Online Youth Service | Red Flags: Say YES to God, Say NO to Sin | Pastor Marty Ocaya

hello everyone welcome to our online youth service i'm so blessed that you can join us and happy ecq to all i know a lot of you guys are are quite sad because it's the i think round three of this ecq but i pray that you're always saved that you're healthy and strong and uh we don't understand what god is doing in this entire world but we all know that our god is sovereign so i pray that god will continue to protect you and your family and since you're just at home and you're here online we are glad that you can join us it's exciting because we are starting a brand new series and the title of our series is red flags signs that you should say no you see in life there will be red flags that god would send in our in in to us so that it will protect us from making wrong decisions from disobeying him and from hurting ourselves red flags actually there's a new a series actually a korean series recently then the post online and i i don't watch that series and they always add to that post young line a red flag or a red flag red block so that series is quite popular but the reality is red flags and that's what we're going to learn as we go along with this series what are those things those red flags in life that we need to say no to red flags because it's a warning it's a warning already for us not to pursue that not to do that not to go there or not to engage in any of those things so we need to be aware of that so when you say red flags it's from god red flags from god is one of his ways to protect us hindi jesus lord hindisha kill joy some people because they would argue that god has a lot of rules in his word he has a lot of you know things that he would tell us oh no to this no to this and sometimes we feel like human anonymia to those things namaste but the reality is he's saying no or he's sending red flags in order to protect us now here's the problem the reason why it's so hard to say no to certain things it's because the reality is some certain things are really good meaning to say good young feeling good and feeling that it gives to us or we are so happy when we do those things or it brings us somehow a little bit of joy and uh whatever that is that causes you to be happy causes you to just love it right but at the end of it as you can continue to pursue that wrong thing it is bad and sending red flags lord is to protect us our theme verse for this series is found in hebrews chapter 12 verse one can we read that together therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses let us throw off everything that hinders that's one topic that we're going to learn next week but today we're going to look at and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us so the writer of the book of hebrews clearly pointed out that there are things in life that we need to throw off let go more one more because it's going to hinder you in the future you may not see the hindrance right now but eventually you're going to see that if you don't throw it off and then there's a sin we make mistakes can you tag there a friend and there's a favorite sin that you know all of us all of us we have our favorite sins easily entangles us we have to throw it off we have to let it go we have to say no to it that's why our topic for today as we start the series very simple but i hope you put this into heart and you'll embrace the lessons that you're going to learn today our topic is this say no to sin and say yes to god can you type it there chatting facebook or say youtube can you type there our topic say no to sin and say yes to god and i'm gonna teach you how do you say no to sin so we're gonna focus first on sin on those things that are clearly wrong next week we're gonna look at things that are not clearly wrong but can be bad for us so today we're going to look at those things that are clearly wrong we have to say no to it because if we say yes to it then we're saying so we need to say no the the challenge is even if we know na malina or it's wrong we still do it i mean let's be honest i'll be honest there are things in life that i know is clearly wrong but i still give in to it there were times in my life before and alam kumbalini relationship but then i entered into that wrong relationship and as a result i got hurt so there are things in life you know it's already wrong but you still pursue it that's why hopefully today in today's lesson you will learn to say no even though you guy or young person that you're saying no this seems okay seems good experiences whatever that is we have to learn to say no so here are the keys to saying no okay he's the saying i want to teach you so that you will know how to say no or you will have the discipline and the heart to say no what are the key elements that we need to have in life and to practice that daily number one we need to have the perspective we need to have the path and the power the right perspective the right path and the right power so are you ready to learn to say no to sin what's our message again say know the sin and say yes to god so how do we do it let's look at the perspective first because if we don't have the right perspective if you don't have the right perspective the right understanding on sin if you don't have that conviction that is the right direction you just keep on going to the wrong direction because in the first place your perspective is wrong so the first step is we need to have the right perspective in perspective not in on sin we need to have that right mindset on that one so what's the right perspective on sin we need to understand what sin is and what it brings to us consequences we need to understand what sin is why it's wrong why god hates it so much and what it brings to us for a lot of us we know already what sin is but maybe for some of us we don't know and hopefully today you will have a clearer picture of what sin is but for some of us or for a lot of us we don't believe that it brings harm it brings pain it has so many consequences to us we keep on saying yes to it look at what john wrote in first john chapter two sabine do not love the world or anything in the world bakit namanjan why are you saying we shouldn't love the world the banga we love the people in the world we love earth we take care of it john is not saying you don't take care of earth okay john is not saying you just throw your trash wherever wherever you want to throw it and that's it no he's not saying you don't take care of the earth it's not saying you don't love the the people of the world what he's saying is if anyone loves the world meaning to say you're so attached to the world the convictions of the world the perspectives of the world the lessons that the world is teaching us if we embrace that more than we embrace god's teaching and his perspective then that is what it means when john says you love the world because here's the consequence if anyone loves the world that kind of love now you're holding on to the world not holding on to god if you're holding on to the world loves the world 18 problem the love for the father is not in them now let me ask you who created love who started love god the father he started love he is love god is love he's the author of love he understands love perfectly so he's saying john is saying that if we love the world attached to it too much then you love so in other words the original definition of love is not in us so in conclusion the way we love others is not right if we love the world and we don't love god or if our love is attached to the world and we're not attached to god you see here's the thing look at what the world is teaching us let me show you in the passage first before i give some examples after john says this he further explained john said for everything in the world majority of the time this is what you're going to see the lust of the flesh sexual immorality sexual sins for money lust for for possessions uh putting gluteny lust for food putting pleasure lust for pleasure that's what it means the lust of the flesh whatever feeds you physically whatever feeds your pleasure physically that's what the world offers that's number one lust of the flesh what's number two lust of the eyes money popularity uh position meaning to say power but it didn't connect itself of course at number three pride of life selfishness self-centeredness just thinking about yourself just caring for yourself and others not necessarily of course you will see in the world that you need to love people you need to take care of this you take care of that but majority of the time the love of the world now listen to me here majority of the time the love of the world is focused i'm going to say this slowly and because i want you to be really embraced and really believe in this and that this is what's happening in the world the love of the world is centered on love of self selfish love selfish now you might be thinking marty i see in this world that they're teaching us to take care of others yes they're teaching us to take care of others yes they're teaching us to help others help the poor help them marginalize but when the going gets tough the predominantly makita in social media in tv in the series that you watch it's not wrong to love yourself don't get me wrong but without god's love love of self is always imperfect listen to me without god's love in your life love of self is always imperfect it's going to lead you to more hurt more pain more consequences you might be thinking because only god can make you happy forever love me god's a life in because the love of god is not just blessings here on earth but blessings forever so what's the perspective on sin the love of the world the love of the world means love lust of the flesh sexual sins i mean you know this already in you married because you a lot of you know already what these things are a lot of you know already what those favorite sins are lust of the eyes you money young love for money you greed pride of life always longing for popularity always jealous always having this desire to have all of those material possession and grabbing all of those things as much as you can that's what the world does that's what the world teaches and no problem i don't care marty if majority of my friends are doing that i don't problem it doesn't come from the father but it comes from the world all over the world it's really happening that's why we need to say no to those things i'm not saying okay i'm not saying you're not going to invest anymore i'm not saying you're not going to try to give your best at work and give your best at school so that you're going to be a president one day of a certain company own your own business it's not wrong but if you love those things too much then that's a problem if your love is centered on those things and not on god that's the problem the world all of these things if you love it it's a problem the world and young desires the world will pass away it's not going to last forever but whoever does the will of god lives forever you see the problem that we're experiencing when you say in the greek language it means missing the mark you're missing the mark that god has set for you we only have one life god has a will for us a purpose for us if we're living a life of sin and continue to disobey him eventually we're gonna miss out on the will of god and when you miss out on the will of god then you miss out on perfect joy you miss out on perfect peace you miss out on so many things look at this statement look at this statement many of our hurts and our missed blessings are results of our sins can you think about it can you be honest many of your hurts many of my hurts and my missed blessings are results of my sins now [Music] but because of sin it really happens because of sin i'm not just talking about okay there's eternal damnation because of sin that's the bible right that's why jesus christ came here to die for your sins and my sins why because he's the only one who can pay for that so the consequence of sin is also eternal death romans 6 23 for the wages of sin is death meaning to say because of sin we are eternally separated from god that's why he came here a lot of you know that maybe some of you don't know that that's the greatest consequence of sin eternal separation from god but here's the thing a lot of you we're listening right now you have a relationship with god you know jesus christ personally you have a personal relationship with him but still we give in to sin why because we feel like we miss out we feel like work out but we end up hurting ourselves and missing on some of god's blessings because of our sin have the right perspective what's our message again say no to sin and say yes to god so first is perspective understand any among sins that god is that is happening in your life right now you're embracing what are those convictions but you're holding on to break off of those things and start doing god's will perspective and part of the perspective is understanding that there are consequences of course but eventually you'll realize consequence but you know god is gracious yes and we're going to learn that later on but i want us to have the right perspective all right so say no to sin and say yes to god so first is perspective second is path so even if you have the right perspective is indeed right it's not in the right way in the right direction you will still end up or i will still end up sinning i will still end up saying yes to sin right how do we have the right path we will have a hard time saying no to sin if we don't practice the right disciplines god has given us through his word god has given us certain disciplines that we need to practice once you practice these things i promise you you will sin less and less and less i'm not saying you're not going to sin at all i pray that that's going to happen in our lives but i know there are times that we still give in but i pray that it will become less and less and less it's not going to become less if we don't practice the right discipline for example disciplines we need to have the right discipline so what are these right disciplines the right path so that we can say no to sin let's look at ephesians chapter five paul said but immorality or any impurity or greed must not be even not even be named among you meaning to say not even a hint of immorality impurity greed because these are improper among saints among god's people those who have a personal relationship with god those who have a relationship those who love the lord if you love god then these things should not be in in in our lives we're not practicing these things and after he said this in continuation you will see certain passages that will help us pursue this in other words he's saying number one we have to flee if these things shouldn't be named among us for example you're struggling with drinking alcoholic drinks or getting drunk getting drunk is sin it's sinful it's clear in the scripture so you're struggling with that one you're an alcoholic hindi wedding every day you're always going to give in to that because you're in a place that will have higher temptation for you so in other words if you know your weakness you know give in [Laughter] you have to flee from those things whatever those favorite sins are let's say addicted to computer games you have to flee you have to have a discipline in your mind and in your heart you have to tell others also to help you and later on we're going to see that so after he said chapter verse 3 you have to not even hint of those things he said certain verses to help us look at verse 11 do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness sin that's unfruitful deeds of darkness instead expose them what is paul saying for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret you see if there's a sin that we're struggling the tendency is to hide it but paul is saying we have to expose it all things why why we need to expose this all things becomes become visible when they are exposed of course when it is exposed by the light for everything that becomes visible the gigging light eventually you'll overcome it why because that's the power of god when we expose sin when we are accountable to someone the sin loses its power if you want to have the right path you flee you be accountable and be honest tell your accountability partners your small group leader if you're not yet part of a small group i urge you i encourage you join a small group message us here on our facebook page or even on our youtube channel message us so that we can plug you into a small group you need the family of believers you need a spiritual team to guide you you need to be accountable and be honest listen to me here the longer you hide on that sin the longer that sin controls you so if you want to break it and if you want to avoid the consequences expose the sin be free from it and i tell you it's going to be a light meaning to say you will be a blessing to others who are struggling also with that same sin i'm not saying you're not gonna do that sin forever for the rest of your life i'm not saying that but it loses its power it doesn't have a hold on you anymore it doesn't have a control on you anymore that's why paul is saying okay all of these unfruitful deeds of darkness expose bunayan be accountable and be honest therefore and then look at what he said be careful how you walk not as unwise men but as wise if we are living in sin and pursuing sinful things i tell you you are unwise hindika wise the person and not just that when someone is wise this is what happens making the most of your time because the days are evil what is paul saying here he's saying we need to avoid idleness we need to take responsibility look at the connection with laziness and sinner do you know that lazy people people who are often idle are usually led to sin why because laziness is not god's will god wants us to fulfill our responsibility let me explain this further i'm not saying you don't rest resting is not equals laziness yes there's a time to rest but there's a time to be responsible some of you are thinking i'm just at home what's going to be my responsibility there are responsibilities at home there are things that i need to do i have certain tasks that i need to fulfill there are certain things i need to do certain things that will help me and contribute to my growth if i don't do that and i don't avoid idealness it usually leads to sin idleness usually leads to sin what's my example david alamo have a relationship sexual relationship with bathsheba because during that time he was supposed to go to the war he's the king during their time the kings go to war with his soldiers but he decided maybe it's a pride issue we don't know what's happening in the heart of david but what happened because he was supposed to go to the war and he was idle one night he woke up and then he saw a girl bathing okay so he saw a girl bathing and then he called his guard one of his cards and said can you call that girl i want to meet that girl and then the guard told the david she's married i don't care gus we could miss out on sin or we could miss doing sin if we take our responsibilities seriously let me give you one an another example one of the highest views on pornography uh on in a month they had they compared different ones sanyo mangapina hamata asked the views on pornography usually it happens on december during vacation why because people don't do anything they're just at home there's not nothing to do so why not engage in these things because if you're not responsible or you're not doing the things that you're supposed to do your mind and your time is empty meaning to say it's so easy to fill it with other things that's where the devil operates that's where your lust operates on other elements in your life it's going to lead you to do something else it's going to lead you it's going to lure you to sin it's going to lure you to make mistakes that's why red flags say take responsibility take responsibility seriously avoid idleness then do not get drunk with wine for that is dissipation but here's the key be filled with the holy spirit so he's comparing do not be controlled by the human forces in this world by your lost by alcoholic drinks but be controlled by the holy spirit always pray every day to be filled with the holy spirit these are the disciplines that we need to take discipline of fleeing discipline of being accountable discipline of taking our responsibility seriously avoiding idleness discipline to always pray holy spirit fill me balikanko if there is one thing that you really need to flee from it's sin be accountable avoid idleness always pray every day because it's so hard to defeat sin impossible without the work of the holy spirit and then look at the next part he said speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody with your heart to the lord what does this mean speaking to on one another in psalms using god's word the book of psalms and not just that psalms and hymns spiritual songs things or documents or songs that talks about god immerse yourself in god's word how will you know god's perspective if you don't spend time reading his word how will you have strong conviction to follow god's ways if you don't spend time reading cinema if you spend most time or most of your time on a certain document let's say there's a book the lag binabasa whatever the convictions of that book is it goes to your mind and then it captures your heart and eventually young writer naom now favorite mo binabasa mas pinapaniwala amuna why because you keep spending time on those things if you keep spending time with god it becomes a culture to you his mindset will be your mindset why because he speaks through his word psalm 119 verses 9 to 11. how can a young man keep his way pure you want to be pure you want to flee from sin you keep being by keeping in according to your word i'm gonna spend time with you i'm gonna immerse myself on your word your word i have treasured in my heart and what's the result of that a i may not sin against god the more i spend time reading his word every day daily the more i will be able to flee from sin and look at this look at what second what paul said in to timothy 2 timothy 2 verse 22 flee of your youth all of us we have evil desires flee from those things but it's not enough to flee you may flee but end up in the wrong place again or in another evil desire paul is saying you flee from the evil desires of youth and you pursue what do you pursue righteousness faith love peace along with those who call on the name of of the call on the the lord out of a pure heart when you flee you pursue god his righteousness his love and as you pursue god don't pursue god alone along with those who call on the lord you choose the right friends you choose the friends that will help you let's say alco addicted because alcoholic drinks let's say let's say you give in easily to that sin you get drunk always so you try to flee friends who doesn't love the lord and always get drunk you might be thinking you know i just talked recently to someone and he was telling me i don't join them i see it on their instagram they do house parties even during pandemic i mean i know some of you do that you go to house parties you get drunk you talk about sensual stuff some of you even take drugs there i mean let's be honest it's happening now did you get that he can't leave you indeed he spend time with people who will who is fleeing from sin he'll be part of a group of believers that really loves the lord indeed i don't discount the fun i know that kind of fun i experienced i didn't get drunk but i experienced that because i was working in an advertising company and ganon almost every friday night i had to join them i didn't get drunk i was there just watching them i'll get into palestine but it's not fun one hundred percent at all with god and some of you haven't experienced that to really have the right perspective once you have that then you're gonna follow the right path okay what's our message again say no to sin and say yes to god so first the perspective perspective on sin perspective god that there are consequences and then once i accept okay sin is really god really hates sin it's gonna there are so many consequences to it i'm gonna follow the right path but here's i'm gonna be honest with you here's the truth we cannot overcome sin on our own let me repeat that we cannot overcome sin on our own we're not that strong even if you say nandayka with my self-will with my energy it's impossible it's impossible to live a life that is free from sin every single day impossible as long as we are here on earth but it's possible with the right power it's not our power but god's power in us that's why we need to desperately seek god's help to overcome this sin if there's something if there's a sin that easily entangles you that up to today you're having a hard time every now and then you're falling into that kind of sin into the trap of that sin then be desperate for god ask god lord i really need your help first corinthians chapter 10 verse 13. paul said no temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man meaning to say everybody we sin and the sin that we're doing it's not just you is experiencing that other people are also struggling with that but god is faithful that's the truth he's faithful who will not allow you you and me to be tempted beyond what you're able meaning to say he has given us the dunamis that's the the greek word for able or power but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also he's going to provide the way of escape so that you will be able to injure it another dunamis word dunamis is the greek word it means power dynamite you might be thinking we don't have power on our own god is the one who is faithful who will give us the power through his spirit to endure it to endure the sin you see our power to overcome temptation is totally dependent on how strong we are connected to the source to god if we're not connected to god we don't have that power but the more we are connected to him the more we have the victory over sin i've seen that in my life in the lives of many people that i minister to with my friends was you know they're still tempted but they can easily say no no because of god's power because of god's power and god's power his spirit is working in your life we just need to be constantly connected and look at this you know one of the ways to appreciate god's power and god's work to us is if we realize how much gracious he is in your life in my life what do i mean look at what paul said to titus for the grace of god has appeared bringing salvation to all men god's grace brings salvation it's not by our works it's through our faith but by his grace alone we are saved because of his grace there is salvation meaning to say we don't deserve it we don't deserve that jesus christ died for your sins and my sins but because he loves us and he's gracious he died for your sins in my sins but you grace naon it doesn't just bring salvation it also instructs us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires to live sensibly righteously and godly in the present age the more you understand the grace of god saliva the more you're going to say no to sin the more you're going to appreciate the lord i don't deserve this life but you've given it to me lord i don't deserve the up until today you're using me so i'll die you know that you don't deserve it and it's because of his grace you know what you do you don't want to disappoint god you don't want to hurt him because he's so gracious you want to show your gratitude your thankfulness by denying ungodliness by denying worldly desires by living sensibly righteously godly in the present age say no to sin and say yes to god what are those things again let's have a recap the keys to saying no have the right perspective the right mindset sin god hates it there are consequences it's not just eternal damnation that's the ultimate consequence but there are consequences here on earth the path there's a right path that i need to follow i need to flee i need to be accountable i need to avoid idleness to take my responsibility seriously to ask the holy spirit daily to to empower me to meditate on his word pursue him and to be desperate for his work in my life because now i hope that this message has somehow given you the right tools to say no to sin because honestly in this world right now grab it the lust of the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes the boastful pride of life it's so prevalent all over the world there are many people who are doing evil things there are many people who are self-centered selfish whether they're in power or they are just around the corner they are there are many people who are like that and even in the body of christ there are people who are not living lives that are sensible not pursuing righteousness that's why we are in this series so you can know how to say no to sin and say yes to god i'm going to end with this story because i know some of you are thinking marti okay i know what you're talking about and i really want to change i really want to to do the right thing but i don't know i don't know how to do this i'll tell you this story you know my son i think i've told you this before but my son loves to play lego so one day i bought him this lego three years old palancha i know it's for seven to fourteen but i just want to give him lego cars because if mahilix is a cars during that time so of course he doesn't know how to build this he's just three years old that time and i was and this is for seven to 14 years old so i was the one who built it and i gave it to him but every time i give it to him since three years old shy and he doesn't know how to play lego the right way he breaks it and then he tries to fix it but he gets so frustrated because in being a fixed casing up for seven to fourteen oh anna he breaks it and he cries he gets frustrated and he gives it to me i don't want to play no no no no lego and then i would fix it again and then i'll bring it back to him for example look at some of these cars that that i gave to him and now i don't know where the pieces are like spread now we have the box of legos all the pieces are there but he doesn't know how to fix that during that time so spread out him and spread around the in lego pieces so almost every day he plays with the car he breaks it he cries i get the car i fix it i give it to him he plays again he breaks it again he gives it to me and then i fix it and why am i sharing that story because god can heal restore the broken things in your life if i did that with my son in legoland and he's two years old he couldn't fix it on his own how much more god with the broken pieces that you have in your life right now you can offer it to him he can mold it fix it give it back to you again whole and restore it he gives it back to us whole restored we give in again and then we make mistakes again then we go back to him he restores he gives it back i'm not saying you keep on doing that but the more you see him working and restoring you the more you become grateful the more you learn to take care of what he has given you instead of breaking it you hold on to it [Music] lego because he's grown up he knows how to play with it so the more we go back to god the more he restores us and the more we encounter that kind of grace the more we are appreciative of his love and the more we obey him because there is no person too broken too damaged or too deep into sin that the grace of god cannot rescue if you're that person you think i'm too broken master marty i'm too damaged i'm too deep into this sin i don't know how to get out of it god knows how to get out get you out of it god knows because he's gracious he can rescue you he can reach out and pull you out of that dark or deep mire i tell you that you go to him experiences grace experiences love and he's gonna fully restore you what's our message say no to sin and say yes to god i want to pray for you guys you're first and foremost i want to pray for those people who doesn't have a personal relationship with god yet i mentioned that earlier that sin the ultimate consequences consequence of sin is we're eternally separated from god we go to hell punishment that's why jesus christ died and some of you are thinking i've sinned and i don't know if how how i will be saved that's why john 3 16 says for god so loved the world he gave his one and only son whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life god jesus came here he died for you so i want to pray for you he rose again to prove that he is god so your responsibility in what he's asking you to do is receive him believe in him trust him with all of your heart so i'm going to pray for you in a while but i also want to pray for a lot of us christians that we give into sin that there are sins in our lives that are still you know controlling us and you feel like god is too gracious he can rescue you from it and he wants to restore you so can we bow our heads let's pray i pray for those first group of people if you're that person you want to receive jesus right now in your heart you pray something like this dear jesus i am so sorry for all my sins please forgive me i realize that because of my sin i am eternally separated from you but i also realize that because of your grace there is salvation so today i humble myself i receive you in my heart jesus be my lord be my savior from now on i commit to follow you all the days of my life thank you for your forgiveness thank you for your grace now let me pray for the second group of people a lot of us lord we're listening we do have a relationship with you but there are sins that still take over us please forgive us dear god and thank you for your grace thank you that you have given everything to us so that we can live godly lives we can live lives that are pleasing to you teach us to always hold on to your promises teach us to always embrace your will your love and help us not to engage in the lust of the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life teach us to flee to run away change our perspective if there are perspectives that are wrong please change it dear god give us the right mind the right heart the strong will to follow you and please fill us with your power we desperately need your hand of work in our lives we love you lord we entrust our lives to you thank you for your grace we worship and honor you in jesus name we pray amen and amen god bless you all

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