"Living In Truth" message by Randy Skeete

I was subject for this evening living in truth living in truth before I begin please turn off your cell phones and the favor number to pray for me while I'm speaking that's a very serious request so I'm glad my young brother reminded you just before brother Ben spoke and say the Godfather put your words in that man's mouth and favor number three I want you very much to think if more people will think they would not go to the churches they attend is my mic working if more people would think they would not date the people they date if more people would think they would not eat the things they eat if more people would think a lot of things they would change we just don't stop and think and so I want you tonight to think of what you're hearing let's bow our heads and pray our loving father in heaven thank you so much there God for life even though our conditions are not perfect we thank you for health we thank you for meeting our basic needs and then some father if we've offended you in any way today forgive us we pray and grant to us lavishly your spirit that he may guide and direct your manservant as he speaks and that may may make the word clear to those who are listening please God draw close to us touch every life in this building on watching by the internet and let this message draw us a little closer to your bosom we pray and make us a little more like Christ our example in his name we pray amen living in truth let us go to Psalm 111 and we will read verses 7 and 8 of Psalm 100 and eleven Psalm 111 reading verses seven and eight the Bible says the works of his hands are Verity and judgment all his Commandments are sure they stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightness now truth in verse eight is the same thing as Verity in verse seven listen to the words again now that you've found it the works of his hands are Verity and judgment one of the works of God's hands anything God does when God smote the Egyptians with ten plagues those were the works of his hands when he parted the Red Sea that was the work of his hand but pre-eminently the work of God's hands is expressed in Hebrews chapter 1 verse 10 where the father says to the son and thou Lord in the beginning has laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thy hands creation is pre-eminently the work of God's hands or sometimes referred to the work of his fingers in Psalm chapter 8 reading from verse 3 the Bible says when I consider thy heavens the works of my fingers are the works of his hands and so the Bible says the works of his hands are Verity and judgment they are truth how how was the creation of a star truth the works of his hands are Verity and judgment all his commandments are sure this and fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightness now when some 33 verse 4 the Bible says for the word of the Lord is right and all his works are done in truth what is truth that was a question that who put to Christ Pilate let's go to numbers 23 as we continue with living in truth numbers 23 we shall read verse 9 team of numbers 23 that's book number for numbers chapter 23 reading verse 19 now let me say while you're trying to find it I really love to see the children who lead the singing and may God bless and I love to see you standing up leading the songs I mean you always stay close to Christ always stay close to the church never leave it and always try to do what is right in the sight of God are you with me alright numbers 23 verse 19 the Bible says God is not a man that he should lie let me see if you're thinking what is that verse saying automatically that people lie okay I've told you before when you read the Bible read carefully read what it says and what it does not say in words but what it implies God is not a man that he should lie well the Bible is saying men will lie we lie neither the son of man that he should repent hath he said and shall he not do it or has he spoken and shall he not make it good let's look at these two statements hath he said and shall he not do it or hath he sportin and shall he not make it good now they sung almost absolutely identical but there may be a shade of difference in the two expressions hath he said and shall he not do it when he says something you can count on him to do it are you with me or has he spoken and shall he not make it good the slight share of difference is when God speaks something he makes it good in the sense that there is no circumstance that can prevent him from fulfilling what he has spoken so they are related but a slight shade of difference but one helps us understand the other half he said and shall he not do it or have his sportin and shall he not make it good now let me give you the example I usually use has he spoken of shall he not make it good someone may have decided I'm coming to church tonight choose the 23rd of October 2012 got into the car and five minutes on the road got a flat tire are you with me two flat tires on a lonely road no car comes by to help the person can't make it now did the person make his word good yes or no and we don't want to diss fellowship you now listen to me carefully the man said I am coming to church that's what he said has he spoken now did he make good on his word yes or no no no that was he dishonest no but did he do what he said no why something happened are you following me understand nothing happens to God in this context yeah you know if listening are you listening well argue back with me are you listening nothing of that kind can happen to God when God says something there are no circumstances that can prevent him from carrying out his word and so the verse says have he said and shall he not do it you can trust him to do it or have he spoken and shall he not make it good he can overcome any circumstance that threatens to intervene between what he says and the outcome that's why we must never doubt God it's the greatest insult of God is to doubt his word you didn't hear me let me say it again the greatest insult to God is to doubt his word and I've told you before there's a reason why the first chapter of the Bible is the revelation of the power of the word of God and God said and God said and God said had not said living in truth God is not a man that he should lie neither the son of man that he should repent hath he said and shall he not do it or have his portal and shall he not make it good the answers yes he'll make it good let me give you a parallel verse that helps us to understand that Isaiah chapter 14 let's read verse 26 and that should also give you encouragement help you to trust God your only question should be did God say and if the answer is yes you should take it to the bank as we say Isaiah chapter 14 reading first 26 do you have that not yet there's some weather all we were in number sorry not some you have quite a few books to go to the right to fine Isaiah have you found it now chapter 14 verse 26 the Bible says for the Lord of Hosts hath for the Lord of hosts hath 27 for the Lord of horse half that's right and who shall dis annul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back well let's look at that verse the Lord of Hosts have purpose he has made a decision he's made a statement of his intention and that first statement ends who shall dis annulling who can cancel God's intentions and his hand is stretched out same thing who can turn it back there is no power that can cancel a divine intention let me read the first one more time for you numbers 23:19 then I'm gonna ask your question God is not a man that he should lie neither the son of man that he should repent have he said and shall he not do it or as he spoke and shall he not make it good now look at that verse carefully let me see if you thinking the verse says God is not something what is he not that he should what so he's not a man and he's not a liar he's not a liar now in explaining how God is not a liar the author of numbers our Moses writes has he said and shall he not do it meaning if he said and didn't do it what is he a liar next statement has he spoken and shall he not make it good so if he speaks his intention and something prevents him from doing it he has also lied are you with me now let me ask you a question how many ways are there to lie as we discuss living in truth there are two ways to lie way number one is the way we all lie well the way I lie you know to say something or deliberately falsify the truth are you with me deliberately false how old are you 27 and you're 47 are you following me that's a lot I'm sure we've done the deliberate falsification of the truth but there is another way to lie that does not involve a deliberate attempt that bend the truth it has no vicious intent from the heart here's how that man who says I'm coming to the meeting he made a statement I am coming to the meeting but he didn't come so he did not fulfill what he said but because he's human something happened to stop him yes it was not deliberate he didn't plan it but the outcome is he did not keep his word so in a have another sense that's also a lie let me say it again there is nothing that can keep God from fulfilling his word now listen to Genesis 1 verse 3 now see if you're thinking and God said let there be light finish it for me and there was light what is that that's the statement of what that's I heard it say loudly that's a statement of truth now if God had said let there be light and no light had come what would that have been a lie remember God is not a man that he should lie nor the son of man that he should repent have he said and shall he not do it and the Bible says and God said let there be light and he did it that in the first week of this revival we also said it was also what let there be light was what come on this is review a command 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verse 6 for God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness let there be light was a command yet baby light was also a statement of truth because the light came are you listening to me this is very serious living in truth for me closely please the world was made my command and the world was made by truth so every commandment is an expression of what truth now listen to some 119 verse 142 thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is the truth listen to psalm 119 verse 151 though out near or Lord and all thy Commandments are truth now listen to Psalm 111 verse seven and eight the works of his hands are Verity and judgment all his commandments are sure they stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightness creation in truth the commandments are truth what am I saying this world was created by command and created in truth so God put Adam and Eve in a system not only of command but a system of truth and when I am place or your place in system of truth how should we live in truth then everything about us should be true now Jesus Christ calls himself the way the truth because everything about him is true we are to live like that through the indwelling power of Jesus Christ brought to us by the Holy Spirit working through the word truth let there be light was truth the light came every day of creation let they be let they be let they be begins with filete introduces command the Bible says in John 4:24 God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him how in spirit and then truth now John 16 verse 13 says howbeit when he the spirit of truth so when you worship God in spirit and in truth they're not two different things because the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Truth what is truth that require God requires of us I want you to listen to a quotation Peter have some prophets pay three six to four paragraph to their Jackson prophets 364 paragraph two I want to identify the essence of truth that God requires of us as we continue living in truth listen it's a remarkable statement if man had kept the law of God as given to Adam after his fall preserved by Noah and obeyed by Abraham observed by Abraham there would have been no necessity for the for the ordinance of circumcision are you with me and if the descendants of Abraham had kept the Covenant of which circumcision was a sign they would they would never been seduced into idolatry nor would have been necessary for them to suffer a life of bondage in Egypt they would have kept God's law in mind and there would have been no necessity for it to be proclaimed from Sinai nor engraved upon the tables of stone and have the people practice the principles of the Ten Commandments there would have been no need for the additional directions given to Moses as a long quotation what she's saying is all God ever wanted from humanity was what obey the Ten Commandments that's all he ever wanted when he did not get that he gave them circumcision when that didn't work he gave them all the details found in exodus the exodus to deuteronomy all the ceremonial details everything he gave them but what he originally wanted all by itself was a life of obedience to his law because the law is truth which leads me to make this statement you know we have 66 books of the Bible the greatest expression of truth in the Bible was made on Mount Sinai and God spake all these words saying I am the law of thy God which has brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage thou shalt have no other gods before me when you and I live like that we have one god that's living in truth thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them for I the law of thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the father's upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments when we obey that we are living how in truth and by the way an idol can a false teaching that you believe and will not let go even though you have no Bible support for it great controversy page 583 paragraph 1 it is as easy to make an idol of false doctrines and theories as it is to fashion an idol of wood or stone and there are some people who cling to beliefs that are not biblical and in the light of biblical evidence of the contrary they still follow that belief that's an idol the Bible never says all idols have to be a wood or stone our idols is something that takes the place of God thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain when we do not take God's name in vain when we honor his name when we say one thing and do it when we call ourselves a child of God and live that way we are living in truth remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy if you know it say it with me six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the law of thy God in it thou shalt not do any work let me pause thou shalt not do any work who is excluded nobody what about doctors does God make an exemption for Sabbath keeping for doctors ah you're not sure what to tell me why are you uncertain what does the Commandments say thou shalt not do anywhere LOI tells us if a doctor has to go into a hospice Jesus says it's lawful to do what he didn't say it's lawful to work on the self you're not listening tonight he said it's lawful to do what good on the Sabbath he never said it's lawful to work I don't care how long the tradition has been in our church that doctors and nurses work they're wrong it's now let me finish what I'm saying before you rush off and point your finger and your local doctors face your doctor you go in on the Sabbath there's an emergency you go as a volunteer are you with me you don't want any pay otherwise is any pay a doctor or nurse receives for Sabbath must be given to a special fund for poor people who can't afford medical care I can bring the exact quotation if I find it tomorrow listen to me there are no exceptions when it comes to God's law we must all obey yes it's lawful to do good it is not lawful to work for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested a seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it now when you observe the seventh-day Sabbath you're living in truth what if you observe another day how are you living and you know and you know the matter you hesitant tonight let me ask again when you know the seventh day is the Sabbath and there's no Bible for us to make the first or the 8th or the 9th or the fifth the holy day and you persist in keeping another day you are not living in truth regardless of what you say with your lips you know what Jesus says in vain do they worship Me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men commandment 5 honor thy father and thy mother but thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee not just your biological parents they're all the members of the church let me say it again 1st Timothy chapter 5 verses 1 & 2 the older men are your father's the older women your mother's the young men young women your brothers and sisters if it's as true spiritual family and then elder Wilson is your spiritual father and my the pass of this church is a spiritual father it's not just biological connection because that's not the most important connection to God it is a spiritual connection because we know in the time of trouble relatives will tell the authorities where relatives are hiding it was Eve who tempted Adam it was Cain who kill Abel it was Rebecca Sarah who told Abraham go commit adultery it was Rebecca who deceived a blind husband it was Amnon who raped his sister Tamar it was Judas who betrayed Christ the man was six thou shalt not kill we talked about that last week I believe when we thought about deeper and higher you remember killing is more than cutting off somebody's head it is our attitude towards people that anger we hold the grudges we hold when we live with that we are not living in truth and we were placed in a system that God originally intended would function by truth remember seven thou shalt not commit adultery whether physically or in the mind or my internet mandate thou shalt not steal 9 thou shalt not bear false witness 10 thou shalt not covet that's all the truth God has required of us because we're not faithful or we were our forefathers were not faithful to that the the highest ex pression of truth God required nothing else then he gave circumcision then we gave all the details of a ceremonial sister my brothers or sisters first Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 3 says this for this is the will of God even your what sanctification now that's God's will for us our sanctification but how is sanctification achieved by the truth John 17 verse 17 say it with me sanctify them through thy truth the question we must ask in all areas of life in all circumstances not is it is it convenient is it easy is that what other churches are doing is that what other families are doing is that what other young men my ages do are doing that's not the point the point must always be is this truth that's not a way of saying is it based on earth thus saith the Lord these are pages page 86 paragraph 1 a remarkable quotation about the life of Christ at a very early age listen to this jesus had begun to act for himself in the formation of his character and not even respect on in love for his parents could turn him from thus saith the LORD which is truth it is written was this reason for every act that varied from the family customs you get the less statement there were times when the family wanted to go north and Jesus said I cannot go north and here's my reason why it's contrary to my father's word she says at a very early age Christ made up his mind I will live by the truth that's the way God is Deuteronomy 32:4 he a God of truth first John 5:6 the Holy Spirit is truth John 14:6 Jesus is truth we have the Godhead is a family of truth now if we are sons of God surely we should be sons and daughters of truth now none of us is claiming to be perfect none of us certainly not I but what is our desire what is our ambition spiritual ambition what kind of a heart do we want to give to God when he looks in does he see a genuine desire to live a truthful life and you're around me chapter five verse 29 you can almost hear the tears and the voice of God as he says all that there was such a heart in them that they will fear me and keep all my Commandments always that it may be well with them and they children forever what God wants first is a heart and when David prayed his prayer of confession in Psalm 51 6 he says thou desirest truth in the inward parts you know the inward parts are hmm what does Paul say in Ephesians chapter 6 his truth shall be thy shield and what buckler somdev not Paul David in Psalm 91 his truth shall be thy shield now what is the buckler it's a thing that held everything together and so we read that it should be david says in psalm 51 god wants it in the inward parts and he using military language he says thy truth shall be thy history shall be thy shield and buckler it holds everything together so I ask you and I ask myself every time I preach is the second time I'm preaching a sermon at least because you preach it to yourself first any preacher will tell you that and sometimes it's just as painful for the as it is for someone in the pew only Christ was a perfect preacher but let's ask ourselves a question are we trying to live truthfully and a truthful life is a life lived in harmony with God's law and that's how Christ lifts and so Christ said in John 15:10 if you keep my Commandments you shall abide in my love what does abide mean remain now keep in mind we're in John 15 which says in verse 4 abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me verse 5 I am the branch yeah I am to find you the branches he that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for that me you can do nothing we go to verse 7 if he abide in me my words abide in you abiding is the theme in that chapter stay in other words remain look at verse 9 as a father hath loved me so have I loved you continually in my love another word for abide so it's a constant theme remain stay then he says in verse 10 what's the condition for staying in God love you see if you keep my Commandments you shall abide or stay or remain and then he says that's how I stayed in my father's love listen to me carefully listen carefully if Christ had disobeyed his father he would not have abode in the father's love when I leave you'll say that man loves to talk about the law listen to me the whole problem is the law I'm just showing you different size different ways to view the law tonight we see the law as truth the highest expression of truth is God's law and who spoke it Jesus Christ you can't be saved by keeping the law keeping the law is an expression of the fact that you are saved are you with me let me say it again I am NOT preaching keep the law to be safe only God can save you not the law but God saves you to a law-abiding life that's why I ask you to think every night listen to Matthew 1:21 and first John 3:4 first John 3:4 says whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law why for sin is the transgression of the law faith for the workspace 56 paragraph 1 now we want to understand what sin is that it is the transgression of the law of this is the only definition given in the scriptures the only definition sin transgressing the law we go to Matthew 1:21 and that she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from what from what from what from what come what no from what from transgress that who said that I like that man he's good looking from transgressing the law everywhere you see sin in the Bible read transgression of the law and you're absolutely right he saves us from transgressing the law now the Bible is a book of opposites there's a spiritual principle for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction if he saves you from breaking the law what does he say if you talk that's living in truth that's living in truth because all thy Commandments are how many of you have been following me tonight can I see alright how you gonna follow what I'm trying to say can I see you right now give me some right now all right I see some hands not moving it's my fault if you didn't get it come back tomorrow night the Lord me tell me something that clarifies what I'm saying tonight what I want to learn your conscience is this the universe was created in truth there's nothing false about God's system nothing deceiving nothing misleading everything is upfront and honest and transparent reliable and dependable and God says to me that's where I want you to live and the written code of that life is my law and I want nothing else in the new world that's all we'll required of us live by this law of love because love and truth and separable and so tonight I ask us again are we living in truth and if we think we're not then we just have to say to God Father for the sake of Christ in His name give me a heart that loves truth how many advertisements on television can you really trust when you go to the doctor he prescribes a drug are you sure if this it's really for your benefit or a drug companies benefit and God bless all doctors don't get me wrong please don't wait for me importantly but can we whose word can we trust only God's but we should be able to trust one another's way because we're made how in the image of God the most trustworthy person on the face of the earth should be or seventy happiness we'll all advertise amen let me close I read somewhere when you've made your point stop let's make a commitment tonight to live what kind of lives truthfully let's forget yesterday let's forget five minutes ago let's by God's abiding grace make a commitment to live a truthful life let's start with me than you and so I ask God to give me a heart to live a truthful life the Bible says of Noah in Genesis chapter 7 verse 1 and the Lord said unto Noah come thou and all thy house into the ark for thee have I seen righteous before me God described him as righteous in 2nd Peter chapter 2 verse 5 the Bible says and spared not the old world but say if Noah the eighth person a preacher of righteousness he lived a righteous life he preached righteousness in other words he lived what he preached Christ lived what he preached evangelism page 6 36 paragraph 1 ellen white writes christ carried out in his own light his life his own divine teachings yo when I was coming up I heard there was a saying do as I say not as I do have you ever heard that not with God God is do as I say and do as I do how many of you will say with me Father give me a heart to live a truthful life may I see your honest right hand give me a stand up with me give me a heart to live an honest truthful life let's forget yesterday as I said five minutes ago from this point on we want by God's grace to live a truthful life and the only way that's possible is if the Spirit of God writes his law of truth on our hearts and I will talk about that before this week ends heads bowed eyes closed loving father in heaven we thank you for your word we thank you for its clarity we thank you for its challenge we thank you Father no circumstance can prevent you from keeping your word none and so god we forgive us for the many times we've doubted your word forgive us for not living truthful live transparent lies forgive us for not representing you or right but we've committed ourselves today father by your biding grace the indwelling of your spirit moment by moment to live a truthful life that in us you may be glorified forgive us for our moments of weakness father bless us tonight strengthen us give us the mind of Christ take us home safely with an increasing love for truth bring us back tomorrow night we pray in Jesus name that all God's people say amen and amen god bless you please travel safely and I shall see you Lord willing tomorrow evening

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Length: 38min 25sec (2305 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 30 2013