Set Apart | Future Hope Week 4 | Rev Araneta

well thank you thank you so much [Music] for i'm part of this no because it's true you are part of this because of your giving because of your generosity you are part of what god is doing not just in our nation but even beyond the four corners of this nation by the way i i am excited about that i'm back thank you for worshiping with us for those of you who are worshiping with us for the first time or maybe for the last two months no no too much my name is rev i'm one of the pastors of victory fort and it's it's good to be back salam at successful family for for two months and we are still actually on the on the series future hope around mid of june the the letter of paul to the thessalonians so in first thessalonians just amazing that it gives us this this amazing hope this great hope about what the future will bring along when we look at uh the letter of paul in in first corinthians we will see now me future but hope and can you write that down can you can you just put it in the in in in the chat may future pattayo dahil my and that's what we're going to talk about today we're going to continue looking at this future hope and speaking of the future now this coming september i think the week of september 10 and 11 and the following weekend that's september 18 i think future doctors licensure examination my future lord we thank you god for this coming uh weeks lord we we pray for those who are going to take the physician's licensure examination we pray for your blessing of goodness your blessing of success in their endeavors we pray lord god that they will remember what they have learned and that what they have studied we pray for good health we pray that they'll be in tip-top shape lord we pray god that this future doctors will embrace the calling with integrity in the name of jesus and that they will be a blessing lord to this nation and even where you're going to take them maybe some of them you're going to bring them to other nations but we pray that they will be a blessing that they they will be an extension of your healing hand in jesus name amen and we pray lord for our current doctors right now are front liners pray god that you will strengthen them and i pray that wherever they are god that there will be a community who will support them uh not just physically not just emotionally but even spiritually lord we pray for our frontliners lord god in jesus name amen amen within those two and another thing is does it really matter does it matter and if it does how should we respond to it how should we respond should we respond in fear should we be fearful jesus thessalonians jesus [Music] we're not fearful but we're excited we should be excited first thessalonians chapter four first thessalonians chapter four anub while we are waiting for the coming of our lord jesus christ i want to read no uh maybabe first thessalonians chapter 4 verse 13. uh han gangsa verse 18. it says here this is paul writing he said but we do not want you to be uninformed brothers about those who are asleep that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope for since we believe that jesus died and rose again we even so through jesus god will bring with him those who have fallen asleep for this we declare to you by the by a word from the lord that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep for the lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command with the voice of an archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise first then we who are alive who are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we will always be with the lord therefore encourage one another with these words let us pray lord i pray god we lift up this time of looking at your word looking at your truth and i pray god that we will be encouraged not just encourage in our spirit not just encourage to be hopeful but we will be encouraged to do what you have called us to do in jesus name amen amen thessalonians see and we have to understand that greek culture roman culture hindi sakanila see when jesus came in and when when god revealed himself to the israelites and to the world he gave this hope that there will be a resurrection of the dead and here's what paul wrote to the thessalonians to give them encouragement he said but we do not want you to be uninformed brothers about those who are asleep that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope there's still something beyond the grave as a matter of fact there's something great that will happen for since we believe that jesus died and rose again even so through jesus through jesus god will bring with him those who have fallen asleep so paul is giving them an assurance that because jesus died and rose again you knew isa ashworth nothing you know assurance more you know at school jesus came to be man to be one of us he lived the life that we should have lived a perfect sinless he died the death that we should have died the wrath of god upon him and guess what he was buried but on the third day he rose again and because of this because he died and he rose again this is where our future hope is hinged on the life the death and the resurrection of jesus christ and because of that we can be sure for this we declare to you by a word from the lord that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep so the lord himself will descend from the heaven or from heaven with a cry of command with the voice of the archangel and with the sound of the trumpet and god and the dead in christ will rise first one of the things is that when jesus comes again it will be personal he will personally come no it will be in in bodily form it will be a personal coming and guess what when jesus comes again it will be a glorious coming before he came as a lamb now he's going to return as a lion before he came like as a servant now he's going to return as king of kings thessalonians and i pray that you're excited for the return of christ i pray that it's not fear that comes to us he said in verse 17 then we were alive who are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we will always be with the lord now i have to explain this because rapture of gods not a year but a period of seven years of god's wrath here on earth pretty we will always be with the lord ankasiguran is this jesus will come again victory victory views that jesus will return again and this is the hope that paul is telling the thessalonians and paul is speaking to us we will always be with the lord and so he says in verse 18 therefore encourage one another with these words encourage one another that yes there is a future hope for us that yes it is sure because jesus came died was buried and he rose again from the dead and i believe that all of us need encouragement today that if god has already given us the ultimate good the best thing the greatest sacrifice there's nothing that he will withhold from us in our lives today for our ultimate good as well business you see knowing what jesus sacrificed for us in the past assures our future but knowing also what he has in store for us in the future directs our presence assurance of the future because of the burial because of the of the death and the resurrection of jesus we have this this future hope of christ knowing that he has in store a future for us i pray that this will direct our present unity in first thessalonians chapter 4 mullah verse 1. and here's what paul said finally then brothers we ask and urge you in the lord jesus that you receive that as you receive from us how you ought to walk and to please god just as you are doing that you do so more and more for you know that what instructions we gave you through the lord jesus so here's what paul is saying remind you among thessalonians now if you want to know the background of first thessalonians i would encourage you to watch again preaching last week me pastor mike i say okay and now paul is writing them in the first three chapters paul was celebrating paul was commending their faith in the next two chapters chapter four and five now paul is challenging them to continue in the faith and so paul is saying that as believers of christ there is there is a way of life that we should live you ought to walk in a certain way you ought to live in a certain way and that is to please god that before in your former life you're living for yourself self-centered god says now submit to god's truth and to god's pleasure and paul was reminding thessalonians this is given with the authority of the lord jesus and paul is saying that this is serious business this is not a request from paul this is short of a command on how we ought to live as followers of christ as followers of jesus [Music] medical board exam no this this coming weeks but there is something in the bible that is clear of what is what god's will is for us in every situation and that is written in first thessalonians chapter four verse three four this is the will of god your sanctification the will of god means whether you have work whether you're you you don't have work this pandemic this is god's will for you whether you're severely affected or hindi pandemic this is god's will for you whether you still have a business or you don't have a business anymore this is god's will for you your sanctification whether you're a pastor preaching here or you're someone who's worshiping with us online this is god's will for you your sanctification the will of god but is a biblion it's not just a flippant will of god is a warm affectionate loving desire of god for your ultimate good and it is a will based on his love his righteousness and his compassion what is the will of god for you as a believer i don't know who is engineer or doctor or artista or artist or architect i i don't know but one thing i know and when i start doing atheism why the will of god for every believer is sanctification sanctification some of you will be politicians some will be entrepreneurs some of you will be athletes some of you will be future doctor will be doctors but whatever area of life you are you are called to all of us are called to sanctification to holiness god's will for us in every situation is our sanctification god's will for us in every situation is our sanctification now you have to understand not everything that happens are aligned with god's will when you disobey your parents when you dishonor your parents hindu aligns a will night but that situation god can turn it for your sanctification are you suffering right now are you sick guess what god can turn that suffering for your sanctification are you successful right now business is wow before the pandemic what is god's will for you just to earn money no god's will for you is in that situation that there will be sanctification there will be holiness and maybe sabihin unholiness and sanctification that you are set apart for god's purpose you are set apart for god's pleasure you see god and the only path to that is sanctification holiness see it's not god's will for you to cheat it's not god's will for you to be abused it's not god's will for someone to scam you know pandemic is but you know whatever situation you're in whatever situation i'm in god wants to turn that for our sanctification sanctification is doing god's will god's way because that is god's will for god's people to do things god's way nothing to the goal of holiness the goal of sanctification is not man's happiness but the glory of god to our happiness future hope when jesus comes again and takes us to be with him guess what wherever that place may be that may be heaven or the new earth it's a happy place but what is the path to that sanctification to be set apart for god's purpose and sometimes there might be many ways to that mate marrying um lord anu [Music] does it bring glory to god will you know god and will you please god in that process will it draw you nearer to god when the answer to those questions are yes then you are in that process of sanctification you are within that framework of god's sanctification for your life that we are set apart for god's purpose set apart for god's glory is in the area of sexual purity for this the will of god your sanctification that you abstain from sexual immorality sexual purity is not just an issue in thessaloni of the thessalonians remember that islam [Music] sexual activity for worship [Music] they will always have something to say about sexual purity because sexual immorality was a great concern during their day and it's still a great concern today now i know one extreme would say that we can never overcome sexual immorality we will keep on falling and falling and falling especially in this day and age that's one extreme another extreme we'll say sexual immorality well the truth is that we will always be tempted with sexual immorality but the word of god is clear that you can overcome it i can overcome sexual immorality ramen sexual immorality and we have to understand that we do not have to to buy the lie that we cannot overcome it because it can be overcome the question is how serious are we to do something about it as the holy spirit empowers us to battle against it how serious are we do we take this so seriously temptation have we done what we could really do now take note what paul and the other apostles are going are writing in the new testament the battle is against sexual immorality not against sex sex is sacred sex is beautiful sex is a gift from god but the battle is against sexual immorality sexual immorality um it's a uh umbrella of sexual sense under it can be adultery fornication um bestiality um homosexuality and m but here's the thing don't buy the lie forever sexual immorality we can overcome it the holy spirit is in us and the holy spirit empowers us to overcome it the question is are we going to take this seriously in verse 4 paul continues to say each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor not in the passion of lust like the gentiles who do not know god sexual immorality denies the redemptive claim of christ on our body did you not do you know the vasana bayonne in corinthians you have been bought with a price you are not your own therefore honor god with your body why would god give us that direction if it's impossible to overcome sexual immorality i spiritual i hope you believe that you know we can make excuses all day and we can take sexual immorality or sexual sin lightly but in the eyes of god it is a big deal it is a big deal because in the eyes of god sexual immorality is vile twisted horrifying in the eyes of god no sexual immorality is a no-no we take it so lightly enough guys if you are a believer in christ if you are a follower of jesus if you believe that he died and rose again for your redemption guess what he will give you the grace and the power for your sanctification we cannot take this slightly to nepal no he could have said now you know stay away from sexual immorality because it will destroy your marriage it will affect your children he could have said that but that's not what he said he said stay away from it because it does not please god stay away from it because it is unbecoming of you as a follower of jesus it is an attack on god's image in us about what idolatry looks like adultery sexual immorality and i could tell you now you know if you if you stay away from it your marriage will be better your your your children will will will you know will have a better influence that's all true but the primary reason i hope napaha and why we want to stay away from it it does not please god he does not please god and sometimes we just say you know like follow into sexual immorality but did you know come to think of it hindi time for fall into sexual immorality you know what we do in sexual immorality we slide into sexual immorality i'm just um appreciating the creative genius of the lord and you're going to slide into it don't paul continues in verse 6 see to it that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter because the lord is an avenger in all these things as we told you beforehand and solemnly warn you don't need remind people why because this is serious business it's so important to paul it's so important to god that god reminded paul he reminded musilla addressable a new issue and in here important seriousness why of all the things that god that paul can can can um give a picture of god he says because the lord is on avenger calamos iron man well i am when we keep on living sexual immoral lives when we keep on agreeing to it celebrating it man cristiano follower of jesus this is not your life anymore take this to heart is power in you to say no to sin say no to sin god has called us to god has not called us to impurity verse 7 but in holiness therefore whoever disregards this disregards not man but god who gives his holy spirit to you serious business [Music] this is not the idea of the church this is god's idea and whoever disregards this you're not disregarding me you are disregarding god indi that god told him to write god gave him the inspiration to write all goes on to indicate that anyone who disobeys this is not disobeying paul but god how serious do you take this how seriously do you take this how do how seriously do you take your sanctification young being set apart for god five minutes a day bible reading is that serious enough now i'm not saying that it's not serious if that is serious enough for you five minutes a day of bible reading that's fine five minutes a day of praying is that serious enough for you does that leave you too nearer to god does that lead you to appreciate god more and more if that five minutes is serious enough for you that's fine is it serious enough for you to unfollow people is it serious enough for you to to let your wife or your husband know your password salah device mo is it serious enough for you that it's okay when your wife asks you is it serious enough for you to be part of a community of believers who will hold uphold you into this standard of purity how serious are you because this is serious business to god see the goal of sanctification is christlikeness the core problem of our lives is that we lack a conformity to the image of christ we are created in the image of god we are supposed to be imagers of god we are supposed to be representatives of god sanctification and gold say no to sexual immorality no the goal of sanctification is to be christ-like to be christ-like because when we are christ-like that's when we please god the most that's when we please god the most do we go after christ's likeness with all our heart to be pleasing to god to bring joy to the heart of god part of that is sexual purity but not all god's will for you to be sanctified yes stay away from sexual mighty yes but verse nine now concerning brother dilla you have no need for anyone to write to you for you yourselves have been taught by god to love one another for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout macedonia but we urge you brothers to do this more and more so sanctification great do it more and more part of that sanctification is loving others what moon you know do not manipulate them what music that's part of that sanctification that's part of being christ-like love is an action a commitment to act for the well-being of another person my praise [Music] why is it because god was committed to act for our well-being our ultimate good when he died for our sins when he gave himself up that's why sanctification and love go hand in hand it's not just about sexual immorality it's the wholeness of your being union sanctification okay sanctification will not lead us to spiritual pride but indian attention holiness sanctification it will not lead us to spiritual pride i mean spiritual spiritual pride spiritual pride sanctification leads us to what humility compassion love there is no one who is more sanctified than jesus and when he came this is how he this is the attitude that he showed us is how he treated us with humility compassion and love but it doesn't just stop there it's not just about brotherly love in verse 11 to verse 12 it says and to aspire to live quietly and to mind your own affairs to work with your hands as we instructed you so that you may walk properly before outsiders and dependent on no one maybe sabino sanctification will also lead us to productivity to be a blessing to stop being idle now it doesn't mean that you're not productive it doesn't mean that you you can you have to stop being productive you can be productive in other ways to live quietly quietly live quietly it means here that you do not slander others to work with your hands and it is exactly walk properly live properly in testimony be a blessing that's what sanctification is because when we are being a blessing then we please god then we honor god to be sanctified stay away from sexual immorality make a commitment to love people to be compassionate to be humble make a commitment to be a blessing not a burden to people now i understand that in this in this day some of us feeling nothing on birthday [Music] these are trying times and i want you to have hope that god is going to open doors of paper god will provide for you and that you will still be a blessing you are a blessing and some of us we may be a slave to sexual saying we may be a slave to porn maybe some of us don't you know there is hope for you [Music] we can repent [Music] we can repent we can have a new way of thinking and acting with regards to sex we can we are assured with hope that god has died for us that we can receive that forgiveness and start a new life you are a new creation you are a new creation you can turn away and god will continue to love you te [Music] from the bible is when jesus said to that adulterous woman go and sin no more live your life of peace [Music] and i hope that brings hope knowing what jesus has sacrificed for us in the past i pray that it will assure you of your future i am saved by grace [Music] but also knowing what he has in store for you in the future i pray that it will direct your present god's pleasure will direct your presence so i want to ask you will you trust in god's assurance for your future and stuff like that in iwanka but will you trust god's assurance for you in the future let me pray for you lord i pray god for those who are struggling right now financially lord even physically health-wise even though it's just those who are just tired god and we we seem like there is no end to this to this video lord we just thank you there is an assurance for our future you are the god who sees us who knows us who loves us and we want to bet our lives you know put our lives in your hands the future is not going to be a waste for us the future is still hopeful for you who is now in this area of probably hopelessness will you commit your presence to his will will you do that will you commit your present to his will will you surrender your past to his forgiveness maybe you have been sexually immoral maybe now you are sexually immoral will you commit your presence to his will and surrender your past to his forgiveness let me pray for you lord the enticement of sexual sin is very real the temptation is strong but we thank you god that your holy spirit is greater than any temptation that you are empowering us to say no you have cleansed us by the blood of the lamb and lord we surrender to you we say we repent god repent kamehameha pornographies adulteries of fornication [Music] homosexual lifestyle but hindi is nice i repent lord we receive your forgiveness but we also know that your will will direct us your pleasure will direct us and there is always hope because you are the god of hope holy spirit lead us holy spirit may our lives be a pleasing aroma to you in jesus name amen amen god bless you stay safe keep praying do good i am sanctified in jesus name amen see you next sunday you

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