Obeying God (Part 1) // Sunday Morning Service

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you don't hide yourself [Music] [Music] pieces you don't hire yourself your love's not fraction it's not a troubled mind it is [Music] love keeps his promises [Music] [Music] is [Music] myself [Music] [Applause] [Music] begins and ends [Music] is [Music] freedom conquered all our chains undone sin defeated jesus is overcome [Music] the mercy triumph when the third day [Music] darkness was impossible things in your name [Music] good morning church i want to go ahead and stand heavenly father we thank you so much god for just being in our midst this morning lord for doing what you promised lord unto inhabit the praises of your people lord follow god we ask and pray to meet us here that you would as we get a minister to our hearts as we worship you and praise you through song we love you so much we praise you in jesus name amen [Music] we are here [Music] fill our hearts [Music] we are here for your hearts open [Music] [Applause] [Music] alone [Music] let ourselves [Music] we are here for you [Music] [Music] we are here for you we are here for you [Music] [Applause] [Music] he desired [Music] fall down [Music] [Music] oh be welcomed in this place [Music] [Music] we welcome you with praise we welcome you with praise god be i love you all oh your mercy never fails me and all my days [Music] [Music] and all my life you have been so so good [Applause] with every breath that i can make oh i will see [Music] i love your voice [Music] i've known you as a father [Music] enjoy [Music] [Applause] with every breath that i can make [Music] is [Music] give you everything [Music] is [Music] is [Music] since all my life you have been faithful [Music] oh i will sing of the goodness [Applause] hello i'm danny bond director of the bible college here at calvary chapel golden springs and i want to take this opportunity to encourage you to really pray about joining our college for this fall semester as we look around our world today think about our world today wouldn't it be nice to have a solid biblical education to be able to grow in your own relationship with jesus christ and have answers for those around you that are asking questions sign ups for our college will begin on august 9th why don't you come by pick up a flyer stop by the table our wonderful staff pastor david pastor moses and our secretary maggie will be there and i'm sure they can answer any questions you might have god bless you and we look forward to seeing you soon welcome to calvary chapel golden springs we're beyond thrilled that you're here with us as you just heard in the announcement bible college registration is open make sure that you do stop by the table after service get some more information begin praying about where the lord would have you or what classes the lord would have you to take i'm sure that you've heard about our bible college and how the lord has blessed it and many people grow through it so if you want to pursue a deeper understanding of the lord and his word make sure that you stop by the table they're in the front of the chapel this morning so i also want to say hello to anyone who is tuning in online if you're in the tent just beyond can't tell you how thankful we are for you and that we're able to teach the word here this morning and again just want to continue to inform everyone here obviously you're here so you're aware the time change but those if you are tuning in online if you're not aware uh we've moved sunday services to 9 a.m and 11 a.m we're also doing a youth study at 1 30 p.m so if you have any young people in your family junior high or high school make sure that you bring them today we were just blown away by the response last week so many young people with their heart on fire desiring to serve the lord so the lord is raising up a remnant continue to invest in your children especially with everything that's taking place in the world around us all the deception all the challenges make sure that your children are learning truth from you and we will come alongside of you and help you equip your children as you know children's ministry is open the mass are optional for them again a blessing to be able to minister to your children and then just want to continue to inform you of some of the things that take place here throughout the week our spanish study on monday will be taking place so if you have any spanish-speaking loved ones or you yourself want to be a part of that monday evenings at seven o'clock pastor hector teaches that and then on wednesday pastor raul will be back in the book of first corinthians in chapter two an amazing chapter and make sure that you're here for that such a needed chapter of the bible today and then thursdays pastor dale study at 10 am the men's fellowship at seven young adults at seven w live on friday nights there's so much taking place here throughout the chapel and then the bookstore just keep in mind that that is open before and after service as well as i mentioned during the the previous announcements about the lord working amongst the youth it's been amazing really and it's nothing short of amazing to see how the lord is raising up young people here in the church a lot of the people you see serving around the church on sunday mornings wednesday nights are the youth and that's just a testament to you raising your children in the lord and seeing what the lord is doing i do want to read a letter to you from someone that wrote into somebody loves you you're aware of how far reaching the somebody loves you ministry is but just let me read this to you it says dear somebody loves you radio i don't even know how to start except to say that god is powerful i was listening to your station 98.3 fm the word and a message came on about peter's escape from prison in acts when the angel broke his chains that all happened because of prayer but at a point in the message the pastor said something about how good angels are fighting for our souls on god's orders i'm not quite sure why but i felt like i needed to hear that i broke down and started crying so thank you for all that you do please keep up the good work then she gives her name she said i'm 13 years old may the lord bless you and keep you she says and just the grace of god she says please accept my meager donation of eight dollars god is working and we need to be praying when we tell you how the word of god sounds forth from this place you're all part of that you're part of that's fruit to your account and uh pastor raw you've heard him say it so many times about how we're so thankful for your prayers and your love and how we're just moving together in the same direction for the sake of the gospel so let's pray ask the lord to go before us and ask him to anoint this time father we do thank you for your grace your love and your compassion father for working in this place and outside of this place for using this church to spread your word father we pray you minister to our hearts this morning go before our pastor anoint this day we give you all the glory honor and praise in jesus name amen [Music] the same god never fails will not fail me now you won't fail me now in the waiting the same god who's never late is working all things out you're working all things out yes i will lift yes i will bless your name yes i will sing for joy when my heart is heavy for my days [Music] foreign [Music] the same guy who's never late working all things [Music] i [Music] oh yes to glorify foreign [Music] to glorify glorify the name of all names to glorify [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh yes i will oh yes i will [Music] super small [Music] and i receive your mercy your faithfulness is courtesy like the sunrise an invitation to believe you are creating something [Music] [Applause] you're just like us [Music] and he knows what i mean so i'll give thanks to god when i don't have enough because it's more than enough [Music] in the silence i choose isn't clear to me no [Music] i trust you anyway [Music] every breath an invitation to believe you are creating something good [Music] [Music] when i don't have enough [Music] [Music] to worry god knows what i need to worry what do i worry [Music] [Music] [Music] would [Music] love is more than enough and he knows what [Music] he knows what i mean [Music] me god's not worried so why do i worry [Music] god's not worried so why do i worry god not worry [Music] so [Music] so i worry [Music] [Music] why [Music] when i don't have enough [Music] [Music] thanks to again to god when i don't have enough cause it's more than enough [Music] and he knows what i need and father you are absolutely more than what we can never think of imagine lord and we come to this place god expecting lord for you to show up for expecting for you to to reach into our hearts lord to rip out those things that are within us lord and replace that lord that with the heart of flesh lord so we look to you now we thank you so much lord we ask now to speak to us as we get into your word father that you prepare us for the week ahead lord we look to you fully and completely now releasing all distractions and kicking all those things out of our minds lord taking all thoughts captured that we might hear from you lord so we love you we thank you we praise you in jesus name we pray amen some time ago i had a conversation with a marxist economist from china he was coming to the end of a fulbright fellowship here in boston but i asked him if he had learned anything that was surprising or unexpected and without any hesitation he said yeah i had no idea how critical religion is to the functioning of democracy the reason why democracy works he said is not because the government was designed to oversee what everybody does but rather democracy works because most people most of the time voluntarily choose to obey the law and in your past most americans attended a church or a synagogue every week and they were taught there by people who they respected my friend went on to say that americans followed these rules because they had come to believe that they weren't just accountable to society they were accountable to god my chinese friend heightened a vague but nagging concern i've harbored inside that his religion loses its influence over the lives of americans what will happen to our democracy where are the institutions that are going to teach the next generation of americans that they too need to voluntarily choose to obey the laws because if you take away religion you can't hire enough police i thought that would be good to show especially the days we're living in you know control that's a very big word and we're living in the last stage you know the first thing that happened to me is when this virus broke out is that uh how quickly the world could be controlled in one day one day the whole world and when the antichrist comes he's gonna do the same thing he's going to control the whole world and what he's going to do he's going to say if you really want to live in this world and you want to be part of society then this is what i want you to do if you want to buy if you want to sell whatever you want to do you got to be marked right hand or forehead the church will not be here for that so i thank god for that but that generation that is here that hasn't studied god's word they has to listen to their parents husband has to listen to his wife wipe to her husband and they've been taken what are they going to do this is the day that we stand for and i guess you know for me as an individual my wife my kids my grandkids you know i want the best for them i want the best for this church the best for those watching the internet those watching outside that we want god to be the main thing we want him to control the church not somebody else controlling me but jesus he's a controller he's the one that i submit to he's the one that i bow to and he's the one that i listen to because he teaches me he teaches me what is right and what is wrong father i pray this morning that your holy spirit would be with us and lord that you would speak to us in a mighty powerful way lord we give you all the glory all the honor lord i pray for these wonderful people that are here those watching through the internet father those outside and learn all the services that are going on across america today in the world lord give the pastors the boldness to preach the word father in power in sincerity lord we pray for this church that you will use us lord to reach the whole world that we would learn father lord that we would wait upon you jesus so lord this morning we ask you that you would speak loud and clear to the book of daniel lord in the name of jesus christ our lord and savior we pray amen if you have your bibles turn to the book of daniel chapter 1 daniel chapter 1. we're going to learn this morning just two verses but i'm not going to read the whole chapter but i want you to understand why god gave me the book of daniel number one he gave me the book of daniel for sunday morning is because of daniel's life where you see daniel i don't know if you've ever studied the personality of daniel or the whole book of daniel we've done it here at calvary way back from west covina in depth we've gone through it through the bible chapter by chapter and so you should be very related to it but if you're new you haven't really studied daniel you know we're glad you're here and we want you to hear what god has to say you got to understand that the babylonians the babylonians now had taken over and they had taken over judah judah was being chastised by god himself because of what they had done they had joined the other countries the other world religions and they began to worship molech they began to worship astra they began to worship every kind of god that was worshiped in that year or actually in that generation among those people in israel or judah had come to that place in their own personal lives where nebuchadnezzar was the chosen one to go ahead and take the people of israel i keep saying israel israel it's the northern kingdom judas the southern kingdom northern kingdom already had been judged by assyria and here is now judah to be judged by the babylonians and god was going to allow babylon to judge them but among judah there were some men they were very consecrated to god very connected to the lordship of our lord and savior jesus christ or should i say jehovah yahweh because they really truly love god and this this king nebuchadnezzar he wasn't really a dummy he was a seeker of wisdom he wanted guidance and he wanted to lead the world but god used him god uses people that you know that god uses as nations god uses governments god uses marriage god uses principles god uses almost every type of person god uses you god uses me to accomplish his will remember that to accomplish his will god wants to accomplish his will but he wants to do it so people can give him the glory and the honor he doesn't want to just do it just to do it he wants people to see that he is in control these are his people he is in control you seen an evil nation to chasten the people of god it would be like china being used by god to chase an america or assyria or let's say iraq let's say iran let's say another country turkey whoever it is god can use and god will use people to chasten and through that chastening there's always people that god will use chosen people that god will use and that's a situation here in chapter one in verses eight and nine a guy by the name of daniel by the name of daniel you know they not only had become the world leaders the babylonians and they weren't mean i mean they didn't mess around at all and yet god through this whole situation that he finds himself here with daniel and his three friends daniel hananiah michelle and azariah daniel's name means god is my judge god is my judge hananiah means the lord is gracious michelle who is like god azariah who is like aku is aku was a god and then of course you know the king nebuchadnezzar changes her names to babylonian names but god never never let go of these four men god had chosen them to put him in the kingdom of babylon and god would use them in the kingdom of babylon and god would use daniel to bring prophecy forth as a king would have dreams visions god chose daniel to go ahead and speak about the future god's speaking to a non-believer but speaking to a christian and giving the interpretation can god do that today sure he can that's why he's god and we need to understand that we are living in the last days these are the last days as we can see that four young men are chosen by the king train in the court of the king to be used for the next three years in the kingdom of babylon and then of course daniel being there for 70 years now prophetically speaking i can't get into that whole prophecy because it would take me the whole morning to do that but daniel was there because god had given a prophecy that israel would be in in judgment for 70 years and you know chapter 9 of daniel where he talks about the seventh week of daniel 490 years 483 would be fulfilled when jesus entered the city of jerusalem on a donkey and there would be one week left and that week has not yet come to pass but it will be when the church is taken out of the way and the last week will be the last seven years of world history you're ruled by the antichrist so here is daniel the one that god is going to use and daniel knows that the hand of god is upon him daniel was a true man of god when he stood before the king he never drank the babylonians drank wine fermented wine he was true to the education that was given to him by the babylonians he was also true to the principles of temptations that he went through in babylon to say no to sin to say no to sin and he was willing to become god's instrument are you willing to become god's instrument today his instrument dare to be an abraham there to be an isaac there to be a jacob there to be a joseph there to be a moses there to be a david there to be put your name in there to be used by god all these men in the old testament were men they gave their lives to god and god used them you know we need not to complain about the places where god wants to place you he might want to send you to china he might want to say to iraq he might want to send you to chile wherever god wants somebody he wants to west covina or orange county wherever it is but you got to have it here to hear he who hasn't here to hear letting hear what the holy spirit is saying to the church in order for me to be used by god i need to be connected to god and then god can speak to me and i can respond to god that's what daniel did that's exactly what daniel did in this lesson today let me read to you daniel chapter 1 beginning with verse 8 and verse 9. he says but daniel purpose in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies now with the wine which he drank therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself but god had brought daniel to the to into favor with a good will to the chief of the eunuchs god already had gone before daniel because daniel is going to ask this chief of the eunuchs he's going to ask i'll tell you what you know you guys eat these vegetables you eat these meats you drink this wine but i'll tell you what me and my friends why don't you let us alone we will become vegetarians we'll eat vegetables and we will be a better countenance than all your people here he says i cannot do that because i do that the king will kill me if something happens to you it's my head he says look it i'm promising you let us do that nothing will happen to you he went ahead and did it and he got blown away the way daniel and his friends were in countenance and consecrated to their god consecrated to their god man how we need to be consecrated to our god ask him to use you during this time these are critical days make yourself usable for god to use you the world wants to change you but if god has changed you and transform you the world can't touch you unless you give in to the world that's just the way it works you have been transformed by the holy spirit because you submitted to the holy spirit and you came to repentance and you accepted christ and christ came into your heart and the holy spirit baptized you and that's why you're sitting here and those sitting at home and those outside and wherever christians are this morning in romans chapter 12 verse 1 paul said i beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of god that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable acceptable to god which is your reasonable service and do not be conformed to this world but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of god the will of god are you fulfilling the will of god daniel and his friends had a new home but they had a new life a new life their names would be changed but their original names remain in proverbs chapter 4 23 solomon says keep your heart with all diligence for out of it springs the issues of life then god can give us favor in difficult circumstances that you know that in circumstances in different places what the church is facing today is a very great issue a great issue that didn't want us to have services but who saved us who do we serve who do we worship we want to do what's right as daniel wanted to do what's right daniel submitted to the lordship of god and god spoke to him and said daniel this is what you're supposed to do and when you do this i will go before you and god did when the king finally looked at that and said man i can't believe this young kid and he put him in a place of authority because he was not afraid of babylon he was not afraid of the world he feared god we need to fear god the most important thing god wants to use our lives in such a powerful way that you can't even believe what god is doing even at this moment in your life in my life everyone watching his life when joshua was old and getting ready to retire and he saw what was going on in the world at that time he gathered the people together in chapter 24 14 he says now therefore fear the lord serve him in sincerity and in truth and put away the gods which your father served on the other side of the river of egypt serve the lord if it seems evil to you to serve the lord choose you yourselves this day who you're going to serve whether the gods which your father serve on the other side of the river or the gods of the amorites in whose land you dwell but for me and my house we will serve the lord for the lord our god is he who brought us and our fathers out of the land of egypt the world from the house of bondage who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way we went all among all the people through who we pass and that's why we are here all the way to the scriptures that's the way the word of god is given it seems that in this life we have to make a lot of choices but they have to be the right choices if you're going to be happy if you're going to have the peace of god if you're going to have the joy of god those decisions have to be made on the lord otherwise you'll never experience the peace of god the joy of the lord and god wants to do that and one of the most important choices that we are called to make is our relationship between you and jesus christ me and jesus christ the world and jesus christ daniel and his friends had to trust their god and watch what to see what he was going to do in their lives they didn't get ahead of god don't get ahead of god stay next to god let him you carry you over your circumstances let him open the doors don't open the doors let him open the doors and then walk in behind him make sure you're following him and not yourself you know again as you look at the scriptures you begin to see that god not only loves each one of us individually but he wants to work in my life and through my life in such a way that my relationship to him is my relationship with all of my heart lord here am i who else can i go to when you have all the answers to life all the answers to life and daniel and his three friends found that out in their own personal lives they had to make a choice they made that choice and the choice was to receive the grace of god to receive the grace of god they decided not to live in the world any longer according to first actually james chapter four verses one to four he says he says where do wars and fights come from among you do they not come from from your desires for pleasure and war in your members you lust because you don't have you murder you covet cannot obtain you fight a war yet you do not have because you do not ask you ask and do not receive because you ask amiss it says that you may spend it on your own pleasures adulterers adulterer says do you not know that the friendship of this world is enmity with god whoever therefore wants to be a friend of this world makes himself an enemy of god an enemy of god second thing is our flesh first peter 4 1-4 therefore since christ suffer for us in the flesh arm yourselves also with the same mind for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin has no longer should live in the rest of his time in this flesh for the lusts of men but for the will of god for we have spent enough in our past time life in doing the will of the gentiles or heathens when we walked in the luna is a loss of drunkenness the revivers are drunk in parties the abolitional idolatries in regard to those they think it's strange that you do not run with them any longer in the same flood of dispensation speaking evil of you all the time because you've been transformed and then the devil first peter 5 8 be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking to see who he may devour devour god has given us the power to overcome all three and to be filled with the holy spirit how do i do that by obeying god's word this is what daniel and his three friends were doing consecrating their lives and obeying god's word here's a quote by an unknown person he says entire concentration embraces three things being doing and suffering we must be willing to be we must be willing to do we must be willing to suffer all that god requires in your life and requires in my life more and more and more every single day that we're living in at the present time are we willing to do that a holy god because a holy people to serve him and to love him leviticus 12 44 says for i am the lord your god you shall therefore consecrate yourselves and you be holy for i am holy you have to be holy because i am holy thomas brooks quote says a christian you must look as well to your spiritual wants as to your spiritual enjoyments you must look to as well to your laying out as your laying ups you must look as well forward to what you should be and backward to what you are certainly the christian will never be imminent in holiness that christian will never be imminent in holiness they had many eyes to behold a little holiness and never an eye to see his further wand of holiness a w toaster says you must study the bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an up by an obvious fact the whole matter of personal holiness is a highly important to god as it should be to you and to me to you and to me if you know that he is righteous you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him and that's each one of us sitting here this morning and god wants us not only to understand who he is as daniel his three friends are there in the presence of the king and daniel says i know why i'm here and what god's called me to do but i will not partake of the king's table number one we don't need pork we don't need anything to offer to idols but i'll have my own diet and we will eat what god has told us to eat and they didn't compromise they did not compromise how many times you go to restaurants and you see brothers and sisters in the lord and they compromise as their friends are drinking they'll drink they'll speak dirty they'll speak dirty just to keep in tune with them do things that we used to do but not to lose friends we do what they still do so we're not being a witness people can't see the difference and the bible says we're different totally different from the whole world and the reason is because of jesus christ and the reason is because of the results that have happened in my life new consecration in my life i'm walking now in the light according to first john 1 7 he says but if we are he says but if we walk in the light and he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of jesus christ his son continually continually cleanses us from all sin the blood of jesus christ if i walk in the truth third john 3 3 and 4 for i rejoice greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you just as you walk in the truth i have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth that was chuck's favorite scripture i have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth how about walking in the spirit i say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh galatians 5 16. and then secondly the result of consecration of my life it's a separate life a separate life it's not the life that i used to live it's the life that i now live and never again live the life that i had before that's the way it works second corinthians 6 14 says do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness and what communion has lied with darkness and what accord has christ with with satan what part has a believer with an unbeliever in what agreement has a temple of god with idols you are the temple of the living god as god has said i will dwell in them i will walk among them i will be their god they shall be my people therefore come out from among them and be you separate saith the lord do not touch what is unclean that's daniel that should be us and i will receive you i will be a father to you you shall be my sons and daughters saith the lord almighty therefore having these promises beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of god in the fear of god a new mind romans 12 2 and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of god a new mind how about the way we talk psalm 71 24 says my tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all day long for they are confounded for they are brought to shame who seek my hurt when people hear you speak about god they used to hear you cussing all the time and doing all these things when they hear you speak now in the lord they get blown away because they go man that person has truly been changed truly born again of the holy spirit a new mind a new kind of speech in a new walk the way i walk first thessalonians 4 1 says finally then my brothers and sisters we urge you and exhort you in the lord jesus christ that you should abound more and more just as you receive from us how you ought to walk and to please god pleasing god and listen the way i can please you the way i can please god is the next taking up my cross taking up the cross of jesus christ matthew 10 38 says and then jesus said to his disciples if anyone desires to come after me let him deny himself take up his cross and follow me by taking up the cross the next thing that i do i crucify my flesh my flesh is crucified galatians 5 24 and those who are christ have crucified their flesh with its passions and all desires i'm a new person the way i speak the way i respond the way i walk the way i get along with people and the reason is because i have put off my whole life ephesians 4 22 that you put off concerning your former conduct the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lust and be renewed in the spirit of your mind that you may put on the new man which was created according to god in true righteousness and true holiness see all these things through the scripture daniel did each one of these things in his life how we need to do this today and then the results of our our consecrated life to the lordship of christ being victorious victorious in the in the word of god that's really important if i'm victorious in ephesians 6 17 he says and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of god the word of god is very powerful you use it when you fight the enemy and you defeat the enemy with the word of god secondly how do we do it through prayer that's really important spending time in prayer with the lord how much time you spend in prayer in your lives they're not just going out prayers when you run into your car get in the shower doing other things when you sit down or you stand or you get on your knees or you put your face on the floor or you lie down and you spend time with the lord and you spend time also listening hearing so that you can do what he says and a lot of times we get in trouble because we don't know what he says because we haven't time with him hearing his voice because he speaks all the time but it can only happen through prayer and through faith first john 5 4 he says for whatever he for whoever is born of god overcomes the world and this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith who is he who overcomes the world but he who believes that jesus christ is the son of god the son of god and notice through prayer through faith and then to the indwelling of god in my life ii corinthians 6 16 and what agreement has a temple of god with idols for you are the temple of the living god and god has said i will dwell in them and walk among them and i will be their god and they shall be my people that's us they shall be my people and then through dwelling christ ephesians 3 17 the christ may dwell in your hearts through faith and you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints all christians what is the width the length the depth and the height of his love jesus to know him intimately and then through the indwelling of the holy spirit in my life which is there all the time the results of consecration and holiness because god is holy god is holy first peter 1 5 he says but as he who called you is holy you also be holy in all manner of life because it is written be holy for i am holy and how about the love of christ ii corinthians 5 14 for the love of jesus christ compels us because we judge thus that if one died for all then all died he died for all the those who live should live no longer for themselves for for him who died for them and rose again for them and i think that's something that must not be forgotten because of our inheritance that we have in him ephesians 5 5 for this you know that you says you know fornicator unclean personal covetous man no idolater knowing he will inherit the kingdom of god and of christ but you know it takes the yielding of myself to god romans 6 14 says and do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin but present yourselves to god as being alive from the dead your members as instruments of righteousness to god for sin shall not have dominion over your life for you are not under the law any longer but under the grace of god the grace of god or merit that favored my life and like jesus said in john chapter 15 abiding in him john 15 4 abide in me and i in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it's abiding in the vine neither can you unless you me abide in him everybody watching through the internet those outside those here inside and by doing that we can please god with all of our lives colossians 1 10 says that you may walk worthy of the lord fully pleasing him being fruitful in every good work inherit increasing in the knowledge of god this is what god wants this is what daniel was doing when daniel came to babylon he never given one little inch to the king but he gave everything to god and god used him and gave him favor over the king with the king and his and notice all his army and everything in the kingdom and he gave him the privilege of doing what reading his dreams and explaining his dreams and also saying this is what the lord says and that's what the lord is going to do never can answer and the king respected him because he knew it was god the babylonian astrologers when daniel when they found out daniel was having dreams and interpreting dreams they came to him because they were he was going to kill all the astrologers and they said hey there's a guy in your kingdom that came through your kingdom and he is able to interpret dreams and visions and he was in your kingdom and he said call him and he came in and he was blown away and before daniel could do a dream or a vision he said to the king o king nebuchadnezzar let me go to god and let me pray to god and i want to get his insight and when i get his insight i'll come and tell you what he says and then they try to kill daniel and his friends you know why because he would go upstairs to his room he would open the window looking through the east he would get on his knees and he would pray three times a day three times a day man there to be a daniel there to be a ruth there to be an esther i conclude with this i don't want your toaster says we cannot write words get never and excuse me we can we can know the right words yet never change this is the difference between information and transformation i like that transformation may god transform us this morning for his will to be done according to his will through your life through their lives those outside and inside here that god will use us father i pray in your name jesus that your holy spirit will be with us lord lord help us to be a daniel lord jesus i pray for anyone here visiting with us lord lord that they would not leave without you jesus those watching through the internet lord wherever they may be sitting or lying down whatever is a hospital lord that they could receive you right where they are lord and those out by the tent and those here if there's anybody sitting here right by the tent and those of you that are home you can get close to the computer whatever you can accept christ with us too and you want to receive jesus this morning you want a transformation we're going to sing a song as we sing this song you get up out of your seat you come up here to the front and i'm going to pray with you i'm going to give you a bible we're going to worship now you get up and you come if you're outside somebody will be there by the 10th so he can pray with you too and then those watching through the internet we'll pray with you in a second too let's worship and you come [Music] god [Music] before even time [Music] is [Music] anybody else as god speaks to you don't leave without jesus and don't be embarrassed about jesus he saves you he cleanses you he washes you he writes your name in the book of life and then we get to spend eternity with him eternity with him anybody else before i pray i want to pray with you pray with me okay dear jesus please forgive me lord for all of my sins i confess to you that i have sinned against you i ask you to cleanse me wash me by your blood and i receive you as my lord and my savior in jesus name i pray amen we're gonna give you a bible okay like i see that guy right over there go right over there and get a bible all right god bless you awesome let's all stand father thank you so much for your grace your love and mercy these wonderful beautiful people lord god i pray for them inside outside father through the internet lord we just want to do what's complete lord lord we want to do what's right we want to be bold in the name of jesus lord i pray that as we go home lord throughout the day that we would remember you lord and then we would spend time with you lord and that we would converse with you lord and lord anyone seek your father out there wherever lord touch them heal them lord we thank you for the opportunity to be here every day lord for these wonderful people lord god that have been here a long time and some a short time lord lord continue to bless the church the leadership the sheep the lambs lord god and every non-believer lord that you can draw here father draw them here lord and lord and we'll love them to death lord in the name of jesus christ our lord and savior we pray and everyone said amen may the lord bless you keep you god bless you guys wednesday if you're here wednesday for sure i'll teach you wednesday all right and that's the book of first corinthians chapter two and three god bless you [Applause] [Music] if faith can move the mountains let the mountains move we come with expectation waiting here for you we're here for you you're the lord of all creation and still you know my heart the author of salvation waiting here for you with our hands [Music] is [Music] your faithfulness is true we're desperate for your presence all we need is [Music] [Music] see me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] with our hands [Music] [Music] [Music] so god bless you guys so much [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] all these pieces broken and scattered in mercy gap empty handed but not forsaken i've been set free i've been set free [Music] is [Music] oh i can see [Music] lay yourself down [Music] raising up the broken you take our failure you take [Music] [Music] so take this [Music] how sweet [Music] was lost but now [Music] oh i can oh see can see the love in your eyes laying yourself down raising up the broken [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] how sweet [Music] but now i am amazing 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thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you jesus [Applause] thank you jesus i once was lost but now i'm alive in you [Music] hey [Music] and i'm carried up into the higher levels [Music] you bring a freedom song no chains can bind me cause now i'm alive in you i belong to you you called my name and i left that life behind now i'm alive in this thing called grace and mercy [Music] jesus thank you for your mercy [Music] how great the chasm that lay between us how high the mountain i could not climb in desperation i turned to heaven and spoke your name into the night then through the darkness [Music] the work is written jesus christ who could imagine so great a mercy what heart could fathom such boundless grace the god of ages [Music] the cross has spoken [Music] [Music] is jesus christ set me free jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] set me christ [Music] then came the morning that sealed the promise your buried body began to breathe out of the silence [Music] heaven thundered and the world was born life begins and ends in the dust uniform faith commanded and the [Music] [Applause] unstoppable [Music] freedom conquered all our chains undone sin defeated jesus [Music] darkness was denied when the storm was gone [Music] impossible [Music] is [Music] good morning church only go ahead and stand together father we thank you so much lord for being our god and us being your people lord for you calling us by your name lord and allowing us to to worship and to praise you and to learn from you and to glean from your word lord follow us pray she'd bless this time as we worship human song in jesus name amen [Music] we are here for you we are here [Music] we are here for you our hearts [Music] nothing here is only you are worthy [Music] we are here [Music] we are here for you [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] [Music] oh me my god [Music] we welcome you with praise we welcome you with praise almighty god we see [Music] i love you lord oh your mercy never fails me and all my days i've been held in your head [Music] of the goodness of [Music] [Music] and all my life you have been [Music] of the goodness you have led me through the fight [Music] i've known you as a friend [Music] enjoy [Music] with every breath that i am [Music] [Music] is your goodness is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] and all my life you have been so so [Music] is [Music] of the goodness of god hello i'm danny bond the director of the bible college here at calvary chapel golden springs and i want to take this opportunity to encourage you to really pray about joining our college for this fall semester as we look around our world today think about our world today wouldn't it be nice to have a solid biblical education to be able to grow in your own relationship with jesus christ and have answers for those around you that are asking questions sign ups for our college will begin on august 9th why don't you come by pick up a flyer stop by the table our wonderful staff pastor david pastor moses and our secretary maggie will be there and i'm sure they can answer any questions you might have god bless you and we look forward to seeing you soon well good morning how's everybody good so good to see awesome [Applause] we're glad to be here and to be open to minister to everybody as you saw pastor danny the bible college registration has begun if you've taken classes in the past yeah or you want to take classes now the lord really blesses our bible college here if you have a desire to grow in the knowledge of who god is and of his word make sure that you stop by the bible college table they're located outside right in front of the chapel if you want to get a list of the courses or talk to any of the pastors out there or maggie i'm sure they'll be more than willing to share with you what the lord is doing in the bible college and opportunities that you may have as you all know because you're here sunday morning service times have changed but if i want to mainly mention this for those who are viewing online we've gone from three services to two services nine am and eleven am with a heart to minister to the youth at one thirty so um we're having a youth meeting today at 1 30 we began last week and we're just blown away by the hearts of the young people right now how the lord is really stirring their hearts to know the lord and to to grow in him and that's all to you guys being pouring into your child we want to come alongside of you and help equip the youth and i really believe that the lord wants to do work in their hearts and we're praying that the lord moves upon their hearts so youth service at 1 30 as you all know also children's ministry is open maths are optional but do want to let you know just some things that are taking place later on in the week even beginning monday we do have a spanish bible study for those who speak spanish or maybe you have some spanish-speaking loved ones and you're looking for a place for them to grow in the lord or maybe introduce them to christ have them here on mondays at 7 upstairs he'll be teaching the spanish study on on monday and then of course on wednesday pastor raul's continuing through the book of first corinthians chapters two and three this wednesday come out for our midweek study and then thursday mornings 10 a.m with pastor dale thursday evenings men's fellowship our meeting again the young adults are meeting on thursday nights under the tent at seven o'clock and then w live is meeting 7 30 on friday nights and then always want to remind you all that our bookstore is open uh before and after service and then also if you do want to give you can just text ccgs give to 77977 or the ushers will be located out in the door outside the doors after service you can give to drop it off with them or stop by the agape box as well but i do want to read a letter to you many of you are all aware of the work that takes place here not only in the building but also through somebody loves you outside this building and you're all part of that work your prayers your support your love is all part of that work and we i was just mentioning you the work that the lord is doing within the youth of this church you'll see many of them here serving on sunday mornings and wednesday nights but i wanted to read this letter to you and it'd be encouraging to you it says dear somebody loves you radio i don't even know how to start except to say that god is powerful i was listening to your station 98.3 fm the word and a message came about peter's escape from prison and acts when the angel broke his chains that all happened because of prayer but at a point in the message the pastor said something about how good angels are fighting for our souls in god's orders i'm not quite sure why but i felt like i needed to hear that i broke down and started crying i'm so thankful for all you do please keep up the good work and then she gives her name and she tells her she's 13 years old she says may the lord continue to keep you all please accept my meager donation of eight dollars so the lord is moving in the hearts of the youth the lord is moving through this church and the lord is blessing the work of this place we encourage you to continue to press into the work that the lord is doing here be a part of your church now more than ever before committed to christ committed to the vision that the lord has given us here and that is to press forward to grow in him and to make him known so let's pray and ask the lord to go before us father we thank you so much for your grace your love and your compassion lord that we can be a part of your work during this time and we ask that you would anoint this service that you'd anoint this message and that you'd go before us in power in jesus name amen [Music] [Music] the same god who's never laid is working all things out you're working all things [Music] yes i will bless your name [Music] is [Music] i cannot [Music] me [Music] is [Music] when my heart is [Music] pain me [Music] is [Music] is [Music] oh yes in the morning you sing over me and i receive your mercy your faithfulness is clear to see like the sunrise every breath i'll breathe [Music] cause you're just so high [Music] and he knows what i need to god [Music] i choose to believe [Music] though the future isn't clear to me [Music] to believe you are created [Music] [Music] is [Music] because [Music] oh [Music] god knows what i need [Music] god knows [Music] why what i need to do [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] god [Music] so [Music] so why do i worry [Music] worry [Music] what [Music] days [Music] is [Music] what i need [Music] when i don't have enough [Music] when i don't have enough [Music] and he knows what i need father we do thank you so much god that you know exactly what we need when we need it lord and not only that but you show up and arrive exactly when we need it most so for those that are hurting right now those that are in the congregation and even us that are going through a deep deep trial i pray god that as you know exactly what we need before we even ask god we ask that you just begin to minister to those places of our hearts that desperately need we need you lord that's why we're here we're calling out to you that you just begin to heal over those things that are broken begin to mend those things that have been ruined from the past pray for peace within the families lord jesus continue to bless each and every single one of us lord i say you go before us as we get into your word lord in jesus name [Music] amen keep your eyes on the screen so we're going to show a little video [Music] some time ago i had a conversation with a marxist economist from china he was coming to the end of a fulbright fellowship here in boston but i asked him if he had learned anything that was surprising or unexpected and without any hesitation he said yeah i had no idea how critical religion is to the functioning of democracy the reason why democracy works he said is not because the government was designed to oversee what everybody does but rather democracy works because most people most of the time voluntarily choose to obey the law and in your past most americans attended a church or a synagogue every week and they were taught there by people who they respected my friend went on to say that americans followed these rules because they had come to believe that they weren't just accountable to society they were accountable to god my chinese friend heightened a vague but nagging concern i've harbored inside that his religion loses its influence over the lives of americans what will happen to our democracy where are the institutions that are going to teach the next generation of americans that they too need to voluntarily choose to obey the laws because if you take away religion you can't hire enough police democracy not socialism that's what's going on in our country right now you know i kind of get upset because how many guys how many women and men have given their lives in war when you go to washington do you see all these you know all these people that are buried there they've given their lives so we can have freedom and they're trying to take away our freedom for your children and your grandchildren and we need to make a stand fully complete no matter what takes place they got to stop doing what they're doing trying to close down the church done you know we don't want to stand by it we won't put up with it that's all i'm saying let me pray father we come before you lord to thank you so much for your grace your love and your mercies lord i pray for those that are watching from home and lord those outside and those inside here lord lord we ask you that you speak to us with a message lord we've come here to hear your voice lord father we want to hear your word lord i pray that you continue to move in this church that you be with us lord that you help our community pray all the way across the country pray this morning lord god for every church lord god that you just really speak to the people and so lord we ask you to be with us here today we give you all the glory and the honor lord in jesus name we pray amen if you have your bible turn to the book of daniel chapter one the book of daniel chapter one you know the book of daniel has really been a blessing in my life for so many so many years i've taught it in depth i've taught it just chapter by chapter verse by verse and i thought this morning as i was looking this last week at the lessons that i wanted to teach here on sunday morning that they would be beneficial to each one of us as believers and you know when you look at the history of the bible in the history of the world you know the five major countries had ruled actually the world at the time of each of assyria babylonia and then of course greece and the romans and they controlled the world and then when the church rose up you know the church had a lot of problems with persecution paul the apostle was persecuted in the church and paul the apostle through the persecution of the church on his way to the masses can't you know jesus christ as his lord and savior and he made a turnaround and began to preach the gospel of jesus christ every one of us have had a new a new life in christ in the times of daniel daniel was facing a big problem judah had now been taken by the babylonians when you go back a little further the assyrians have defeated the nation of israel the 10 tribes of israel judah was the last two tribes when assyria defeated in 722 bc the northern kingdom of israel they not only mingle with the the actual jewish women and they intermarried and they came up with the samaritans the half priests but here god is dealing with judah the southern kingdom of israel and babylon has stood up king nebuchadnezzar is coming along and what they're doing is they're taking all these kids and their parents and their grandparents and they're on the way to babylon but somehow god always has his people always has his people he had four young men that god had chosen to raise up to use them in babylon and on their way to babylon they were not only being taken as prisoners of war but when they came to babylon their name was daniel henanaya michel and azariah daniel name means god is my judge hananiah the lord is gracious mishael who is like god and assaraya means who is like you every one of these young men we're called by god he rose up one main leader and that was daniel and daniel last he came to e as he came to assyria as he came to uh to romney all these names they say came to babylon when he was in babylon god called him not only to be in the center of the camp but he had been chosen by the king nebuchadnezzar as he set them aside that god was going to use them in the actual country of babylon but also as god was going to raise him up in the kingdom of god that god would do a work through each one of these young men and we'll see that in the weeks to come but the babylonians have taken over judah now god is using not only uh you know not only houston the king nebuchadnezzar but also god has his sense upon this four young men that god is going to use now it's really important for us to understand what the scripture says so let's go to chapter one of daniel let me read and then we'll come back and explain verse one he says in the third year or the reign of jehovah came king of judah nebuchadnezzar king of babylon came to jerusalem to besiege it so god gave the the babylonians the the nation of judah to go ahead and take the prisoners of war and the lord gave jehoiakim king of judah into a hand and some of the articles of the house of god which he carried into the land of china which is babylon into the house of his god marduk and brought the articles into the treasure house of his god then the king instructed a hissiness the master of the eunuchs to bring some of the children of israel and some of the king's descendants is some of the nobles young men in whom there was no blemish but good-looking gifted with all wisdom possessing knowledge and quick to understand who had ability to serve in the king's palace and whom they might teach the language and the literature of the chaldeans and the king appointed for them a daily provision of the king's delicacies of the wine and they drank and also the three years of training for them so that at the end of the three years at this time they would serve before the king verse six and not from among those the sons of judah were daniel hananiah michelle azariah and to them the chief of the eunuchs gave names he gave daniel the name of bashasar to hananiah shariaq to misha l meshach and assariah abennigo and then verse 8 but daniel purpose in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies nor would the wine which he drank therefore requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself and now god had brought daniel into favor and goodwill and the chief of the eunuchs and the chief of the eunuch said to daniel i fear my lord the king who has appointed your food and drink for why should you see your face is looking worse than the young men who are of your age then you would endanger my head before the king and so daniel said to the steward who the chief of the eunuchs was set over daniel and anaya mitchell nazariah please test your servants for 10 days and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink now it's really interesting that daniel is trusting in his god he's probably around 13 years old 14 years old and god has chosen these young men that he's going to be using in the time to come they will spend three years training three years with the babylonians not only train them but you know becoming like one of them but they never lost their lordship of of the lord jesus christ in their lives they decided that marduk was not their god bell was not their god but the lord jehovah god was their god and they decided to separate themselves from drinking from whoring around and worshipping any other god that the babylonia would be worshipping and decided that they would give their whole hearts to jehovah yahweh their god they were willing to become god's instruments are you willing to become god's instrument especially this time when they're threatening pastors to go to jail to actually go ahead and find people you know a thousand dollars a day for attending church something's wrong this is america this is not russia or china and i think that it's important that as we read the scriptures and we see the scriptures they were very sensitive to the past scriptures the way god worked with his other kingdoms that these men these young men never compromised they made a stand god called them to go to a foreign land to foreign country and god was with them the whole time as god was protecting them and training them for the future as daniel will become one of the greatest prophets in the whole world preparing him for the secular king nebuchadnezzar they would come to a place that would begin to have visions and dreams and the astrologers in his kingdom could not interpret his dreams or his prophecies but they said there is a young man in your kingdom that can interpret your dreams and your visions his name is daniel and when daniel came and daniel began to speak to the king he said oh king is not me that interprets this because when i pray god will give me the interpretation and i will give you exactly what god is saying to you personally daniel was not afraid daniel spent three times a day going up to his balcony facing the east and getting on his knees and worshipping god that's how he lived in babylon he trusted his god he wanted to worship his god he never allowed marduk or bell to become his god never gave in never compromised and i think that this is a time for the church that we're going to learn to compromise or we're going to make a stand in the kingdom of god and we're going to be like paul says in first excuse me in romans chapter 12 verse 1 where he says i beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of god that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable to god which is your reasonable service and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good acceptable and perfect will of god our minds are very important and the way not to get brainwashed is to put the mind of christ by reading the word of god studying god's word attending church praying seeking the lord witnessing to people and then we're going to see success and we're going to see victory in the kingdom of god today there's it's a time of opportunity a time of opportunity daniel saw a time of opportunity in his life with his three friends there separated us to himself babylon wants us to be separate to them they want us to become like one of them and i guarantee that daniel went and prayed to the lord and the lord said to him daniel man go ahead and give in but don't worship their god. i'm gonna use you and daniel was used by god so tremendously so tremendous when you read the story of daniel that daniel was true to his faith keep believing what the word of god said he never drank wine he was not only educated by the babylonians but never ever coming to that place where he believed in their philosophy and their religion he also was true to the principle of the temper to the principle of the temper by the name of satan the one that is always trying to destroy our relationship with jesus christ there's a lot of religions but there's only one relationship with one person and that's jesus christ you and those watching and those outside you gotta make a stand we've got to draw the line and the sands that for me and my house we're gonna serve the lord we're not going to give in to anything we will obey the loss of the land but we're not going to have them rule our religion or our relationship with jesus christ and tell me or tell you we can't worship god because that's not in the bible the god the bible speaks against that and we have to prepare our hearts like daniel prepare our hearts to be able to become abraham there to be an abraham there to be an isaac there to be a jacob there to be a joseph there to be a moses dare to be a david or a daniel yes lord i dare to be one of them how about you how about you today will you dare to become one of these men of god not to complain when god calls you and he places you somewhere where he wants you to be like daniel from jerusalem to babylon and god says daniel you were doing great here but i'm taking you to this land a thousand miles away i'm gonna use you there i'm gonna put you in the quarters with the king they're going to feed you they're going to train you but you are going to be employed by me you're going to serve me and i'm going to use you right where i have placed you this is what god did in the book of daniel in chapter one when he's speaking to daniel daniel and his friends had a new home a new diet and they decided not to eat the food of the babylonians and that's why he asked the one in charge and he said if i do that my head comes off and daniel said hey listen i guarantee you that if you allow us to do that we will be better in stature we will be better physically mentally and spiritually and it did happen because they trusted in god they trusted in god it says in the book of proverbs 4 23 keep your heart with all diligence he says four of it springs the issues of life the issues of life remember joshua in the book of joshua 24 when he's actually cleaning up the book he's coming to a conclusion he's going to die next generation and he starts in chapter 24 verse 14 by saying this now therefore fear the lord first thing fear the lord serve god in sincerity and truth put away the gods which your fathers serve on the other side of the river of egypt serve the lord and it seems evil to you to serve the lord choose you for yourself this day who you're going to serve whether the gods which your father served they were on the other side of the river or the gods of the amorites whose land you dwell but as for me in my house we will serve the lord for the lord our god is he who brought us out of our north who brought us out of the land of our fathers came out of the land of egypt from the house of bondage who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went among all the people through whom we have passed for me and my house we're going to serve the lord how about you it seems that in this life we have to make not one choice we have to make a lot of choices a lot of choices and sometimes choices are very hard to be made but if you really know jesus as your lord and savior you never try to get ahead of him you want to walk next to him or you want him back you know if you want to walk behind him because he's the one that leads us he's the one that feeds us he's the one that not only gives us the wisdom and the knowledge to possess as believers but he gives me the wisdom to make the right choices and the right choice for me is to consecrate my life to him to consecrate my life to him that for me and my house we're going to serve the lord i'm not going to serve a life that i used to live i'm going to serve a life that i now god expects me to live and that's a life of holiness not to compromise but to stand in righteousness we don't have to defend god god defends us because we are his people and he wants us to come to that place where there is the fear of god in our lives and we don't take advantage of the grace of god in proverbs 1 7 it says the fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction james 4 7 therefore submit to god resist the devil and he will flee from you three things that we're facing every day the world the flesh and the devil three things every day and as believers we have to really be careful god has given you god has given me the power to overcome all three things the world again notice what he says the world and then what else for each one of us the flesh and the devil which are the things that not only wants to bring us down but he wants us not to worship the true living god it says an unknown person writes this entire consecration embraces three things being doing and suffering being doing and suffering consecration of my life to god we must be willing to be to do to suffer all that god would require from each one of us individually you guys at home you guys outside and you here in the sanctuary we have to be willing we have to be willing to body soul and spirit that the spirit has taken over my life and my flesh is dead according to romans chapter 6. a holy god causes people to live holy lives why because the people in the world are watching us your family your friends the world today is watching the church they're trying to get rid of churches they're trying to get rid of the church of our lord and savior jesus christ and daniel made a stand he worshipped his god never ever left his god jehovah god we must never ever no matter what happens ever ever leave our lord and savior jesus christ we must always worship him and according to leviticus 12 44 he says moses for i am the lord your god you shall therefore consecrate yourselves you shall be holy even as i god i am holy god wants you to be like him thomas brooks quote says o christian you must look as well to the spiritual ones as to the spiritual enjoyments you must look as well to your laying out on your lanes up you must look as well forward to what you should be as backwards to what you are certainly that christian will never be imminent in holiness they had christian will never be imminent in holiness they had many eyes to behold a little holiness never an eye to see his further wants of holiness aw toaster says you must study the bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact the whole matter of the personal holiness is highly important to god as it should be to you to you and to me the holiness of god if you know that he is righteous then you need to be righteous as he is righteous that's the voice of the lord to each one of us individually what are the results of being consecrated to god well number one it is walking in the light we're not in the darkness any longer we walk in the light if we turn out these lights here we would be in darkness when we used to be in darkness somehow we came to jesus christ as our lord and savior that we had to repent in order to come to the light and deny the darkness even to the present time never ever go back to the darkness never turning off the light the light is there eternally it says in first john 1 7 but if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of jesus christ his son cleanses us cleanses me from all my sin all my sin all your sin secondly we walk in truth not in lies we walk into two jesus said i am the truth of life he said and notice in third john 3 4 he says he says for i rejoice greatly when brethren or christians came and testified of the truth that is in you speaking of the christians testimony just as you walk in the truth this is chuck's favorite scripture he says i have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth no greater joy for me to hear there you're walking in the truth those at home they're walking in the truth those outside walking in the truth and those in any part of the world that are walking in the truth but this is a third walking in the spirit in the spirit of god galatians 5 16 says i say then walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh if you're walking by the power of the holy spirit how can you want the things of the flesh when you have the holy spirit to convict you and you have a will to do what you want to do or to do what the holy spirit says to do that's what i love about christianity what i love about god he gave us the will and he gave us our freedom to make choices and then secondly here the result of a consecrated life number one a separated life separated life second corinthians 6 14 says do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness and what communion has light with darkness and what accord has christ with satan in what part has a believer with an unbeliever and what agreement has a temple of god with idols for you are the temple of the living god as god has said i will dwell in them and walk among them and i will be their god they shall be my people therefore come out from among them and be you separate saith the lord do not touch what is unclean and i will receive you i will be a father to you you shall be my sons and daughters saith the lord almighty therefore having these promises from god beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of god and the fear of god you know what else he wants a new mind a new mind romans 12 2 and do not be conformed to this world but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of god if i have a new heart if i have a new mind then what else he wants a new way of talking the way you talk psalm 71 24 says my tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all day long for they are confounded it blows people's minds when you talk what god wants you to say for they are brought to shame who seek my hurt they can't seek my hurt when they see me speaking good about god and other people fourthly a new walk how do you walk as a christian first thessalonians 4 1 finally then my brothers and sisters we urge you exhort in the lord jesus christ that you should abound more and more just as you receive from us how you ought to walk and to please god are you pleasing god today or are you displeasing to god i would pray that from week to week day by day as we continue to come and to learn god's word and to hear the messages that we know that we would not become better but that we would become more like christ more like jesus christ so that god can use my life and he can be pleased with me and that he can do whatever whatever he wants in this church and in the church of your you know of his people here in this church so that we can be salt and we can be light and people that are non-believers that can see that we stand in righteousness according to faith because of what christ has done in your life in your life in my life and those outside he shed his life for you and me his blood was shed so that we could have eternal life and the next thing is to take up your cross matthew 10 38 says then jesus said to his disciples if anyone desires to come after me let him deny himself or herself and take up his cross and follow me follow me the next thing he says is to crucify your flesh galatians 5 24 says and those who are crisis half past tense have crucified the flesh with its passions and with its desires no longer no longer we belong to christ and we are christ the next thing is putting up the old man romans excuse me ephesians 4 22 that you put up concerning your former conduct of life the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lust and be renewed in the spirit of your mind verse how many times he spoke about the mind which was created according to god in true righteousness and here again and holiness and holiness third point the results of our consecrated life is victory not defeat victory victory through first his word the word of god ephesians 6 17 says and take the helmet of salvation in the sword of the spirit which is the word of god spending time reading spending time praying developing growing spiritually so you're able to defend the faith that has been given to you to be able to rebuke satan and not to live the life that satan wants you to live but to live the life that christ wants you to live and has given you the power to live it and then through a life of prayer praying ephesians 6 18 says praying always with all prayer supplication in the spirit being watchful in this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints i hope you pray for me as i'm praying for you all the saints those in china in argentina over in siberia wherever the i pray for our brothers and sisters and then how about through a life of faith faith first john 5 4 says for whatever is born of god overcomes the world and this is the victory that we overcome the world our faith who is he who overcomes the world but he who believes that jesus is the son of god how through faith we believe and then through the indwelling of god in my life second corinthians 6 16 and what agreement has a temple of god with idols for you are the temple of the living god and god has said i will dwell in them walk among them and i will be their god and they i like this part and they shall be my people my people we are god's people he loves you he loves me he loves those at home people we got to rise up against the enemy satan those that are trying to take the church away from your children and your grandchildren and to bring in socialism and yet to allow the enemy saying to have its little shops open and to do what they want to do what about all the millions and billions of babies they've killed the world but they don't have anything to say about that to close the church close the church because the church is then what making a difference making a difference in learning how to love how to forgive how to live a life a victory and that's what god wants in each one of our lives the indwelling of christ in my life he says in ephesians 3 17. the christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you bring rooted and grounded in the love that is able to comprehend with all saints that is with and length and depth and height that god has for each one and then the indwelling of the holy spirit in my life as he says in ephesians 2 21 which already not only we have shared but how about the love of christ that he has not only given to me but given to you by yielding to god my life romans 6 13 says and do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin but presenting yourselves to god as being alive from the dead in your members as instruments of righteousness to god for sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under the law and lastly to please god in everything that i do colossians 1 10 says that you may walk worthy of the lord fully pleasing him being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of god and then i like this one abide in me john 15 4 and i in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it's abiding in the vine who's divine jesus neither can you unless you abide in me you cannot ever bring forward fruit ever aw toaster says he says we can know the right words yet never be changed or never be changed this is the difference between information and transformation it's not about words it's not about information it's about transformation my life being transformed i used to be no longer this is who i am now i'm a person that has accepted christ and he lives in me and he works through my life jesus is his name father i pray in your name jesus that your holy spirit would be with us that your holy spirit would do a tremendous work in our hearts in our lives lord i pray that all these people that come against the church father that they would repent lord that you touch their lives and bring them to you lord and like paul father as he was transformed lord as each one of us were transformed going our own way doing things that we shouldn't do and yet lord you stopped us and you stopped us because you loved us and because you wanted to use our lives to bring glory and honor so lord i pray for those at home that you be with them those sitting here in the sanctuary those outside by the tent lord those wherever they may be jesus i pray for them and just with every eye close every head bowed i'm going to ask you in the tent and here in the sanctuary those at home you can wait for a moment we're gonna pray together that you don't play games with god somebody invited you or you've come here and you're not a christian and the holy spirit has spoken to you don't reject them please don't reject them but accept jesus christ as your lord and savior we're going to sing a song and during that song i'm gonna give you an opportunity to get up out of your seat to come up here to the front and i'm gonna pray with you to receive jesus christ as your lord and savior to have your name written in the book of life to have your sins cast as far to the east of the west and buried in the deepest part of the ocean and have god never remember them ever again you get up in your as we worship now to accept jesus christ as your lord and [Music] savior before even time began my life was name [Music] he knows [Music] young women young guys get up and come and older people get up and come that's why we're here today to receive jesus christ as lord and savior of my life i'm gonna have these guys sing it again you get up and you come then i'm gonna pray as we finish the song he calls me his home [Music] [Applause] [Music] he knows my name [Music] he knows [Music] is [Music] he sees his tears [Music] that's why we're here [Music] anybody else don't live here without jesus make sure you have him in your heart he wants to bless you he wants to touch you he wants to forgive you anybody else before i pray i want you guys to pray with me this prayer and repeat after me dear jesus please forgive me lord for all my sins i confess to you that i am a sinner i ask you to cleanse me wash me by your blood i ask you to baptize me with your holy spirit and write my name in the book of life in jesus name i pray amen we're going to give you guys a bible stay right over you guys go right over there awesome young guys awesome that's so cool let's all stand father we thank you so much for your grace your love your mercies and lord i pray for those sitting here or standing now lord lord for those at home and look for those that are outside jesus and wherever they may be lord god we pray lord how we thank you so much for your word for your grace your love and mercies but i thank you so much for the sunday morning i pray for john mcarthur lord be with him and with all the threats that he's receiving lord i pray father for him fight for him lord and lord we pray for those that are here they're facing so many things in their lives fight for them lord lord we ask you to fight for this church you know we ask you for wednesday night continue our study in first corinthians 2 and 3. and lord we ask you now that as we leave here that we would have your joy your peace your love in the name of jesus christ our lord and savior we pray and everyone said may the lord bless you may he keep you may he watch over you may he baptize you with his holy spirit right now as you leave here love you guys continue to pray for us god bless you [Applause] [Music] waiting here for you [Music] we're here for you [Music] the author of salvation waiting here for you [Music] with our heads [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] me uh [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] awesome god bless you guys have a great [Music] [Music] afternoon with every breath that's in my lungs my heart cries out to you belongs the glory [Music] my soul

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