Prove It | Pastor Randy Skeete | 5 Dec. 2020

[Music] welcome to the voice of hope live stream we trust you'll be blessed and you're being blessed by these messages to ensure you do not miss out on any of these subscribe to our youtube channel follow our facebook page or instagram or visit voiceofhope.church god bless you [Music] we've already told you many times to stop sharing bibles and building churches said the officer to pavel goya father of the ministry magazine's editor during the romanian communist era those against the government or who were sharing the gospel were enemies they were often arrested and beaten badly but frankly it didn't stop them however for some well-known people the consequences could be worse one comedian for instance after speaking on tv for many years started to make fun of the nation's dictator subtly so to not turn the comedian into a martyr the government officials decided to kill him in such a way that they wouldn't appear guilty of his death they radiated him without his knowledge and sent him home to die when pavel was caught the officers didn't beat him they just warned him again and strangely left him alone in a room all night in the morning he was released to go home apparently unharmed goya smiled and asked you just left me all alone in a room but they shook their heads and said you don't get it do you well after a few days goya experienced extreme diarrhea started to lose his hair and then began losing his nails the doctor told him that he had leukemia caused by high radiation if i live i live for jesus if i die i die for jesus sometimes it is good to take out a big tree so that small trees may grow please god give fire to my children he prayed before dying he longed for his children to love and witness for the lord and god granted his request how much are our children ready to sacrifice for christ moved by our example and prayers if they're not willing to sacrifice something now in order to keep the sabbath retain moral purity live a healthful lifestyle or return tithes and promise will they in the future be willing to sacrifice even their lives for jesus as you return your tithe and give your promise pray to god asking him for the courage to sacrifice anything that may prevent you from reaching eternity and enabling you to pass this divine value to your children may we put our desires last and god first [Music] [Music] good morning boys and girls today's story is called esther the brave queen heresa was an orphan girl she sat alone on the doorstep of her empty house because there were tears in her eyes she could not see the blue of the sky nor the green of the grass nor the yellow gold of the flowers morikai hades's cousin came to her house come here he said come live at my home heresa gathered up her clothes and tied them into bundles she was pleased to be going with cousin mordecai to live with his family in the town of shushan mordecai and haddassah walked along the dusty road hades sandals made small footprints in the dust mordecai sandals made very large footprints now harrison could see the blue of the sky the green of the grass and the yellow gold of the flowers because no longer were there tears in her eyes monica worked for the king of persia every day he sat in the gate of the king's palace and answered the questions of the people who came asking for them haressa sometimes carried lunch to mordecai as he sat in the king's gate here is your lunch cousin mordecai pomegranates and cheese and bread with honey harissa grew to be a very pretty girl she was such a happy helpful girl that morikai said she was like a shining star no longer shall your name be hedesa it shall be esther which means a star esther liked her new name forever and always she would try to shine as a star esther esther esther over and over she said her new name now it happened that the king of persia was planning to choose a queen gather together all of the most beautiful maidens in the land say the king to his helpers that i may choose a queen from among them esther was one of the maidens called to the palace mordecai watched them as they came through the gate he thought there was none so beautiful as esther maiden after maiden was presented to the king all of them were beautiful but when the king saw esther the shining star he said esther shall be queen with his own hands the king placed a crown on esther's head a golden crown with pearls queen esther went to live in the queen's house in the palace gardens of the king from her window she could see cousin mordecai as he sat in the king's gate esther read the king's list of palace rules there was one very strict rule it said that no one must go in before the king unless invited if anyone did go in without being invited that person would be put to death unless the king held out the golden scepter to him a terrible thing happened in the land of persia a law was passed that on a certain day all of god's people would be killed mordecai sent a message to queen esther telling her you must go in before the king and ask that god's people be saved i dare not go before the king unless i'm invited said esther if the king should not hold out his scepter to me i would be put to death no i cannot go in before the king mordecai again sent a message to esther saying don't be afraid maybe god has let you be queen for such a time as this queen esther replied appoint three days of prayer and then i will go in before the king and ask him to save god's people and if i perish i perish esther and her maids prayed in the queen's house mordecai and his friends prayed in his house all through the land of persia god's people prayed carefully queen esther made herself ready to go in before the king she used her sweetest smelling perfumes and put on her prettiest royal robes then she and her maids said a lost prayer slowly they walked down the long hall to the throne room of the king the king heard someone coming he scold who would dare to come before him uninvited take that person away he was about to say when they before him his lovely queen esther was the one who had come to see him the king smiled at her and held out the golden scepter esther came near and touched the scepter what is thy request queen esther ask the king asked us the king it shall be given thee even half of the kingdom as they invited the king to come to her house as a special dinner at the at the dinner she would ask the king to save god's people and so it came about that the king made a new law and god's people were saved messengers some on mules some on camels others on horses still others on foot raced through the land spreading the glad news god's people shouted for joy perhaps the happiest of all was queen esther once hadesa the orphan girl then esther the shining star and now esther the brave queen let us pray our father in heaven thank you for this day that you have given to us thank you for the many blessings that you have granted us lord thank you for the story that you have allowed us to hear help us to be able to remember to be as brave as esther and to be and to face any adversity that may come our way i pray all of this in the name of your son jesus christ amen thank you for listening until next time bye bye my jesus is is [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] the [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] as long as [Applause] lies [Applause] my jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my jesus [Music] let's say amen again for the song of the sister who sang god bless you my good sister thank you very much may the lord constantly use your voice for his glory god is good and all the time when you say all the time when you say god is good are you saying that because you have seen the goodness of god in your life or because you're expected to say that let me see if the volume of response will change god is good and all the time psalm 100 for the lord is good there are many things about god the bible tells us about god is good micah 7 who is a god like unto thee that pardoneth iniquity and passive by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage he retaineth not his anger forever we do not god the verse ends by saying for he delighteth in mercy so god is good god does not like to be angry god delights in mercy god is abundant in goodness and truth long-suffering just god is all righteous and yet most people do not serve god surely this must constitute one of the greatest mysteries of the earth how is it that a god who is so good is so universally rejected but before i get into the message let me express in the presence of a holy god how grateful i am to be with you to preach to you and to fellowship with you it is a privilege beyond computation its value that god would place his hand on a man or on a woman and say i want you to speak for me tremendous privilege and so i thank god ceaselessly and that's not a symbolic statement it's literal i thank god ceaselessly for the high honor of being called to speak for him let me tell you what i told the family at santa last night my favorite place outside of the united states is south africa come on say a man a little louder than that or i will choose zimbabwe or something it really is south africa in a more general sense i've asked god to give me two areas as my evangelistic heritage they are east and southern africa from ethiopia to south africa and south east asia that's where god sends me all the time of course i'll go wherever i'm called understand me clearly but my preferences are east and southern africa and south east asia so i'm grateful to god and i want to thank him publicly for allowing me to be with you i've lost track of how many times i've been to south africa and but i want to come much more often if god allows thank you for coming may i ask is there anyone visiting with us who is not a seventh-day adventist merch your hand you are not a seventh-day adventist i know there's a custom of you taking a long time to decide what you are but can you pop up quickly so that i can get into the message you are not a seventh-day adventist but you're with us and you deserve special wreck all right but you stand at my handsome brother let's take a good look at you from top to bottom stand up okay now okay let's start ladies first my brother hold on sister what's your name jane hello jane how are you you look like a nice lady are you a nice lady say yes all right jane who invited you who theo who is theo where's theo oh hello theo thank you for bringing jane jane god bless you we're glad you've come let the church say amen i'll be here the uh what dates will that be from about march first to the eighth jane i want you to come but until then please keep coming are you with me god bless you thank you for coming you miss it jay my good brother thanks for being patient what's your name who menosi hello manosie how are you are you okay you look scared don't be scared man you see i am a nice man don't be scared mama see who invited you what's his name who alec hello alec how are you that's a nice smile you have ellie should have no problem getting a wife okay thank you for coming my good brother god bless you i mean that from my heart you may be seated or you already have one okay well you see my word of prophecy is correct god is good and all the time yes god is good yeah oh [Music] what's your name my little angel [Music] that's a preacher in practice what's your name what did she say amahu okay all right okay we're very glad you've how old are you oh you know jesus was seven yes just like you he was a good boy you look like a good girl is that true good come on say amen for my little sister god bless you and i hope you come back okay who invited you who who is that god bless you god bless you thank you for bringing your friend let's say amen for god's little angels amen you may be seated my sweet sister god bless you i mean that from my heart is there anyone else you're not a seventh-day adventist but you've come to distinguish us with your presence we want to see you all right it's now 12 o'clock i believe do three little favors for me before i begin favor number one i know you have cell phones would you kindly turn them off please turn them off until they're dead so there's no disturbance in the house of god please favor number two while you're complying with favor one while i'm speaking pray for me and simply say lord put your words in that man's mouth that's based on jeremiah chapter 1 verse 9 which says then the lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth and the lord said unto me behold i have put my words in thy mouth ask god to put his words in my mouth and favor number three i want you to think as you listen let us pray there god in heaven you have given us life and we're grateful you've given us clarity of mind and we're grateful you've granted us freedom of religion and we've exercised it by coming to this place now father as we worship you in spirit and in truth grant us your spirit in a very direct way because he is this one who guides us into truth according to the words of jesus in john 16 13 how be it when he the spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth guide us there god possess my mind put your words in my mouth i humble myself before you day god i do not want your glory take it you said in isaiah 42 8 i am the lord that is my name my glory will i not give to another you take it but give us the blessing father draw us close to you let us leave this place with an iron determination to serve you and to represent you a right bless our visitors i pray wherever people who worship you now bless them put words in the mouths of the speakers in jesus name i pray and for his sake let god's people say amen and amen our subject for this morning offered today proving go with me to jeremiah chapter 2 we shall read verse 5. jeremiah chapter 2 reading verse 5 we're reading from the king james version of the bible somewhere in the middle of the bible you should run into jeremiah do you have it if you have it say amen the bible says thus saith the lord what iniquity have your fathers found in me that there are gone far from me and i've walked after vanity and i become vain let me ask the question god asked jeremiah what iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me they have left me now god is a very reasonable god that's why he tells us in isaiah 1 18 come now let us reason together the religion of the bible is a reasonable religion if people will study honestly they will arrive at truth listen to god the israelites have left him they did that over and over and god is saying okay you have left me at least show me what i did to drive you from me now ladies if your boyfriend called you and said i'm leaving you you know ladies like explanations down to every t cross every i got in you want to know why what did i do did i burn the food what has she god that i don't have so god is simply saying what did i do in every church there are people who've left god because he did this to me or did not do that and so the question is what iniquity have your fathers found in me if you say i've done you wrong prove it let's go to micah you have jeremiah lamentations ezekiel daniel hosea joel amos obadiah jonah micah by the way how many of you can recite all 66 books in order next your house all 66 in order raise your hand with confidence don't do that all right sister i saw your hand first come and then we'll get back to micah 6. come sister come what happened to your shoes you already took them off all right sister you wouldn't do that in the courtroom all right here you go all 66. leviticus members deuteronomy okay judges first and second samuel okay first and second kings okay wait i just remember where i am first and second kick number nine genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy um joshua judges first and second kings luke acts romance yes can i do my language maybe yes yes yes marco look at your hands um what was that language okay thank you sister michael six reading from verse three the way parents give that assignment to your children you'll be surprised how quickly they learn the 66 book and my sweet sister just work on it what's the sister from the zulu land work on it just work on it you've got the foundation you'll get it very fast micah 6 3 the bible says o my people what have i done unto thee and wherein have i weary thee how does that verse end testify against me prove it here is god again oh my people what have i done unto thee why do you treat me so badly says god at least give me a reason wherein have i weary in other words what have i required of you that is so burdensome testify let's go to court prove your case let's go to john chapter eight we read from verse 44 our subject is what prove it john chapter 8 reading from verse 44 this is jesus christ himself speaking ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father you will do he was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him when he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father of it and because i tell you the truth you believe me not what does verse 46 say which of you convinces me of sin and so three times we have divinity challenging humanity to prove your case jeremiah 2 5 what iniquity have your fathers found in me micah 6 3 what have i done until john 8 46 which one of you can prove i am a sinner then why do we treat god so badly throughout the bible particularly in the old testament god has to defend his goodness against a sinful people go to joshua chapter 24 we shall read from verse one our subject is prove it joshua 24 reading from verse one remember the three favors hope your phones are off i hope you're praying and saying lord put your words in that man's mouth and fear for three think as you listen i'm trying to defend god by the end of the message i want you to know you can safely put your life in his hands joshua 24 reading from verse 1 and joshua gathered all the tribes of israel to shechem and called for the elders of israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers and they presented themselves before god and joshua said unto all the people thus said the lord god of israel your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in all time even terah the father of abraham and the father of nehor and the served other gods and i took your father abraham from the other side of the flood and led him throughout all the land of canaan and multiplied his seed and gave him isaac and i gave unto isaac jacob and esau and i gave unto esau mount seir to possess it but jacob and his children went down into egypt i sent moses also an era and i plagued egypt according to all that i did among them and afterward i brought you out do you notice anything so far now the the pronoun i is missing in some places where it functionally belongs because when he said in verse 3 and i took your father abraham from the other side of the flood and led him throughout all the land of canaan and you can say and i multiplied his seed and i give him isaac there's a series of i i i i did this i did that verse 6 and i brought your fathers out of egypt and you came unto the sea and the egyptians pursued after your fathers unto the sea with chariots and horsemen unto the red sea and when he cried unto the lord he now you can in place of he you can put i put darkness between you and the egyptians and i brought the sea upon them and i cover them and destroy them from before you and he dwells in the wilderness a long season i i forsake and i brought you into the land of the amorites which dwelt on the other side jordan and they fought with you and i give them into your hand that you might possess their land and i destroyed them from before you verse nine then balak the son of bosar the son of zipper king of moab arose and ward against israel and i and sent and called balaam the son of beor to curse you but i would not hearken unto balaam so he blessed you still and i did so i delivered you out of his hand god is making a case for his goodness verse 11 and you went over jordan and came on to jericho and the men of jericho fought against you the amorites and the parasites and the canaanites and the hittites and the girgicites and the hivites and the jebusites and i delivered them into your hand and i sent the hornets before you which drained them up from before you even the two kings of the amorites but not with thy sword nor with thy bow in other words it was my doing not yours verse 13 of joshua 24 and i have given you a land for which he did not labor and cities which he built not and he dwell in them of the vineyards on all of the arts which he planted not do you eat listen to a logical conclusion in verse in in the next verse now therefore fear the lord god is so common sense he is so logical i have done all of this i'm asking one thing of you obey me now of all the things god has listed where is the agony he calls israel listen to me in the judgment no sinner will have a case against god makes no difference to me how much people think now that god has misused them and abused them and ill-treated them when sanity returns before they are melted in the flames of hell they will confess you have always been a good god and the problem has been me go to deuteronomy chapter eight our subject is proven deuteronomy chapter eight book number five who wrote the first five books of the bible of course that excludes the chapter in deuteronomy that deals with his death i think it's 34. probably joshua wrote that you have deuteronomy chapter 8 we read from verse 1 all the commandments which i command thee this day why are you looking up don't you have a bible who's putting the verses on the screen would you politely not do that don't put them up find the books of the bible pick up a bible in your hand and no one said amen don't depend on us what happens if that screen malfunctions in case you didn't know this is a rebuke up your all those your bibles raise them let me see not bad sister that's a beautiful smile of a guilty woman not bad god bless you bring it next sabbath now is that is it off the wall all right deuteronomy 8 reading from verse 1 all the commandments which i command thee this day shall he observe to do now what is the result of obedience to god that he may live and multiply and go in and possess the land which the lord swear unto your fathers you know how much how deeply christians hate the word obedience even though the bible is clear obedience leads to life and thou shalt remember all the way which the lord thy god led thee these forty years in the wilderness to humble thee and to prove thee and to know what was in thine heart whether thou would keep his commandments or no listen to me again not me the bible god tested the israelites to discover one thing whether they would obey him verse 3 deuteronomy 8 and he humbled thee and suffered thee the hunger and fed thee with man which thou knewest not neither did thy fathers know that he might make thee known that man doth not live by bread only but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the lord tough man live listen to the goodness of god now verse 4 thy raymond wax not all upon thee how many years in the wilderness 40 neither did thy foot swell forty years thou shalt also consider in thine heart that as a man chasteneth his son to make him a better son so the law thy god chasteneth thee therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of thy law of thy god to walk in his ways and to fear him verse 7 for the lord thy god bringeth thee into one a good land a land of brooks of waters of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates and a land of oil of oil olivine honey a land wherein thou must eat or shall eat bread towel without scarceness thou shalt not lack anything in it a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills thou miss deep brass god is saying i am taking you to a land that's already prepared all the natural resources they're on the surface the stones are iron fresh water bubbling from the hills fruit trees as we read you know joshua 24 13 cities you didn't build they're ready for your inhabitant your habitation vineyard you didn't plant they're waiting for you to pluck the fruits god does not bring us to a situation and then try to figure out what will i do god already has the situation solved notice the bible says that god will lead the israelites to a land already flowing with what milk and honey but this is not let me show god has always been like that let's go to genesis 1. genesis 1 we'll read from verse 1 25 after 12. when i come to be with you the last week would it be excessive of me to request a fan i'll i'm perfectly willing to buy it if you'll accept it a fan one right there one right here i perspire very easily because the word of god is so hot makes me perspire genesis 1 reading from verse 1 the bible says in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters and god said let there be light and there was light and god saw the light that it was good and god divided the light from the darkness and god called the light day of the darkness he called night and the evening on the morning for the first day god makes light verse 6 and god said let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the waters and god made the firmament you see the firmament it exerted as kind of a greenhouse effect the earth was surrounded by water so it would filter out the ultraviolet rays of the sun it had a protective covering all around before the flood the flood caused great destruction in the firmament and so god said let there be a firmament which will shield all living beings and things on the earth man animal plants verse 9 and god said let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place and let the dry land appear and it was so and god called the dry land earth and the gathering together of the waters called he sees now god says this is lamb there's a sea he's arranging everything verse 11 and god said let the earth bring forth grass the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit in other words a source of food verse 14 and god said let there be light in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth god puts more things in place he is preparing a perfect environment because something special is coming verse 20 and god said let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life and foul that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven and so god makes the birds and the fish verse 24 and god said let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth after his sky and god makes all the land animals that don't fly because he made the birds in the day five having done all of that then god says in verse 26 let us make man i can almost hear god saying now let us make man everything he needs is in place that's the way god functions god didn't learn that habit with the israelites that's the way he is that aspect of god's character is dramatically demonstrated in the order of creation men and women men and women were made last when they opened their eyes they saw food water shelter beauty order symmetry light flowers birds they felt the cold breeze now god tells adam go to chapter 2 we read from verse 16 and the lord god commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat listen to me there is no freedom in satan there is freedom in god and god is waiting for somebody to say amen let me say it again there is no freedom in satan there's freedom in god and so jesus uh paul writes in galatians 5 1 stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith christ hath made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage the yoke of bondage is from satan the freedom is from god god is a god of freedom amen in isaiah 14 verse 17 describing satan the bible says that opened not the house of his prisoners when the devil has you he does not let you go let me say differently when the devil has you you can desire to leave him that desire doesn't bother him you cannot exercise that desire you're not getting it let me express it differently when you're with god you can desire to leave god am i right and you can act on that decision you can just leave him you cannot leave satan the only way to leave satan is to be taken away from him by somebody else thank you but let me say the third time or fourth you can desire all you like to leave the devil you cannot act on that desire the bible says he opened not the house of his prison that's why jesus said the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach deliverance only god can get you out of satan's hands but only you can get you out of god's hands are you missing everything when you're in satan's hands it takes divine power to get you up when you're in god's hands you can take yourself out that's freedom and so god said of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it because adam in the day thou eaters thereof finish the verse thou shalt surely die something will happen that is absolutely contrary to everything i had in mind when i created sin is an attack on everything god had in mind when he created here's another way to look at it adam opens his eye so does eve they see everything a perfect world face-to-face communication with god face-to-face communication with angels with jesus they could communicate with the animals so ellen white tells us with little plans she said even with the little microscopic living things adam and eve could somehow communicate amazing i believe we'll get that back in the new world it's amazing how much we've lost because of sin perfect health harmony between man and wife a supply of food that does not encourage disease and god tells adam if you want this to continue this blessed life do one thing what's that obey me don't eat of that tree obey me now the bible says this is the love of god that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not grievous first john 5 verse 3. let's go back to genesis 2 to see how true it is that his commandments are not grief grievous means burdensome listen to god again of every tree of the garden thou must freely eat did that mean adam could not eat from any of the tree on the face of the earth no listen to genesis 1 26 and god said let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea of the fowl of the air over the cattle over all the earth adam can go anywhere and eat from anything listen to verse 29 of genesis 1 and god said behold i have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth now you imagine the entire world i'm trying to assure you god's commandments are not grievous they're easy to keep god said adam all these trees are yours i am reserving one leaving now how much easier can an exam be now god could have said adam all the trees are mine you have one god could have said adam six days are mine you have won god could have said adam for every hundred rand you have ninety are mine 10 are yours god doesn't function like that whatever god requires he makes it possible to be done and so ella white writes in christ object lessons page 333 paragraph one as the will of man cooperates with the will of god it becomes omnipotent let me read it again because you didn't hear what i said this brother keeps hearing me nobody else listen to what i read from ellen white christ object lessons 333 paragraph one as the will of man cooperates with the will of god it becomes omnipotent what becomes omnipotent the will of man because of his cooperation with the will of god now with an omnipotent will what is it you and i cannot do whatever is to be done at his command may be accomplished in his strength so when god says remember the seventh day keep it holy the power to do that is in that commandment all his biddings are enabling anything god tells you to do he places in that command the power to do it and so god said adam all the trees are yours except one or put differently adam in order for this blessed life to continue you must obey me or the foundation of a blessed life has always been obedience and the trap door to a curse life is disobedient and so god is asking us today as he asked jeremiah 2 5 he asked in micah 6 3 as jesus has in john 8 46 what have i done prove it i've done you wrong in micah 6 3 he said testify against me meaning let's go to court can you show where god has been wrong then let me ask you with respect as your brother in christ why is it we treat god the way we do do we not understand that god is an either or being what does jesus say in matthew 12 i think it's verse 30 he that is not with me he's against me do we not understand a decision not to obey god is a decision to obey the devil that's why samuel told saul rebellion is as a sin of witchcraft because witchcraft is cooperation with the devil every time i say no to god i have said yes to satan it is unnerving frightening unsettling to consider how many people come to church every weekend to worship satan you know when paul is in athens in acts 17 from verse 22 the bible says then paul stood in the midst of mars hill and said the men of athens i perceive that in all things you're too superstitious for as i passed by and beheld your devotions i found an altar with this inscription to the unknown god whom therefore ye ignorantly worship him declare i unto you now that goes both ways there are people who worship the true god ignorantly they are people who worship the devil some ignorantly some deliberately this goes all the way back to jensen listen let's show you how clearly it goes back to james in genesis 2 17 god said in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die that's god in verse 4 genesis 3 the devil says ye shall not surely die and i've said this many times here's what god said here's what the devil said every human being lives his life or her life based on either what god says or the devil says you cannot live your life both on based on both simultaneously and so adam and eve chose what the devil said and ignored what god said from then until now humanity has always been faced with a choice either what god says or what the devil says what the devil says may come to your husband your wife your friend the pastor god forbid your boss your colleague your classmate your soccer mate or football mate anything that's different from god's word is from the devil sunday as a day of worship is not from god a man with two wives that teaching is not from god two men getting married is not from god 15 countries of the world now legalize same-sex marriage even though god said therefore shall a man leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife you know the bible says and the rib which the lord god had taken from man made you a woman that's what the bible says and when god put them together he said be fruitful and multiply you show me two men who can multiply but we choose the word of the world above god my brothers and sisters a blessed life is a life of obedience to god in john 6 after these things jesus went over the sea of galilee which is the sea of tiberias john 6 you knew from verse 1 had a great multitude followed him because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased and jesus went up into a mountain and there he sat with his disciples and the passover a feast of the jews was nigh verse 5 when jesus then lift up his eyes and saw a great company come unto him he saith unto philip whence shall we by bread that these may even listen to verse six a glorious verse and this he said to prove him for he himself knew what he would do now this is the god we serve for every emergency in your life god knows what he will do so why philip was panicking philip said unto him 200 penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one of them might take a little philip begins to argue economically and at the secular level it made sense then andrew comes up there's a lad here which has two barley loaves five barley loafs and two small fishes the word small isn't it but what are they among so many the bible says jesus already knew but he had to do what how does verse end at verse 6 and but this he said to prove him now take that philosophy back to the wilderness did god already know what he do for the israelites he had a land flowing with what milk and honey but between where they were and the land flowing with milk and honey he had to do one what was the one thing he wanted to find out if they would obey him listen to me carefully then i'm done here is where you are here is where god wants you to be that distance is covered by obedience let's say you're 26 god has gone ahead and prepared for you at 40. because he knows the end from the beginning you don't now he comes back to euro 26 he says listen my daughter i've got you covered at 40 now let me lead you to that and god says step there and you say why he says because this world is a minefield step right there and we said ah i don't want to step there god i step here and the mind goes on and you lose your leg spiritually are you with me and god said i told you step there now you accuse me of being a bad god god says i can't give you your leg back but i'll help you to walk on one step there and okay i remember i lost the leg i stepped there now god step there then self kicks in and the person god says step there god says i don't like that i'll step over here and mind goes off you lose an arm and then we look back at a history of losses i lost a leg i lost an arm i lost an eye i lost an ear and then we conclude god is a bad god you want a life with a minimum of problems obey god for you adults with children you want your children blessed obey god listen to what uh deuteronomy 8 verse 1 tells us all the commandments which i command thee this day shall be observed to do that ye may live and multiply listen to deuteronomy 5 29 o that there was such a heart in them that they would obey me and fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and with their children obedience has generational blessings listen to the second commandment thou shalt not make unto thee any grievan image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath all that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them for i the lord thy god i'm a jealous god visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of them there were thousands refers to generations which means the blessings of god extend more more further than the curses of god you see the curses of god extend to the third and fourth the blessings to a thousand generations now you tell me what iniquity have we found in god prove it i've closed the holy book let me end 14 minutes to one my brothers and sisters if you have been fighting god if you've been questioning the goodness of god as your brother in christ i politely and urgently ask you apologize to god [Music] because god is merciful but god is also a god whose patience can be exhausted and god tells us in genesis 6 3 my spirit shall not always strive with man patriarchs and prophets page 140 paragraph one ellen white writes every day the probation of some is closing every hour some are passing beyond the reach of mercy first first samuel 16 14 says the spirit of the lord left saul saul stayed on the throne until chapter 31 a number of years but god had left him what's the frightening application for us there are people in church whom god has already left because of persistent disobedience already left but habit is has such a propulsive force it keeps them coming but if the spirit of god is speaking to your heart then you're not one of them the spirit of god does two things among others he convicts and he restrains let me explain quickly then i make an appeal when someone wants to serve god or is serving god the spirit does the work of convicting let's say you started working on sabbath the spirit says that's wrong stop you want to get revenge on some church remember the spirit is trying to stop you he restrains you when your probation has passed there's no more convictions it's just restraint are you with me so a man on death row is always restrained conviction is useless revelation 7 verse 1 after these things i saw four angels stand on the four corners of the earth holding the four winds of the earth in other words god's spirit is restraining the evil of this world would be worse i say again if the spirit of god is speaking to you now regard regarding your relationship with god then god is still pleading with you don't push god don't try god yield to him give him your life give him first place which means the only place because you can't make god first of the devil a second give god first place and first place means the only place in your life let god direct you obey god he provides the power to obey why obey because god knows obedience is the foundation of blessing and so we read in romans 6 16 knowing not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey his servancy are to whom you obey meaning every human being must obey the only question is whom will i obey let me say it again every human being must obey the only freedom we have in that context is who will i obey and so the verse says no you're not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey his servants you are to whom you obey whether for sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness notice sin death obedience righteousness so the obstacle of sin is obedience the object of death is righteous which means righteousness is life how many of you will say father you and i have had a struggle i have thrown punches you've tried to hug me i've had complaints you've sent comforting words i have rebelled your love has remained consistent i have shown no love the blood of your son still flows i've gone a far away you've sent the spirit to find me but father today i want to say to you thank you for being a good god i have no proof that you've ever done me anything wrong that's my personal testimony god has never ever done me anything wrong all my problems i brought on myself so i clear god's name in my life god has never done me anything wrong all my blessings have come from god all my headaches heartaches hardships i have brought on myself so i declare in my life that god is harmless holy undefiled and has only been a blessing to me and so i recommit my life to this god and my commitment to god is as long as i have life i want to do two things live for him and preach for him how many people say father thank you for being good thank you for this rebuking word i recommit my life to you father forgive me for thinking your bad god forgive me for accusing you falsely give me the power today to walk hand in hand with you if you will say that sincerely may i see your right hand i put my hand in your hand god i want to walk with you stand up with me please i'll pray we go we cannot prove that god is a bad god because one day every initial bow and every tongue confess do you know who's included in every tongue that will confess the devil don't wait to confess then that god is good because it won't help you make that confession now god you're good make it now you may take your hands down heads bowed eyes closed loving father in heaven oh thank you thank god for your patience the bible says in psalm 103 verse 13 like as a father pitteth his children so the lord pity of them that fear him for he knoweth our frame he remembers that we are dust ah when we fall and we crumble and we abuse you and we curse you they god somehow you understand that's what people made of dust do in verse 10 of that same chapter your word says he hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities meaning if you truly gave us what we deserve no one will be alive on this earth and so father we're sorry we've accused you falsely we are sorry for blaming you for what we brought on ourselves through disobedience when samson lost his life tragically he was blinded worked as a slave why because he went his way not yours father every curse is the result of disobedience but today we have stood to say father let's start all over again amos 3 chapter 3 chapter 3 verse 3 says can two walk together except to be agreed now when it comes to agreement father you don't have to agree with us we must agree with you that's what we're doing now now while heads about and eyes are closed this is the most specific call if you know you've drifted away from god really far and all your church work is merely a sham you're coming to church but in your heart you've left god you've drifted from god i've been drifting and you want to come back say father i want to come back to you and i'm serious walk with you day by day if that applies to anybody i want you to come if it applies if it doesn't find if it i have drifted from god and i know it i want to come back not i miss church one sabbath i'm not talking about that i have drifted from god i have lived the life of the worldly person while dressed in christian clothes i want to come back if it applies to you come down an angel will walk with you my business practices my practice my romantic life everything has been contrary to god i need to stop before god stops me come we'll pray to loving forgiving god and god holds no grudges and god will begin with you on a brand new page as if you've never done anything that's what forgiveness does cleans the page and god says let's write a brand new history someone else i have drifted from god i know it i come back and with seriousness in my heart to walk with my god not deviating to the left or to the right someone else come before i pray i'm engaged in practices i need to stop i need to stop living with a man living with a man who's not my husband living with a woman who's not my wife i'm supporting a woman and all she does for me is takes care of my physical needs or vice versa a man does that for me come let me say it again stop yourself before god stops you god does not have a nice way to stop people i'm not scaring you i just want to be direct 60 seconds and i pray i have drifted from god my life has not brought goner to my god i am coming back seriously come i cannot prove god has ever been unjust to me i cannot prove it i'm alive because of his mercy alawite writes as long as there's hope until they resist the holy spirit to the eternal ruin men are guarded by heavenly intelligences that's the mercy of god as long as he sees there's hope he preserves life 30 seconds drifted and i'm coming back seriously i've given the devil enough of my energy and everything else i have the rest of my life is for god 15 seconds i'm coming back seriously heads by our father in heaven thank you for your children who have come to say i have drifted no one has observed but you know and i know but father in all of my drifting i have always been troubled by your spirit that i need to change the direction now father i've been convicted i have come and i'm praying that god you'll bless those souls who have responded let them know you hold no grudges there's rejoicing in heaven and we must hear that rejoicing by the air of faith give to them their god a generous measure of your spirit to strengthen them their god to give them a spiritual spine of steel that the attacks the devil will launch from this point on to take them back will fail let them see christ on the cross paying the price let them see christ risen victorious over death hell sin the grave and sacred let him see that holy city with an apartment with their names on the door let them see fellowship with angels and with holy beings but until that day let them see a victorious life now and they use their lives to bring others to you bless all those who stood to recommit their lives to you father we say as a church family you have done nothing wrong to us all our blessings are the result of your goodness our problems are our own doing by our rebellious choices and so forgive us for falsely accusing you father and we declare today god is a good god and we say with the psalmist i will bless the lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth my soul shall make her boast in the lord the humble shall hear thereof and be glad oh magnify the lord with me and let us exalt his name together we praise your name thank you for forgiveness thank you for grace thank you for power save us when you come without losing one in jesus name we pray let god's people say amen and amen god bless you you

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