on the first rock of ages clap for me let me hide myself in thee let the water
hand the blood from thy wound decide which flowed be a sin the double cure
stay from breath and make me pure all right on the second verse 129 rock of
ages could my tears forever flow could my zoo no linger no these person could
not atone thou must save and thou alone in my hand
no price I bring simply to thy cross I cling while I draw this bleeding breath
when my face shall close in death when I rise to worlds unknown and behold thee
on thy throne rock of ages clap for me let me hide myself in thee all right let
us pray dear heavenly father I just pray that you help us glorify you as we
worship your name this work thank you for this church take for steadfast and I
pray that you be with the preacher as he preaches this morning filled with the
Holy Spirit so we're gonna have ears to hear and hear what he has to say so it
could be edified and I pray I'll be done for your glory Jesus name amen
all right next song so number 119 saw number 119 till the storm passes by
song number 119 till the storm passes by
in the dark of the midnight have I hop in my face while the storm comes above
me and there's no hiding place mid the crash of the thunder precious Lord hear
my cry keep me safe till the storm passes by till the storm passes over
till the thunder sounds no more till the clouds roll forever from the sky
hold me fast let me stand in the hollow of the hand keep me safe till the storm
passes by many times Satan whispered there is no need to try for there's no
when the sorrow there's no hope I am back but I know that work with me and
tomorrow arise where the storms never dark in the sky
till the storm passes over till the thunder sounds no more till the clouds
roll forever from the sky
let me stand in the hollow of the hand keep me safe till the storm passes by
when the long night has ended and the storms come no more let me stand in thy
presence on that bright peaceful shore in that land where the tempest never
comes Lord may I dwell with thee when the storm passes by till the storm
passes over till the thunder sounds no more till the clouds roll forever from
the sky
keep me safe till the storm passes by
how's it going everyone welcome to steadfast baptist church if you don't
have a bulletin one of the ushers would be happy to get one to you just raise
your hand it's october 2nd 2022 we've got our bible memory passage there on
the front where this for this weekend verse 46 john chapter 1 verse 46 and i
just want to encourage everyone to continue working on that if you are and
if you aren't i know it's late in the game but hey i think there's still some
time so give it your best shot pastor shelley's out of town today he is
visiting some family and so you'll have to bear with me in the morning i'm
filling in and then in the afternoon at our 5 30 p.m service brother jimmy
stewart will be preaching and so i would really hope that you show up and support
really hope that you show up and support him you know he's been a faithful member
of this church for a while now and so it'd be it'd be nice to see the church
filled in the afternoon for him and you know that you come ready to listen to
what the lord has laid on his heart i'm sure he's going to do a great job so um
just wanted to put that out there on the inside of your bulletin you'll notice
our our service and soul winning times you made it to our morning service at
4 30 we have a spanish service some of the spanish speakers of the church get
up and rip face at 4 30 so make sure you come check that out if you can speak the
language and even if you can't hey maybe that's a good way to learn to immerse
yourself at 5 30 we have our evening service i just mentioned wednesday
nights we're going through the book of second samuel at seven o'clock and our
soul winning times the latest one upcoming one is today at 2 p.m i'm
filling in for pastor shelley on that one we have a lady's time at 10 30 on
tuesdays that's morning and wednesday at 5 15 p.m
prior to uh obviously it's the morning uh
wednesday we have our 5 15 p.m soul winning time preceding
our bible study with pastor shelley we got regional times there as well and i
wanted to point out the leaders for this if they're here brother jeff
goodwin runs our monday regional soul winning
time at 5 30 could you raise your hand so everybody knows
who he is what he looks like so you can get with him if you want to go soul
winning there tuesday at 5 30 we've got brother steve
malton is he in the room there he is he's raising his hand right
there so you've got brother steve malton at 5 30
brother sue hale runs a thursday at 6 p.m time he's raising his hand in the
back row if you want to get with him brother
jason west he's hard to miss folks brother
jason west at uh saturday at 10 a.m that's the one i
go to so i'm partial to that soul anytime
uh brother matt illy runs a soul winning time at the same time saturday at 10
a.m and where is that one brother matt an azle i should have probably given
you guys the actual locations but azle texas matt illy is running that one and
then the last saturday of the month brother west and brother lugo
team up for a west and lugo soul winning blitz and this is always a lot of fun
so just wanted to bring that to your attention we have our stats there
and you'll notice year to date 1201 salvations 33 baptisms and keep our
expecting ladies in your prayers as they go through their pregnancies we go over
the prayer list in detail on wednesday nights on the back you'll see our
upcoming events it's here the heritage of the lord
conference for the children we've got pastor bruce
mejia from first works baptist church in anahim california coming to town we've
got pastor roger jimenez from verity baptist
church in sacramento california coming to town they're going
to preach i'm sure epic sermons and our pastor
will be preaching he'll be back by the way on wednesday
night but he'll also be preaching for us next sunday as part of this
conference pastor jonathan chelly and i'm sure he'll do a great job
as usual this will be very edifying for families i think it'll be edifying for
everyone honestly and so i would highly encourage
you to invite your friends and your family to this let's fill this building
up i'm sure we won't have any problems doing that
for the heritage of the lord conference we have a spelling bee
occurring on that saturday and the eighth and so that will be
you know a great opportunity for the kids and so
you know i'm i'm praying for it i think it's going to be great i think a lot of
the kids regardless of how well they do are going to get a lot
out of it just from practicing and learning these words
and things like that so children uh just be encouraged with this that
maybe even if you don't finish where you wanted to
you put in the effort and and you know that's what matters and so we're all
real proud of you for stepping up and participating in the
spelling bee brother suhail will be giving you guys the words october
16th i just wanted to bring this to your attention we have a business meeting
for the jacob stop laughing at me we have the we have the business meeting
coming up october the 16th and that's after the evening service and
pastor shelley wants all members to show up
all active members of our church to show up for this
and it'll be similar to the one we did last year
there may also be other items that are covered at this
meeting this business meeting october the 16th not next sunday but the sunday
after the evening service october the 22nd
our fall swap that's occurring at 9 a.m from 9 a.m to 3
october the 29th we have the arlington soul winning blitz
october 31st our texas chili cook-off and that starts at 5 30 p.m quick story
my wife came home one day i wanted chili for dinner
and she informed me that she forgot the beans and i said all right
i usually always eat it with beans but this time i'll let it go no problem just
make it without beans i've wanted it without beans ever since
so i kind of stumbled into this doctrine but it was
the best chili i've ever had and so i'm on board november 5th we have
a music recital from 2 to 4 p.m for the kids and on november the 10th
it's our mata morris soul winning trip in mexico
this will be a tremendous chance for us to give the gospel in a very receptive
area if you're a spanish speaker you know it's a great opportunity and
even if you're not i mean you can go and be a silent partner and just
experience this on the 23rd of thanksgiving dessert fellowship
that'll be lots of fun on december the 2nd there's going to be a ladies
christmas party from 6 to 9 p.m and so more information real quick on the
music recital you'll see it says there that it's happening again from 2 to 4
parents if your child desires to participate
please fill out the sign-up sheet on the front cabinet
and apparently there are going to be some tryouts for the recital which will
be held at church on the 22nd time slots will be
assigned later all instruments are welcome it says and
we will only supply a piano so make sure you bring
your own instruments but that's all i had for announcements and so with that
we will go to song number 137
song number 137 in times like these
137
in times like these you need a savior in times like these
in times like these you need an anchor be very sure
be very sure your anchor holds
and grips the solid rock this rock is jesus
yes he's the one this rock is jesus the only one
be very sure be very sure your anchor holds
and grips the solid rock in times like these
you need the bible in times like these oh be not idle
be very sure be very sure your anchor holds
and grips the solid rock your talk is jesus
yes he's the one this rock is jesus the only one
be very sure be very sure your anchor holds
and grips the solid rock in times like these
i have a savior in times like these i have an anchor
i'm very sure i'm very sure my anchor holds
and grips the solid rock this rock is jesus
sees the one this rock is jesus the only one
i'm very sure i'm very sure my anchor holds
and grips the solid rock
as the offering plate goes around please turn your bibles to luke
chapter five that's luke chapter five we're going to read the entire chapter
luke chapter five the bible reads and it came to pass that as the people
pressed upon him to hear the word of god he stood by the
lake of just center it and saw two ships standing by the lake
but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets and he
entered into one of the ships which was simon's
and prayed him that he would throw would thrust out a little from the land
and he sat down and taught the people out of the ship
now when he had left speaking he said unto simon launch out into the deep and
let down your nets for a drought and simon answering said unto him master
we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing nevertheless at
thy word i will let down the net and when they had this done
they enclosed a great multitude of fishes and
their net and their net break excuse me and they beckoned onto their partners
which were in the other ship that they should come and help them
and they came and filled both the ships so that they begin to sink
when simon peter saw it he fell down at jesus knees saying depart for me
for i'm a sinful man oh lord for he was astonished and all that were with him
at the drought of the fishes which they had taken
and so was also james and john the sons of zebedee
which were partners with simon and jesus said unto simon fear not from henceforth
thou shall catch men and when they had brought their ships to
land they forsook all and followed him and it came to pass when he was in a
certain city behold a man full of leprosy
who seeing jesus fell on his face and besought him saying lord
if thou will thou canst make me clean and he put forth his hand
and touched him saying i will be thou clean
and immediately the leprosy departed from him and he charged him
to tell no man but go and show thyself to the priest and offer thy cleansing
according as moses commanded for a testimony unto them but so much the
more went there of fame abroad of him and great multitudes came together to
hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities
and he withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed
and it came to pass on a certain day as he was teaching
that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by
which were come out of every town of galley and judaea
and jerusalem and the power of the lord was present to heal them
and behold men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy
and they sought means to bring him in and delay him before him
and when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the
multitude they went upon the housetop and let him
down through the tiling with his couch into the mist before
jesus and when he saw their faith he said unto them
man thy sins are forgiven thee and the scribes and the pharisees begin to
reason saying who is this which speaketh blasphemies
who can forgive sins but god alone but when jesus perceived their thoughts he
answering said unto them what reason in your hearts whether is
easier to say thy sins be forgiven thee or to say rise up and walk for that you
may know that the son of man hath power on upon earth to forgive sins he saith
unto the sick of the palsy i say unto thee arise and take up thy
couch and go into thy house and immediately he rose up before them
and took up that whereon he lay and departed to his own house glorifying
god and they were all amazed and they glorify
god and were filled with fear saying we have seen strange things today
and after these things he went forth and saw a publican named levi
sitting at the receipt of custom and he said unto him follow me
and he left all and rose up and followed him and levi made him
a great feast in his own house and there was a great company of publicans
of others that sat down with him and of others that sat down with him
but their scribes and pharisees murmured against his disciples saying
what do you eat and drink with the publicans and sinners
and jesus answering said unto them they that are whole need not a physician but
they that are sick i came not to call the righteous but
sinners to repentance and they said unto him why do the
disciples of john fast often and make prayers and likewise the
disciples of the pharisees but i eat and drink and he said unto
them can you make the children of the bride chamber fast while the bridegroom
is with them but the days will come when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then shall they fast in those days
and he spake also a parable unto them no man putteth a piece of a new garment
upon an old if otherwise then both the new maketh
the rent and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeeth not with the old
and no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine will burst the
bottles and be spilled and the bottle shall perish
but new wine must be put into new bottles and both are preserved
no man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new
for he sayeth the old is better let us pray father we thank you for this
opportunity to be in your house today and we just thank you for
this great church and i pray that you'll fill brother ben with your holy spirit
help us help us with all readiness to mind to receive what he gives us
help us to have soft hearts to take correction and reproof today
and we just thank you for your son's precious blood and the free gift of
eternal life and we pray these things in jesus name
amen amen you're there in luke chapter five
and that's where we're going to begin i'm just putting my stopwatch so i don't
preach for three hours luke chapter five look what it says in
verse number one and it came to pass that
as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of god he stood by the lake of
janassa red and saw two ships standing by the lake
but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets and he
entered into one of the ships which was simon's and prayed him
that he would thrust out a little from the land and he sat down and taught the
people out of the ship now wherever jesus went there were
crowds and they wanted to hear him he drew crowds there were two ships by the
lake here that's the setting in luke chapter 5 he enters one of the
ships and he begins to teach the people out of
the ship but things get very interesting as we
continue to read in verse 4 it says now when he had left
speaking he said unto simon launch out into the deep and let down your nets
for a draft so jesus says to launch out into the
deep and he offers an instruction which is to
let down your nets he asks peter
to let down his nets for a draft a draft is that which is
taken by a net it's often used at least it was back
then i don't go fishing so i'm not sure if
people still use the term but back then it was used
basically to describe what you would catch
in your net and here the context would be fishing the implication is
that if you thought this is jesus the implication from christ is if you follow
my instructions you will catch a draft of fish
you will catch fish and this is seemingly
counterintuitive to simon who is peter because he had been
toiling all night and caught nothing and so he's thinking well the future
will yield the same result i'm not going to catch
anything he doesn't believe jesus he has a
lapse of faith and doesn't believe that if he were to follow this commandment
that it would result in catching any fish
luke 5 verse 5 it says in verse 5 and simon answering said unto him master
we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing
nevertheless at thy word i will let down the net the fishing
didn't result in fish they toiled all night they worked hard they caught
nothing but he says in spite of this and his
unbelief nevertheless at thy word i'll let down
the nets the net excuse me he says nevertheless
that thy word i'll let down the net you know in the christian life there are
going to be times where god's telling you to do something in his
word that you don't want to do he's telling
there are going to be times where he's asking you to do something and you
don't necessarily believe the promise associated with that commandment related
to that commandment but your response
every single time should be what peter said here and it's the title
of my sermon nevertheless at thy word nevertheless
at thy word we have an initial objection and it's on the basis of what futility
he didn't catch anything he thought if that happened in the past
surely it would happen again in the future
in spite of that though he says nevertheless at thy word
he lets down his net he was reluctant and he was doubting you know sometimes
you're going to be reluctant about following christ
that's just the reality and don't pretend otherwise
you're not always going to feel like following christ
you're not always going to feel like adhering to
his commandments appealing to what the bible says
we still have the old man it didn't go anywhere
when you got saved it's still there the bible says
i beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts
which war against the soul and this is a war
that you have to engage in every single day that's why these lordship
salvation types who think that at salvation good works
just flow out naturally and are automatic
these are some of the biggest holier than thou's
that you'll ever encounter these are the biggest holier than thou's
that you'll ever see because that's not the case
we have to work hard we have to take up our cross and follow him we have to work
hard to do what he said because there will be times where you do not feel like
doing it there will be times where you have a
lack of faith where you are doubting where you don't think that if
you let down your nets that you'll catch anything but what's
the attitude in those moments nevertheless
at thy word you know the right response is nevertheless
at thy word and that's what i want to drill in for the next hour
nevertheless at thy word the only acceptable response
when we don't feel like doing what the bible commands be faithful
even if it seems according to the flesh if it seems paradoxical if it seems
counter-intuitive obey anyway obey anyway later on in the chapter as
brother nick was reading this caught my eye
in verse 18 and behold men brought in a bed
a man which was taken with the palsy and they sought means to bring him in
verse 18 and delay him before him and when they could not find by what way
they might bring him in because of the multitude they went upon the house top
and let him down through the tiling with his
couch into the midst before jesus and when he saw their faith
he said unto them i said unto him excuse me man
thy sins are forgiven thee these instances where jesus heals people
offer for us a tremendous picture of salvation and this attitude that
says nevertheless at thy word it starts at salvation
because when you got saved you were confronted with a doctrine
that was different than what you believed before
see we were trying to work our way to heaven we thought we could heal
ourselves we thought that if we were good enough we could earn salvation but
that is not what the bible teaches it says rather that it is by
faith alone in the finished work of the lord jesus christ and by
placing your faith in him and relying and depending on him
your faith makes you whole not your works
look at matthew 9 real quickly we'll head back over
to this chapter later but go to matthew 9 and i want to show you another example
of this where faith is highlighted and that's what
these instances of healing that you see over
and over again during the earthly ministry of jesus christ
what's the lesson for us in the new testament when we go out and we reach
the lost with the gospel of christ we're asking
them to place their faith in his finished work to receive healing
the healing which is the forgiveness of sins eternal life
salvation matthew chapter 9 and verse 27 matthew chapter 9 and verse 27
it says this and when jesus departed thence two blind men
followed him crying and saying thou son of david have mercy on us and when he
was come into the house the blind men came to him
and jesus saith unto them believe ye that i am able to do this
they said unto him yay lord you know who we're looking for regarding
excuse me regarding evangelism who are we looking for
we're looking for people who are willing to believe
that jesus can save them this is the promise which he had promised us
even eternal life we're looking for people who are willing to
believe that promise and be healed
look at verse 29 the untouched he their eyes
saying according to your good works is that what it says according to your
faith be it unto you and their eyes were open verse 30 and
jesus straightly charged them saying see that no man know it
faith is what gets you in the door salvation
by faith alone in christ alone plus or minus nothing
but should you stop there you see i think we shouldn't stop there the bible
doesn't tell us to stop there that's why james chapter 2 which is twisted
by damnable heretics says faith without works is dead
now a dead faith will get you to heaven if that's what you have
a dead cell phone still exists a dead car
with an engine that doesn't work still exists a dead faith still exists it's
just not useful so how about you go from faith for
salvation to faithful for rewards and oftentimes
you aren't going to feel like being faithful you aren't going to feel like
being obedient the bible will confront you with doctrines that conflict with
whatever you believe before it happened doctrinally at salvation
and it's going to happen when it comes to your lifestyle
when it comes to things you've always done in the past
look at first samuel chapter 15 first samuel chapter 15
psalm 143 says teach me to do thy will for thou art my god thy spirit is good
lead me into the land of uprightness here's a prayer
lord help me to do thy will not my own help me to be obedient
to you not my flesh because it's warring with the new man and it will continue to
do so until you shed the old man at the
rapture a famous verse in proverbs says trust in the lord
with all thine heart and lean not unto thine
own understanding who are you trusting in
this morning who are you leaning on god are you leaning on yourself
are you leaning on yourself now some background here in first samuel chapter
15 saul i don't have time to get into it in
great detail but essentially saul is told to smite everyone in amalek
god told him wipe them out and he said specifically
everything everyone verse 7 we'll see if saul did that
in verse 7 first samuel 15 verse 7 he says and saul
it says and saul smote the amalekites from havila until thou comest to sure
that is over against egypt and he took agag
the king of the amalekites alive and utterly destroyed all the people with
the edge of the sword but saul and the people spared agag and
the best of the sheep and of the oxen or the fatlings and the
lambs and all that was good and would not
utterly destroy them but everything that was vile and refuse
that they destroyed utterly god said spare
not he said take everything out and saul because
i believe he was leaning on his own understanding said well hold on a minute
i'll only apply that to that which is vile and refuse but
what i consider to be desirable i will keep
and it probably made sense to him he thought well surely i'm still obeying
god by doing it this way he thought he knew better skip down to
verse 20 skip down to verse 20 in verse 20 it says and saul said unto
samuel yay i have obeyed the voice of the lord he
thinks he obeyed and have gone the way which the lord
sent me and have brought agag the king of amalek
and have utterly destroyed the amalekites but the people
took of the spoil you don't understand it was the people
how about you show some accountability sheep and oxen the chief of the things
which should have been utterly destroyed to sacrifice unto the lord thy god in
gilgo i don't remember that being part of his
list of instructions verse 22 and samuel said hath the lord as great delight
and burnt offerings and sacrifices in obeying the voice of the lord behold
this is a famous portion of scripture to obey is better
than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams what was saul's error
what should have been destroyed was not destroyed
he wasn't obedient precisely and there was a you know lack of precision here
you know there are going to be sins in your life that might seem
desirable to you and you will not want to destroy them
you will not want to slay them saul was unwilling to slay the amalekites
exactly how god intended exactly how god commanded him
to do it you know obeying christ it means figuratively figuratively
fbi figuratively slaying who jesus what jesus told you to
slay it means this is a picture figuratively
slaying what jesus told you to slay and that
would be the sins in your life that you carried with you
from your past see obeying christ means that you destroy what he tells you to
destroy exactly the way he told you to do it and
the reality is if you're going to go all out for jesus if you're going to choose
to after getting baptized walk in the new
man and change your life and serve him and put him first then
don't take a gag along for the ride take him out
take out who god told you to take out kick them out of your life
get the sin out of your life and here's the thing
at times that will seem counterintuitive at times
it might seem like a paradox you might not want to do it but it's at that
moment where you need to renew your mind and appeal to what this says not what
the flesh says sometimes you have to force yourself
and i've given this analogy before but it's so
easy when you get home to sit there and do this you get home from work and to
sit there and do this and there are times
where you literally just have to grab your own arm and you just got to say
come here and you just got to go like just put it
right here right on the bible and you say i am opening this i'm getting off
facebook i'm getting off twitter i'm opening the word of god
i'm not reading lies i'm reading the truth and you just got to force
yourself hey on the soul when the soul winning
time comes it's saturday at 10 a.m or whatever
soul winning time you like to go to you might literally have to force
yourself out of bed well not me give me a break
that's how i know you're lying you might have to force yourself but it's in those
moments where you're doubting the promises of
god connected to his commandments and your
obedience where you need to say nevertheless
at thy word nevertheless at thy word i'm going to let down my
nets and i want to apply this in several ways
the first one is child rearing and look at psalm 78 psalm 78
as you turn to psalm chapter 78 i'll read
for you from first samuel 3 so turn to psalm 78 if you would in first
samuel 3 it says in that day i will perform against eli
all things which i have spoken concerning his house when i begin
i will also make an end for i have told him that i will judge his house forever
for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile
and he restrained them not hafnai and phineas sons of belial perverts
freaks and it was because eli restrained them not he restrained
them not and and i have a warning for you
this morning do not neglect discipline do not neglect this area of your life
and for you young couples who may have just gotten married or you don't have
kids yet take heed to this do not neglect when you have children
disciplining them according to god's word
if we all choose if we all choose collectively
to forego what the bible says about this if we choose
to eschew what the bible says about this child rearing
through the lenses of scripture the next generation
will be a bunch of hafnai and phineases the next generation
will not walk in truth and that will be devastating to the cause of christ
we don't want the next generations to take the baton and fail we don't want
them to take the football from us and spike it
or get tackled or dive or whatever the case may be
you know that would be devastating psalm 78 look at verse 5 psalm 78 and verse 5
this is why we host conferences like by the way the heritage of the lord
conference coming up this week that's why we're taking the time to do
it to edify the children in the room because they will carry the torch
that we pass to them psalm 78 says in verse 5
for he established a testimony in jacob and appointed a law in israel which he
commanded our fathers pay attention to this
highlight it if you have to underline it if you have to
that they should make them known to their children
that the generation to come might know them even or
specifically the children which should be born
who should arise and declare them to their children
you know the mothers in the room you might have a proclivity to think i don't
know if what i'm doing makes a big difference
false makes a huge difference makes an enormous difference because how
you raise your children today if you choose to do so through the
lenses of scripture that will have a generational ripple
effect that's what the bible is telling us in
psalm 78 what you teach them they will pass
down we have parents that taught us things i
don't care whether they were saved or not
and you know what we did we passed those things down to
our children and it's through that that our parents
live on and then our children will take those things and pass them on
to their children and it's a domino effect that continues but folks it won't
happen if you get lazy it won't happen if you forego what the
bible says about discipline and training and making sure that you
you raise your children in the nurture and
admonition of the lord when you do that you know it
puts them in a position to do the same thing to their children
one day it's a generational impact and overall this is what helps us turn
the tide against evil we can whine and complain about the state
of this world until the cows come home what are you doing about it what are you
teaching your kids you know here's my question who's
training your progeny is it you or is it the
television set who's training him what are you putting
him in front of is it you or is it hollywood
is it you or through the lenses of scripture of course
or is it video games who's training him today
is it you or is it the perverts in the public fool system
are you at least filtering that crap out
who is teaching your children what are they gaining from you
is it the influence of this world or is it the influence that comes straight
from the pure word of god that's a question you have to ask
yourself honestly and you say well i want to train my
children right well training necessitates discipline
go if you would to proverbs chapter 13 proverbs chapter 13
and yes let me be very clear about what i'm talking about i'm talking about
spanking i don't like that i don't care that's
what the bible says oh me have you looked outside
just look outside and then you want to get mad at me
no no no no no no no no no no look at what the bible says proverbs chapter
13 verse 24
it says he that spareth his rod hateth his son proverbs 13 24 he that
spareth his rod hateth his son but he that loveth him chasing it him
betimes you say i love my children do you spank them
do you discipline them then you don't love them
oh i never discipline my children i give them everything they want you hate them
no i don't yes you didn't but but that's what the bible says
i don't like that well you don't like the bible
look at hebrews 12 hebrews chapter 12 if you would
here's the problem you want to forego this you don't want to discipline your
kids you just want to give them everything they want
you know what will happen to them they'll turn into a bunch of spoiled
little brats the tick-tock culture is that what you want
you want the tick-tock culture you want them getting up on social media
making a fool of themselves on tick-tock you know dylan preached about that in
sacramento he was right every word he said i agree
with garbage tick-tock whores
are on tick-tock they're whores you want your daughter to be a whore
i don't think so discipline them proverbs 19 it says
chasten thy son while there is hope and let not thy soul spare for his
crying chastening discipline according to the bible it might
lead to some crying spare not
spare not love is exemplified through what your discipline this is what
the bible says whom the lord what loveth he chasteneth
and scourge with every son whom he receiveth and the bible even goes as
far as saying that it'll deliver your children from hell now how is that
possible because it teaches them that there are
consequences for their actions and it teaches them
eventually it lays the bedrock down for them to one day understand their
need for a savior by grace through faith on the lord
and you may not enjoy doing it there will be times where you don't want to
there will be times where you just you don't feel like it it's hard
you might not you might even doubt that it's making a difference but it's at
that moment where you need to say directly to god
nevertheless at thy word i will discipline my kids
nevertheless at thy word i will chasten my children the way you commanded me to
exactly the way you commanded me to i'm going to launch out into the deep i'm
going to let down my nets and i have faith
that there will be fish waiting for me there
say what are you talking about train up a child on the way he should go and when
he is old he will not depart from it the fish in this sermon god's promises
and they're waiting for you but you got to let down your net they're waiting for
you but you have to have the attitude that
says nevertheless at thy word i will let down
my nets you have to let down your nets if you want god's promises
you have to let down your nets if you want them to be a reality in your life
you have to say nevertheless at thy word i will discipline
my children i will spank them when they're bad i will do what you told me
to do because i have faith that if i let down my nets there will be fish waiting
for me a whole great multitude that i can't
even number hebrews 12 says in verse 11 i had you
turn there hebrews 12 says in verse 11 now to
chase now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby
divine chastisement can change us and lead to the fruit of righteousness
well i think the same principle applies between the the relate when it comes to
the relationship between you and your children the same
principle applies that discipline and chastening will
yield a fruit of righteousness a peaceable
fruit of righteousness it's worth it you know it's worth it when you can take
them to the restaurant and they're not throwing a fit every 10
seconds like other kids are it's worth it when the
waiter or the waitress walks up to your table and says
how did you do this and if you explained how they probably would be shocked and
horrified because the world the world
according to them it's evil they call good evil
nuts to them nuts to them nevertheless at thy word
oh but but all my friends say it's wrong the internet
says that it's wrong atlantic magazine which is toilet paper
says you know this leftist rag puts out an article saying oh you should never
discipline your children spanking is wrong it's bad don't do it i
don't i don't know what to do nevertheless at thy word
who cares what they're saying they call even
they don't know what a woman is and you're gonna listen to them
they can't define a woman
hey it's worth it when your children can sit in the service like they are right
now it's quiet in here it's worth it why
because you're disciplining them you're training them you're teaching them that
when the church service starts hey it's time to listen to the preaching
of the word of god and when they get older that will pay
dividends you'll see a peaceable fruit of
righteousness they will grow up loving the lord they will grow up
loving church they will grow up loving soul winning they will grow up
loving the things of god and if that's what you want it starts now
you discipline them you train them to sit in the service that's why we have
the family integrated services so they can sit down
and they can see a man up here a man up here with the word of god
preaching his guts out for you turn to Ephesians 6 Ephesians chapter 6
it's worth it when you start to see those results but
it might take some time maybe you're not seeing the results
right now and you start to wonder is this really happening
i'm not sure if this is working should i continue down this path maybe i should
just put them in timeout instead no nevertheless at thy word
oh i'm not sure you know i haven't seen much of a behavioral change yet
nevertheless at thy word oh i i don't know i mean it does this
you know where's the fruit nevertheless at thy
word the fish are there let down your nets
here's the other application i want to talk about honoring your parents
Ephesians chapter 6 yes there's a conference coming up i'm sure this will
be brought up i'm not going to talk about it too much
is consider this a preview all right and so i'm talking to the children listen up
children pay attention okay listen carefully i'm
talking to you obedience to mom and dad is obedience to
god obedience to mom and yes dylan i
repurpose the alex jones thing all right chill out obedience to mom and dad
the resistance to tyranny is obedience to god obedience to mom and dad folks it
is obedience to god that's what the bible
teaches Ephesians 6 look what it says
it says children obey your parents in the lord for this is right honor thy
father and mother which is the first commandment with
promise well my parents they make me eat nutritious foods
and i want to have ice cream for dinner you don't understand ben my parents they
make me do school work when i don't want to
my parents they make me read the bible when i don't want to my parents they
drag me to church when i don't necessarily feel like going every single
service my parents they drag me out soul winning
you don't understand my parents they make me do chores i don't care
what does the bible say that should be your attitude children what does the
bible say it says children obey your parents in the lord
in verse one this is right honor thy father and thy mother
that thy days may be long upon the land which the lord thy god giveth thee it
says in exodus chapter 20 you have the concept in the old
testament you have the concept in the new testament
and so kids when you don't feel like it when they tell you to do something you
don't necessarily want to do and you're thinking i just i don't i
don't feel like doing my chores today i don't want to
obey mom and dad it's at that moment where you need to say to god
nevertheless at thy word i know what the bible says i know what
god has commanded me and obedience to my parents
is obedience to god and so even when i don't want to
even when i don't feel like it even when they're telling me to do something that
i'd rather be doing something else nevertheless at thy word
nevertheless at thy word that's the attitude you have to have
nevertheless i will obey i'm gonna i'm gonna go out into the deep i'm
gonna let let down my nets and there will be fish waiting for me
look at verse three you say why because that's what the bible says
look at verse three that it may be well with thee
and thou mayest live long on the earth don't you want to catch that fish
well then when your parents give you the list of chores when your parents
tell you get up out of bed we're going to church when your parents
bring you out soul winning when your parents tell you to read the bible when
your parents tell you it's time for school work when your
parents tell you this is your dinner eat it and enjoy it
nevertheless at thy word might not want to might not always feel
like it nevertheless at thy word launch out into the deep let down the nets
there's some fish waiting for you a long life that's what the bible says
that's what it's promising and i know you're not going to see this in the
medical journals today they're not going to have obedience
to mom and dad in the the fancy medical journals that
want to pump you full of vaccines and pharmaceutical drugs
coming from the medical industrial complex i get that it won't be there
but it's in the bible and i trust that a heck of a lot more
and you know it says it promises you fish it promises you a long life don't
you want to be hey i'd like it i'd like to come here as
an old man on crutches just kind of stumbling in
99 years old and amening preaching against fags that'd be great
well i need to make sure i honor my parents this is not just for kids i
think we should do it as well as adults do you call your mom and just say i love
you do you call your dad just want to let you know i appreciate
what you've taught me over the years how you doing they're not saved so what
call them there's something you learn from your parents
and kids you have an invaluable opportunity
your parents are saved and on fire for the lord do what they say
it will yield the fruits of peaceable righteousness like we talked about
you're going to take these lessons with you through your whole entire life
follow what they are telling you to do obey mom and dad
you say i don't feel like it i don't i might not want to nevertheless at thy
word that's what the bible says look at matthew chapter 5 matthew
chapter 5 how about this one and this might seem
counter-intuitive it might seem counterintuitive to us
but loving your enemies loving your enemies loving people who
hate you verse 43 matthew chapter 5 verse 43 it
says you have heard that it hath been said
thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy
but i say unto you love your enemies he doesn't stop there he continues bless
them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray
for them which despitefully use you and persecute you man jesus takes it a
bit farther not just he doesn't just stop at love
your enemies he specifically tells you do good to them
bless them pray for them we don't want to do that
but it takes a certain kind of humility to set those feelings aside and say
nevertheless at thy word i'll love my enemies
go to proverbs 25 proverbs chapter 25 we've got to set aside that wrath
and say you might hate me for a stupid reason i love you
you know people talk oh racism in america
so horrible if somebody doesn't like me because of my ethnicity i love them
they hate me because of my ethnicity i love them i don't care
just don't violate my life liberty and private property we're good
i love those people i'm not gonna be a victim about it
i don't care go ahead make the terrorist jokes i think they're funny
folks look the the the complete christian loves even their enemies
that's the reality and of course there's the caveat
for those who don't know i'm not talking about god's enemies here all
right i'm not talking about the enemies of
god i'm not talking about the romans one
animals the beasts that's a different sermon for a different time i think i've
covered that one before okay we're not talking about them so get
that out of your mind you come to this church for any length
of time you'll understand this concept very quickly david slew goliath didn't
he did he slay saul when he had the
opportunity no there's your distinction no the bible
says about jesus christ when he was reviled
he reviled not again when he suffered he threatened not but committed himself to
him that judgeth righteously in first peter chapter two
that's god folks that is god god almighty god was able
not to revile again and yet us dirty rotten rag sinners can't do the
same thing and he would have had every right to
respond he would have every right if he wanted to theoretically
to revile again and yet he chose not to as a
perfect deity he was g he was he was god manifest in the flesh that's our
example who are your enemies you might be wondering how about the guy
cutting you off on the as you're driving to work he flips you off and yells at
you what's your reaction what do you want to
do in the flesh you just want give it right back to him
i'll show you you give me one finger i'll give you two
how about that how about them apples you know i'm driving with dylan
we're going past a gas station and he can attest to this
and we noticed two pickup trucks i think they were pull
into the gas station get out and they're like squaring up ready to fight
because of something that isn't that right isn't that what happened
why what are you doing you are stupid are you an idiot
do you really want to go to prison over something so dumb
oh but you don't understand they cut me off so what how carnal are you
that's what the world does water up a duck's back is
the way we should look at it love your enemies how about the old ifb
some of them are not friendly to us some of them
are like a soul to us because we believe in
the pre-tribulation rapture because we believe in
replacement theology because we reject dispensationalism they reject us
and there are times where they mistreat us and they hate on us
and they lie about us do you love them in response
and i'm talking about the ones who are saved they got the right gospel
they're soul winning they might not want to have anything to do with you do you
love them it's not it's not all of the old ifb
there's many of them who don't necessarily have this
attitude some of them are even friendly with us it's rare but it happens
some people who left our movement they're not
not everyone who leaves the movement is like some horrible heretic reprobate
now granted there are some who are we know about them and they've been
preached against and praise god for that but you know some of them are not they
just got carnal or they're they're bitter for
some stupid reason and they're off in the wilderness doing nothing
but are you hating on them you know i love them there's people i can think of
right now who probably i mean i was blocked from
facebook by some folks by some people i love them
they don't love me you know loving your enemies it may not come
naturally the inclination is to hate those who hate you
but the right response is when you feel like disobeying this when you just want
to hate them back when you were when you want to
revile again that's when you need to say to god nevertheless at thy word
i will love my enemies nevertheless at thy word i'm not going to go tit for
tat with them nevertheless at thy word i will not revile again
nevertheless at thy word i'm going to let down my nets there'll be fish
waiting for me see what are you talking about proverbs
25 look at verse 21 proverbs 25 verse 21 it says if thine
enemy be hungry give him bread to eat and if he be
thirsty give him water to drink for thou shalt he coals of fire upon his
head and the lord shall reward thee
counterintuitive isn't it maybe kind of a paradox you might not
naturally do this but your enemies hungry feed them
give them bread they eat give them water to drink there'll be coals of fire
heaped up on their head and you will receive a reward
there's fish waiting for you just got to let down your nets
you just got to follow what god said turn to matthew 6
matthew chapter 6 how about this one seeking first the kingdom of god seeking
first the kingdom of god
here's what i noticed though when it comes to loving your enemies a soft
answer turn at the way wrath now some people you piss off so badly
that maybe that didn't work just try not to get them to that state
but hey a soft answer turn at the way wrath
be somebody who can de-escalate things and that'll help you love your enemies
but more than anything when you don't want
to do it nevertheless at thy word seeking first
the kingdom of god is another application that i think is relevant
we might not always want to do this but look at verse 25
therefore i say unto you verse 25 matthew 6 verse 25 therefore i say unto
you take no thought for your life that's
jarring that's what we do instinctively what you shall eat or what you shall
drink nor yet for your body what you shall put
on is not the life more than meat and the
body than raiment we have a propensity to be anxious about
our immediate needs that's how we are especially as men
leading families some of them very large families when we go to work
and we provide for them you have a propensity to worry am i doing
enough will i lose my job will i be able to
provide will i be able to put food on the table
will i have enough money to keep them with a roof over their head
we're predisposed to worry about these things
and the reality is jesus said hey take no thought
when you start worrying when you start feeling that anxiety that nervousness
it's at that exact moment when you need to say
nevertheless at thy word look at verse 26 behold the fowls of the air
for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly
father feedeth them are ye not much better than
they you're better than birds now put that in your pita pipe and smoke
it
god feeds the birds and we are better than them
as mankind he will feed us too we're better than them
he will feed us too look at verse 30 wherefore if god so clothed the grass of
the field which is which today is and tomorrow was cast
into the oven shall he not much more clothe you oh ye
of little faith i don't know how i'm going to provide for my family oh ye of
little faith i'm afraid of being homeless i think i'll
be homeless tomorrow i don't know what i'm checking with my head cut off
oh ye of little faith even grass which is ordained to be burned clothed
and you don't think god can clothe you verse 31 therefore take no thought
saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal
shall be shall we be clothed he wants you to have peace that passeth
all understanding that people ask they'll ask you about
the reason for the hope that's in you verse 32 for after all these things do
the gentiles seek for your heavenly father know it that
ye have need of all these things verse 33
if you have to underline it if you have to write it down if you have to
highlight it if you have to put a bunch of arrows next to it
do whatever you have to do it says but seek
ye first the kingdom of god the command is clear from christ
seek first the kingdom of god seek first the things of god
put him first make god the very top of your priority list so when would this
be difficult to do how about this scenario leave steadfast
or be fired
you might have this happen you might reach this crossroads in your christian
life where the boss calls you into the office he says
i've seen what you preached i've seen that church you're going to and and and
you know you either leave and denounce it or we're
letting you go are you going to seek first the kingdom
of god or are you going to cling to that because you're worried about
how to provide the temptation is all right i'll just
go to church someplace else i'll go to the lame old ifb church
that believes in dispensationalism and no soul winning
and i'm sure there's some other good churches out there but my point is
i'll leave i'll do whatever you ask i'll leave steadfast i'll even denounce
what they preach just don't let me go that's the temptation
you might want to in the flesh you might want to do that
how about this one you already were fired you made the right decision and
they let you go you know what the temptation is all
right i give up how about this let's say you were let
go from your job because of your faith you get another offer
but it's in an area with no good church at all
you will not go to church anymore if you move there the temptation is you know
what i'm out i'm out of here i'm i'm heading
out of here i'm done i give up on the things of god i give up
on church i give up on soul winning i give up on
serving the lord it is too burdensome for me i'm moving
out into the wilderness i'm taking that job offer and you will
never see me again that's the temptation don't
sit there and be a holier than thou you know
we would all feel that temptation inside in the flesh that says
hey just get out of here just go take the offer get out
get out of the fight get out of the battle anxiety is powerful enough
to make you draw back anxiety and nervousness
and fear it is powerful enough to get you out of
the spiritual fight and so my question is well how are you going to respond in
those times when you have a lapse of faith when
you're feeling nervous when you're feeling anxious
when you don't know what the future holds how are you going to respond to
that what are you going to do so here here's
the right attitude here's what you should do you should
say hey you know what i'm not going anywhere
you can take the job that's fine i'm not going anywhere
because you know what i believe what god says is true what the words of the lord
jesus christ say in matthew chapter six i believe that they are true i believe
he will take care of me what does it say
your necessities will be provided for that's what it says
he's going to give you the food he's going to give you the clothing
he's going to give you the necessities in life if you choose to seek him first
how do you know you won't lose all these things if you forsake him then you're
left with nothing the right answer is i'm not going
anywhere god will provide you know nothing short
of a bullet is going to stop me from serving the
lord jesus christ nothing short of a bullet is going to stop me
from coming to steadfast baptist church nothing short of a bullet is going to
stop me from going out soul winning and leading
people to righteousness nothing short of a bullet and i hope that
never happens obviously but you have to have the attitude nothing
will stop me if i lose a job in the future so be it
if i'm about to lose a job now you know so be it
if i've lost a job in the past so be it i'm not going anywhere because i
believe the promises of god which say seek first the kingdom of god and what
happens all these things will be added under
you we're going to read it here in a moment
now look you might be afraid that's natural
you might be nervous you might be anxious you don't know what the future
holds you cannot see the end from the beginning and so as a result
you might not want to put the things of god first you might decide oh i don't
know what to do i'm just going to leave church i need this job i don't know how
i'm going to provide for my family but it's in those moments when you're
doubting it's in those moments when you have a lapse of faith that you need to
say nevertheless at thy word i'm going to see
the kingdom of god first and i know he'll provide for me
if i stay here god will get me another job i have
seen this countless times over and over and over and over again
where men lose are persecuted they lose their source of income and they get a
better job later even if it's not the very next one it
happens later because the bible says all things will work together for good
to them that love god how am i supposed to put food on the table for my family
i'm not sure if i should seek the kingdom of god first it sounds like i
need to move somewhere where there isn't a good
church so i can have a stable income nevertheless
at thy word i'm going to seek the kingdom of god first i'm going to
believe that if i let down my nets there will be fish waiting for me
there what are those fish a positive outcome look at verse 33 again
but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you
i think we're reading the same bible hopefully hopefully you're not reading
the message this morning hopefully you're not reading
some garbage false translation i think we're reading the same exact words
in your king james bible as what i have up here all these things will be added
unto you the necessities of life and so why don't you say this well i'm
not sure what's going to happen tomorrow yeah you might not know
you can't tell the end from the beginning but nevertheless at thy word i
will seek god first nevertheless at thy word i'm going to
church regardless of what happens nevertheless
at thy word they could take my job they could take my reputation they could take
away everything from me but at the end of the day
i will not stop because the bible says he will add all these things
the necessities of life nevertheless at thy word
irregardless of your own doubts
look at uh mark 16 if you would mark chapter 16
and the fish will be there the fish will be there
just let down your nets let down your nets
the fish will be there let down your nets seek first the kingdom of god let
down your nets he will take care of you the fish will be there you'll have a
large draft for you psalm 37 says the steps of a
good man are ordered by the lord and he delighteth in his way though he
fall he shall not be utterly cast down for
the lord upholdeth him with his hand i have been young and now am old yet
have i not seen the righteous forsaken nor
his seed begging bread here's the only thing you have to be worrying about if
you find yourself in a scenario where you're being
persecuted you lose your source of income you're not sure what's going to
happen next am i serving the lord am i putting him
first because the bible says that he will not
that he's never seen the righteous forsaken
nor his seed begging bread he's never seen
the righteous for are you are you listening he's never seen
the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread
all these things will be added unto you and so in spite of your doubts
in spite of your unbelief in spite of whatever feelings you might be feeling
right now and the worry and the nervousness and
the anxiety nevertheless at thy word put him first just seek first the
kingdom of god and you know it's gonna work out we're
praying for you i'm praying for you it's going to work out
and i get it it's hard man and and i understand it's difficult
but it will work out that's what god said
do you believe him or not
mark 16 this is the last application how about evangelism
how about evangelism now here we have in mark chapter 16
the real ending of mark i don't like this whole long ending i get it when
people use that term that's fine i'm not against you this is the real
ending of mark the modern versions they like to delete
this they like to delete the real ending of
mark or cast doubt on it let's read what it says verse 15 mark
16 15 and he said unto them go ye into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature he that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved but he that believeth not shall be
damned look you can believe on the lord jesus christ and you could jump on a
pogo stick you're going to heaven anyway don't get confused by this it's not
teaching baptismal regeneration notice the second half of the verse it says
and he that believeth not shall be damned it doesn't say that if you
you know he that doesn't get baptized shall be damned as well
the baptism is on one side of the equation because it's not necessary for
salvation in case you were confused but i mean is
this not one of the most famous passages in all of scripture
go ye into all the world and preach the gospel
satan's trying to stop this how casting doubt
well i don't think i'm going to get any fish i've been toiling all night
if i let down my nets i'm not going to catch anything
here's christianity today it says questions of effectiveness
changes in culture and the emergence of other
evangelical methods have contributed to a decrease in what is known as
visitation evangelism but there are healthy programs
while neighborhood canvassing is still practiced successful strategies have
changed with the times and added new components to the
traditional model of home visitation you see
the temptation is to change with the times let's do something a little
different the culture is changing you know it's about a relationship man
but a relationship dude i you know i just i just uh i just show
them my lifestyle man and then it just radiates godliness and
then they just get saved dude
is that is that what the bible says what will stop you from soul winning well
obviously a lot of different things laziness things of that nature but how
about this one the lie that says soul winning doesn't
work the lie that says it's out of style oh
it's traditional we don't do that anymore now we show
people how godly we are now we put a a a a track on the door and
walk away that the person inside takes and throws
in the garbage that's what we do now we just
put some door hangers on there now we just you know lifestyle evangelism
there's all these other methods that people want to do
getting away from the tried and true method of knocking some doors with your
bible in hand to preach the gospel of jesus christ look
at second chronicles 30 if you would second chronicles chapter 30 we're
almost done we're almost done second chronicles
chapter 30 you know in acts chapter 14 the bible
says and there came there there are certain jews from anioc and iconium
who persuaded the people and having stoned paul
drew him out of the city supposing he had been dead
paul at lystra literally stoned the jews persuaded the people
and he was persecuted in this way stoned did he quit though no of course not he
kept going how about after stephen's sermon stoned
to death they were gnashing on him with their teeth
they hated him there will be times where evangelism is difficult it might not be
as receptive you might run into a bunch of rejections
over and over again but that's not a time to quit that's
not a time to throw the baby out with the bath
water that's not a time to say you know what
this doesn't work anymore it's a time to say nevertheless
at thy word i will preach the gospel nevertheless
at thy word i will go ye into all the world like jesus committed nevertheless
at thy word i might be doubting i might have a lapse of faith
i might not want to do it i might want to sleep in nevertheless at thy word
i'm going out to knock some doors and preach the gospel of the lord jesus
christ because there are people who need it
second chronicles 30 look at verse one i think this is a picture of that
and hezekiah sent to all israel second chronicles 30 verse 1 and hezekiah sent
to all israel and judah and wrote letters also to ephraim and
manasseh that they should come to the house of the lord at jerusalem
to keep the passover unto the lord god of israel hezekiah is inviting
the northern kingdom to participate in the passover
and the passover is a picture of god's wrath
passing over you the saved passing over the individual
who believes on the lord jesus christ courtesy of
the blood of christ that's what we're doing we're inviting people to take
part in that hey i want god's wrath to pass
over you let me show you what it takes to go to
heaven but look what happens in verse 10 the
invitation is sent to keep the passover again the message is
sent but look what happens in verse number 10
verse 10 says so the posts passed from city to city through the country of
ephraim and manasseh even unto zebulun but they laughed them
to scorn and mocked them verse 11
nevertheless that's kind of the word of the sermon isn't it
nevertheless divers of asher and manasseh and zebulun
humbled themselves and came to jerusalem they were mocked they were laughed to
scorn but what happens nevertheless diverse
of that northern kingdom you had divers of asher
manasseh and zebulun who humbled themselves
and came and took part in the passover even though
the initial response was laughing at them mocking them laughing them
to scorn nevertheless you had asher manasseh zebulun they humbled themselves
and that's salvation humbling yourself and realizing i cannot save myself
you may be scorned when you go out soul winning you may have a bunch of doors
slammed in your face you may have people who aren't interested you may go to
an area that isn't very receptive you soul winning leaders you may
lead a soul winning time where the numbers aren't quite there
you might not be getting great multitudes saved like you envisioned
right now you might have you might be toiling all night
and not catching anything but the right response to god is this the right
attitude to have is this nevertheless at thy word i'm going to keep going
i'm going to let down my nets look at psalm 26 psalm 26
why because soul winning works don't tell me it doesn't work
don't give me that crap i don't care what year it is
you know it worked 55 times in shreveport louisiana didn't it
yeah last time i checked it worked a thousand 201 times in 2022 alone
so and he doesn't work have you read this have you read your bulletin
it worked 1200 times
1201 times and it'll work a few more times at two o'clock
it'll work a few more times at 5 30 p.m with jeff goodwin it'll work a few more
times at 5 30 p.m with stephen malton on tuesday it'll work at
six o'clock on thursday with suhail it'll work friday at six with stephen
malton he goes twice good for him saturday 10
a.m jason west it'll work with jason saturday at 10
a.m it'll work with matt ily and the last saturday of the month i can
guarantee you it will work when the lugo west clan team up for their
blitz it's going to work soul winning works
soul winning works it always will work because we have the
power of the word of god so many years at work has the word of
god lost its power i don't think so it has let's see the
bible has the power to get somebody saved think
about the power to take a lifelong catholic in 15 minutes
and get them to believe salvation salvation by grace through faith alone
and get them to believe eternal security that is incredible power
enough power that'll one day smite the anti-christ at the battle of
armageddon enough power to make those who wanted to arrest jesus
fall backwards the you know enough power to make those who
walked on the on the walk to amaeus burn inside when they heard the word of
god being spoken in prophecies concerning the lord jesus christ enough
power to get somebody to to turn from trusting in their own good
works or some other false god and instead placing all their faith in
the lord jesus christ you know i get it it's getting dark out there i understand
that it's getting more wicked every single day and people don't want
to know about the things of god people don't want to know about you know
doctrine they don't want to know about the king james bible they don't care
about the things of the lord they don't want to come to church i understand all
that but soul winning still works it still works
and it's not always fun
it's not always fun i was screamed at the other day i wasn't fun
it's not fun all the time some days i want to sleep in i'll admit it
i'd rather sleep i'd rather scroll facebook
but it's during those times and and you probably feel that way too sometimes
don't lie to me it's during those times where you say
nevertheless at thy word i'm going but you don't understand i've had a
hundred doors in a row slammed in my face people aren't interested in the
gospel it's not receptive i don't know what to do
nevertheless at thy word let down your nets nevertheless at thy word
have the attitude hey i'm going soloing that's what jesus told me to do
i have faith in that i have faith that if i launch out into the deep if i let
down my nets there will be fish waiting for me there
why because that's what the bible said psalm 126 is where i had you turn we
sing this often look at verse 5 they that so in
tears shall reap in joy verse 6 psalm 126 verse 6 notice
he that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed
shall what doubtless come again with rejoicing bringing his
sheaves with him soul winning works oh but i stutter a lot it works
oh you don't understand i i'm not very articulate it works
i'm shy it works i'm nervous it works
you believe the bible or not doubtless doubtless is the word that it says right
there it works pray abide in christ
be patient the fish are waiting for you all you have to do is just let down your
nets just let down your nets they're there
well i just started going so winning i haven't gotten anyone saved yet let down
your nets do what god said
nevertheless at thy word i'm going soul winning nevertheless at thy word
i'm gonna go and knock some doors i'm gonna reach the community and
dispense for them the love of christ nevertheless at thy word i will reach
the loss turn back to luke 5 we're gonna wrap it up here this is the
last place i'm having you turn look saul claimed to obey god and and
what happened he did not he claimed that he did but he did not
obey god he didn't slay a gag the animals he kept
he didn't do what god said now this is arguably less egregious i
understand but neither did simon peter he didn't do
what jesus said
he says okay i'll give him credit he said nevertheless at thy word
but he doesn't follow exactly look at verse four
now when he had left speaking he said unto simon launch out into the deep
and let down your nets for a drought and simon answering said unto him master
we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing nevertheless at
thy word i will let down the net singular
and when they had this done they enclosed a great multitude of fishes
and their net break
peter's commanded let down your nets he says nevertheless at thy word he lets
down the net and it breaks doesn't it he had no
confidence that he would catch any fish and i think this is what led to him
doing it wrong jesus is commanding him to let down the
nets and he's thinking you're not a fisherman
i'm not going to follow your instructions precisely
there aren't any fish we toiled all night we didn't catch anything
and you're telling me to go launch out into the deep
you're telling me to let down my nets here i'll let down a net
and i ain't gonna catch anything anyway and then it breaks
doesn't it shouldn't he have listened precisely
perhaps it wouldn't have broken the fish in this story you can think of it as
obviously yeah converts with regard to soul winning i get that but how about
the promises connected to god's commandments
didn't you notice the promises discipline your children
they will not depart you train them they're not going to depart they will
be a fruit of righteousness then we talk
about that obeying your parents the long life
connected to that loving your enemies doing good unto them and
a reward waiting for you coals of fire on their head
seeking first the kingdom of god and and the the
necessities of life will be given to you god will take care of you going out
soul winning and converts what you will doubtless come
again converts are waiting for you to knock on their door the promises
associated with the commandments of god the the laws of
god we sometimes don't think that they will
come to pass and we doubt and so we kind of just do it
in a nonchalant way or totally wrong okay i'll correct my children fine but
i'll put them in timeout that's not what jesus said
all right i'll obey my parents kids you might be thinking okay fine
i'll obey my parents i'll do what the bible says
but i'm gonna do it with the worst attitude possible
that's not what jesus said that's not what he said
you know obedience is when you don't necessarily feel like it
i love my enemies fine i'll yeah matthew five says it i can't deny the clear text
of scripture i'll love my enemies like the bible says
but i'm not going to do good unto them that's not what jesus said
i'll seek first the kingdom of god matthew six is clear i'll seek first the
kingdom of god by not working at all you're a bozo that's not what the bible
says what kind of loser
i'll try and get people saved i'll obey the great commission
i'll go out and put a door hanger on the door that's not what the bible said
i'll go out and i'll do lifestyle evangelism
i'll go to the local mall and walk around don't you see how godly i am
don't you want to get saved i'm radiating godliness right now
i think i got five people saved and all they did was look at me
is that what the bible said no that's not what jesus said he said let down
your nets i want fish let down your nets then the
net won't break if you're going to follow christ follow
him precisely with precision he's asking you to change some things in
your life this morning maybe it's something i didn't cover
how about you do it exactly the way he said how about you do exactly what he
asked you to do luke 5 verse 7 and they beckoned under
their partners which were in the other ship that they
should come and help them and they came and filled both the ships
so that they began to sink when simon peter saw what he fell down at jesus
knees saying depart from me for i am a sinful man oh lord for he was
astonished and all that were with him at the draft
of the fishes which they had taken and so was also
james and john the son of zebedee which were partners with simon and
jesus said unto simon fear not from henceforth thou shalt catch
men and when they had brought their ships
to land notice this they first took all and followed him
james and john are there as well but notice the astonishment
it actually worked i let down my net and there were so many i couldn't even
hold them this work jesus was right all along his instruction was right all
along and then in verse 11 they forsake all
and they follow him they forsake all and they follow him you
know when you do what god says in your life when you follow the commandments
precisely exactly what god asked you to do
the result will be astonishing give me a sec
when you see the the peaceable fruit of righteousness when you see your children
walking in the spirit and loving god and coming to church
you see the children playing on the stage and they're singing hymns and they
love god and they love his word it's astonishing isn't it
wow this this really works this really works
when you're 105 years old man i'm glad i obeyed my parents
when you go soul winning and you lead people to righteous they get saved wow
this really works when you seek first the kingdom of god
and you you realize he is going to protect you you do get a
better job you are able to provide for your family it's astonishing wow this
really works this is real and so nevertheless at thy
word i will do what you tell me to do this could be
motivation to forsake all and follow him bible
says there are many devices in a man's heart nevertheless
the council of the lord that shall stand you know there's a lot of you
in the room that you'd be much better off if you stopped leaning on your own
council if you stop leaning on the devices of your heart if you stop
leaning on the council that comes from unsaved people who
don't even want anything to do with the word of god and if you leaned on the
council of the lord jesus christ what jesus said
christ council let down your nets let down your nets and even though peter
was initially incredulous he was eventually
astonished initially incredulous initial objection
initial doubting but then astonishment afterward
because god is always right because god's way is always
the right way and it's easy for us we could look down at peter we can why
didn't you just follow jesus i mean what's wrong with you
why didn't you just let down your nets like he asked well are
are you letting down your nets we could look it's easy for us to get on our
high horse and look down on peter but are you letting down your
nets in your life are you saying nevertheless at thy word
and doing what jesus christ commanded peter should have
just taken christ's advice what a loser are you taking christ's
advice are you following his instruction you say but i've already toiled i've
caught nothing i didn't catch any fish why would letting down my nets yield any
result whatsoever how could that possibly have a positive
outcome well my bible says walk by faith not by sight
my bible says a faithful man shall abound
with blessings the children of israel when they were
confronted with the red sea thought this is it we're done
and they should have said nevertheless at thy word instead they said we're all
gonna die but moses said the lord will fight for
you see the salvation of god and what happens
that red sea opened up for them and they walked right through and their
enemies were dismantled they were destroyed
you know a tremendous miracle right there
a tremendous miracle and so even if you lack faith you're you're in your life
right now and you've been confronted with the
red sea you don't know where to turn you're not sure what's going to happen
you're not sure what the future holds it's at that exact same moment where you
need to say to god nevertheless at thy word nevertheless at
thy word i will obey my parents nevertheless at thy word i will
discipline my children according to the word of god
nevertheless at thy word i will love my enemies like the bible clearly says
in matthew chapter 5 nevertheless at thy word i will take no thought for my
life and seek first the kingdom of god even when i might not want to even when
i'm consumed with anxiety nevertheless at thy word i will open my
mouth boldly to preach the gospel of the lord
jesus christ i will go out sowing even when i don't feel like it nevertheless
at thy word i will let down my nets because it's not about my will
it's not about my wants my desires what i want to do it's all about you
and so nevertheless at thy word i will obey
it's all about jesus and so nevertheless at thy word
i will follow nevertheless in spite of my unfaithfulness in spite of my doubts
in spite of whatever's going on here in the flesh nevertheless at thy word i
will follow nevertheless at thy word i will comply
hey what's a really good like attitude to have
what what's the what's the key to success in in the christian life
and we all need this what's the key to success
when you don't feel like doing it nevertheless
at thy word you say i want i want to have
a fruitful christian life
with precision well here's your key to success the mentality
that says nevertheless at thy word
and then let down your nets
so hopefully that was helpful for you nevertheless at thy word let's pray
father the purpose of preaching is to try and provoke people to follow you and
my hope is that people don't just say oh good sermon
you know i don't care about that father i just want people to
to apply this and and to my hope is that this would light a fire under them to
say nevertheless at thy word they may not
know why they may not understand it all the time they may not
be able to see the end from the beginning but lord
i just hope that in spite of all that in spite of our doubts in spite of when we
don't want to follow you that you would help us to say nevertheless at thy word
and that we would let down our nets like you know peter
was supposed to do and and lord that you would help us to do that
please lord use this message to guide people in doing that please lord
use this sermon to help people follow you better in jesus name i pray
amen
amen for the final song song number 132 132 never alone
song number 132 never alone 132
i've seen the lightning flashing and heard the thunder roll
i've felt since breakers dashing trying to conquer my soul
i've heard the voice of jesus telling me still to fight on
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
no never alone no never alone
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
no never hello no never hello
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
the worst fierce minds are blowing temptations are sharp and keen
i feel a peace in knowing my savior stands between
he stands to shield me from danger when earthly friends are gone
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
no never hello no never alone
he promised never to leave me no to leave him alone
no never hello no never hello
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
when in a bloodshed south valley treading the road of care
my savior helps me to carry my cross would be heavy to bear
my feet entangled with briars ready to cast me down
my savior whispered his promise never to leave me alone
no never alone no never alone
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
no never hello no never alone
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
he died for me on the mountain for me they pierced his side
for me he opened that mountain the crimson cleansing time
for me he waited in glory seated upon his throne
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
no never alone no never alone
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
no never alone no never alone
he promised never to leave me never to leave me alone
you are dismissed god bless have a good