Randy Skeete - 'God Loves the World, Not Worldliness'

and God speak all these words saying I am THE LORD thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage thou shall have no other gods before me thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the father's upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy manservant nor thy maidservant nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it honor thy father and thy mother thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee thou shalt not kill thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not steal thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife nor his manservant nor his maidservant nor his ox nor his ass not anything that is thy neighbors god is good let's try that again God is good and all the time good evening Nottingham central SDA church how are you I did not understand what you said how are you Oh God yes he is he it's a habit he has that he cannot break God is always good Psalm 100 verse 5 for the Lord is good when God blesses you he's good when he punishes you come on tell me he's good when he answers your prayer he's good when he says no he's good when he sent the flood he was good when he burned up Sodom and Gomorrah he was good and when he destroys sinners in the flames of hell and none of you will be there say Amen he will be good psalm 145 verse 17 says the Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works let me put that in Nottingham English God cannot do anything wrong come on say Amen louder than that he cannot you know Jesus said they hated me without a cause no human being or nor created being has ever had a good reason to be angry with God they hated me without a cause the God who loves you desires one thing and one thing for you alone and that is the salvation of your soul in his kingdom when he comes he loves you he really really does thank you for allowing me to spend this time in your presence I'm honored by this opportunity to speak for God and to speak for God to those who love the Word of God and I am come to the right conclusion alright perhaps you didn't have lunch that's why you're weak your amens a little lifeless now that's okay fasting is good is there any one among us who is not a seven the adventist where's your hand you are not a seven day Adventists raise your hand ah would you mind standing and telling us your name what's your name Kevin hello Kevin how are you nice to see you thank you very much for joining us Kevin may ask were you from in where oh just up the road now who invited you or you come regularly but not a confirmed member not yet we must speak my faith Kevin thanks for coming my lord bless your life bless your health provide your needs bless your family and save you when he comes amen for our guest who comes regularly anyone else you're not a cell the adventist you're visiting all right our subject for this evening God loves the world not worldliness what did I say come on I know I know you heard me what's the subject for tonight not worldliness if I begin let me warn you nicely I'm an old-fashioned preacher can this thing be raised I keep bending over I don't want to leave with a stiff neck all right thank you what's your name Marie morongo okay okay Moraga were you from moranga Nottingham is a good place dr. Marengo thank you very much god bless your life what was I saying before dr. Miranda helped me out I'm an old-fashioned preacher I like Bibles these have the place don't misunderstand me this is not a Bible but I thank God for it this is a Bible let me tell you what I told the church at was it Manchester I was in a hotel room reading my Bible a preacher doing the right thing reading his Bible it was at no on the phone actually I was reading this the Bible texts on the phone on the bottom of the Bible an app popped up okay on ad advert it said are you lonely it actually happened it was an advert is that the word for a dating site out-of-date Asian women there were Asians now no one was in the room with me except the Holy Ghost of course but he doesn't publicize your sins so I could have simply tapped that advert with my finger and faces of women would have popped up and the means by which I could contact them listen to me carefully and I'm sure you'll agree that cannot happen on this if tonight the sermon gets boring and it might you can find refuge on your phone by going to snapchat and Instagram an email and whatever you want you can't do it with this so this comes with how many temptations none this come with endless and here endeth the agony for you that's all I'll say about that now second fear if I ask while I'm speaking pray for me and say Lord put your words in that man's mouth that is based on Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 9 which says then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth what an honor to have God touch your mouth not destructively but with the touch of wisdom and the Lord said unto me behold I have put my words in thy mouth while I am speaking you pray from time to time in the privacy of your heart and say God please put your words in that man's mouth I'll be very grateful if you offer that prayer the words that I speak will be God's words and your mind will be protected from foolishness are you following me so by praying for me you help yourselves prophets and kings spit 626 paragraph 1 the words of the Bible and the Bible alone should be heard from the pulpit so I guarantee you tonight I will reserve all my opinions I love my opinions but I keep them to myself are you with me and favor number 3 I want you to think as you listen think it's a divine requirement Isaiah 1:18 come now let us do what reason together thinking is required of us by God I've often said if people would stop and think they would not do many of the things they do we would not eat the things we eat I was talking to the pastor when I was a little boy in Barbados I'd walk on the beach and pick up clams and just suck them down they were nice and salty you can pay me to do that now I did not know any better there are people who drink the blood of snakes there are people who eat rats there are people who eat snails and they call it s card goal if people would stop and think what am i doing they wouldn't drink the things they drink they wouldn't date the people they date if they would stop they wouldn't marry the people they marry we don't think we just act emotionally impulsively emotional behavior is natural rational thinking comes by effort and so God says sink let's pray our Father in Heaven speaking for you is an honor I cannot fully estimate but I thank you for it there God the desire of my heart is to speak the truth as it is in Jesus but because I'm human I'm weak and flesh I am dirty I ask you take God to help me take full possession of my mind and my mouth let me think the thoughts of heaven let me speak the words of Christ and father let the words of life you give to me bless your sons and your daughters gathered in your presence if this service is live-streamed bless those watching online there god move upon them as you will move upon us bless this church bless the pastor bless this country they God let the leaders make choices and decisions that are advantageous to the spread of the gospel and in all that they do let them remember righteousness exalted the nation bless every family their father and a double blessing on all the vulnerable children and when you come into your kingdom father let many in Nottingham be ready to meet you because of the witness of this church family thanks again for the honor of speaking for you in Jesus name I pray let God's people say Amen and amen this side what's our subject too slow that's I God loves the world not worldliness let's go to Revelation 12 that clock on the wall says twenty after eight I'll release you by nine if that's okay say Amen alright what book did I say what chapter reading from verse seven a revelation 12 reading from verse seven I read from the King James Version of the Bible all right amen those of you saying Amen you're telling me you found it the Bible says and there was war in heaven Michael and his angels fought against the Dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not neither was their place found any more in heaven verse 9 and the Great Dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan which deceiveth read with me now the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him a crisis began not on the earth but in heaven sin began in heaven now our subject is God loves the world not worldliness keep this in mind because of sin Satan and his angels were cast out and we know from Revelation 12:10 2210 the devil shall be cast into the fire at the end time and we know from 2nd Peter chapter 2 verse 4 the fallen angels shall also be destroyed by fire and of course we know that the wicked shall be destroyed by fire also revelation 20 now revelation 20:10 I should say the dragon shall be cast into the lake of fire revelation 20:10 okay when Satan and his angels were cast out that created a vacancy in heaven now my purpose tonight is to get you to understand what God has in mind for your life when you understand what God has in mind for your life the attractions of the world will lose the beauty with this vacancy in heaven and God is not a god of vacancies listen to the quotation from the servant of the Lord and to whom am i referring yes god bless you for saying that she's becoming increasingly unpopular I hope that's not the case in this blessed Tabernacle conflict and courage page 21 paragraph 5 what did I say and that's the what is I didn't I said conflict and courage page 21 paragraph 5 what did I say God created man for his own glory that after tests and trial the human family might become one with the heavily family it was God's purpose to repopulate heaven with the human family if they would show themselves obedient to his every word when God made Adam and Eve and told them be fruitful and multiply God had an idea an objective in mind that ultimately he would use them to replace the Fallen created beings Satan and his angels what an honor in Bible Commentary volume 6 page 113 paragraph 4 what did I say at least you're dying with a smile on your face bible commentary volume 6 ph 1113 paragraph 4 here's what the servant of God writes those who in the strength of Christ and the strength of Christ is in your hands studied and obeyed those who in the strength of Christ overcome the great enemy of God and man will occupy a position in the courts of glory above angels who have never fallen right polite you said a few amens and I appreciate that very much did you understand the quotation those who in the strength of Christ and the power of Christ is his word if you don't believe me read Genesis 1 and God said let there be light and there was light and God said let there be a firmament and God said let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place and God said let the earth bring forth grass and God said and God said the power of God is his word so those who in the strength of Christ living by every word overcome the great enemy of God and man who's that great enemy Satan worldliness will occupy a position in the courts of glory where the courts of glory above angels who have never fallen including whom Gabriel is this Mike working it is I said we will occupy positions with God above Gabriel and nobody said in them let's go to Zechariah what's our subject God loves the world not world in it let's go to Zechariah chapter 3 we will read from verse 1 Zechariah 3 reading from verse 1 it's a lovely sound to hear the pages of that Bible turning beautiful music in the church it's dying out but nice to hear that one what book did I say what chapter 3 let's pray again father please God continue to be with me I pray let not my carmel nature lift up its head keep it pressed down there God not only truth may emerge from my lips in Jesus name I pray amen and he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him Joshua Zechariah has a vision and he says Joshua as a representative of Israel and the Lord said unto Satan the Lord rebuke thee O Satan even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee is not this a brand plucked out of the fire now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before the angel and he answered and speaking to those that stood before him saying take away the filthy garments from him now the angel of the Lord is Christ and he answered and spake unto those that stood before him who are those that stood before him we have to identify that group so that what we're coming to in verse 8 will have impact he answered and said this is the angel of Lord Christ speaking and he speaks to those who stood before Joshua take away the filthy garments from him and into him he said behold I have caused an iniquity to pass from thee and I will clothe thee change of raymond and i said let them set a fair mitre upon his head the mitre was worn by the priests and we are a kingdom of priests can you say Amen and they set a fair mite upon his head and clothed him with garments and the angel of the Lord stood by that's Jesus Christ and the angel of the Lord for six protested unto Joshua saying listen carefully thus saith the Lord of Hosts if thou will do on walk in my ways give me one word for that obey mm-hmm and the word if means it's a what condition if thou will walk in my ways keep reading and if thou will keep my charge then stop then what does then suggest if you give me money then I will give you a product we have a process one thing follows the other stay with me read the Bible microscopically if thou will walk in my ways do what I say and if thou will keep my charge all that's connected with my service then thou shalt do up judge my house and shall also keep my course finish the verse and I will give the places to walk among these that stand by God is saying to Joshua as a representative of Israel and also to all those who accept Christ if you obey me one day you will be associating and hanging out with heavenly beings the Seraphim and the cherubim and the inhabitants of unfallen worlds there will be your people as young people say those are the ones you will roll with if thou will walk in my ways and if I will keep my charge then thou shalt judge my house and keep my court and I will give the I will give you the he decreed a the Hebrew word is access how many people in England will have to have access to the royal family or other members of the aristocracy the URLs and the Duchess's and the Dukes and accounts and the sirs and the Lords and the upper house with their ladies and the sirs with their Dame's hmm God is saying I will give you access to the aristocracy of heaven but the condition is Oh baby now having established that listen to the most popular verse in the Bible say it with me for God so loved the world what's our subject not worldliness for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life now let's take a closer look at the world let's go to James chapter 4 we'll read verse 4 James was the half-brother of Jesus he also had another half-brother Jesus who wrote a book of the Bible what was his name Jude very good James 4 verse 4 if you have the King James Version you may read with me the Bible says ye what adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God stop now we just said for God so loved the world how can friendship with something God loves put us at enmity with God because the world can mean the people in it the world can also mean the lifestyle and so first john 2:15 says love not the world neither the things that are in the world If any man love the world the love of the father is not in him this is the James 4:4 again you still have it ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God stop think it is possible where there are people who worship every week enemies of God because the world has such a place in their hearts but singing hymns give him offering but the world listen to what Jesus prayed Jesus prayed in John 17:15 I pray not that thou shall take them out of the world but that thou should keep them from the evil the sin in this world this is referred to as the world so when God says love not the world love not the things that are the products of Satan even though the Bible says for God so loved the world jesus also said now was the judgment of this world now shall the Prince of this world Paul says the god of this world has blinded their minds jesus said in John 14:13 hound henceforth or hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh and have nothing in me the devil is called the Prince of the god of this world not necessarily the mountains and the lakes and whatever else it means the lifestyle the president of a secular worldly lifestyle is sake now but that's where we live we live in a world of sin and so Jesus told the father don't take the disciples out of the world physically just keep them from the evil let me make a statement and you ponder it for five seconds worldliness began in heaven the system of Satan began in heaven let me say differently sin began in heaven when Adam sinned he merely adopted the mindset of Satan and so Jesus can say in John 8:44 ye are of your father the devil Adam did not invent sin sin was originated by sick and it happened in heaven so worldliness began in heaven and then came down if God casted out of heaven he can't take it back are you listening to me now for those of us planning to go to heaven with Jesus Christ we must get what come on we must get the worldliness out of us because it will disqualify us for access to those that stand by the aristocracy of heaven I'm telling you that God's intention for your life is to so fit you that when he comes you will qualify to associate with unfallen angels with face to face with God himself well that becomes a reality on which we contemplate everyday the attractions of this world will lose the beauty but the attractions of heaven can also lose their beauty listen to these words signs of the times review and Herald January 24 1888 paragraph 4 let me give it to you again review and Herald January 24 1888 paragraph 4 I hope someone is making the decision to write these references now listen carefully I said by contemplating what Christ has in store for us the attractions of this world will lose they appeal to us the opposite can also happen here's what the servant of God writes if your thoughts your plans your purposes are all directed toward the accumulation of the things of Earth your anxiety your study your interests will all be centered upon the world the heavily attractions will lose the beauty the glories of the eternal world will cease to have the force of reality to you it's a frightening statement but highly accurate we tend to gravitate towards that which occupies our minds summer I read where the mind goes the feet eventually follow are you listening to me where the mind goes the feet eventually follow up and so the servant of God tells us if our focus is this life we will lose interest in the life to come God loves the world not worthless but how can God get worldliness out of us because we're born that way let the Bible describe it for you Romans 8 verses 7 and 8 are subject God loves the world not worldliness Romans 8 verse 7 and verse 8 it's 25 minutes to 9 you have Romans 8 7 and 8 if you have my version you may read with me because the carnal mind is enmity against God stop give me a replacement for the word enmity hatred opposition the Bible says we are born not liking God and that is evidenced by our attitude towards his word now don't look so depressed there's good news God has devised a system to deal with that listen to Jeremiah candy Ethiopian changes skin or the leopard spots then may also do good that are accustomed to do evil we are born in a condition we cannot change now the first says can the Ethiopian change his skin the answer is no but the first doesn't suggest that the skin cannot be changed the verse is saying the Ethiopian can't change it am I talking to myself you're with me the Ethiopian can't change it the leopard cannot change his spots but the change can be brought about by a higher power named that power Jesus Christ that's why he came to qualify us to fill those vacancies if he takes us back there in our condition there'll be a second casting out are you with me he cannot take back what led to the initial expulsion and so he worked feverishly indefatigably to remove the world from us and by so doing qualify us for a place among angels that have never fallen a place that will be ours throughout the elastic endlessness of eternity my brothers and sisters are you allowing Christ to get the world out of you how is that done to get the world out something else must come in what's that think of the world and give me the opposite heaven in other words to get the lifestyle and the principles and the standards of the world out of my heart I must fill it with the lifestyle and the principles and the standards of heaven one takes the place of the other they do not occupy the same space and how do I fill my heart with the principles of heaven I give that life to Christ and let his presence you see when Christ comes he brings heaven but somebody say him when Christ comes he brings heaven by that I mean he brings the lifestyle he brings the thinking he brings the mentality he brings the environment and he brings it here and with that up here it is evidence in our outward behavior in our speech in our conduct and so Christ can say in his prayer they are not of the world even as I am NOT of the world let me review there was a gigantic expulsion of living beings from heaven because of a rebellion led by Satan who used to be called Lucifer angels followed him and they were thrown out not immediately after while because God is a long-suffering God he did not become long-suffering only after we sinned on earth he has always been long-suffering you can see that in his dealing with Judas you read John 13 God gives clue Christ gives clue after clue to Judas turned back either gives me the sup after it's dipped he he just drops some clothes and Judas never turns back well the Bible says have I not chosen you twelve one of you is a devil are you with me so in dealing with Judas Jesus is dealing with a devil well all devils are the same they have different degrees of power they're the same then by looking at how patient he was with Judas we can work back and conclude reliably he must have been patient with the original Judas Christ comes to change this to change that and he gives us his mind with the mind of Christ we think the thoughts of Christ we have the expectations of Christ we have the perspective of Christ we view the world as we ought to view the world as something to avoid not physical but it standards and its principles with the mind of Christ we live in the world physically but at every other level we live as beings that actually belong in heaven God loves the world not worthless worldliness expresses itself in many ways the way we eat the way we dress our conversations our recreation the way we spend money the way we handle our enemies the river respond to difficulties and setbacks the world expresses itself in everything we do when I say we I mean those who don't know Christ Heaven expresses itself the same way you know there's dress in our diet in our speech in our dating behaviors in how we run our families how we educate our children how we deal with opposition heaven or hell expresses itself through us Christ has come to ensure that the expression through us is the expression of heaven now you may say well how this is impossible it's not impossible one of the challenges we face we are so surrounded by sin it is difficult even for Christians to believe that total victory over sin is possible it just makes no sense when the angel Gabriel came to Mary and announced that she would be pregnant in verse 34 then said Mary to the angel how shall this be seeing I know not a man how can a woman who does not engage in sexual activity get pregnant that was Mary's concern she could not understand how and when the angel explained to her the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee she did not necessarily understand but she knew it would not involve a man that much she knew it was a process beyond her comprehension because the virgin birth of Christ is still a profound mystery when Nicodemus came to Christ John 3 rabbi we nor devour the teacher come from God for no man can do these miracles that thou knowest except God be with him jesus answered and said unto Him verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God Nicodemus saith unto Him how can a man be born when he's old he could not understand shall he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born it made no sense to Nicodemus what I'm saying to you is this we are so steeped also surrounded by sin it makes no sense to many Christians to say it is possible to come to the place where you sin no more Methuselah lived 969 years if if a story came on the television BBC three four or five whatever you have a man was discovered in Borneo and he's five hundred years old everyone would laugh and the announcer would be taken for an evaluation this kind of evaluation because the concept of someone living five when Pete my mother died at 98 when I tell people that they say oh my oh we are so surrounded by swift death even the Bible acknowledges it threescore and ten that's it if by reason of strength they be fourscore years there is no nation on earth whose life starts man is 92 or 93 is the high eighties some 40s 50s the u.s. is maybe 70s for men low 80s who know what it is in Great Britain it makes no sense to us that's why we must live by faith because it doesn't always make sense but we trust the word of God when Jesus told Mary or the woman taken in adultery John 8 go and sin no more he did not say go and sin less he did not say go and commit smaller sins or commit them more infrequently he said go and what sin stop sinning he also told that to a man by the way Jesus was fair with both genders in John 5 verse 14 afterward Jesus find him in the temple and said unto him behold thou art made whole remember the man at the Pool of Bethesda sin no more God makes no demand for which he does not provide power to carry it out my brothers and sisters there is power to get the world out of us and that power is the power of Christ in his world the power of Christ in his world nothing else will change the mind God loves the world he does not love worldliness God loves me he does not love my sins when Christ comes the second time he is coming to destroy sin unfortunately he will find sin in people there's something called standing in the line of fire every year in the United States during hunting season and hunting season in Michigan my state is November December you hunt deer coyotes and whatever else wild hogs people are shot the hunter was pointing at a deer and some other hunter five hundred yards away maybe walked across just as he pulled the trigger and he came into the line of fire now God is pointing his high-powered rifle at sin are you with me he must pull the trigger justice demands that he pull the trigger but he's aiming at but if the sin is in me and so God sent Jesus to tell me move get out of the line of fire because my father must pull that trigger the world in me puts me in the line of fire my friends let me go one step higher in Christ my brothers and my sisters get out of the line of fire God loves you he loves me he loves us he does not love our sins when Adam sinned God put him out of the garden question for you how many sins did Adam commit one let me pray again father sorry god I went too long without praying again I apologize for that tell me what the final words are that I should speak be glorified through this message day God in Jesus name I pray amen Adam committed one sin what did God do what did he do put him out now this is an intelligent congregation reason with me if God threw Adam out for one sin can he let you in with one so what does God want no sin what did he do he sent Jesus that the power of the victorious life of Christ might be ours this is the only way God gets the world out of us by filling us with the life of Christ or the power of Christ and a very life of Christ is in his word because Christ is physical he can't be in me let me say differently Christ still has human form don't look so shocked Jesus still has human form that's why when he rose in a Luke 24 verse 36 and while they thus speak Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and saith unto them peace be unto you and they were terrified and affrighted and supposed that they have seen a spirit and he said unto them why are you troubled and why do thoughts arise in your heart behold my hands and my feet why did he say that he shot on the marks of the crucifixion that it is I myself handle me and see he went on to say for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as he see me have Christ rose physically and is still physical which means of the three qualities of God there's one he does not practice anymore what are the three qualities on the pet omnipotence all power omniscience or knowledge of the presence everywhere Christ does not practice on the presence anymore I never said he lost it he doesn't practice it because he's locked in human form part of the price of your salvation and mine because of this he cannot literally come and dwell in my heart he does it by the spirit-filled word desire of Ages bits 677 paragraph 2 it is through the word that Christ abides in his people disciples let me show that to you even more clearly from the Bible motor John's 15 quickly it's 10 to 9 I want to release you according to my promise was it a promise or was it a promise I made or statement of intention you shouldn't break promises but intentions can fall short sometimes what book did I say John what chapter 15 let's read from verse 1 now you really have to concentrate are you at John 15 verse 1 I am The True Vine and my father is the husband man every branch in me that beareth NOT fruit he taketh away by the way when you leave the church you heading in the wrong direction the people who say the church is Babylon I'm leaving I'm going to start a house church any no no no you see you heading in the direction in which God takes the useless branches I am The True Vine and my father is the husband man every branch in me that beareth NOT fruit he takes away God takes the the useless branches out of the church so when you say I am holier than the rest of the church let me leave you heading in the direction in which God casts the branches and every branch that beareth fruit he purchase it that it may bring forth more fruit verse 3 now you clean through the word which I have spoken unto you now here's where your concentration must intensify we identify two phrases in verse four first five four seven first four abide in me does someone have a pencil and a pen a piece of paper anybody I want it yo you write for me you don't want to write all right let's write on the chalkboard of your mind we have abide in me cub reading and I in you so on one side of the chalkboard write abide in me on the other side I in you is that clear is that clear or let's go to verse five read with me I am the vine ye are the branches he that abideth in me stop so we have abide in me again heel abides in me and I in him so we have it again on this side now so first four has abide in me does verse five have that yes verse four has I in you this verse five have that yes okay that clay alright so we have a balanced equation so far read with me if ye abide in me stop based on my hand motions where should that go if he abide in me over here good now we expect to find its equivalent on that side which is what and I in you are you following me you see what I'm trying to say all right if the but if he abide in me now the next side says what and my words abide in you what does that tell you immediately christ abides in us come on for the word it's the same thing this is the only way the world can be removed because the abiding of Christ is the abiding of heaven it is the abiding of righteousness it is the abiding of holiness it is the abiding of sinlessness which is progressively expressed my friends my brothers and sisters that's your Paula Satan violated this the ten commandments of always existed they weren't invented for Adam they have always existed not necessarily the way they were written but they have existed in the form of principles and the first one is thou shall have no other gods what it Lucifer's say I will be like the Most High he violated the Word of God and the highest passage in the Bible is Exodus 21 to 17 and what's that the tenth command why this is the whole duty of man now Christ abides in us by his word let me show you exactly what part of the word should abide in us go to Hebrews 10 excuse me Hebrew stem we read from Ellen White and we saw from the Bible Christ abides in us by the word let's identify particularly what part of the word really abides in us Hebrews 10 verse 16 you have that what does that say read with me what's the same this is a covenant that i will make with them come on after these days if the Lord I will put my walk where in their hearts and in their minds yes no the law of God is the word of God isn't in the Bible is this the Word of God yes or no is the law of God in the Bible yes Jesus said the words I speak unto you they are spirit their life they love God his life to those who obey now go to Malachi chapter 2 Malakai - I love the book of Malachi sweet book the God says you have miss disrespecting me they say how did we do that God sell you stole my money how did we do that God said you don't come to church why do you say that it's always God says something and this is something else very interesting drama in Malachi Malachi 2 4 6 God is giving a message to Levi there the priest or he's speaking of Levi read for 6 with what does that say the law come on of truth was where in his mouth reflect statement and iniquity was not found in his lips stop I'm trying to show you how heaven dwells in the heart or the Word of God or Christ listen carefully the law of truth was where his mouth point to your mouth is this party month yes no reason a statement iniquity was not found in his lips why was iniquity not found in his lips because the law was in it where the law is in his totality what has to go sin now when God truly writes his law Hebrews 10 60 we're in our hearts what has to go sin if the law in the mouth gets rid of iniquity from the lips the law in the heart gets rid of sin from the life the problem is for many of us the law is written in the Bible not in our hearts we have the church manual written on our hearts and soui we turn every board meeting into a terrorist campaign to the poor pastor head elder who resides the law must be written on the heart I want to give you too much hello I said don't give congregations too much give them a little let them think but use your smart let me give you a little more go to Matthew 12 and then I'll finish it's 9 o'clock may have 10 minutes more say yes all right god bless young Matthew 12 let's read from verse 34 and I will keep my word I promise you have Matthew 12:34 now read microscopically read it what does it say o generation of vipers carefully now how can ye being evil speak good things for out of the abundance of the the mouth speaketh in other words what comes out of here originates in here so if the heart is evil it can only produce even but the Bible says the Lord Lord is holy just and good it is spiritual it is perfect it is called righteousness it's called truth it's eternal it's right now if that's what's in the heart of a person all 9 all 10 sorry not 9 all 10 that's all that can come out it's not difficult to understand if all I do is cause trouble then something is missing from here membership written on your heart does not produce the character of Christ but don't give up your membership please are you with me you can write the encyclopedic on your heart it does not produce the character of Christ because the righteousness of Christ is in the law that's why romans 8:4 tells us that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us Christ came to demonstrate that in his own life God loves the world not worldliness he has devised a means to get worldliness out of us in order that he might qualify us to occupy a position with unfallen angels unfollow beings and to associate with God himself face to face revelation 22 4 and they shall see his face to qualify for that the world has to go let me close the book as a visual symbol of my determination to end get the world out of your life out of your eating habits your dress habits your music habits your romance habits your recreation habits your spending habits but the first step is give that life to whom Jesus Christ how much of it all listen to Christ or the Bible mark 12 from verse 28 and one of the scribes came and having heard them reasoning together and perceiving that he answered them well asked him which is the first commandment of all and jesus answered him verse 29 of Mark 12 the first of all the commandments is here or Israel the Lord our God is one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart come on and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength not some of many of us we love the Lord our God with some of our heart some of our mind some of our strength some of our might our soul here's what we say to God father here is my life don't tell me who to date father here is my life don't tell me how to dress here is my life god don't tell me how to eat leave that to me listen to me carefully as long as there is an atom of your heart not surrendered to God it becomes an opportunity for the devil to turn you around let me tell you what I told the church last night it auto the safest you know Jesus said all all all all he wasn't joking which means in order to save you God needs all of your heart not the devil in order to destroy you he just needs a piece and we give it to him foolishly believing if we give him a piece but the bigger piece to God we're safe uh-uh if you have a mercedes-benz s-class or Z class or whatever class and you see a pinhead of rust will you say ah it's just a pinhead I'll deal with that in the next millennium because you know there by day the pinhead becomes a dime what you call it in England your little coin was it a pence okay or and then the Pens becomes something and it becomes a silver dollar then it becomes a saucer for your cup of tea if he comes a plate and becomes a serving tray and so you deal with that pinhead of rust the instant you see what's the pin head of Rustin Jana deal with it take it to Christ the spiritual mechanic let him remove it thereby removing any opportunity for the devil to interfere with the progress of your life my friends God loves the world not worldliness God loves you not your sins right where you sit confess that sin you've been committing all the time you know you're wrong you keep doing it confess it to God father ticket you know you are wrong with a capital W keep doing it tell god you're sorry because if you don't you'll come to the place where that sin looks right mm-hmm easing as it may sound prolonged exposure to sin makes it look right confess it tell God father please I do not want to do this again help me and that's one prayer God will answer tell him father my faith is weak help down my unbelief the other white writes when we pray that prayer helps out my unbelief you can never perish it's not how much faith you have is how you use whatever you have confess that sin that besetting sin we carry around like a little poodle a royal Corgi on a leash heads bowed eyes closed father in heaven help us to understand that we're not saved by church membership we're not saved by contact with those in high society we're not saved by the many things we do to keep the church running as important as they are father we're saved by Christ dwelling completely in the life we're saved when we're covered by the righteousness of Christ we're safe in our heart is given to you without reservation and so tonight there God have tried in my weak way with the subject God loves the world not worldliness to tell my brothers and my sisters that there's a way for them to escape the clutches of the world and allow their hearts to be filled with the atmosphere of heaven in the person of Christ who indwells his word their God right now inject into us a dislike a hatred for sin the very first promise of the Bible you made father here's what you said these are your words they God and you don't lie and I will put enmity between thee and the woman between thy seed and her seed you have promised to put hatred in us for the things of the devil because of Adam's sin were born hating you you have arranged to create in us a hatred for sin because no sinner hates in their God have mercy upon his father have mercy upon us and bring conviction to that man that woman who's struggling with a sin that needs to be let aside give that person a conviction that's uncomfortable that's distressing until action is taken Lord remind us you love us they God but you don't love sin and in order to qualify us to occupy the atmosphere of heaven and walk around with angels and unfallen beings the sin that led to rebellion in heaven must be removed from us the worldliness take God over which the devil presides must be removed from us please God do that as your people pray and confess those sins they know they're doing and they know they are wrong burden them with guilty God trouble their conscience let it affect their health until they say Father forgive me and their eyes open to the beauty of a clear conscience please God bless this church father I choose to believe every member of this church in the heart of the man or the woman wants to do what's right in your sight that's my belief help them to do that their God now father take my puny effort and clarify it through the instrumentality of your spirit and reapply it to everyone who listened so that as they meditate on it tonight lessons will come to them that I was not able to present father thank you for your patience it seems almost endless thank you for being long-suffering again I ask you to bless this church bless the pastor bless the leadership father leadership is not easy God Moses asked you to kill it because the Israelites were so troublesome so bless the leaders father give them wisdom from above that the leadership may take the earth the world of the church forward and upward bless the conference in which this churches bless those leaders because the union in which this conference is the division they God bless those who administer this church at the highest levels particularly elder Wilson Lord the burden on that man cannot be imagined use him let us find time to pray for him and others now God has revealed to leave a sign a mighty angel to every person that we may arrive at home escorted by the powers of heaven let that angel watch over us as we sleep may please you to give us life tomorrow and if that's the case may we commit that life to you the moment we open our eyes hear this humble prayer father save us when you come until then keep the world out of us I pray in Jesus name let God's people say amen and amen

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Published: Tue Sep 24 2019