just remember these things so in conclusion you know all these things are
great all these businesses are great but remember what's the catch you cannot get
these things if you're in sin you cannot have his joy if you're in sin you want
to have his peace if you're in sin you know the title of the message is simply
that you know the benefits you know of a good of being a good Christian to keep
you motivated to keep doing right and I could have just covered three things let
me read from Ecclesiastes 2 26 it says for God give it to a man that is good
not in your sight not in the world's sight and a lot of times people are like
hey this guy's a good person you know and he's a drunkard you know doesn't
treat his family well you know but God doesn't care about what people say it's
what he says and if he says you're good you're good if he says you're not good
you need to get right but for God give it to a man that is getting inside it
could have just been three points you know this morning it says wisdom who
doesn't want wisdom come on we all want wisdom we all want to be smart people in
the world even if even if they're not saved they tend to just you know give
people that are smart a break because they need you you know that's just how
the world is even if you're the ugliest fattest dude on the planet if you're
smart people like yo man can you be my friend you know it's true you know it's
true it's like man I got a question for you oh that's an awesome answer why
because they're helping you out you know they're fixing you they're taking care
of you they're giving you stuff that makes you a better person and that helps
you to be grateful towards that individual but sometimes you even take a
bullet for them you know when I used to be part of the who's ever heard of the
RUI reformers it's like a Christian addiction program the main guy that
started it you know had a meeting with the guy his name is Steve Currington and
he said look you know don't get worded out when a lot of these guys they have
addictions and start coming to the program and you start helping them out
you start helping them grow you know you start teaching them how to live right
you start teaching them some wisdom from the Bible don't be surprised if they're
just teary-eyed and they hug you and some of them would even tell you hey you
know what thanks for helping me get off heroin get off this get off that get off
whatever you know it's like I will take a bullet for you for what you've done
in other words think about how much pastor Anderson has helped you guys out
and when people attack them doesn't it make you angry when people attack them
it's like man Lord let me be the one that executes ventures upon this wicked
person isn't that how we think because it's true it's like man I'm not trying
to use my balls yeah and he's watching but you know what this isn't to earn
cool points I mean what am I trying to earn you know a spot you know to work
for him I already work for him I'm just but I'm just saying that some of us
probably have that you know that love where it's like you know what you know
if it weren't for him my life would be destroyed right now I wouldn't have a
life right now you know I'm so grateful that he made a decision to be a good man
and be used by God heavily where God gave them like it says right here wisdom
knowledge and joy he gave him that and he was able to use the wisdom and
knowledge and everything else to be the person that he is to help us defeat us
you know to keep us you know from from being blinded by the devil and helping
us to realize hey we need to change we're not doing as good as we thought we
were we're not you know with the Christians that we thought we were when
we started to listen to heart preaching you know but that's what he gives that's
what God gives to those that are good in the site so I could have just had three
points look first point wisdom second point knowledge and the other point is
joy and who doesn't want those things who doesn't want to be a smart happy
individual we all do well here's the secret you gotta be good you got to be
the good Christian not just a Christian a good Christian and if you don't want
to well the Bible says also this and that's in that same verse but to the
sinner he giveth travail so you got two options you can be the good Christian
well you get wisdom you'll get joy you'll get knowledge or you got your
other option you can go ahead and send it up and God's gonna give you travail
misery punishment hey it's your choice tonight
Isaiah 48 22 there is no peace saith the Lord unto the wicked Romans 6 1 6 1
shall we say what should we say then shall we continue in sin that grace may
abound God forbid 1st Timothy 6 6 but godliness with
contentment is great gain for we brought nothing into this world and it is
certain we can carry nothing out and having food and Raymond let us be there
with content you're like I am a miserable person I'm just not happy
brother girl you have food yeah clothing yeah that's it you're good start with
that if you don't have clothing get some clothing if you don't have food talk to
brother Raymond he'll hook you up right you got all that donation stuff and if
nothing in there is that healthy come talk to me we'll go to Chipotle or
something I'll hook you up but that's a great verse learn to be content learn to
be happy it says hey if you have clothing and food you should be happy
and you know what this verse reminded me of my son where's he at Steve where's
your hand that little guy over there you know saying hey I learned from him this
week or last week here's what happened we had to go do some drone footage who
knows about that that YouTube channel that we started landmarks who knows
about it just a few people if you don't know about it hey it's a great a great
channel that pastor started he's teaching basic lessons so we go to
different places you know to shoot episodes and we do drone footage and so
we first do the interviews we get a much drone footage as we can but we can't do
two interviews in one day and get a ton of drone footage so I told pastor hey I
got to go back to finish up this episode with pastor me he I gotta go get some
drone footage he's like okay no problem and sure enough it's a three and a half
hour drive so I was tired I was up on I working on the episode getting it all
whatever my wife's like hey I'll drive you I'm like are you sure it's three and
a half hours there three and a half hours back and I'm basically gonna be
working the whole time this isn't gonna be a pleasure trip and she's like no
problem I'm like kids the older kids like oh no you know because we're taking
the church van and my little guy I'll go daddy I'll go you know it's like you
know what you're getting yourself into it's like long trip daddy a long trip
I'm like that's what you're getting yourself into Stephen as long as you
know so we drove three and a half hours stop for some bathroom breaks so it
turned into a four hour drive or a four hour little episode I get there and you
could talk to my family I was non-stop trying to drone things waiting for we
went to the dunes so I was waiting for motorcycle riders to show up I'm like
where all the motorcycle riders what are they showing up at night so I didn't
leave I'm like I'm getting some motorcycle riders so I was there just
kind of trying to drone waiting kind of like fishing hour goes by two hours go
by three hour goes by just for my family's that inside the church van
inside the church van you know so I'm there for three four hours you're like
oh you're punishing them well I gave them some tablets to play with yeah they
weren't suffering too hard you know but obviously they were in the van first of
all they're in the van for three and a half hours to four hours then they're in
the van waiting on me for another three to four hours then once I'm done droning
the place getting enough footage to make sure I add it to the episode then we
have to drive home before we drive home you know they want it round table pizza
which is an hour the opposite direction so now we're driving an hour the
opposite direction which I misunderstood I told Raymond I'll be
back by 10 10 p.m. I'm like yeah you know three and a half hours we're gonna
stop to get some round table we're not even gonna stop to eat it inside because
we didn't want to be selfish because they were waiting on us to take the
church van to wherever so we called it is I look which is gonna pick the thing
up and just eat it on a drive back I didn't realize there was an hour the
opposite direction so I'll tell him hey we'll be back at 10 no big deal and we
left at what time did we leave 9 in the morning so we started driving 9 in the
morning we didn't get back till 1230 at night they were in the van 95% of the
time that little guy was in the van 95% and when we got home tired miss when the
kids are fighting for the front seat and I gave it to him only go to the front
seat you know because it hurts your back being in that van for so long you know
the older kids I'm gonna call my back it's like my turn to sit in the front
get a little bit of relief from their back pain my son he's not getting no
relief he's just in a bag sitting down we finished the trip and sure enough he
gets out of that and he hops I was like huh that was the best long trip ever
daddy that is having the humility of a child now when Christ says unless you be
you know you'd be converted like this little child you will no way enter the
kingdom of heaven you know because he just believed it was a coolest trip on
the planet but my wife and me my wife only had like an hour half of sleep you
know cuz I don't know I just kept waking her up working back and forth so she
drove and I don't know how she did it I told her hey let me take over she
decided just muscle her way through and drive all the way back but that boy was
not even joking around he literally thought it was the best trip ever four
hours there four hours in the car four hours back a little breaks here and
there going to the bathroom no time to really spread your leg oh they didn't
even have time to enjoy the dunes I wasn't like oh we walked around the
dunes I had a little bit no they were in the van the whole time the whole time
he said in the van who knows what what did you do in the van literally but he
came back and he was a happy camper happy camper he was content why because
he had clothing and I fed him that's why so having food arraignment let us
there be content and he had a good attitude and it made me want to bless
him even more you know so what am I getting that I'm getting at this a God
is happy when you're doing what's right when you have a good attitude you're
living a good life it's gonna be hard if it's not hard you're lying to yourself
you must be doing something wrong come tell me your secret if life ain't hard
because Christ said it was gonna be hard but the benefits are definitely worth it
for being a good Christian amen let's pray there God we think so much for all
that you've done thanks for giving us a great church thanks for giving us a
great leader they're gonna for giving us I know just so much Lord just so much we
literally have no reason to complain if you're truly saved and you know you're
going to heaven and and the Lord is your God Jesus is your God we literally have
nothing to complain about and Lord when times get tough because Mark quit you
know Peter quit Lord other other people in the Bible great men of God ended up
quitting it can happen to us as well but the only way we're going to keep
ourselves from quitting is just to remember your goodness is the goodness
of God that leads us to repent so help us to remember your goodness you said
that you give us daily daily benefits every single day you give us benefits
Lord help us to not become ungrateful help us to be content help us to love
you Lord by keeping your commandments and help us to never quit and we ask
you in Jesus name amen