- [Narrator] And now here
is pastor Arnold Murray. - Let's talk about mankind's
patience, all right. You know, there's an
old saying, what is it? Let me see. Patience is a virtue,
possess it if you can seldom found in women
and never found in men, I think I've
memorized that, right? Didn't I, something
like that, okay. Patience is something
that's hard to come by but patience connects us
with knowledge, wisdom and how much we can learn
if you just kind of hold back and observe many times. When it's time for action,
action, yes, of course. But there is a time also
when we have to be patient. Many times, so
what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna compare man's
patience with god's, all right. I think we lose
all the way around but maybe it's good for
us to take a look at it. Open your Bibles if you
would, to Matthew chapter 18. And we're gonna
take some examples. The word most often translated as patience are long suffering in the Greek is makrothumia. And it means to be long
spirited, I like that to be long spirited for
bearing and long suffering. And that word is translated
by most of those words into the English and
the King James version, long suffering, patience,
and even forgiveness on an occasion or two. So with that, having been said Jesus has just told us
that we must forgive 47. Let's go to the scripture
here, chapter 18. Let's pick it up if
we may with verse 21 to gather the thought
I was trying to say, leading into this
Christ teaching. Then came Peter to him and said, Lord, how often shall my
brother sin against me and I forgive him
till seven times? You know, we can get kind
of impatient with Ken folks. Especially brothers and
sisters and so forth. And that shouldn't be, okay,
It really shouldn't be. We are to stand together,
spiritually speaking to be long spirited, all right? Verse 22, Jesus said unto him. I say, not unto thee
until seven times but until 70 times seven. You know, but still we
come to that one place. That is if they repent, okay. You're not obligated. If somebody has offended you
and they haven't repented, only in your own heart, do you
say, "Father, forgive them." Okay, but for the word there
go wide perhaps or something of that nature. But you are not required
to be a welcoming mat for everybody to walk
on that offends you and doesn't repent, all right? That's like as someone that
would listen to a fool. A fool runs over you and you go to the fool
and apologize to him. Anyone that listens to
a fool is a bigger fool than they are, whether
they're Christian or not. Okay, so you got to use
a little common sense and know Christ
wants you to forgive, but repentance comes first. The pentance is simply the
love from the heart saying "I don't know what
happened, I'm sorry." Okay, anyway, then he sets
the stage giving patients and long suffering and it's going to
be compared by, we'll let's just take it, 23. Therefore, is the kingdom of
heaven like unto a certain King which would take
account of his servants. Now what I want you to absorb,
this is exactly the way it is in heaven. And naturally the certain King
is Almighty God, all right. That's who's the King in
heaven, all right, got it? So, don't saw around
the bushes or anything. This is the way that
this operates in heaven. Okay, 24, and when he
had begun to reckon, now that's the check the books, one was brought unto him
which owed him 10,000 talents. That's a bunch, all right. 750 ounces of silver,
it would have been at the time of the
writing, that's a bunch. Verse 25, but for as much
as he had not to pay, he didn't have it. His Lord commanded
him to be sold and his wife and children
and all that he had and payment to be made. Now, in as much as we're
talking about heaven, understand this, God
expects you to be honest. If you owe something,
you owe it, all right. And that's what he's
talking about here. The Lord's (indistinct)
you got to pay it. You got to make it right. Now, watch many might say, "Well, that sounds
a little hard." Well, that's the way God is. "Why?" That's just That's fair, if you owe
something, you owe it, period, all right? No need to beat around the
bushes, that's the way it is. - And verse 26, the
servant therefore fell down and worshiped him. This word worshiped
means it sought him but it also means repentance. I mean he absolutely was getting on his knees and
saying, "Lord, forgive me." I mean, forgive me
all the way all right? Saying, "Lord have patience
with me and I will pay the all." And it was coming from his heart because you don't con God. God knows when you're being
honest or if you're faking Him you might as well go burn a
Bush somewhere for all the good you're not going
anywhere, all right. Don't ever make the mistake
of trying to make promises to God by conning
Him, it won't work. Because He knows what
you're thinking, all right. It's very silly for someone
to try to put one over on the Father. Always be honest with Him. But I mean, what did he
do here? He repented. I mean, he was sorry, he was asking Almighty
God to forgive him. Now, what was the subject
leading into this? Forgiveness. All right, Christ
said seven times 70. If it requires it, if
the person really repents you're to forgive. And that in itself
takes patience. But that's the way
God wants it done and that's the way
you should do it. If the repentance
is there, okay. And He's gonna make it good,
that's what He's saying. Verse 27, then the Lord of that servant was moved
with compassion and loosed him and four gave him the debt. I mean just said, "Hey,
let's just liner through." Now, you all know
that when we sin and that sin goes
in the Book of Life, it's right there by your name. But the moment you
repent, it's erased. It is gone, it is forgiven. That's the way it's
done in heaven, okay? Just want to throw that in
as we're moving by here. That's the way it operates. Christ paid the price that we have that opportunity. What this man did is he appeals to Yahweh our heavenly father's
unsurpassable readiness of generosity and
forgiving grace. Grace is what? It's favor. God wants to favor us, mankind. And Lord only knows
we need it, okay? Just being all out, I don't
know any of us that are perfect. And as sooner or later,
we all fall short. Again, be honest with
God, let him know that. Let him know when you fall
short, that you're sorry at the point that you are. And then comes at unmerited
favor, you don't deserve it. We don't deserve it. But He gives it unmerited because of the price
Christ paid on the cross that it's washed
white, it's erased. So, he forgave everything. 750 ounces of silver. You don't owe a penny. I appreciate the fact that
no doubt God would say "You didn't want to
lose your family. "And you've repented to try
to keep your family together "Rather than me
splitting them up. "And I appreciate that." So, He forgave the debt. Verse 28, this was man, man is always anxious to
appeal to God's grace. I mean, just, we
expect it from him to the point that
sometimes I almost feel, He must think we take
advantage of Him, you know. But He's our Father
and he loves us. So don't ever hold
back from repentance. That's why Christ said seven
times 70 if it takes it, if you're honest. Verse 28, but the same servant. Now this mankind here, the same servant and remember,
this is the way it is in heaven also, went out and found one
of his fellow servants which owed him an 100 pence. I mean, that's a pittance. And he laid hands on him and
took him by the throat saying, "Pay me that thou owest." I mean, get it on. You know, I mean, here he was just a day
before on his knees before Almighty God
begging with repentance. And he goes over to one of
his servants and grabs him by the throat over a 100 pence? A pence, what is it? It's an eighth part of an ounce. That's not much, okay. I mean, we're talking
pittance here. 29, and his fellow servant
fell down at his feet. And besought him saying,
"Have patience with me "And I will pay the all." I mean, he, he fell before him. He said, I'll make it good, give me an opportunity,
he repented. 30, This is what mankind
do, and he would not. But went and cast
him into prison till he should pay the debt. I mean, he said, "You
just get on in there until "I get the whole bunch. So, mankind will do you
kind of bad sometimes. And you might as
well get set for it. God, won't, that's why you
should hold God so precious in your heart. And hey, after all you might
say, "Well, but man's here." Well, God is too. And there's a big
difference, God's in control. And he can square a
man away in a hurry if you have the faith to
know that, okay? Period. Verse 31, so when his fellow
servants saw what was done, they were very sorry and came
and told unto their Lord, all that was done, don't worry, he knew it already, all right? But they're letting you know
how the people felt about it when they saw this
unjust person. I mean, there he had been put
on cloud nine with salvation, freedom, and then he does this
guy that owes him just a few pieces of copper. 32, then said his Lord,
after that he had called him. I mean, he sent
for him right away, said unto him, o
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt because thou desiredst me. You repented, you
shed tears even. 33, shouldest not thau
also have compassion on thy fellow servant,
even as I had pity on thee? Don't you believe in
doing what is just? Verse 34, and his Lord
was wroth, he's angry. Our father was, hey, this is
the way it is in the kingdom. And God's the King. And delivered him to the
tormentors, the jailers until he should pay all
that was doing to him. I mean, he threw
him in the clink even after you'd already
forgiven you once. But it was retracted because of his feelings
toward his fellow man. 35, so likewise shall
my heavenly father
do also unto you, if you from your hearts, forgive not everyone his
brother their trespasses. That is to say when
they repent, okay. That is in other words, the whole thing is
based on repentance of worshiping God, repenting
and asking that forgiveness. And so it should
be with mankind. So when someone does repent, then God knows their heart. You're kind of put on the spot. You've got to discern
for yourself whether
they are or not. But I kind of always
liked to use the old thing "Fool me once and shame on you, "But fool me twice and
shame on me," okay? This is why some people
think when they are forgiven that it should be
dropped by the wayside and never thought of. Well, it shouldn't be brought up but trust and credibility
comes from time of proving yourself
to your friends. I mean a Christian is gonna
give you an opportunity but that doesn't mean they're
gonna just really take you right back in. And put a great deal of
responsibility on you until you can prove you
can handle it, you got it? That's the way you do
it in your own life so you don't get bit, okay. Everybody earns their
reputation and your name is your reputation. Your name is that that's
written in the Book of Life. Your name is either
good or it's bad. Or it's somewhere in between
and always protect it. I mean, polish it, I don't
know literally mean to do that, but what I mean is
take care of your name. If you promise something your whole value
is placed on that. Well, I just had a bad
day when I promised that to you and now
I'm changing my mind. Well, you're no good,
just get on out of here. I Can't depend on you. Don't ever deal with
somebody you can't depend on. Well, that doesn't
sound very Christian. No, it is Christian, it's smart. That's why God put the
old boy in the jug, okay. Because he couldn't
depend on him. He should have
learned the lesson when God forgave him
750 ounces of silver. You know, that's quite a
bit of silver even today, much less back then. And then he would lay hands
on that poor little guy that owed a few
pieces of copper? You know, and he
didn't learn any lesson and out of our own mouths, God convicts us. That's what you
do, He knows, okay. And it's how you operate that
He rewards and judges you. It is well to be wise
in the ways of the world and to know how
the street operates so that you know how to
help people that are there. But it's the wisdom from God
that brings His blessing. So, there we have man going
to our heavenly Father with his unsurpassed generosity. And saying "Child, I
forgive you, I love you." And then kind of slamming in
the face with man's own way of doing things. You wanna think about that. It's very important. But at the same time, having
and knowing discernment that you go by the
law of forgiveness and that is after repentance. Let's go on over if we
may to the Book of Romans. And take another
little example of this, of mankind's patience. It is impatience and not
having long suffering that made the old boy
attack the guy, okay. He didn't have any patience. And if there was any one thing God expects us to have is
to have long suffering. In other words, let's just cut right
back to the program here, God's plan of the day. God's got a lot of
children He wants saved. You may not like them and you
may not want a whole lot to do with them but God's got
to give those chance and those children an
opportunity to be saved just like you are. And the strange thing is he
expects you to help, okay? So therefore he wants you
to have patience to know we have to let time
and God's will run until all souls are
born of woman that are and have the opportunity
that you have today to either accept God or not,
that's your choice, okay. Chapter two, the
great Book of Romans. We'll go ahead and
take it from verse one. Therefore thou art
inexcusable old man whosoever thou art, that
judgest for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thyself for thou that judgest
does the same things. We're not judges, God
is the judge, okay? You're to practice discernment. But, I suppose the reason
God doesn't want us to judge others, you don't know what
you're talking about, okay. In most cases we don't. "Well, I heard it said." That's what will get
you in trouble for it? What you heard say it, okay. That ain't necessarily
so, all right. And that's why you can
put yourself in God's eight ball pocket, I don't know if that's
right or not, whatever, bad side of God is
to listen to gossip and start judging people. Hey, if you haven't
seen something with your own two little peepers you wanna be careful
what you say. Okay, so that's what
he's talking about here. Okay, verse two. But we are sure or we know
that the judgment of God is according to
truth against them, which commits such things. In other words, God knows
what's in their heart and their mind and he
knows everything we do. He's qualified,
got it, we're not. Okay, verse three. And thinkest thou this,
O man, that judgest them which do such things
and doest the same that thou shalt escape
the judgment of God? And there's no way, okay. God is the judge. This is why we have so many
people that commit crimes and think they got away with it. Hey, their main
trial is yet to come. Okay and this is
before the father he's got it own in the
book, okay, it is written. And that's why repentance
is a beautiful thing, okay. Verse four or despisest
thou the riches of his goodness our fathers
that is to say, and forbearance and long suffering. Our father's got it. I'm sorry we lose
the race, okay. Not knowing that
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. In other words, when you
know our father and his plan you can't help, but repent
of your sins and be forgiven. Why wouldn't you want to be? You know, he paid
an awesome price. He's paid in full,
it was expensive. It cost him his life. So why wouldn't you wanna
repent and have his blessings in your life, being long
suffering and understanding and praying in the will of
God and letting God be God rather than to try
to be God yourself that will get you
in big trouble. And that's called
lack of patience. Okay, I want it now that's kind
of mankind's style, you know then it doesn't always
happen that way. Verse five, but after thy
hardness and impenitent heart that means a non repenting heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of
the righteous judgment of God. In other words you're not gonna
understand his revelation. He's gonna try to
reveal stuff to you. You're not going to get it. If you are unrepentant
of our mistakes and hey, we all make them,
that's no big deal. All right, well,
sometimes he could be, but we better consider
him , so, but repent. That's the thing it's
bad, if you hang on to it, don't, you know
something everybody has
about one day of the I don't know if I wanna
use this analogy or not. Yeah, I think it came from
the Holy Spirit, I'm not sure I like it now that
I think about it. Everybody has about one day and most families have one day
of the week and guess what? That's wash day. Okay, and everybody gathers
all their dirty underwear and their dirty
socks and clothes and they put them in the hampers and they lead them all
down to the washer room. And you always
make sure you clean your hamper out, don't ya? Some people seem to wanna
leave their dirty socks in their hamper forever
and ever and ever. And man, they get
pretty bad, you know? And, that's what not
repainting I'll do too. Why would you want
to hang on to it? You know, when he's ready,
he said, I love you, I understand how you fell in
that trap, and I forgive you if you'll worship me and repent and do it now
quicker, the better. And that's what we should do. That's loving our father
and he's saying here, listen to me, do it my way,
I love you be repentant. And if you'll just listen to me it will bring you to
repentance back in verse four. Okay, verse six, who
will render to every man according to his deeds? Why God's judge and those
deeds that are on the book by your name that are not
repented for, what did he say? He's gonna render every
man according to his deeds, what you've done. I'm hoping that
you've planted a lot of seeds and you've repented and all those dirty
socks are in the laundry. And there's nothing
there by your name other than good words. And the Lord says my good
and faithful servant. You come on into the kingdom. You're a rich man or a woman. Okay, and spiritually speaking, because God loves his people. But he will never give you
more than you can take care of. Okay, that's just the way it is. Verse seven, to complete
here to them who by patience to them who by patient
continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and
immortality, eternal life. That's the way you get it. That's what this is all about. You know, the eternity is
going to be so wonderful. The eternity is going
to be so complete that we will have
planted all the seeds and brought all the souls into the house of
God that's possible and those that we just could
not, or that God could not, even though through
his long suffering are simply going to be removed where there's no
heartaches anymore. And people that bring heartaches
just won't be with us. All right, that's the way it is. That's the way God operates. And it's gonna be
a wonderful place. There's not gonna be tears there and there's not
gonna be any sorrow. And you know that'll
really be something to be with our father and to never have a question
that you can't get answered because he'll be right there and if you wondered about
what's going on over here or there in space, or what have
you, or how this came to be you can ask him
gonna let you know. And I will say
this, no, I won't. All things when you
have reached that place are so simple are so
simple that you wonder why in the world we ever
struggled with it here. Okay, and that's
a fact, all right. So here again, we see
man's long suffering compared to God and it
doesn't look too good, but there our father is
always there understanding with his hand outstretched. But the main thing
you don't wanna do is to let the Canaanites
throw those pillows as it's written in Ezekiel
13, over the outreach hands of Almighty God, and
you missed the trip. When they try to teach you as it's written there to fly
for your soul for salvation God said I'm against that stuff. Don't like it don't want it. So he's got his hands out
to you, do you know why? He loves you. God loves his children. And that's why he's
so magnificent. Look the way they shrunk at
him in the world today, man I'm telling you, it'd be
like me taking on my old bed that sheet and just taking
flop that thing, you know? And, I mean clean the world
out, but he's so patient because he loves you. He loves our people. And you know, I don't guess
there's any one of you that have children
that you wouldn't go to about the same ends for them. And that makes it a lot easier
to understand what you do for your kids. And our father is like that. And he patiently teaches and
says, just whoa haul a minute take a deep breath, relax and think about
your surroundings and what it is
you can do for me. I have something I need, I
need my children brought to me what can you do? Okay, and God uses people
in many different ways. Let's turn it onto the ninth
chapter of the book of Romans. This ninth chapter is
where God lets you know how much he is in control. He said there was two little
ones in their mother's womb. One of them named Jacob
and one of them named Esau and this ninth chapter
Romans, he said, I love Jacob. He said, I hated Esau while they were still
in their mother's womb. So God creates
people with a destiny certain people God's election. And this is why it is written in the eighth chapter proceeding this ninth chapter of
Romans I foreknew you. And you said you didn't
even know what to pray for but in as much as
you're one of my saints, I will intercede in your life
because you are justified. And of course that you
find in the 30th verse of the preceding chapter,
God is kind of saying I have certain people I
use, but it is verse 29 where he says for
whom he did for, no, he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his son,
meaning to help his son the only begotten that
he might be the firstborn among many brethren, moreover
whom he did predestinate them he also called and whom he
called them, he also justified. That means judged, all right. So that kind of puts you
on another footing there. Okay, so I'm just kind
of setting the stage here because I still wanna
only pick the part up here of long suffering. Okay, that God's gonna
deal with your life and you got to have patience
with God also, right? He has, if he chooses you, if
you're one of his elect now when somebody has freewill
he will change your life when you ask him to
and not until then. But if you're one of his
elect, I guarantee you, he will you'll wake up and
wonder why you ended up at someplace someday if he
wants you in another place. All right, that's
the way he operates. Verse 21, he's talking
about God now creating man as the Potter verse 21. Let's pick it with
20 nay but O man who art thou that
repliest against God? Shall the thing formed
say to him that formed it. Why hast thou made me thus? God why? Why did you make me this way? Now all of you know, that's
kind of a foolish thing to say. Verse 21 hath not the
potter power over the clay of the same lump, same
lump of what, clay to make one vessel unto honor
and another unto dishonor. I can let me translate it
for you in a better way. I can take one
lump the same lump and I can make a
flower vase here and you can put
pretty flowers in it or I can make a chamber
pot out of the same lump. That's my business is
what God is saying. How much do you love him? How much do you trust him? But I just like to
have things my way. Well, I'm sorry. You know, if you're a servant
of God, you'll do it his way. All right and you'll
pray much about it. So what God wants you to know it's not good to order with
the argue with the potter if you're just a chuck of clay because you know what he
can do with that chunk. Do you know what he can do
with that vase in his hand if he doesn't like it? Cup Pally, okay,
vases break easy. Don't argue with God. Okay, verse 22. What if God willing, I repeat
willing to show his wrath and to make his power known endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath
fitted to destruction. What if he has some
vessels of wrath that he intends to destroy? He's talking about the
nephilim here, all right. Yeah, he created them. He created their souls, right? They weren't made with clay and they're fitted
for destruction as this written in Jude 1-6. They're gonna get it. What you're gonna
not understand this, if you don't realize,
God says I've got a plan for my children and
I have certain things to educate them with, got it. Okay 23 and that he might
make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels of mercy which he hath afore prepared
unto glory fit up in advance. You've got to think
of both freewill and destiny within this,
all right, election. Verse 24, even us
whom he has called not of the Jews only,
but also of the Gentiles from among everyone he calls and gets his elect
back on board. Verse 25 as he
saith also in Osee that's the saying
Hosea in the Hebrew. Do you know what Hosea
means in the Hebrew tongue? It means salvation,
okay, that's the subject. As he saith in Hosea I
will call them my people that is Ammi in the Hebrew which were not my people Lo Ammi and her
beloved that's Ruhuma which was not beloved which is to say Lo Ruhama when
you read the book of Hosea you'll understand what
he's talking about, okay? Because it will not be,
it'll only be transliterated not translated for
you necessarily. God wrote the book of Hosea
or had Hosea to write it because he told Hosea
to go marry a harlot. Because the 10 tribes had gone
North and had disobeyed God. But he said, they're
still my people and I'm gonna drag
them out of there. But especially his elect
of the final generation he would utilize them. Why then should we
think of long suffering? You better be patient with him. Many mats say, well, I
wish the end was tomorrow. Well, that'd be kind of
selfish, wouldn't it? Do you know how many
people are yet to be born? That we didn't even have
a chance of salvation. If you got your way, why don't
you love God enough to know he knows what he's doing and
let him alone in his time and his place,
we're getting close. He's given us signs,
but let God be God let your father be judge. And you be his servant And you will do just fine because he likes to
prosper his children. And he likes to use them. And you might say, well,
he hadn't used me yet, it's not time. The witness comes after
the false Messiah appears, are you ready? That's your hour. My word and then to stay in and let the whole world
know, our father loves us. That he pulls his people. Well, who are his people? The people that love
him, that repent, that follow him that want
to be blessed of him. You see even Satan,
God created his soul. All children are God's children. All souls are God's children. And as it is written
in Ezekiel 18:4, I own all souls. You can't give him your soul. He's already got you friends
signed and delivered. All right, to do with
as the potter chooses. Okay, but he's
always, always fair. But that's what he
said in Hosea verse 26. And it shall come to
pass that in the place where it was said unto them. You are not my people, Lo Ammi they shall be called the
children of the living God and me and there you have it. That's God's promise. Do you know something? You can count on it. That's how it's
gonna come to pass. Hosea is one of the most
beautiful of the minor prophets. And of course, a lot of
people don't understand because the first thing
he does is tell him to go marry a harlot and
that's not understood. And all it means is they
don't know who they are. You know, they just soon
call themselves the children to the false Messiah
as they would the true they don't know the difference. And there you have it. That being the deeper
teaching in the book of Hosea which means salvation,
which is God's love for his children to bring them
to that point of salvation. And we're just
about to get there. I've got two places,
I want to go, go with me to Colossians. Colossians chapter three and let's pick it
up with verse 12 and let's remember our
thought man's kind patience compared to Almighty
God's patience. And you might even add the
will of God for mankind. Okay, verse 12 of chapter three the great book of
Colossians put on therefore, as the elect of God,
I don't know are you? Holy and beloved
bowels of mercies that means a heart
or mind of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness and long suffering. You might as well get
harnessed up for it friend, don't get anxious. If you love God, you want
it to be done his way, okay? You know why? Because that's exactly the
way it's gonna be done. Now, if you're gonna get in
the harness and help him, he's gonna bless you. If you're not gonna help him he is not gonna
bless you, period. That's just the way it is. Well, but I love him. Well, what good are you? Okay, you know, he's got
to have somebody he can use if it's nothing, but simply
to let him know, you love him. You're doing a great thing because that's why
he created man. He does not want blood
sacrifices or anything else. And I'm quoting from
that same book of Hosea. Osee that we say
that we just read of chapter six, verse six. He said, I don't want
your burnt offerings or the burnt animals. I want your love. And that's what he does
want from you, okay. So set your heart and mind if it's the plan of
God it's your plan. Verse 13 for bearing one another
or bear with one another. Hey, and I know it's hard. It is really hard to bear with
some people especially me. You know, I just
simply say that. So let's be sure and
include all of us, okay, it's you know, people
can be that, I'm sorry. You may be surprised,
we're not perfect. You know, we got fault. And I figure, you know,
when I first became a pastor I said, Lord, what are you
sending these to me for? Why? Then he gave me a real
good talking to one day. And he said, because
you need them. I thought, Whoa, you know? I need somebody like,
yeah, it'll mature you it'll make you a good pastor. They will test your Oak cry. Anyway, look at that in life. You know, all of you've
got one kinfolk that good Lord hip you, you
know, the whole family hate to see him coming. When they see their car
coming down the road they lock the doors if they can. But sometimes it's too late. He's caught you. Okay, but you're supposed
to have that one. Okay, it'll everybody should
have at least one nitpicker and it'll do good
for you, all right. Maybe some of you don't
know what I'm talking about. I don't know, but
be that as it may. 13 forbearing one another
and forgiving one another. If any man, have a quarrel against any even Christ
forgave, you so also do ye. Now I'm gonna tell
you something. I wanna, you know
what I'm about to say if they've repented to you,
you should forgive them. What happens if
they don't repent? Then you know something
except for God, there you go. You'd be just like that. So don't go to that
person and say, you forgive them necessarily but in your own heart and
mind say father, forgive them. They don't know
what they're doing. And that way you
can turn loose of it and it won't tear you up. Okay, so you don't
want it to tear you up. Don't let somebody that
wrongs you tear you up if they're not worth it. Okay, so simply simply just know but by the grace of God,
I'd be ignorant also. And let it go, you know, but
be should I bring it in again only a fool will listen to a
fool and let it happen to him twice, okay or thrice use
good judgment and discernment. All right and stick with it. Okay, verse 14, is
that where we were? Yeah, and above all this
means most important above all these things put on charity,
you know what that is? That's love, which is
the bond of perfectness. It is, love is the strongest
force in the world. Do you know that Kings
go to war in the history and take over a whole country
and lose thousands of men. And when they win they go
into the other Kings treasure and take his pretties
and goes home and guess who he
gives him to mama. Okay, yeah, 'cause he loves her puts all the parties on mama
and mama didn't even fight. She stayed home. So love is one of the
strongest forces in the world. All right, and it will
pay dividends for you. And I'm not necessarily
talking about husband and wife love, I mean,
love for mankind. 15 and let the peace of
God rule in your hearts. God is not the author
of confusion, okay. To the which also ye
are called in one body and be ye thankful. And you are, if you're in a
body that knows and understands that there is only one body,
that's the body of Christ. You know, he is our, everything. God sent him to pay the
price that we can and have it for our sins to own repentance be forgiven and allow you
to come into long suffering. And it is natural that
when you grow older you gain patience because
you're not in a hurry to go anywhere. Okay, but for the young you
need to practice patience. It's a wonderful thing. And sometimes older people,
and this is not true. They say, wonder
why I used is wasted on the young, but it's, we're
all the same age anyway. All right, so learn patience. And the main thing is
how do you gain patience? By listening to God, wanting
him to control in your life so that you receive blessings
instead of heartaches and 16 let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms hymns
and spiritual songs singing with grace in
your hearts to the Lord. And so it is God wants
to be in your family. He wants to lead your family in closing turn with me to
the book of second Peter. Second Peter is chapter
three is written to a bunch of people that say, hey,
it ain't gonna happen. The world's not gonna end. It's count going on just
the same as it is now. It's always been that away
and it isn't gonna change. And you got a lot of
people out there that way. That's why it shows their
ignorance of the word of God. And they can't
read the prophecies
concerning the end time. Do you know that the nation
Israel formed in 1948 that that has never happened since Christ walked the streets
of Jerusalem, that's it. That's the first time. And he said, that will
be the last generation. That's pretty easy
to understand. And that proves that
the Bible is true and that lets you know and understand why you're
coming into that time. And that's what the first
part of this chapter three kind of says, he said,
don't listen to them. They're a little bit
foolish and verse. I want to pick it
up with verse nine. This is your father. And don't ever forget it. The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise. He promised the end is coming. You can count on it. Don't listen to somebody
that would tell you it's gonna continue on the same as some men count slackness but is long suffering to us-ward not willing that
any should perish but that all should
come to repentance. That is God's wish but he's not gonna
force anybody to, okay. Now you got to
understand your father. If they will not repent on their own to love him,
he doesn't want them. Okay and that's what
it will ultimately come down to in the
millennium, all right. But the point I want you
to derive from this is God doesn't get up every
morning and say I'm gonna go out there and
find me somebody to zap. 'Cause there's nobody
he wants to zap. He's already sentenced
Satan to death. And then nephilim,
along with him, they're held in
bondage for destruction when God's rest
spills over, why? Because they've
already been sentenced and they earn what they got. But for everyone else
right up to the last day it is his will that they come to repentance,
why that brings forgiveness. And that brings
salvation for them. And his children are saved. He's in the business
of saving his children and not killing them
or not zapping them or not making life
miserable for them but correcting them
when they need it. Especially if
they're God's elect he's got a big stick
to correct them. All right, verse 10. But the day of the Lord,
which we would have if we would have
started a verse earlier we would have learned the day of the Lord is a thousand
years long to man. It's a millennium
will come as a thief in the night and in
the which the heavens which pass away the heavens
pass away shall pass away with a great noise. And the elements that
staunchy on in the Greek. And it means rudiments. It means bad stuff. All the bad stuff shall melt with fervent heat
and the earth also. And the works that are
there in shall be burned up. In other words there's not
gonna be anything bad left. It didn't say it's gonna
burn up the good, got it. This earth is gonna be our home. It's gonna be cleansed. That's what he's talking about. The heat that does
this as the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit what effect
does it have upon your life? It warms your heart,
but to someone that isn't with him at that
time, it will exhaust them. All right, verse 11, seeing then that all these
things shall be dissolved. What manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversations
and godliness? Well patient okay. Long suffering,
wanting to please God looking for and hasting unto
the coming of the day of God. Wherein the heavens being
on fire shall be dissolved. And the elements again
the rudiments shall melt with fervent heat. Nevertheless, we,
according to his promise look for new heavens and a new earth wherein
dwelleth righteousness. And that is that
third heaven age. That is that third earth age
is not a different heaven. It's not a different earth,
but it's gonna be cleansed. This earth is gonna be different and there's not gonna
be anything to offend but God still
loves his children. And it is, he doesn't
love what they're doing. A lot of them but it is his will that
they come to repentance. And that's why he uses you
is that they have that truth. Mankind's patience and
related to our heavenly Father's no match whatsoever. Our father is so patient
with us that you can always count on him and do you know
something else as it is written in the 13th chapter of
the great book of Hebrews. He will never leave
you nor forsake you. As long as you want
him, he's with you. That's his promise. And do you know something,
man, may let a promise slip God won't not when
you're deserving, God keeps his promises. Heavenly father we thank
you father for the word. Thank you father,
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