wouldn't have some feelings but you'll overcome it and you'll come out and you'll come through and you won't just survive you'll fry you will in spite of it so I'm just elaborating that it's not true that you have to put up these things and harden yourself to protect yourself no the problem with that is that people are seeking too much depending too much on the approval of that person and they need it too much and that's what they need to get delivered from and then soften their heart and life will change for and you know people make mistake by pulling on other people you're never going to get the response you want by pulling on somebody and being needy there with me this evening or not the Holy Ghost is talking you're never gonna get what you think you won't in need by pulling on somebody you got to you got to give me this I need this from you that is faith less and it is looking to a man or a woman to meet your needs did you hear me yeah and again and again what you're wanting is beyond their ability to give you I know sometimes people say oh no no they should give it to me you know they owe it to me Oh whoa whoa whoa they owe it to you if you really believe they owe it to you you have now made it impossible for them to give you anything what do you mean well anything they give you you'll think is payment that you should have got anyway you won't even be thankful for it you've taken it totally out of the realm of grace and let me know that you're not going to enjoy anything good except by grace grace so no matter what you need you must be strong and quit pulling on other people it's just human nature is such that when you pull on somebody that makes them want to run away nobody likes to feel that cleanliness on them and especially if they don't know how to give it to you or are not sure they won't do and or whatever the case might be it just makes people want to get away from you and of course that hurts you but you're the one that pulled on it cast your cares over on the Lord put it over in his hands right believe that he satisfies the longing soul and he feels hungry hearts unquote in the Bible he satisfies the longing soul he fills hungry hearts and he can do it directly from him to you he can do it through others from him to you don't try to tell him how don't try to tell him exactly who just look to him I said look to him and stop pulling on other people free them up loosen them up and you'll get free and you'll quit talking about all your hurts and your hard heart will begin to soften up and you'll quit going through days with pain and grief and you'll actually begin to enjoy life again and when you begin to enjoy life again light begins to come out of you instead of people wanting to get away from you they will be drawn to you oh can you see this friends but the more needy you become and the more cleanly you become and the more you pull on people the more everybody wants to get away from you well we're having fun tonight the truth will make you free right Oh hallelujah whose love do you have to have help me out yep and you already got it huh whose approval do you really need to make your life complete and to give you the confidence that you need it's not in a man it's not in a woman it's in him isn't it it's in him hallelujah back to Ephesians you believe in God with me still on point 1 hmm Ephesians 4 let's look at it again he said grieve not the Holy Spirit of God verse 30 don't grieve him what kind of things grieving bitterness wrath anger clamor evil speaking malice humming all that describes hardness doesn't it but be what be kind one to another read that out loud with me but be ye kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you can you be like this every day all the time kind should you have kindness on your mind should you make now how many understand you have to make efforts to be kind right now the more you practice it and the more you yield to it the more you'll do it without thinking that's right but especially if you've grown up wrong and you've become a hard individual and you've got an edge about you well kindness is not coming naturally to you and people make excuses I grew up in such-and-such city I grew up such as such nationality and hey we're just tough and we're just this and that well you need to forget about all that you're a child of God you're a Christian and who you want to be like is Jesus and he was and is kind kind it is too easy to be too harsh we live in a world that's full of a curse and we live in a world that's full of cruelty you see it in every area I mean the animals ripping each other apart even in the forests and the jungles how menaced and God never made this planet that way the cruelty the dog-eat-dog in the business world and only the strong survive and know that oh and you got to be strong if you're gonna make it this world boy but you if that's all you get growing up you don't know how to be a man of God no you got to retrain yourself don't you and it takes effort and you have to make yourself stop and you feel like snapping or you feel like being short you know you say wasting my time or this or that and you got to get a hold of yourself and dial down the volume and change the tone and take out that word and use this word and the thing is if you begin to practice this you'll find kindness works the proverb says the sweetness of the lips increases learning a lot of times if you're too hard people didn't hear past the second word that you say it they're just going ooh Oh and they just want to get away quick as they can but kindness can cause people to pay closer attention and to listen longer and to be more open to hearing more of it well link see we're not as excited about this as some other thing I read the scripture right what does it say verse 32 what'd it say B what do you want to be kind how many so volunteer you saw a volunteer to be kind that's not everybody at all oh man come on brother sister I'm reading the scripture what the Bible say be kind one to another what tender-hearted miss a kind tender hearted can you be should you be should you make efforts to be should you get a hold of yourself and make yourself think before you say it and not just say it but decide how do I need to say this so I don't have to say that like that I don't even have to say that at all that's not gonna do any good already know that right now we've all made mistakes in this area now haven't we it's too easy just to be brusque and horsten shortened but why are we talking about this not only just that it's going to make our life flow so much better and and help our friends and our family but if you are froward how's the lord gonna be with you froward but what if you're tender hearted and kind what does that open the door for him to be with you so what if you did some dumb stupid thing and really you've got yourself in a mess but you've been kind everybody for the last three months and soon as you see you missed it old man you hit your knees you put your those in the curbs old caught them so sorry I'm so sorry I did it it's wrong it's sin what does he have every right to do with you for you not to be judged for you to get out of this no friend unless you're in the spot you don't know how important to see us but we're talking about not going to jail we're told not losing your family not losing your house we're talking about God being able to be kind to you and merciful to you judge not that you be not judged forgive so you can be forgiven be kind so God can be gracious to you look how powerful this is go with me to the Old Testament please can you take some more second Chronicles the 34th chapter find also at the same time Psalm 34 Psalm 34 we go there first and and second chronicles 34 hit this burning your spirit tonight let it go over in you all night long sit out loud be kind one to another tender-hearted say it again be kind to each other tender-hearted closer I said again be kind to each other tender-hearted tender-hearted is that the will of God does that does that know we noticed this other stuff this this wrath and this malice and this evil speaking that grieves the Lord so by contrast what would this do with the Lord that this would please him with it instead of you being hard and harsh and evil speaking your kind your tender-hearted this pleases him it pleases him and did you know when a man's ways please the Lord he's able to make even his enemies to be at peace with him there are some real benefits from pleasing God every day of your life even your enemies there's two people that don't like you even your enemies for some reason just decide not to hurt you today they don't like you still but they gonna not do anything right now and then the next day they're not gonna do anything and the next day they're not gonna do anything and they keep putting it off and after a while it's not gonna matter you're out of here [Laughter] but who does that work for who does that happen for those who please him who please him Psalm 34 verse 18 some 3418 it says the Lord is near unto them that are of a broken heart and saves such as be of a contrite spirit remember James talks about draw near unto him and He will draw near unto you here describes some of how you would draw near to him a broken heart and a contrite spirit I know that doesn't sound good to us but does it sound good for the Lord being close to you so this is a good thing we just need to understand what this means do we want to have a broken heart like he's describing here and a contrite spirit here the response he's not talking about being depressed when we say broken heart we have a romantic connotation somebody broke my heart it's not what he's talking about having your heart broken romantically doesn't bring the Lord closer to you if it did there'd be some spiritual Giants around me because the heart gets broken every other day Oh help us Lord but but look in the 51st psalm as well that also talks about this set out loud broken heart contrite spirit look in 5117 a similar thing here the sacrifices of God are a what broken spirit a broken and a contrite heart O God you will not despise you believe in for Revelation are you listening with your heart this is something if you'll come to God like this no matter what you have done he'll never despise the situation and despise you what does that mean you could have messed up terribly and him be angry with you but if you'll come with this kind of heart and spirit he'll not look at you with despising he'll look at you with mercy what if you get hard with him what if you get defiant with him well he's going to resist you if your froward with him he'll be froward with you and you do that far enough he's not gonna look at you you know ready to bestow his mercy because you're disqualifying yourself from it and so the situation he will live the Bible talks about it this kind of pride and rebellion being abhorrent and abomination to him but if you can come with this kind of heart and this kind of spirit even if it's the worst of situations he will look at you and not despise when one definition of despise is to fail to esteem or fail to acknowledge he wouldn't have to acknowledge you could just leave you on your own if you were defiant and disobedient rebellious enough what will always cause him to draw near to you to look kindly on you no matter how much you've messed up this is are you becoming more interested in this is what a broken and a contrite heart now the word broken let me let me give you some definitions of this we need the instruction and understanding more of this the word broken one translation says shattered shattered heart another one says instead of saying contrite spirit it says crumbled and you'll find that the the idea is broken into pieces shattered into crumbles are crumbled into pieces hold you place here and go over to Luke chapter 20 I know this may be some new ground for some folks but just stay with me Luke chapter 20 is there a way that you can come to God that no matter what you've done he'll be ready to help you hmm yes it's a broken heart and a contrite spirit in Luke the 20th chapter and about verse 16 or 17 17 Luke 20 and 17 when Jesus beheld him he said what is this then that is written the stone which the builders rejected the same is become the head of the corner how many of this is talking about the master he came unto his own his own received him not rejected him Muhammad no he still is the chosen one he still is the head of the corner he is the foundation of everything the church is built on yes right no other foundation can anybody lay that what is laid the Christ the master he is that stone verse 18 look at this now whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be what broken and the idea is broken to pieces in fact some translations say it that way but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him or some say crush him to powder that's complete destruction crushed to powder can you hear the two two things here whoever will fall who's doing that you're doing that whoever will bring themselves and fall on this rock this stone will be broken but this is not a bad break in or you're with me now this is a breaking that needs to happen help me understand every bit of a firm wall like rock like hardness and resistance between you and God needs to be shattered it needs to be shattered shattered broken into pieces so it's no longer there and now all of us in this world have an opportunity to voluntarily come and no matter what pride we've learned and developed throughout our life to come and choose to humble ourselves before him and fall on this mighty rock of ages' hallelujah and fall with such force that our callousness and our hardness is shattered oh come on until there's nothing between us and the Savior nothing an open heart glory to God now if you don't do this you don't come and humble yourself before him and bow your knee before him and lay aside your pride and rebellion and defiance and confess him as Lord and Savior there will come a time right when this stone is going to fall and on those who refused and rebelled and hummock can see our text he that oftentimes being reproved hardens his heart what will eventually happen he'll be destroyed suddenly without remedy how many others coming today it said we don't like to think about it but there's come in a day when judgment will fall and those who did not fall on the rock it will fall on them and they won't be broken to pieces they will be crushed to powder I know what I choose anybody in here with me tonight what what do you choose come on what do you choose God's doing good things in this in this place tonight I'm telling you [Music] can you see yourself fall in on the rock oh come on can you see yourself oh can you see yourself falling on the stone that the builders rejected can you see yourself falling falling falling on him and when you do all the junk in you that's been proud before him just shatters it's not going to hurt you it needs to be removed it needs to be gone and I know we like to say what I've been born again I've been redeemed yes you have been but you still need your mind renewed right and because of that people even though their spirits been changed and born again they still got all this junk that they have picked up through the years and from their family and their fathers fathers and they don't see it but it's ugly in the sight of God it's pride it's it's between you and him obstinacy stubbornness rebellion tell me what needs to happen to it what needs to happen to it that's weak anybody with me in here then it needs to be broken shattered shattered into pieces and if you do Oh hallelujah now your heart is wide open to receive from him there's nothing hindering you there's nothing disqualifying you from His grace and no matter how badly you've messed up if you come before him like that and fall on the rock and repent and confess your sin I don't care how much he despises what you have done and how much he hates what you've been involved with if you really do that he knows it he'll see your heart and he won't despise you and he'll forgive you and he'll manifest his love to you he'll give you his grace he'll give you his mercy when you talk about repentance you know John the Baptist preached repentance you hear time's going by people in facade repentance nowadays you don't hear about quite as much but repentance is a wonderful gift I said gift go to second Timothy I need a few more minutes do you have second Timothy the second chapter I have used this verse and prayed this passage for friends and family for years and years and years it is the perfect way to pray about certain situation how many know you're not going to improve on the Bible the way it says it it's inspired of the Holy Ghost and listen to this 2nd Timothy 2 and 24 since the servant of the Lord must not strive but be what be why gentle unto all men apt to teach patient in meekness just sound like being kind tend to heart it in meekness instructing those that do what because friends when you resist God you are hurting yourself you are opposing yourself if God peradventure would give them repentance can you see repentance as a gift would give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth what will the truth do for you it'll make you free and that they may do what recover themselves out of the snare our trap of the devil who are taken captive by him at his will the devil is very tricky he's very subtle an old man pride and rebellion is his home turf you understand that if you yield to pride and you yield to obstinacy and stubbornness and hardheadedness you are playing right into him and he will feed you all you want to listen to and you will become deceived and believe lies and you will be snared and bondages and destruction will be in your life and there's only one thing that will get you out anybody know what it is repentance repentance repentance if you would acknowledge your stubbornness and your rebellion in your disobedience if you would acknowledge it and come and fall on the stone hallelujah then he would give you repentance he would give you glory to God the truth revelation and you wouldn't have to have somebody to do anything for you at that point you can get yourself out no matter how deep you've dug the hole you can recover yourself who is this marvelous is this wonderful or what and instead of judgment and destruction you can have recovery and restoration and mercy and blessing you still got your place there at chronicles what was it second chronicles what go there I got this and I think one more thing second Chronicles I am so thankful to the Lord thanks be unto God how wonderful he is sucka chronicles 21 now let's start in verse no no a 34 right why didn't you say something you just go sit there and let me go with the wrong chapter oh maybe you were being kind okay ah first one Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign he reigned in Jerusalem one in thirty years he did that which was right in the side of the Lord and walked in the ways of David his father declined neither to the right hand nor to the left and it describes him seeking the Lord when he came to age he purged Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and groves and the carved images and molten images verse four and he broke down the altars of Balaam in his presence and the images that were on the high that were on high above them he cut down and the groves and the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces are you with me and he made what he made dust of them and he strode it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them and he burnt the bones of the priests on their altars and cleanse Judah and Jerusalem so did he in the cities of Manasseh Ephraim Simeon nefta lie with their Maddox roundabout and when he had broken down the altars and the groves and had beaten the graven images into powder are you here to something familiar here and he cut down all idols throughout all the land of Israel then he returned to Jerusalem were these things an abomination in the sight of God were they the very picture and monument of Israel's rebellion are the people of God I should say rebellion against God was the very their very presence standing up there a continual reminder of their rebellion and hardness of heart against him so what did he do what did he do he destroyed them he destroyed them he broke him down into pieces and he crushed them to powder can somebody say Amen so be it humming oh that some stuff in this country needs to be broken down some stuff needs to be crushed and gotten out of the way I don't know if you know it or not but you know sometimes people forget we the one that wanted judgment come on the people of God in these Old Testament Scriptures because of them worshipping false gods right making sacrifices to them and offering up their children sacrificing their children alive listen free we don't like to think about it but we got millions of people in this country that are worshipping false gods right it's enough to bring judgment and punishment we are people offering up and slaughtering children by the thousands and millions all free and these things need to be shattered they need to be broken they need to be shattered they need to be ground to powder dust don't they don't they because their very existence is a thumbing the nose at God and we don't need June we don't receive you and friend it's enough to cut off the grace of God it's just His mercy that is sustained us this far hasn't it he's merciful to the whole land for our sake isn't it he's gracious he's given time and space to repent for our sakes aren't you thankful aren't you think but we must not become complacent to where we accept all these things and this is just know you should never be okay with this stuff never be okay with somebody worshipping a false god next door to you and in your town and in your house now look what else happened down about first 15 or so against this hill chi answered and said to thee well verse 14 excuse me verse 14 they brought out to money and they brought to the house of the Lord Hill kaya the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses Hill kaya answered and said to chef and the scribe he said I found the book of the law in the house of the Lord and he'll kai delivered the book to chef Anne and chef Anne carried the book to the King and brought the king word back again and verse 18 they read the book and verse 19 it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law that he tore his clothes why because he heard all of the judgments that would come on them for doing all the things that they the predecessors had been doing oh man what did he do did he humble himself before God he grabbed his royal robes he ripped them he tore him and the king commanded he'll kai and a high come the son of shaphan and abdun the son of Milkin and Chafin described messiah servant of the king saying go inquire of the lord for me and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah concerning the words of the book that is found for great is the wrath of the Lord that's poured out upon us because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord to do after all that is written in the book and so they did as the king appointed they went to halt to the prophetess the wife of Shalem the son of tick vath and son of has for a keeper of the Wardrobe and she answered them thus says the Lord God of Israel tell the man that sent you to me thus says the Lord behold I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands and therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place and shall not be quenched and as for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the Lord so you say you say to him thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which you heard now get this verse 27 market because your heart was tender are you listening for his and you did humble yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof and you humble yourself before me and you did rinse your clothes and you did weep before me I have heard you also says the Lord and behold I will gather you to your father's and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace and neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of the same so they brought the word the King word again look at this because of his heart and because of his response to these things God said okay you're not going to see it it's coming from all the stuff that has happened before you got here but I saw your heart oh come on a broken heart a contrite spirit he will not discuss how many know there was full reason for the wrath of God to come on their old man they're burning his babies to false gods doing all kind of crazy stuff and he said but it won't happen to you you're gonna live your life you're gonna come to your grave in peace why read it again read it again because what your heart was tender and what else you did humble yourself before God somebody say tender hearted tender hearted now Josiah was a good man you might think well yeah that's great he was good God God did something for him he was a good man look at a bad man first Kings 21 I think I'm closing you care not too much first Kings 21 is the story of ahab and jezebel well everybody knows about Jezebel definitely what do they know about her bad news Oh bad news and she was but a hab was fully responsible he's one broader in he's the one listen to her and God held him responsible for her stuff in this story I have Walt's neighbor's vineyard you remember that tried to get it from him tried to buy it from him try to trade him out of it and neighbors didn't just say no I ain't giving it to you he said the Lord has forbidden me to do it it's the my inheritance and that of my sons and and the Lord has told me I can't do it so I mean no if really the Lord did tell him that of course it was the word as well that this is not just Namath having an issue if they have any respect had any respect for the Lord he should acknowledge well now if the Lord says he can't do this but he didn't he got mad he got upset he went home and pouted he's got all kind of vineyards he's got all kind of stuff he probably hadn't put his shoes on since he could remember he eats the best food of the land he drives the best chariots but now life has become not worth the living because he doesn't have that venue so he pouched Jezebel comes in she says what's wrong baby what's wrong oh I'm gonna say something you might not have thought too much about you hear people talk a lot about the spirit of Jezebel spirit of Jezebel in the church spirit of Jezebel there have been spirit of Jezebel conferences and meetings that probably have spirit of Jezebel t-shirts and I'll be frank with you I don't really know what they're talking about you want to talk about the spirit of Jezebel here is a real look at the spirit of Jezebel what is it condoning and comforting sinners urging on people evil lusts and motives don't pet powders I don't know if y'all can take this or not I'm talking about the spirit of Jezebel what Jezebel do is they have right laying up in the bed pouting feeling sorry for herself because neighbor for sell him is ven you know so what did she do though gets up in the bed with him Oh baby what's wrong huh get your head out of the pillow baby I can't hear you what what's wrong neighbors wouldn't give me his vineyard he wouldn't he wouldn't give you his vineyard baby you the king ain't you the king mm-hmm you're the king baby to the king give me your ring normal take care of this now you're laughing but evil evil evil listen friend when people are yielding to wrong desires and they're yielding to selfishness and self-pity don't you dare coddle them and comfort them oh this is going over big innit don't you call them and comfort them and they're yielding to their sin well that's another meeting I reckon another service another time but you know what she did she went out there she signed letters in his name in his seal and they went out there and set mabe I felt and proclaimed the feast and they had people come lie on him and testify against him and judged him and found him guilty and killed him and then she come in and says hey neighbors dead that vineyards available maybe go get your vineyard so he does he knows what she did he don't care someone say hard ha are these hard people is this a hard woman just a hard man and this this is just a typical example of a day in ahab and jezebel 'he's life if you look at the whole story in fact uh see if I can see it here the Bible said in verse 25 that same chapter when he he showed up verse 25 first Kings 21 said there was no like under Ahab which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord whom Jezebel his wife stirred up you talk about evil people and heart they didn't care how many died long as they got what they wanted and when this happened and he went out to survey his new vineyard and to take possession the Lord sent his man out there to tell him something you remember that book he read about it verse 17 the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite he said you get up you go down to meet a hab king of Israel who's in Samaria he's going down to possess that vineyard of neighbor and you speak to him he says thus saith the Lord have you killed and now you take in possession you tell him thus says the Lord in the place where the dogs licked the blood of nabe off they're going to lick your blood even yours and ABA hab said to Elisha have you found me o my enemy he said I found you because you've sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord and he said the Lord said I'm gonna bring evil upon you and take away your posterity and cut off from a have him that pisses against the wall and him that he's shut up in left in Israel and will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of me bad like the house of a Ashta the son of a Hodja for the provocation wherewith you provoke me to anger and made Israel to sin and Jezebel the dogs are going to eat Jezebel by the law of Jezreel and him that dies of Ahab in the city the dogs are going to eat and him that dies in the field the fowls of the air are going to eat how many knows how many would say the Lord is just they have slaughtered innocence by the thousands they have burnt babies to false gods they have killed they have robbed they have lied they have done everything evil we don't know the half of it when the Bible said he there was none like a half Honus there's been some bad dudes in the Bible right when the Bible said there was none like a hab that so gave himself to it he sold him said he was evil incarnate and Jezebel was his sidekick there was nothing they wouldn't do and now judgment is gonna come on God has pronounced it I want you to read verse 27 judgments coming and there's nobody who deserves it more but it came to pass when they have heard these words that he rent his clothes and put sack cloth on his flesh and he fasted and he lay in sack cloth and went softly where is his hardness are you listening now did he fall on the rock huh did he fall on the rock he's been one evil man yes how's the Lord going to see him him coming and falling on the rock he just killed a man for his vineyard come on quote that verse to me a broken heart and a contrite spirit O God you will not despise you think God despised all that evil stuff that him and Jezebel had been doing you know he did did he hate it yes but here's a man doing what he told him to do read the rest of it the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite I imagine it surprised Elijah Elijah said to live with these people and deal with their evil and when he heard the judgment of the Lord he probably left you got to remember these folks are not born again you know have the love of God shed abroad in their hearts like we did he probably left and thought yeah yeah finally finally we're gonna be rid that evil a have and Jezebel they're gonna get theirs God has said it and imagine his astonishment when the word of the Lord comes to him and says did you see how a hab humbled himself before me he's probably thinking so yeah so he put on a tow sack laid on the floor yeah what man's evil he's evil this is what the Lord says listen somebody say oh the mercy of God oh because he humbles himself before me I will not bring evil in his days this his judgments gonna miss him and fall on the next generation this is one evil dude do you understand this you and I would probably be glad to take a 45 and put this guy out of his misery if he did to you and us and our family what he did to those guys how do you think neighbors family felt about this what do you mean God's gonna be merciful to him he's gonna get to live his life out the judgments not gonna come in his days somebody say oh the mercy of God oh the mercy of God lift up your hair stand up on your feet say it out loud all the mercy of God say it again oh the mercy of God close your eyes just begin to praise Him and worship Him oh the mercy of God Oh a mercy of God Oh a mercy of God how great is your mercy how great is your grace we need to worship Him some Saints lift up your hands close your eyes focus on him for a little bit oh the mercy of God oh the mercy of God oh the mercy of God oh the mercy of God all the mercy of God of the mercy of God keep saying it all the mercy of killers oh the mercy of God all the mercy of God oh the mercy of God [Music] all the mercy of God oh the mercy of God how great is your mercy how great is your mercy hallelujah hallelujah sing over blood not too fast a little bit faster keep singing oh I'm singing [Music] [Music] [Music] all the blood Jesus [Music] hallelu just close your eyes you're in this room tonight you're watching by internet you've been rebellious you've hardened yourself against God and the things of God tonight's the night to fall on the stone the builders rejected fall on his mercy fall on his great grace it be entirely appropriate to kneel down hallelujah whoa especially if God's dealing with you heart humble yourself in front of him bow down before him hallelujah if you want to come to the altar to the front and bow down Oh keep saying all [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] his grace is here friend you can avoid judgment no matter what you've done no matter how bad it is how evil it may have been how much you yield it to your flesh our hatred fall on the rock fall on him let that hardness and obstinacy breathe broken and shattered into pieces right now and he will have mercy on you [Music] [Music] keep singing come on [Music] humble your heart Lord let this be broken inside me shattered inside me no hardness no stubbornness any long soto chalet wha [Music] seek his face hopeful yourself before you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Osito Osito califano sleepin and Bathsheba Oh Marcy Marcy [Music] y'all and y'all over my mom being upon say we humble ourselves [Music] [Music] let every bit of pride every bit of rebellion be broken and shattered to pieces before yoga [Music] [Music] Oh hallelujah repeat before him Saints repent before watching my internet get off your chair get off your bed bow down before him humble yourself repent of all stubbornness all disobedience all rebellion tell the Lord out of here soften your heart before it oh let the hardness be shattered calum of Sita let the rebellion in obstinacy be broken into pieces and not be there anymore Carol Sacco Channel castle Jail castle nam be deceived a little ba Sunday singing again kala Volusia kya the [Music] No [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] because [Music] oh let it be broken up broken to pieces shattered to pieces [Music] [Music] all that Oh sh t nahi Chia watch it oh all the blood the blood hallelu oh don't be looking around Saints a broken heart a contrite spirit he will not despise Oh Shi I love only huorchi their minds the curl of cinnamon Joey gia judgment is being averted this night oh thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord judgment is being averted this night Oh all the blood of Jesus all the blood of Jesus over [Music] kaylynn are so dead on jae-young the panache is everybody say this by faith there's some things it takes the power of God to accomplish you need help but everybody say it with full sincerity father God I despise pride arrogance rebellion hardness in me I don't want any of it to remain between you and me help me work in me that which is well pleasing in your sight work in me by the power of your spirit your holy purifying fire let it work in me to will and to do of all your good pleasure by your power let it be broken and shattered in me from now now praise him and believe it praise him and believe him to do it o casiano sakali Akashi be broken be shattered they removed in Jesus name [Music] kaalia be shattered be broken [Music] [Applause] [Music] shattered [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] put your hands on you middle on your belly everybody say in me in me Oh pray in the spirit son gosh Niantic Sheila kodachi broken Gao Domino City Adachi broken broken tusky dodgy shattered and broken in the name of Jesus the follicles in Amati broken in the name of Jesus broken in the name of Jesus broken in the name of Jesus shattered changed in the castell in the Casto in the name somebody say in me in me in me Oh supercalilistic broken broken broken broken shattered and broken broken and shattered takes a karate broken in the name of Jesus broken broken deysa shakila broken broken shattered broken Brad callous eating pasta broken broken broken broken broken in the naughty list somebody say in me in me in me broken broken tape RC coach Neela Oh Seifer cheap I say broken broken de lungs that gotcha [Music] broken broken broken broken broken cash diva those amanda Latia Mann so kumbaya Monty broken broken belém belém teaches shattered taissa kappa somebody say in me in me in me in me island RCC's broken rock of RCA Dover's Amanda vinicky participation so much they broken broken Pollock safety broken been adjuster passer Gobind job in Delos eg everybody remove your hands and when I tell you to pull them in tight inside to yourself strongly close your eyes set out loud and put your hands in say broken do it again extend them put it in say shattered say it again [Applause] every bit of pride every bit of stubbornness and rebellion [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] everybody's playing me can you see yourself by faith falling on the rock can you see all that junk shattering into pieces in your life so that that hardness is no longer there hallelujah hallelu hallelu everybody stand on your feet just begin to worship God begin to give him glory begin to give him praise

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