Keith Moore The Witness Pt 3 Following Peace

are you there John 16 well let's back up to chapter 14 we've been reading this - so let's no let's don't leave it out John 14:26 the comforter which is the Holy Ghost ghost is an old English word for spirit whom the father will send in my name he shall teach you all things said out loud the Holy Spirit shall teach me all things he said and he'll bring all things to your remembrance whatever I have said to you said out loud and he brings all things to my remembrance whatever the Lord has said to me that sounds like good help doesn't down in the sixteenth chapter and verse 13 says howbeit when he the Spirit of Truth has come he will guide you into all the truth said out loud he guides me the Holy Spirit Guides me into all the truth he went on to say for he shall not speak of himself whatever he shall hear that shall he speak and he will show you things to come said out loud the Holy Spirit shows me things to come is all this true we're reading it straight out of the New Testament is it true is it true with you that's if you if you want to persist in in being fleshy and carnal and walking by faith and say well I don't see anything I don't know anything I never get anything well your your words are stout against the Lord don't disagree with him agree with him he said the Spirit of God is guiding you and leading you into all the truth and bringing things to your remembrance and showing you things to come is he riders he wrong you agree with him or disagree with him hmm you're in agreement with him he will show you things to come he'll glorify me for he will receive of mine and shall show it unto you go over to Roman's the eighth chapter Romans chapter 8 Romans 8 and 14 says for as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God can People of God be led by the Spirit of God can you let be led by other things I might ask the question what's leading you what's leading you what else can you be led by you can be led by your head head led you can let be led by your reasoning by your intellect by your logic you can be led by statistics you can be led by needs you can be led by desires you can be led by pressures hmm pressure lid price lid right problem lid did it go off hmm what happened are we back hello what do we need okay we can be led by depression didn't go to work why didn't you go to work is that being spirit-led no that's being mud led the down-and-outs hmm being led by your feelings being you can be led by your emotions you can be led by your anger did the Spirit of God leads you to slap them real hard and tell them where to get off huh did the Holy Ghost lead you that was something else leading you what's leading you children of God should be led how by the Spirit of God is he real can he lead you can you follow him you can be it's not as mystical and hard to find as people think it is keep reading verse 15 verse 15 he said for you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but you've received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father now we're going to see this again but the Spirit who leads us is not a spirit of fear you're going to see this come up numerous times verse 16 the spirit itself or actually himself is a better translation if you look up the word altos is the word it means his own self numerous times in the same King James Bible it's translated his own self same word the Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God what part of your being does he communicate with not your head not your intellect not you not your physical not your emotional feelings your spirit we've talked about this it's an inner witness and inner knowing and witness and we are to be led by him by the witness of the Spirit in our spirit you are a spirit the Holy Spirit lives in you if you're born again and you can and should be led by the Spirit said out loud I am spirit led day and night he guides me he teaches me he reminds me he shows me things to come I am a spirit lead child of God now you got to make up your mind that you're not gonna let these other things lead you you can be a carnal Christian and have sometimes people have said well you know God never speaks to me that's not true you're just not listening you're not paying attention God he's always trying to communicate even to the unbeliever he wants to draw them to himself doesn't he he wants them to come in be saved get free of their sin and their junk and and to the child of God he wants us to to follow him and find and follow his plan for our life everything good that he's prepared for us he is speaking do you believe it he is speaking there's nothing wrong with the transmission the problem is on the receiving it's not and it's not just ignorance that's the problem it's ignoring ignoring he is speaking but folks are not paying attention they're just you can tell this how many times have you heard somebody say I knew I shouldn't have done that hmm all right knew I shoulda I knew I should have called them back I knew they didn't understand what I said I knew I shouldn't have going over there I knew I shouldn't even brought it up I knew well here's the big question if you knew it why don't you go on and do it anyway we'll see that's the case not that you didn't have anything it was there but you ignored it and one of the reasons people are children of God are ignoring it is cuz they haven't been taught to pay attention to it not even in church they have a reason sometimes when they haven't been taught is because the pastors hadn't been talked nobody's told them that they're supposed to pay attention to that and I spit in the Bible the whole time I'm gonna think there's a lot of things in there like that that if we just notice it and start doing in our life and change but we can implement this that we're seeing right now said again I am a spirit lead child of God how much you're not led by your head not led by your feelings not led by what you see in here not led by people's opinions you're led by the witness you get inside now you have to discipline yourself because everybody's got flesh and feelings and you can be quick to jump and do something because you're moved by one of these external forces and pools and you have to be strong and say no no no wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute what's going on inside Lord you're always with me the Spirit of God is there to guide me what am I supposed to do on this and get quiet and get still and be willing to go any direction that he shows you don't try to hear voices don't try to see visions learn to pay attention to the witness last week we talked about it seemed good it seemed good that's why Luke wrote The Book of Luke because it seemed good that's how they made decisions that affected the whole church that's how ministry teams were in place to be put together for Holy Ghost assignments they were following their seamer it seemed good so they did it and it was God could it be that simple it is go with me over to Colossians please if you haven't heard some of these things go back in the back and get you a free copy of the previous messages get online download it at no charge no charge means no excuse for not getting it not knowing it of course once you get it you didn't have to stop there you can share it with somebody else right share it with somebody else it actually puts the seed in your hand doesn't it you got a download you got a CD you got a DVD you got a seed partners of this ministry and Church sewed it to you now you can show it to somebody else right and it just keeps on producing good fruit and the word supply is going to multiply that ability I mean the word production Center I'm trying to say Colossians 3 are you there Colossians 3 and 15 gives us some insight some further insight to the witness of the Spirit Colossians Colossians 3 and verse 15 says and let the peace of God do what rule in your hearts that's an interesting phrase rule in your heart let what rule in your heart the peace of God - the which also you're called in one body and be thankful be thankful thankful when it's genuine from the heart is a place spiritually it is a remote in which you can receive in a willingness and a thankfulness like we've said before you you can pick up the plan on the willing band do you know what I mean by that let the peace of God rule in your hearts and be thankful the the NE T says let the peace of God peace of Christ be in control in your heart the amplified says well let me read this verse the complete Jewish Bible says let the Shalom which comes from the Messiah be your heart's decision-maker that's good and clear isn't it for this is why you're called to be a part of a single body and be thankful what's the action we should take how many know when we hear verses like this we shouldn't think oh that's good next no we were told to do something here weren't we are we going to do it or not we need to need to decide what did he say let this peace ruling your heart let it be your heart's decision maker be thankful said out loud I'm going to let the peace rule in my heart and I will be thankful do you think that it benefit us if we'd says what the Lord said to do I'm gonna do it just start doing it and not just on the weekend yeah right but as a way of life so when you when you got a decision to make do I go or don't go do I get involved with them in that or do I not do I go into this business venture do I invest in that or not am i part of this church or not do I marry them or not hmm how do you decide how do you say you can be head led feeling led money led need led Committee led mama led huh can't you sister led friend led business led age led all kind of things but you already told me you're not you are a spirit lead child of God is that true or not look at your neighbors if their wake see if they're getting any of this huh are they okay so I want to hear it from everybody now said out loud I am a spirit lead child of God we know that that means there's a lot of stuff you're not led by right and that's what we're getting into now being spirit lead you'll find that God's leadings involve his peace God is called the God of peace the gospel is called the gospel of peace you'll find peace over and over and over again mentioned with God and all of his things and it is something that you cannot find in the world the Bible said there is no peace to the wicked the the devil has no peace and anything that he's causing and stirring up there's no peace in it the Bible said God's not in confusion there's no peace in confusion what's the opposite of peace huh you'll find a lot of the words that people just said will connect to this word fear if you're not what's the opposite of being in peace it's a worried upset anxious with all that's being in fear and if you are led by peace you are not led by fear God didn't give us the spirit of fear is that true put it up on the screen for second Timothy 1:7 you can stay for yard and Colossians if you want to 2nd Timothy 1:7 God has not given us the spirit of fear no we just got through reading in Romans the same thing the Spirit we received is not the spirit of fear again the bondage so here he says it again in 2nd Timothy 1 God didn't give us the spirit of fear why we keep saying this if it's fear it ain't God if it's fear trying to pressure you and push you and scare you into making a rash hasty decision you need to resist it with everything that's within you and go now this ain't God this is not God God didn't give me a spirit of fear he's not leading me through fear I'm gonna let the peace of God be the decision maker in my heart I'm going to let this peace rule in my heart can you say Amen the NCV the new century says God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid did he God's word translation says God didn't give us a cowardly spirit good a spirit of power love and good judgment how many think if you wait on the Lord if you let the peace decide that's a route to come out in good judgement but if you act hastily on fear and pressure would that be where you'd wind up and you look back and it was bad judgment there are people who should still be with us on the earth who are not here tonight because they made a rash hasty decision in fear and made a bad situation much worse you'll see as we go through this tonight that one of the worst things you could do is to be led by fear an act of fear actually opens the door to the destroyer how about an act of faith hmm and about faith without action is dead but if somebody acts in real heart faith like the man stretched forth his hand like the woman pressed through the crowd that had the issue of blood when somebody acts in faith what is it the other end of that miracle working power God's power God has a right to move and manifest an act when people act in faith well did you know when you act in fear something else happens when you believe and both of them have to do with believe in something fear is believing something bad faith is believing something good if you if you're scared enough and you're in fear enough that you will act boldly on that fear it gives the enemy a right to manifest destroying power in your life and so from the time we come into this earth the Spirit of God is endeavoring to get faith in us did you know it influences around us endeavoring to get faith in us faith in us faith in us also the enemy is trying to get fear in you from the time you're a child you know there's folks that are and they're 50 years old but they still got a fear in them they got when they were 5 years old and it ought not be I said it ought not be and if you want to stay out of trouble you never ever follow a fear said out loud I am NOT led by fear the peace of God leads me it's the umpire now the reason I say that that's what the amplified brings out put that up on the screen Colossians 3:15 Colossians 3:15 says let the peace from Christ rule act as umpire continually in your hearts deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds in that peaceful state in which as members of Christ one body you're called to live and be thankful giving praise to God always is this peace supposed to be significant to us it is now Jesus said this I want us to notice it in John then put it up on the screen for us John 14:27 John 14:27 Jesus made this statement he said peace I leave with you my peace I give to you not as the world giveth give I unto you let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid and if you say well I try not to be afraid I can't help it that's not true he said I just gave you my peace that's how you can do it but it's a choice of what you ill to and fears very real the feelings the thoughts they can assault your mind and your soul and you got to be strong not to yield to it and if it comes against you hundred times in the day do you know what you got to do resist it a hundred times in a day and say I am NOT yielding to this fear and I'm certainly not going to make rash decisions because I'm scared now friend I hope you're awake because life and death victory or failure are made in situations something happens and the fear and panic can just hit you and you'll be tempted to go a wrong way and and and the pressure is you got to do something you got to do something you got to do something and if you act on fear the next thing that happens can be death and destruction or if you can control yourself and say no no no wait just calm down calm down this is not the end of the world God's still on the throne you got to decide you get efficient shut up shut up shut up I'm not doing anything till I've heard from him till I get it from him where is the peace where is the peace when I think about doing this do I have any peace when I think about doing that do I have any where's the peace that's what's deciding is that what the scriptures say that's what's the umpire hmm say for out go or don't huh do it or not who's calling it God's peace is calling it not other people's pressure not needs not demands not cost no I'm not saying this is easy all the time because you can be assaulted with feelings and thoughts of fear can't you you ever been there but what the scriptures say yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow if though I walk through the darkest roughest baddest place what am i what am I not going to do I will fear what I'm not going to do is be afraid because that makes me subject to bondage if I yield to and act on this fear it can actually open the door to the devil in my life just like God acts on and moves on people who act in faith the devil acts and moves when people act in fear spiritual forces are involved and it work said again I am NOT led by fear I am a spirit lead piece lead child of God is that true it is good I'll accept your testimony don't let the devil talk you out of it ah go with me to Genesis I want us to be thorough so let's start at the front you got time Genesis excuse me Genesis chapter 3 in the very beginning God created Adam and Eve and he fellowshipped with them personally what a put a different picture this is then what is taught in so many of our Institutes of learning many are showing the first men human beings in caves running at each other with no language just evolved animals and it's taught as fact it's not it's a theory unproven theory y'all with me or not as such you know what it really is a belief no the first human beings communed with God on his level he would come down in the coal of the day and then go it's all this the almighty and then go out to meet him there we go hey God maybe they didn't send exactly like that but you'd go hey kids and and Eve would say God that is some sunset today Wow how did you do that and he would explain it to him in detail and they understood it they named all the animals huh how many understand it wasn't like this Oh Oh God what are we gonna call him ugh you just said that the last three times we get call all of them ugh the first man and woman were brilliant brilliant you talk about geniuses brilliant amazing man has not evolved man has devolved man was created in the likeness and image of God able to fellowship with God and understand and come converse with him and man has fallen to the point that some live like animals now but they never were intended to and when they did what they knew they shouldn't do they disobeyed God's come in Genesis 3 9 the Lord God called to Adam and he said Adam where are you because they had never hidden from him they had never run away from him they they didn't have a stitch of clothes on and they were not self conscious at all they had no humidity they had zero fear everybody say zero fear zero fear no no discomfort no uneasiness none now I don't know if we realize why I'm sure I don't realize fully what we're saying when the almighty comes blowing through the trees and you run out to meet him and go yay it's the Almighty how much fear how much fear because there was no sin and there was no fear there was no condemnation zero and what do we see as soon as they sinned he runs they hide he said where are you verse 10 he said I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid I was what I was afraid because I was naked and I hid myself is that was that the right choice run from God hide got hide from God he but that's what he did why did he make that choice he was following fear he tells you why he did it why did he do it because he was afraid did he do the right thing or the wrong thing he did the wrong thing why did he do it because he was afraid an old friend you'll see this again and again when people get scared and they start yielding to the fear they will make the worst decisions they will run from the people they should run to they will break the association's they will quit jobs they never should quit they will leave places they will do all kind of stuff bad decision bad decision bad decision going from bad to worse one they are being led not by the Spirit of God but by fear and if fear is leading you was really leading the destroyer the destroyer look with me in Genesis 1815 Genesis 18 15 the Lord manifests himself and talks to Abraham his friend and gives him the good news that him and Sarah are about to have that baby they've been wanting for all these years and Sarah was kind of back in the tent she heard it and she laughed she thought it was funny not a good laugh unbelief laughs and she laughed at thought what old as we are we're gonna have a baby I am so sure she said none of this out loud except the laughing part she laughed out loud the rest of it she thought and said within herself and the Lord said to her why did you laugh oh boy and here she lied how do you think it's a bad idea to lie any time but lying to the Almighty it's just what future is there in that whoever conned him and tricked him she said I didn't laugh why did she lie why'd she lie was lying a good choice was lying a good direction why'd she lie fear now you don't have to raise your hand but a lot of people in here have done similar things the pressure was on they were scared they were upset they told lies misrepresented things and it's a bad decision very bad decision it went from bad to worse sometimes when you think you got by with it and it comes out three years later then it's really worse and what what made you decide to do it the fear led you the fear led you she lied because she was afraid you think the Spirit of God would have prompted her to life we to prompt you to lie if you'd have thought let me check my heart now do I have peace about telling this big lie they have any peace about it okay if I tell the lie and they hear it and they believe it and I deceive them do I have any peace of it no you kidding me peace about telling a lie everybody just smile look straight ahead that's everything school we're fine First Samuel fifteen twenty four first thing you're 15 24 the Lord through the Prophet Samuel told Saul what to do on a military campaign gave him specific instructions what to do how to do it what not to do and he just changed it all up when he got there changed it all up and Samuel said why did you transgress the commandment and first of all he tried to say he didn't and finally when Saul hell did he said well what about what about all these livestock out here you know told you not to do that and he said I have sinned I've transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared why'd he do it I feared the people and obeyed their voice and and he really was over concerned about what they thought because his biggest concern at this point when he's missed God he don't know how much trouble he's in with the Lord yet and his biggest thing was know Samuel will you stay with me and will you go out front with me with people so that they can see we're together he said no I'm not going with you you've disobeyed the Lord and and when he started to go he saw grabbed his clothes and wouldn't let him go because he was over concerned about what the people thought and what the he wanted the people to see him with the man of God he cared more about that than that he had missed God and not done what he told him to do the proverb says the fear of man does what it brings a snare it brings a snare when you make decisions because you're afraid of what people might think or what they might do or what they might not do are you being led by the spirit anymore you're being led by fear aren't you and if you're being led by fear you're going to wind up in a bad place then the new century version of proverbs 29:25 says being afraid of people can get you into trouble but if you trust the Lord you'll be safe the fear of man brings a snare who should you be more concerned about what you think people might think that's a whole lot of thinking how do you even know what they really think and who are they you need to ask this quick you know if you get on TV some and people see you and hear you more well you're subject to more nasty grams and and sometimes people you know say things that are not very nice and so what I've learned to do is you know in the past I let some things bug me some and then I begin to realize now hold on who are they and what does it matter what they say I know our brother Kenneth Copeland him and Miss glory in their ministry man if anybody's been attacked by the media they have and he said one time about something they put this big big you know half of it wasn't even true I know some of the stuff that folks wrote about us in recent times it's just made-up stuff you wonder how do they do that you know just make stuff up put it in the paper but he'll no airwaves put it on the internet just go there it is but somebody's asking him about this big thing it was in the paper he said you know what that thing will be in the bottom of a bird nests tomorrow I'm in a bird cage be in the bottom of a birdcage tomorrow that's where it'll be what does it really matter and the people that wrote it who are they and what does it matter what they said especially in a few centuries he did what they say making a difference in the kingdom did it matter did it matter to God will anybody remember it who are they what does it mean and yet people are so over concerned about what somebody might say or what somebody may think they let it affect their decision-making they do things or won't do things you know some people think that as a preacher are to drive the oldest car and we're the cheapest clothes and live in the tiniest place for them for what they might think is that going to bless them and help them hmm well what if you find some other group of people that think no that ain't small enough you need to be in something worse tighter grungier where does it stop and who do I I just keep looking to other people go what do you think are to do what do you think are to do do I look broke enough now huh now I still got five dollars okay sorry making your decisions where you live what you do how you live based on what somebody might think our might say the fear of man brings a snare a trap and it leads you into destruction somebody say I'm not spirit I'm not fear lead I am spirit lead skip down to Luke 19 can you take another couple of these examples I mean I could tell you other things but there's nothing better than the word examples in the word when you see it here that's forever in Luke 19 and 20 Luke 19 and 20 Jesus gave he tells the parable of the man who gave his servants pounds and talents if you read different accounts and what they did and and some of them traded and gained more you remember the story and one of them came and said Lord here's your pound I kept it laid up in a napkin I dug a hole and I put it in there did he do the right thing did he make the right choice did he go the right way with this wine verse 21 wine for I feared you and this is not a good reverential godly fear and say people can be afraid of God because they don't know it and afraid in a worldly ungodly way afraid so I won't do this I might mess up or it might not work or I might not know enough I might not be good enough people might talk they might say let me help you with that mmm no not might they will but you should be willing to endure it to obey Him and when you realize how little it matters what some of these folks thinking say it just begins to fade into something that's not significant to you anymore what if I look dumb wouldn't be the first time what if they find out I don't know much well do you be honest hmm why try to act like you know more than you do what if they find out I don't have much or what if they find out if you are keeping that in mind and you're not going you're not being a part you're not being involved what's leading you what's leading you I know I had the privilege of working at Kenneth Hagins ministry for number of years but I hadn't been there but just a few months and I was not a preacher and I had no experience in ministry and they asked me about speaking and they asked me about playing and singing well now I could bang on the piano but I couldn't play and I could sing sort of a little and at one point I saw they're serious they want me to start singing and playing leave music every afternoon in the service on a regular basis and so I said sure I'll be glad to help any way that I can and they left and I thought what did you just do you know you can't really play you know I was taking lessons and this is our plate don't don't dog dog dog dog dog dog crude rough and I started to immediately call him and say look we've made a mistake here I didn't know but I really and I can't sing a play well enough to do this and I started to do it and the Lord checked me and this is the thought that came he said you better ask me first well what am I led by I should how many think we ought to ask him first on everything that ought to be the we ought to go to him first now let's analyze this me wanting to run tell them no this is a bad idea let's forget this what's leading me mm-hmm fear of what well getting up in front of people and making a fool out of yourself would be the top of the list right and so I checked with him and then I I just had a real sense in my spirit I'm supposed to do this I thought Lord for real I was supposed to do this and I checked again and I checked again and I checked again and I had no peace about telling them no knowing I'd start to thought well I'm gonna call him well I'm gonna go tell him and man every time I start I had a check I had no peace about that and when I think about doing it I had a piece but it didn't make sense to my head so how he gonna have a piece and you can't even sing but I did it every day I'd practice in the practice room every day and I get Lords he's always given me a good ear so I could hear everywhere I'm missing it and I'd look out over the crowd and there are people there that can actually play people it's got amazing voices and people that can really play and I'm and I'm and I'm trying to sing and lead music and these thoughts are going through my head I bet they're thinking is that the best they could do why have they got him up there but what matters here does anybody know the only thing that matters is did the Lord direct me to do it now these people brother Hagin and the people that were helping him they said they were impressed to ask me to do it I should have some respect for that shouldn't and then I got no peace about doing that I the only thing that matters here is is the Lord leading this that's the only thing it's the only thing it shouldn't matter to a committed child to God well it wasn't easy I'll be honest with you there's many a day I'm I'm hitting the wrong notes I'm going to their own cords we're changing keys you ever you ever heard of a musical trainwreck part of the band changed key and part of the band didn't change key part of the folks were singing this and part of what we had a few of those and it was not pretty what do you got to do humble yourself the Lord will ask you to do things you don't know how to do are y'all with me Saints he will direct you to do things you got no experience you don't think you got any talent or ability to do during those years the Lord gave me two hundred songs I don't think I got them if I hadn't have been willing to do that we've been able to record some and do some some of them are played in different churches and different places in the country and other countries and I couldn't play but you know the Lord can take a little and do a lot with it he's not he's not in need of ability or talent he can add it he can give it what he needs is a willing heart but you got to overcome the fear don't you you got to overcome the fear what will they think what will the other people think what will they think about this what will they think there's only one person you should care what that what they think and that's your Lord that your Savior that's the head of the church that's your father God can you say Amen did this man make a wrong choice hiding this thing he didn't do the right thing and why did he do the wrong thing fear he was led by fear go with me to I maybe just one more here where is that you got time where you had enough already I got excited and lost my place they're telling the stories Galatians 2nd chapter what does the fear of man do brings the snare brings a trap what should you follow what should you let decide the issues in your heart the peace the peace of God that passes understanding the peace of God that's God Himself it's it's different from what you're get in your head you'll have to overcome your head to follow it because you're handling like the situation I just said your head will say you can't do this you can't do this you can't do they'll never accept you they'll know they'll laugh you off the stage that you can't do this you can't do this if the Lord directs you to do it he knows what he's doing doesn't he and you take one step one foot in front of the other and you will embark on an amazing adventure and things will happen that you didn't imagine what happened good things wonderful things you follow peace and you'll be following the spirit of peace you'll be following God he will lead you beside the still waters he leads you into the lush pastures he'll lead you into the will of God you believe it you follow fear and you'll go into darkness you'll shut yourself off from the very things you need you'll cut yourself off from the people that care about you the most and the help you need the most you'll enclose yourself and and restrict yourself and and you won't step out and you won't try to do it and you'll never find out what you could be and what you could do fear will choke you and ruin you and keep you small do you believe it so what don't follow it don't make decisions based on being scared let that decide with finality Galatians to go to this and I'm thinking about starting to get ready to to close in Galatians to this this is a real picture of how even some very spiritual people can mess up if you let fear lead you the Bible said in Galatians 2 and I'll read in the NIV Galatians 2 and let's see down about verse 11 excuse me Galatians 2:11 NIV he said when Peter came to Antioch Paul says I opposed him to his face because he was clearly in the wrong now it might be hard for us to think about it but Peter was probably better well-known and much highly much more highly regarded than Paul at this point Paul was a johnny-come-lately to the party used to persecute the church he got off to a really bad start right and but Peter was the one that preached on the day of Pentecost Peters shadow fell on people and they got healed you know listening Peter man he was known throughout the new the very young new church but Paul all had some gumption didn't he spirit of God in him he opposed him to his face now that's the way to oppose somebody not behind their back you gonna say something said to their face because you need to be led right just because you want to say something or something crossed your mind doesn't mean the Spirit of God was leading you we already talked about other things can be leading this was the Spirit of God though he opposed him to his face because he was clearly in the room before verse 12 certain men came from James he used to eat with the Gentiles but when they arrived he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles why Peter did a flip-flop he did an about-face he was there he's the one that stood up and talked about how that we are not putting yogurt on brethren that we know our fathers were able to bear and let's don't tell them that they have to keep all the law or they can't be saved he was one of the ones that said it but now in this place he drew back at one time he didn't with them and they're not you know they you know the Jews weren't supposed to eat with the Gentiles but he he said hey this is a new day we're all saved we're brothers yeah I bring the beans and bread and he ate with people but some other folks came and probably one day one of them said no you're not you're not gonna go over there and eat with him are you and he said no right no we don't do that he said no we don't do that that's right no we don't do that and he changed and begin to draw back and separate himself why did he do it why did he do it because he was afraid of what the people of the circumcision group these were Christian people that had gotten saved but they're saying nah you got to keep the whole law he can't be saved he was concerned about what they were gonna think who are we talking about Peter man of God preached on the day of Pentecost thousands got saved his shadow falls on people they get healed but he's human and he can be led by something other than the Spirit this ain't the second day after the day of Pentecost we're over here in the book of Galatians few years have passed things have gone on and Peter changed and separated himself from the Gentiles wouldn't eat with him anymore why he made a decision he went away that was wrong because he was afraid of them verse 13 now here's something that's very important the other Jews joined them in his hypocrisy when you make a decision in fear others can follow you can't they special if you're a leader people are looking to you people respect what you do you make a decision based on fear you're following fear you you may think well it don't have to be that big of a deal you look back behind you and hundreds of people just followed you down the wrong road thousands of people just followed you down the wrong road they joined him notice this so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray and the Bible specifically says what a good man Barnabas was what a good heart he had and what a good man he was here we got Peter one of the preeminent leaders in the church we got Barnabas one of the most loved and and highly esteemed as far as being a spiritual man and both of them are leading hundreds and thousands off the track can you see this because of what because they were scared about what these other guys would think and say if they saw them having a sandwich with the Gentiles it'd be talked about back at headquarters might lose your papers might get caught on the carpet and we just don't want to rock the boat and we don't want to have any trouble well it's great to be a peace maker and peace lover but don't be led by fear be led by the peace right and thank God Paul was a strong enough Christian now I think we have to have to realize man this it took some courage for Paul to come in he's preaching to the Gentiles the Jews the Christian Jews are still getting the revelation that the Gentiles even can be saved and that they are the same caliber of people with them there was a whole lot of prejudice and so Paul he is an apostle but he's Gentile apostle he's out there on the road he goes in all kind of strange places these guys are the known ones in the church and Paul comes in and it says Peter in front of everybody Peter is saying right you know as well as I do you used to eat with the Gentiles didn't you you know you did why did you change now both of them kept me right is it right to eat with the Gentiles or not people because you've done both which ones right and it's not just Peter you got his staff you got Barnabas sitting over there you got all them guys going uh-oh we could eaten with them too just because a bunch of people changed and started doing something doesn't make it right even well-known people are y'all with me friends cuz I don't care who you are I don't care what you know I don't care how much you've been used how long you want with God you can get up tomorrow and yield to a fear and make decisions based on fear and if you do it will take you down the wrong road it'll open up a path of destruction for the enemy to get to you and the sad thing about leaders is you can look back and people can be following you down this wrong path that you chose out of fear he said verse 13 the other Jews joined in his hypocrisy so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel I said to Peter in front of them all you are a Jew and yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew how is it then that you're telling Gentiles to follow Jewish customs and you ain't been following them you've been living like a Gentile but now you tell them no I'm quitting living like a Gentile how many think it was pretty tense in the room that day and it was quiet no he goes on talking about how that that is not right I I think you can see from the other writings and from the other things that Peter made this right that he was man enough and he was strong enough to stand up and go Paul you're right you're right and I want to apologize to everybody here and circumcision group I don't care what you think I'm eating with Gentiles tomorrow and this is not right and I'll let you influence me and I'm not gonna do it again I am NOT led by fear I'm not led by fear of what people might say what people might do what people might think I am led by the Spirit of God the spirit of peace that peace hallelujah decides with finality it is the decision maker in my heart if I don't have that peace I don't go that way one thing we don't do is let fear lead us around by the nose don't let this be too simple for you tonight Saints how many think this is significant this is really important and it's easy to do seen how even very spiritual people can get off-track and start following the fear we don't have to and what you do when you refuse to follow the fear you refuse to give the devil access that he's trying to get to your life we saw last week how that people like Simeon and Anna they wound up at exactly the right place at exactly the right time I mean the very hour the very minute that they needed to walk in they did they were at the right place at the right time because they were led by the spirit did you know what the enemy's trying to do with you and I every day he's trying to get us at the wrong place at the wrong time hmm he's trying to get you at the intersection where the drunk driver comes flying through at 100 miles an hour exactly when he comes through he's trying to get you somewhere where somebody's firing a bullet so it can come through your car he's trying to get you in the wrong place at the wrong time just like there are divine setups there are devilish setups but he can't make you or I do anything all he can do is try to lead you so that you'll take this step and you'll do this and you'll go here and you'll go there and he can get you at the wrong place at the wrong time so he can do what he's got planned the only way he can do that is to get you to follow a fear be led by your temper be led by override and ignore the leadings of the Lord and be led by these other things if you're led by the Spirit of God you won't even know it I won't even know it many times but the Spirit will start to do something and the Lord will check us now do that why not I don't know I just got to check about doing that today go in there I'm gonna do it tomorrow I'm not gonna do it today and you won't know it and you may never know it in this life but you just missed the problem you just missed a devilish setup and instead of being at the wrong place at the wrong time you keep following that piece you keep following that leading you keep following that witness and you just keep on winding up at the right place at the right time again and again and again you're just happen to show up and they just happen to be there and they just happen to want to give you something or give you a deal are you just happen to be there and you had something that they needed and you could minister to them divine setups but you got to follow him to wind up at those intersections do you believe it says stand on your feet everybody

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Length: 68min 8sec (4088 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 23 2012