"Up Front & Center" by Pr. Randy Skeete

those desires that we have before I begin do three things for me and they're all fairly simple favor number one please turn your cellphone's off in every congregation they are one or two rebels I know that but please don't rebel today rebel tomorrow please turn all cell phones off they usually make a noise when they're going off I don't hear anything because I don't want to hear it during the sermon favor number two while I'm speaking pray for me and all I want you to say is Lord put your words in that man's mouth and favor number three I want you to think I really do please think if more people would think about their religious behavior they would not attend the church as they attend they would look earnestly for a change if more people would think of what they do they would not drink the things they drink if more people would think of their behavior they would not eat the things they eat if more people would think they would not marry the people they marry if more people would think before acting they would not go to the places of amusement that they frequent please think let us pray loving father in heaven I come to you in the name of Jesus a name you always accept under the protection of his name father I ask you to have mercy upon me put your words in my mouth I humble myself in your presence may God help me in all that I do and say in this sacred desk to seek your glory alone and the blessing of your people touch them father you love them through this single message touch every heart you know the struggles that we have father attend to our struggles in your unique way and with such attention they go that we may know you have moved in our lives I pray for our brothers and sisters our friends joining us by the internet wherever they are you bless them God and let them regard this hour as sacred time wherever your people are worshiping you on this holy day father bless them lavishly I pray thank you for the freedom of worship which we still have in this country in Jesus name I offer this prayer that all God's people say amen and amen our subject for today up front and center what did I say up front and center go with me to Genesis chapter 2 we shall begin reading at verse 7 and I'm reading from the King James Version of the Bible Genesis chapter 2 reading from verse 7 please do not put the verses on the screen find them in your Bibles if a person next to you has have difficulty finding Genesis help the person to find it that's proper behavior in the house of God do we have Genesis chapter 2 reading from verse 7 the Bible says and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul and the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed notice verse a and the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden which means that Eden was a larger area and the garden God planted was a smaller area set aside for Adam and Eve so we had essentially three sections to the earth we have the Garden of Eden the garden God planted just for Adam and Eve then we had Eden it then we have the rest of the world it's almost like the outer court the holy place and the most holy place three sections and the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed verse nine and out of the ground may the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight The Tree of Life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil there are three trees identified by name in the book of Genesis chapter the first three four chapters they are the tree of the knowledge of good and evil the tree of life and the feature E if you read a Genesis chapter 3 verse 7 and the eyes of them both were opened and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together so we have three trees identified by name the tree of the knowledge of good and evil the tree of life the fig tree listen to verse 8 again of Genesis chapter 2 as we continue of the subject up front and center and the Lord God verse 9 sorry of Genesis 2 and out of the ground may the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food by the way let me digress briefly I hope I'm not being accused of being a chauvinistic but ladies particularly because ladies tend to do most of the cooking in the homes am i right am i right or is it different in silver springs it is not enough to make food that is good for you this is the words of the Bible and out of a ground may the Lord God to grow every tree that is what first pleasure to the sight and good for food food must not only be nutritious it must be aesthetic you said a man will not know what I meant let me say it again simply food must not only be nutritious it must look it is a digestion if you bring me a bowl of something that's good for me but it looks like mud I don't want it if you bring me something that's bad for me but it looks attractive lovely aroma I'll probably take it and so make sure that the food is not only nutritious but it is attractive and out of the ground may the Lord God to grow every tree that's pleasant to the sight and good for food The Tree of Life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil the Bible says that the tree of life was in the midst of the garden notice verse 8 and the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed this tree of life was in the middle of this garden couldn't avoid it but listening to Genesis chapter 3 let's go let's read from verse 1 to make some connection we'll go from 1 to 3 our subject up front and center now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made and he said unto a woman a half God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden and the woman said unto the serpent we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden but of the fruit of the tree which is where in the midst of the garden now what we have is according to Genesis 2:9 The Tree of Life was in the midst of the garden the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was right in the midst of the garden what's her subject up front and center let's look at these two trees see what they mean they symbolize what lessons we can derive today The Tree of Life as its name suggests was a source of life spirit of prophecy volume 1 page 69 paragraph 1 we read these amazing words in order from man to possess an endless life he must eat continue to eat the fruits of the Tree of Life deprived of that tree his life would gradually wear away why did God cast Adam and Eve out of the garden that they might not eat of the Tree of Life because if at sinners they had eaten of that tree they would have lived forever as sinners which tells us immediately it was never God's will that a sinner should live forever so that means you cannot have sinners in Hell burning forever are you with me it was never God's will that a sinner should live forever and so the tree of life representing life representing the blessings of God the favor of God was in the very middle of the garden access to it was simple but God is a God who believes in love that comes from the heart not love that is forced and so every created intelligent being has to be tested God placed the tree of the knowledge of good and evil right in the middle of the garden as well now that tree as you can discern from its name the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was set aside by God as not to be touched don't eat from it leave it alone God's precise prohibition is found in Genesis 2:16 17 where the Bible says and the Lord God commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die now death is the very last enemy that shall be destroyed the Bible tells us death is the absolute opposite to all that God has in mind for us God never intended for the world to come to an end he never intended from mankind I he never intended for animals to die he never intended for flowers to fade death represents the reversal of everything God had in mind and God told Adam and Eve if you eat of this tree you will die so in that sense that tree represented the very opposite to what the Tree of Life represented but both were up front and center what does that mean for you and for me today the issues of life that are critical the issues of life that affect us negatively or positively are right in front of our eyes and we cannot avoid them the issue of will I serve God that is not peripheral that is central the issue of will I attend the church that is central is not peripheral the issue of will I respect my labor that is central it is not peripheral but both trees had fruits when God said but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it God didn't me don't eat the leaves that tree had fruits so whether the Tree of Life of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil the issue was eating associated with that eating was the issue of control of appetite the Esso lights had a problem controlling appetite but before I talk about them appetite is not a peripheral issue it is up front and central there are many Christians who say what does it mean to God if I eat some sushi which is raw meat why would God be concerned if I drank alcohol on my birthday difference does it make to God if I smoke a cigarette well I got the news that I got promotion of the job smoked a cigar from Cuba what do these little things mean to God I will get to that my brothers and sisters appetite is a central issue in our lives and this goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden clearly we can reason and come to this conclusion the person who guards and controls appetite is a person in whose life the blessings of God will be seen let me say it again what I said last night many of us are sick because we have lost the power to control our appetites we have everything and anything God's intention was control appetite I have given you appetite because it is by my arrangement that you should eat in order to preserve this life but I want your appetite that desire for food to be controlled by a higher power and that is the will enlightened by the Spirit of God appetite is upfront and sensual and how we take care of it affects our spirituality let me leave that there let's go to point number two and preaching three sermons in one as we continue with the subject up front and central let's take a look at the mind of Adam how sharpen how brilliant he was Genesis chapter 2 let's read from verse 19 Genesis 2 reading from verse 19 the Bible says and out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the earth and every fowl of the air and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them observe examined those words very carefully in this drama of bringing the animals to Adam what is God doing to Adam it's test the test has evolved as listen to the words and brought them unto Adam to see what he would it was it was also an opportunity for Adam to behave like God because God named all the heavenly bodies and since Adam had dominion over the earth he had to name all the living creatures as well that's life that's behaving like God you see because naming suggests Dominion not ownership let me digress again then I'll get back to naming the animals God gave mankind Dominion the million is not ownership if God had given Adam ownership there would have been no need for Adam to report to God you're not following me are you with me but when God gave Adam Dominion Adam had to report to God how he was exercising that Dominion so God would not set up a system that did not make it necessary for his created beings to report to him God gave Dominion not ownership your body comes under your Dominion not your ownership if we truly believe that they probably would not be any prostitute male or female if we understood we have Dominion not ownership we would not eat and drink the things we eat and drink because when you come to my house or I go to yours I am more careful in your house and I am in mind are you with me because I realize it is not mine God gave Adam Dominion and by naming the animals Adam was exercising that Dominion and so the verse says in Genesis 2:19 and out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the earth and every fowl of the air had brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them and whatsoever Adam called every living creature that was the name thereof let's reflect on that as we take a look at Adams mind the sharpness versus mine God stood by or God he stood he stood by and he watched Adam and all the animals came parading by a zoo on the move and Adam gave a name lion tiger elephant horse eagle Mongoose and for every name Adam gave you can almost look over where God was standing and see God do this are you following this meant what I agree this meant that is the name I would have chosen now follow me closely we're looking at the state of Adam's mind how many animals are there let's not count those that we create put the word creative quotation mark let's not count the mule and the liger and the tygon you know the ligers and a tygon and cross between a zebra and a horse or a pig whatever they cross let's not count them even with the exclusion of those how many animals are there how many insects are there the Bible says and whatsoever Adam called every living thing how many birds how many insects Adam named everyone how many names did God change not one what am I saying Adams mind and God's mind were one so that Adams choices were God's choices by the way listen carefully to what I'm about to say when you and I are truly surrendered to God when we study God's Word and the Word of God working in the heart purifies us and sanctifies us we will come to the place where our thoughts are God's thoughts our choices are God's choice is because our minds and God's mind would have been one as it was originally and as God still desires because God never changes his standards Adams mind and God's mind were one God did not tell Adam how to decorate his home so here's your home God did not give Adam all the details as far as the Bible tells us how to manage the earth God just said you're in charge because you can trust a sinless person to make the right decisions God made Adam a free moral agent to choose according to his own conscience but I want to point something out to you that's very significant to this message the one area where God did not leave Adam to make the choice himself was the area of diet Adam decorate your house any way you like Adam you and Eve have how many how many children you want to have you have them Adam and Eve you and Eve decide decide decide but in the area of what you eat I am NOT leaving it to you as perfect as your mind is I will decide what you eat now you tell me it's diet important to God yes is the issue of appetite and eating important to God yes God did not trust a perfect man to make the right decisions God decide I will choose for you what your diet will be it is too important to leave that choice deal so that the ideal diet is a divine choice not even the result of the thinking of a perfect man it is the result of divine thinking I keep getting these isolated lonely amens can I get an amen from the church sherry we're not always like this forgive us let's review a little bit we said that some issues of Central The Tree of Life was in the midst of the garden the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was in the midst of the garden now we've discovered that God did not leave it to a sinless man whose mind was connected to his the same way Adam named the animals perhaps we can reason he could have decided the right course of action with regard to eating but God does not take that chance God makes the choice and since God is the same yesterday today and forever he also wants to make the choice today for how you and I should eat and if we will follow God's recommendation our health would improve by leaps and bounds let's look at something else as we continue up front and center it's 25 minutes to 1 how many of you have to go to work all right 25 minutes to 1 let's go point number 3 as i told you i'm preaching 3 sermons in 1 because we just have a weekend let's go back to Genesis 2 verses 1617 look closely at God's Word well of reasons why we don't understand the Bible we don't read God's Word carefully we rush offer it like skis going over the surface of water but we don't really look at what we're reading even without the knowledge of Greek Hebrew Akkadian and Adam 8 if you read the Bible closely and carefully and shut out distractions you'll be amazed at what you see Genesis 2:16 17 the Bible says and the Lord God commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat now when God said that did God mean that Adam could not eat of trees outside of the garden this is the Genesis 1:29 and God said behold I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed to you it shall be for me what is God saying in Genesis 1:29 every fruit tree on the earth it's for you are you reasoning with me so God can't say one thing in Genesis 1:29 and say something else in Genesis 2:16 17 or to lie every fruit tree was available to Adam but since the tree that was forbidden was right in this local area God says of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat that's where his home was but Adam had access to the entire world and let them have dominion the Bible says over the entire Earth Adam could go anywhere he wanted now point number three how many trees were there hundreds maybe thousands of right you know when I travel one of the things that amazed me is the variety of fruits that I don't see in United States when I go to the Philippines is a fruit I loved called mangosteen I don't see it over here and perhaps you have it love mangosteen hate durian forgive me for those of you who have heard of that fruit but a whole variety of fruits there's a fruit in Uganda it's called a jackfruit never sit under jackfruit tree literally the fruit is about the size of that chair and heavy you understand why I say don't sit under a jackfruit tree the things are huge I have never seen them in United States all of these all over the world they were fruit trees now listen to God and see how good God is God said Adam of all the thousands of trees on this earth I am reserving one for myself thank you that deserves another Wow from somebody now here's what God could have said a lot of people run around saying how bad God is God is unfair God is harsh no God is indescribably loving and generous God could have said Adam of all these trees one is yours would God have been just yes Psalm one night of 1:45 verse 17 the Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his work God said I have made seven days he said mankind you take six I'll keep one and he does not even get that one it's got a good God yes or no God is so good god said listen mankind if you work and get $100 just give me 10 somebody ought to say sorry to God for thinking that he's a bad god someone apologized to God quietly for thinking God is harsh and unfair and does not care about me Garkinos said of every hundred dollars give me 90 you keep ten and pay the school fees on the random by foon God could have said of seven days I want six you take one to do all you have to do but God does not do that so God says of all the trees I am keeping one now what's the third one I'm trying to make it was the easiest test that God could give Adam Christ triumphant page twenty paragraph 6 we read this during words he fell under the smallest test that God could devise to prove his obedience he didn't get what I just said let me say differently child guidance page 79 paragraph 5 it was the least test that God could give the holy pair in Eden you still haven't gotten it let me try differently how much does God know everything how powerful is God all with all his power with all his knowledge according to the words of inspiration he could not come up with an easier test now it was a little test notice the words it was the least test that God could give the holy pair in Edom or the other quotation he fell under the smallest test what is the lesson for us in the eyes of God little things have catastrophic consequences because Adam and Eve failed that little test the entire universe was affected God had to die people are sick people die husbands our wives divorce children are sick wars plagues why because Adam and Eve failed a little test there are too many Christians who regard appetite and diet as a little thing you tell that to someone dying of cancer you know the big medical societies the United States if all they generally agree that most of the degenerative diseases will have no doctor that wipe out so many people by the hundreds of thousands can be prevented simply by changing your lifestyle or the one up front and sensual there are little children who are possibly doped up on Ritalin who only need to get a different breakfast before they leave home in the morning my brothers and sisters listen to me carefully diet and spirituality go hand-in-hand either negatively or positively how you eat affects how you see God how you eat determines whether or not you understand God's work to the degree you should this issue of diet is central of course with that comes appetite you can separate them it is a central issue my beloved brothers and sisters it is not my desire to displease you or to observe our friends listening on the internet but the biblical teaching is diet is a central issue but as in so many instances we put culture ahead of Christ it is my culture to eat grass and so no matter what the Bible says I have to follow my culture it is my culture to eat food that burns the lining of my stomach and no matter what price else or loi says I have to preserve my culture it is my culture to overeat no matter what the Bible says about temperance I will overeat sin as a culture culture is fine but God has offered us a culture that is the culture of heaven Paul says for your citizenship is in heaven now that statement which is found in a Philippians 3:20 is not found in Revelation so don't try to make it symbolic there are no horns or animals in that statement are you with me that's a literal statement literally a Christian citizenship is first in heaven you don't have a physical passport you've got the passport as the heart on which the law of God is written and when your citizenship is in heaven then everything you and I do must reflect not the earth but heaven you can't carry heavens passport and behave in an earthly way for many of us our God is not Christ it's our culture let me review where was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden where was the Tree of Life in the middle of the garden apatite is a central issue diet is essential issue many people will be lost not because there were murderers because will rapist or the practiced genocide they will be lost because they were irresponsible regarding diet and the management of the appetite in other words many of us will eat our way to hell the second point I made and easy God did not trust and I don't meet us be harsh God took it upon himself to choose the diet for Adam and Eve even though he allowed them to make choices in other areas diet is too important to leave that choice to human beings Third Point the test that Adam that God gave Adam was a simple test Vince and one of the lessons God meant to communicate to us is that little things as I said earlier have big consequences those of you who study science you study your mineral chemic nutrition was it nutritional chemistry whatever you study you know that most non-white people do not digest milk very well am i right any graduates from Loma Linda School of Public Health know most black people let me be even more narrow do not digest milk very well after a certain age now the reason for that is the body no longer produces a certain enzyme called lactase have you ever seen an enzyme how many of you have ever seen an enzyme can I see oh right here you've seen an enzyme can I see your hand you know how small an enzyme is now I am told I've never proven this myself but I don't waste time doubting it an enzyme attaches to a receptor site am i right and receptor site must be shaped in a way that precisely matches that enzyme so that it fits and it locks now that's microscopic if that does not work are the consequences microscopic they're macroscopic are you following me what am I trying to say if some area of the nervous system does not work you realize you can't move your leg the largest muscles on the body I guess are probably the thigh maybe the back you can't move it not because something microscopic is malfunctioning but something small the new ones are not firing have you ever seen new Ron have you ever seen an atom God is a God of little things the Bible says in Luke 16:10 he that is faithful in that which is least finish it for me is faithful also in much God starts with the little Z a lot of people who come to the church you know they baptized in March and in April they want to be the head elder don't make me a deacon don't make me be an usher or greeter make me the head of now God is a function of God says no you sweep the yard you wash the windows you dust off the pulpit where the skete speaks let me see how you do that and how you do that little thing will tell me how you will handle the first elders position that's the way God functions why am I saying that we go back to that little test if Adam had been faithful in that little test this world would still be a paradise today do you understand in the area of right and wrong there's no such thing as a little sin and I'm trying to get you to understand how important diet is as insignificant as many of us think it is listen to the Bible Romans 3:23 Romans 6:23 the wages of sin finish it for me it's death now think with me carefully I'm not trying to show you how hard God is I want to show you how terrible sin is the wages of sin is death is failure to control appetite a sin yes or no yes the wages of sin is death yes with sin the little sins what's the weight is for the little sins what's the weight is for the big sins let me put it differently God has one response I keep bowing down I forget I have this mic and it's not good for the voice when you keep bowing down God has one punishment for every sin death not because God is harsh and cruel but because sin of any size is deadly and the only response God has for sin is destruction or death God cannot improve sin God cannot fix in the Bible says if your right hand offend you - what cut it off so you think that is a little thing but your practice and my practice in the area of diet affects this body to whom does this body belong twice named them creation and redemption I'll ask your question don't answer me at five minutes to one how many of us take that literally do you literally believe your body belongs to God if we take that literally we may have to change the plans we have for lunch today nothing affects this body like the way we that what like what we eat and the Bible says this is where God dwells Noorie not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost which he have which is in you which ye have of God and ye are not your own for you bought with a price what's the price the blood of Christ my brothers or sisters if you read Leviticus 11 not now make it your assignment for today or tomorrow it has about 40 something verses 46 48 you see all the lists you can eat that don't eat that people say that's Old Testament teaching is holiness an Old Testament teaching give me yes or no it's righteousness an Old Testament teaching the reason for all the eat this and don't eat that is given it verses 44 to 46 God says because I am holy and you must be holy what that means is eating is an expression of holiness are you Muslim let me put it in a way more familiar to you tonight after the Sun sets and you drive up to McDonald's I want you to remember is this an act of holiness now some of you looking at me you try to decide should I be angry with this man it's on your face listen again eating is an act of holiness when we eat according to God's plan when we do not eat according to God's recommendation eating becomes an act of what sin you read in Leviticus 11 all the information about eat this don't eat that God's conclusion is you must be holy I tell you something else about eating eating as a witness come on somebody say Amen I flew to Los Angeles a couple years ago to preach at a church and the pastor came for me picked me up he said are you hungry I said yes then we went to restaurant we sat down and the waitress brought the menus to us so we opened the menus of them so he picked I picked when she came for our order orders and she looked at what we had chosen she said are you vegetarian now no waitress will ever ask a person who's chosen beef and chicken and snakes and other things are you and he meat eater no one will ask that are you with me no one will ask that because you look at that choice but when she saw I'm not saying he and I were sinless no I'm simply saying when she saw our choices she said are you vegetarians our choices functioned as a witness and that's not what we set out to do and I told that pastor get counsels on diets and food because she said I want to be a vegetarian but I can that's what she said when she said that the spinner said to me this is a cry for what help there is no such thing as I want to do what's right and I can and there's no power to help me there's no such thing yes there is I want to do what's right and I can but the reply to that is there is power to help you and so I told the pastor you get counters and ads and foods or ministry of healing let the integers board sign it get back and give it to that young woman the issue of diet is central God did not trust Adam to make his eating choices God chose for him the test was easy varies in the faith I live by page 345 paragraph 3l white writes these words when the books of Daniel and revelation are better understood believers will have an entirely different religious experience you can study Revelation without studying Daniel you should study Daniel first that's a sealed book that was open have you ever wondered why the first chapter of Daniel begins with diet here's what has crossed my mind to truly understand Daniel and revelation there needs to be a change of diet along with confession of sin making a coming to a right relationship with God but diet is essential to understand the events that will come upon this earth in the last days that book of prophecy begins with the issue of diet it is central to understanding the times in which we live and so my beloved brothers and sisters I say to you diet is not a peripheral issue in your life it is not a side issue it affects every single thing we do because it affects the body it affects the mind it affects the spirituality many people are short-tempered because of what they eat and so today I want you to see diet as a very important issue inseparable from spirituality when God said in Genesis 1:26 let us make man finish it in our image that's our purpose for living in everything we do we must reflect the image of God that includes when we sit and eat let's make a change by God's grace let's make some commitments today not tomorrow you don't have tomorrow a lot of people procrastinate because they decide by themselves I have made a decision I'll be alive tomorrow I have decided I'll be alive next week so I put off for next week what I'm supposed to do today make a decision today father helped me to make changes in my diet give me the power that Christ had to control my appetite because as I told you last night appetite control is not simply controlling how much you eat but what you eat and when you eat let me say it again control of appetite covers how much what and when and if we will follow God's recommendations we would improve spiritually mentally and physically that is guaranteed the only power that shall control our lives is the power of the Spirit of God not appetite whether appetite for food or sex or anything else the only power that should control our lives is the power of the Spirit of God and I want you to reflect why do you think that the very first temptation of Christ prior to entering upon his public ministry was a temptation to violate the laws of appetite where Adam fell is where Christ conquered and as I read to you last night in heavenly places page 194 paragraph 3 intemperance lies at the foundation of all the moral evils known to man Redemption Christ carried out the work of redemption first where Adam fell Christ began the work of redemption just where the ruin took place which is appetite our first barrels fell because of the indulgence of appetite the quotation ends this way in redemption control of appetite is the first work of Christ so when he was on that cross and he said I thirst and they gave him a mixture of something that was not good for him he did not drink him even on the cross you know some of us may catch it well I'm hungry or you know I'm on this plane we're flying from Los Angeles to Bangkok and I've been on that flight when the longest flights in the world almost 17 hours and lady brings me a snack and it has they have some pork in it well I'm hungry Ali didn't say sorry not Christ doing right and wrong is not circumstantial its principle are you following me and so when Christ tasted what they gave him he did not drink it he did not allow his conditions to clog and to fog his ability to do right from wrong in every circumstance wherever you go wherever I go on vacation at the in-laws at your home the canteen on the job we must eat as though our citizenship is in heaven we must control our appetites and the power to control it is the very power of God because Satan knows that if we concur on the area of appetite every of the temptation is easy to resist let me give you the quotation Maranatha page 62 paragraph 5 the controlling power of appetite will prove the ruin of thousands who if they have conquered on this point would have had the moral power to gain the victory over every of the temptation of C you're saying Amen but you didn't get it what I'm saying is this if you want to be victorious gain the victory over appetite and so I ask you today how many of you feel you need to make a change regarding appetite can I see your hair you think you need to make a chip okay hands down remember the Bible says the things which are impossible with men Luke 18:27 are possible with God you tried for years to control it you haven't give it over to God give it to God how many of you will say father I want your help so that I can control appetite let me see your right hand I need your help so that I can come I want you to stand with me you know the Bible is so serious about appetite there's a text it does not come to mind right now in Proverbs says if you sit to eat and you're tempted to eat too much what should you do but that's how serious the Bible put a knife you through you stood to say father give me help give me help no one who's ever cried for help from the heart has been denied when that father said lord I believe help thou my unbelief ly says when you pray that prayer you cannot be lost and so today we're asking God please father give me the victory over this power that is destroying my life the greatest blessing after salvation is good health makes no difference to me how much money you have and all you're doing is spending it on medication you're not happy it is better to be poor and live under a tree unhealthy than rich and spend your life in an expensive hospital and so we're asking God please father please because I was made in your image and my first responsibility is your glory please help me to honor you because your word says in 1st Corinthians 10:31 whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God is this what you want God to do for you let's pray our Father in heaven forgive us for being so stubborn they God forgive us Lord for allowing culture to guide our lives instead of Christ forgive us father for being driven by habit rather than by righteousness their God forgive us for the many sicknesses we have brought on ourselves by our practices our health habits forgive us father remove those sins and father we want the power that allowed Christ to be successful the victory Christ gained in the wilderness we want that victory in our lives father Christ was a man we are human beings what work for him will work for us please give us the God strength to conquer appetite help us to realize that you were not joking when you said whether ye eat or drink for the helpers who realized that when the flood came jesus said what were they doing they were eating and drinking when the fires came on Sodom and Gomorrah what did Jesus Christ say they did eat they drank they got in heaven we do not want to be among the masses that will be lost not because there were murderers and rapists and bank robbers but because they did not control apatite give us that victory day God give us a love for right doing in the area of eating give us a love for holiness in the area of how we eat give us a love for righteousness in our appetite that father in all that we do we may show we are citizens of the kingdom bless us fill us with your spirit and with each passing day day God let us see how we're growing in grace please father bless every man woman boy and girl let them reflect on this message as they leave bring us back this afternoon we pray in Jesus name that all God's people say amen and amen you may be seated

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Published: Sun Dec 16 2012