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All right, good morning everybody. Welcome to Verity Baptist Church and Happy Father's Day and take out your bullets in here today.
Our verse of the week is 2 Kings 20 verse 19. The Bible reads,
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken.
And he said, Is it not good if peace and truth be in my days?
And that's a great verse there. We'll tie into our second sermon here today.
We are a family integrated church, meaning children and infants are welcome during the services.
We do have a mother-baby room back there for your convenience.
As you see under the mother-baby room rules, make sure to utilize it if your kids are starting to act up or starting to be loud.
Make sure as moms you utilize it or as fathers, take your kids and try to calm them down or whatever.
On the next page, our weekly service times are listed.
First service is at 10 a.m. Second service, 11-15, Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 p.m.
We do have events here today with it being Father's Day and the basketball fellowship.
I will try to get done early with the sermons. It's probably not going to happen.
It didn't happen yesterday. I'll do my best today.
I'll certainly do my best not to be extra long.
Our normal soul winning times, 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, meeting at Marquee and Freedom Park.
Today's soul winning, hopefully we can get started before 1-45.
It will probably be 1-45 though.
We're not going to have a tip though here today.
We're just going to get started as soon as possible, just kind of announce the pairing.
We're going to be going nearby.
If you're not joining for the basketball fellowship though, obviously you can go soul winning for a lot longer.
If you are coming for the basketball fellowship though, it starts at 3 p.m.
It's a less than 10 minute walk away at Trinidad Homes.
It's not too far away, but you're going to only have a limited time for soul winning if that's the case.
We do have a sign up sheet over there for the men that are interested in playing basketball.
We're going to try to be as organized as possible.
Even if you're not going to play, you're welcome to come and just hang out and come back here for the food fellowship afterwards.
The games at 3-5 will have pizza here afterwards.
For a slam dunk contest, our rules are it's not about making a dunk, it's about touching the net.
Whoever can touch the net in the most brilliant way will get the most points.
We'll have the basketball start at 3 p.m. here today.
On the next page we have our Bible memorization challenge, same as normal under upcoming activities.
Our Father's Day choir will be for the second service here today.
As I said, the activity is from 3-5, and we'll have food after here.
We'll have pizza afterwards.
We have a soul winning marathon tomorrow.
It is a Muslim holiday, so we're going to have a soul winning marathon at Pasig Rainforest.
We're going to do the 10-12 slot, and then lunch provided by church in 2-4.
Obviously it's always based on how is the weather, because if it just starts to really pour rain,
then obviously we're probably not going to be able to go soul winning.
Assuming the weather is okay, we will have a soul winning marathon tomorrow.
Monthly prayer meeting is next week.
The Cebu Mission Strip is coming up here really quickly.
It starts two weeks from today.
It starts on a Sunday.
It runs from Sunday to Saturday.
I know a lot of people here are interested or planning on going for that.
That's coming up.
The Cavite Church service is actually going to be postponed until August.
We will not have the service on July 7th, but the first Sunday of August.
Birthdays and anniversaries for the month of June are listed below.
It is the anniversary of our evangelist, Brother Mateus.
Obviously Brother Mateus and Sister Angel are doing a great job over there in Poland.
Make sure to try to stay in contact with them.
Message them.
Try to encourage them, because there's obviously a lot of difficulties when you're in the ministry.
On the back we have the basic rules of conduct for our church.
Then you should have an insert and your bulletin where you can take notes for both of the sermons here today.
I believe that's it for announcements.
We'll have Brother Chris lead us in another song.
Okay, for our next song, song number 220.
Song number 220.
Jesus is all the world to me.
Song 220.
Jesus is all the world to me.
Ready, on the first.
Jesus is all the world to me.
My life, my joy, my all.
He is my strength from day to day.
Without Him I would fall.
When I am sad to Him I go.
No other one can hear me so.
When I am sad, He makes me glad.
He is my friend.
On the second.
Jesus is all the world to me.
My breath is dry or sore.
I go to Him for blessings that He gives me.
He is the Lord and Lord.
He sent the sunshine and the rain.
He sent the harvest, golden rain.
Sunshine and rain.
Harvest and rain.
He is my friend.
Jesus is all the world to me.
And real to Him I'll be.
Oh how could I,
His strength be not when He is so good to me.
Following Him I know I thrive.
He watches for me day and night.
Following Him by day and night.
He is my friend.
On the last everyone.
Jesus is all the world to me.
I want no better friend.
I trust Him now.
I'll trust Him when life's things they shall end.
A beautiful life with thoughts of breath.
A beautiful life that has no end.
Eternal life.
Eternal joy.
He's my friend.
Amen.
Matthew, Matthew 7.
Matthew 7.
We'll be reading from verse 13 down to verse 29.
Matthew 7 verse 13, 29.
Please say amen if you're there.
Amen.
Matthew 7 verse 13.
Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire, wherefore by their fruit he shall know them.
Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but eateth towards the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have you not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then, while I profess unto them, I never knew you, depart from me the work iniquity.
Therefore, whosoever hears these things, who might undoeth them, I will liken them unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock,
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and being upon that house, and it fell not, but was founded upon a rock.
And every one that hearth these things, who might undoeth them not, but be liken unto a foolish man, which built his house upon its end,
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
And it came to pass, and he is an enemy, saying, that people were astonished at his judgment, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as a strike.
Bless the ring of God's word.
All right, we're here in Matthew 7, and we're finally going to be concluding the Sermon on the Mount.
We've had a lot of sermons. There's a lot of topics that come up in the Sermon on the Mount.
The most famous sermon that's ever been preached.
And honestly, this is the most important in the entire series.
And Jesus' own words tell us this is the most important of everything that's been said in Matthew 5, 6, and 7.
The name of the sermon is, Built Upon a Rock.
Built Upon a Rock.
Now, the Sermon on the Mount is a very interesting sermon, because when you preach sermons, you normally do not preach on a million different topics in one sermon.
Because if that's the way that you preach sermons, it's very magalo.
And then the next week, well, you've already preached on everything the previous week, right?
You don't preach everything in one sermon, and yet that's pretty much exactly what Jesus does in Matthew 5, 6, and 7.
You would have to ask, why is it he's not preaching about one specific topic?
Why is he covering everything under the sun in one sermon?
And he tells us in verse 24, because notice what it says here, the first word, Therefore.
Now, the word Therefore is going to connect what's been previously said to what he's about to say.
And notice, Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine.
Is sayings singular or plural?
It's plural, right?
What he's doing is connecting everything that's been said in Matthew 5, 6, and 7 to what he's about to say in verses 24 through 27.
And he says, basically, everything I've preached to you in the last two hours, or however long the sermon is,
he's like, you better do every single bit of what I preached on you.
And so here's the thing, he's tying together everything from Matthew 5, 6, and 7,
and he's like, every saying I had, the beatitudes, not lusting in your heart, not being angry,
not doing your works to be seen of men, having proper judgment, understanding salvation,
all of those things, you need to do all of the sayings that I told you.
You know, in life, it's not good enough just to take 90% of what the Bible says.
It's not good enough to take the things that are easy for you.
It's not good enough just to take the things that you like or that you want to do.
No, you need to do all of the sayings if you want to survive in the Christian life.
The Bible says here, point number one, point number one, we all go through storms.
We all go through storms in our life.
Notice what it says here in verse number 24.
Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them,
I will liken him unto a wise man which build his house upon a rock.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house,
and it fell not, for it is founded upon a rock.
And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man which build his house upon the sand.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house,
and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
You know, when you compare verse 25 to verse 27, isn't it almost identical?
I mean, it literally is identical for the first 75% of the verse.
I mean, every word is the same.
Every comma is the same.
Everything's the same, but then the difference in verse 25,
and it fell not, for it is founded upon a rock,
verses, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
But you see, in this example, whether you do what God says or not,
or whether you don't do, you're still going through the storm.
Right? If you do what Jesus says, the rain's going to come.
If you don't do what he says, the rain is going to come.
No matter what you do, the storms are going to come in your life.
Now, go in your Bible to 1 Timothy 3.
1 Timothy 3.
Now, obviously, Jesus is not speaking about a literal storm.
He is symbolically speaking about problems in your life,
difficulties that come up in your life.
But obviously, he's tying it together with a literal storm.
So let's say, for example, that you found out today
that in one month a massive storm was going to come through
and you would have massive flooding in your area.
Wouldn't you prepare yourself for that storm that's about to come?
Because preventive maintenance is a lot easier than dealing with an issue
that already is existing and trying to get rid of it.
If you knew a literal storm was about to hit you in one month,
if you were wise, you would do everything you could to prepare for that storm
because it's a lot easier to stop the storm
than allow your house to be broken and rebuild it, right?
Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to make sure your house doesn't fall
as opposed to letting your house get destroyed
and then rebuilding it from scratch?
And see, knowing that a storm is going to come in your life,
knowing that there's going to be problems in your life,
if you do not prepare yourself, you are a fool.
You're foolish because the storm is going to come.
Now let me give you three examples of not being prepared
for the storms that are going to come in your life.
One example is not going to a good church.
It makes no sense as a saved person to understand
storms are going to come in your life
and then not go to the best church you can find.
It makes no sense because the preaching of God's Word,
the edifying, learning the Word of God,
it's going to help you through that storm
so it would make no sense to go to a non-denominational fun center
or a lame church where you're not learning the Word of God.
What makes sense is going to the best church you can possibly find.
The Bible says in 1 Timothy 3, verse 14,
1 Timothy 3, verse 14,
These things write unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly.
But if I tarry long that thou mayest know
how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,
which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and ground of the truth.
You know, church is meant to be the pillar and ground of the truth.
I might say things that make you mad.
I might say things that bother you.
You might get upset at me sometimes,
but you can never accuse me of not telling you the truth.
I open up the world filled full of lies.
You look at just about every church under the sun filled full of lies.
And when you come to a real church, it ought to be preaching the truth.
And if it's not, it's not really a real church
because church is meant to be the pillar and ground of the truth.
Now, of course, God's Word is truth,
so if it's a good church, they're going to open up the Bible
and show you what it says, right?
Go to James chapter 1.
James chapter 1.
We need some of you fathers to liven up here this morning.
You should be in a good mood as Father's Day.
It's like, that means saying amen when you're excited.
I mean, all the guys are like, you need some coffee or something.
Do what you need to do.
Go to the back, just down that coffee,
but get excited about the Word of God, right?
So one example of not being prepared is not going to a good church.
You know, another example would be to go to a good church
and then not apply or not do what the Bible says.
The Bible says in James 1, go to James chapter 1, verse 22,
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,
he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass,
referring to looking at a mirror.
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way,
and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
The Bible speaks about a person that would hear the Word of God,
but they don't do the Word of God.
Now, of course, if you're at this church, if this is your church home,
you don't fit with the first category of not going to a good church.
However, you could fit in the second category of hearing the Word of God,
but not actually doing what you're hearing.
I mean, didn't we talk about that last week?
I mean, the book of James talks about it a lot,
where it's like, hey, don't just, you know, hear the Word of God, but do it.
And if you come to this church and you hear the Word of God,
it makes no sense then not to apply what you hear.
It would make more sense not to go to this church at all
if you're not going to do what the Bible says.
I don't for the life of me understand why someone would want to go to a good church,
get preached against, and then not apply what it says.
It's like, well, why do you even want to come here?
It doesn't make any sense.
If you're going to come to a church that's main focus is on preaching
and teaching the Word of God with authority,
then I would think that you'd want to actually do what the Bible says.
And yet Christians all over this world, they hear certain things about the Bible,
and they never do it.
You know, as I said, sometimes I preach the Word of God,
and it might hurt when it comes out.
You might get offended when I say something that you're guilty of,
but if it's coming from the Word of God, just do it.
Or just don't do it.
Just be like the person that does not found your house upon a rock
and just let it tumble when you go through a difficulty of life.
Because whether or not you like what I'm saying,
it does not change the fact that a storm is going to come in your life.
Turn in your Bible to Psalm 73.
Psalm 73.
You know what James 1 was referring to, looking in a glass,
it's telling you about looking in a mirror.
As a guy, I spend very little amount of my time looking at mirrors.
As guys, we're just kind of there for a half second.
Is there a problem? And then we leave.
Because honestly, we really just don't care that much about how we look.
Well, here's the thing about that.
I'm not going to fix it.
You'd be a fool.
I mean, you come into church and people are like,
hey, you've got ketchup on your face.
Yeah, I know.
It's like, what's wrong with you?
People do this in the Christian life.
They come to a church like this,
and then the mirror is standing right in front of them,
thou shalt not.
And currently, they are actually doing what the Bible says,
thou shalt not, and then they don't make the change.
It's like, well, why do you even come here then?
They here read therein all the days of thy life,
but they never read the Bible.
It's like, well, why are you coming to church
if you're not going to do what the Bible says?
It makes no sense, because you will not be prepared for the storms that come.
And they will come in your life.
I'm sure every single one of us could say
that we've been through big storms in our life before.
I'm sure there's a lot of people right now that are going through storms,
and I'm sure there's a lot of people that, to the end of 2024,
are going to go through storms in the future,
because everybody in life is going to go through storms
and difficulties and problems.
There is no way to avoid that.
So one example of not being prepared
is not going to a good church.
Another example is not applying what you hear.
Another example would be getting envious
at other people that are not serving God.
When it comes to a church like ours
and people that go soul winning
and you're making changes in your life,
you're getting rid of the ungodly music and things like that,
you do a lot of things that are difficult.
You do a lot of things that kind of hurt,
and then sometimes you can develop this attitude,
what's in it for me?
Because I see wicked people
that have lots of money,
that are very successful,
I've given up so much for God,
and then I'm getting nothing out of it.
Now look, that's a foolish attitude,
it's a dumb attitude,
but every single person in this room
has had that thought come into their head from time to time.
What does the Bible say about this?
Well, go to Psalm 73.
Psalm 73.
And here's an example of the psalmist Asaph,
and he's expressing this very thing,
and what he's doing is,
he's writing this psalm after he's gotten right,
and he's expressing how he felt before he got right.
And he says in verse 1,
Truly God is good to Israel,
even to such as of a clean heart,
present tense,
but as for me, my feet were,
past tense, almost gone,
my steps had well nigh slipped,
for I was envious at the foolish
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Look, I mean, pretty much every actor and actress
is just a wicked person,
and they have more money than any of us.
They're famous.
Everywhere they go, everybody loves them.
I mean, the musicians of the world,
I mean, a lot of them are very rich.
They have a lot more money than us,
and sometimes you can look at them and say,
man, these wicked people
that blaspheme God,
and yet they're doing better than me.
Number one, your life is not all about money,
and we all need to be reminded of that.
But here's the thing about this.
This is the way that Asaph feels,
and he expresses it for a while,
but go down to verse number 16.
Verse 16.
And he says in verse 16,
When I thought to know this,
it was too painful for me
until I went into the sanctuary of God,
then understood I therein.
And what Asaph is saying is,
I felt envious toward the wicked people,
but when I stepped into the house of God
and I heard the preaching,
I realized, how foolish am I?
Now, here's the thing about this.
If you go to the average church in 2024,
and you have this feeling
that you get envious at the wicked,
and you walk into church,
and you hear this watered-down sermon
of love, love, love,
grace, grace, grace,
peace, peace, peace, part 25,
you're still going to be envious
when you walk out.
But when you hear me preaching
against wicked people,
and they're going to pay for
every single one of their sins in hell,
and they're going to get rewarded
for the good works you do,
you're like, how foolish was I?
And I'm just being honest.
I've felt this way before in my life
where I feel like I've made a lot of
effort to make changes,
and you feel like it's not getting you anything,
you're making sacrifices,
and then you hear the preaching
and you realize
how foolish am I?
It's worth every little bit of toil
and effort to serve God.
And another thing to be reminded about,
your life is not about you being happy.
That's not what the Bible says.
I mean, people have this idea
that life is about how to be happy,
but it would not be the same
if you experienced it today.
I'll give you just kind of a silly example.
When I was a kid,
my favorite video game was
Super Mario Kart.
I have fond memories
playing Super Mario Kart,
and for some of you, you're like,
man, you're old.
That game was way dated
by the time that I was playing video games.
Super Mario Kart is my favorite game,
but here's the thing.
Do you think I'd have much fun
playing Super Mario Kart today
in 2024?
Your memories are the past,
and the grass is always greener
on the other side.
I have a lot of great memories
playing soccer,
but you know what?
I wouldn't have the same enjoyment
if I were to do that today
and live my life for soccer.
You might have fond memories
of things you did in the past.
Leave it in the past.
It's not going to give you
happiness going forward.
The Bible says if you know these things,
happier ye if ye do them.
Happiness is found in serving God.
It is not about pleasing yourself.
The Bible says in Malachi 3, verse 13,
Malachi 3, verse 13,
Your words have been stout against me,
saith the Lord,
yet ye say,
What have we spoken
so much against thee?
Now, Malachi 3 is interesting
because God is speaking this message
through the prophet,
and notice the response of the people.
What have we spoken
so much against thee?
And what they're saying is,
Yeah, we murmured a little bit,
but we haven't spoken
that much against you.
Yeah, we complained a little bit.
What's the big deal?
We didn't complain that much.
Well, any amount of complaining is wrong.
What have we spoken
so much against thee?
Ye have said,
It is vain to serve God,
and what profit is it
that we have kept this ordinance
and that we have walked mournfully
before the Lord of hosts?
And what they're basically saying is,
What's in it for me?
What profit did I get?
How did this benefit me?
How has this helped me out financially?
Once again,
your life is not about you.
It's about pleasing other people
and pleasing God,
not living your life for yourself,
but it's seeing others
better than yourself.
But you know, here's the thing.
If we see this in Psalm 73,
and if we see this in Malachi 3,
and if I've experienced this in my life,
you know what I know?
Everybody has or will experience this
from time to time.
You think in your head,
You know what?
If I wasn't so zealous,
maybe I would be happier.
That's a foolish thought.
And I'll tell you what.
If you go down that road
and just try to please your flesh,
you're going to find yourself miserable.
And look, I'm not looking
for a show of hands,
but I'm sure there are people
in this room that you went
all out to serve God,
and then you started to drift back
the other direction,
and it was not the same, was it?
It's like, I used to really enjoy
these movies and this music
in my old life,
and now I'm doing them,
and it's like you feel guilty.
It doesn't have the same sense of happiness.
You miss seeing a soul get saved, right?
You will not have the same happiness
if you go back to your old life.
Go back to Matthew 7.
Matthew 7.
A lot of churches teach and preach
the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel,
and the basic idea is
that if you're right with God,
you're never going to have any problems.
Everything's going to be great.
I mean, financially,
you're going to have a lot of money,
you're never going to run into
any health problems at all.
I mean, everything is going
to be great in your life.
Boy, that sounds good, doesn't it?
Wouldn't it be great
if reading the Bible promised me
I would never have health problems?
Wouldn't it be great
if reading the Bible promised me
I would always have
a good salary and a good job?
But where does the Bible ever teach that?
Where did Jesus ever say
that if you're right with me,
you're never going to have any problems?
You don't see that.
Throughout the Bible,
you see people that are godly people.
They go through health problems.
They go through financial problems.
They go through tragedies.
These things exist,
and what I'm telling you is
the storms are going to come,
according to Matthew 7, verses 24 through 27,
whether you prepare yourself
or whether or not you don't prepare yourself.
So doesn't it make sense
to prepare yourself
for the storm that's going to come?
Point number one,
we all go through storms.
But point number two,
I want you to realize from this passage,
storms come from different directions.
Notice what it says in verse 25.
And the rain descended.
Now, we're talking about
a storm upon a house.
When rain descends,
what part of the house is it hitting?
It's hitting the top
because it's coming from above, right?
And the rain descended.
That's one direction from above.
And the floods came.
What part of a house
do the floods hit?
They hit the bottom.
So we got the top,
and we got the bottom.
You say, well, pastor,
what about the sides?
And the winds blew
and beat upon that house,
and it fell not,
for it was founded upon a rock.
What part of the house
did the winds hit?
They hit pretty much everything else.
So you got the top
covered by the rains,
you got the floods covering
the bottom of the house,
and you got the winds
hitting the side of the house.
Because, look,
this is the example
that God is giving.
He's trying to make you
think about this,
a house that's getting
attacked from the top
and the bottom
and the sides.
And here's what I'm saying.
In life, you can have
problems coming
from every single direction,
from east, west,
south, north,
every direction,
you can have problems
that are coming.
Go to Job chapter 1.
Let me show you
an example of this.
Job 1.
Here's what I'm saying.
You can have problems
when it comes to your family.
You can have problems
when it comes to your spouse.
You can have problems
when it comes to your kids.
It's like, man,
I can't take this.
I'm so stressed at home,
all of these problems.
And then you go to work
and guess what?
It's so magulo
it's your job right now.
You got problems at work.
It's like every single place
you go,
it's just like problem
and difficulty and stress,
and you get so frustrated,
you just end up taking it out
on somebody, right?
You just scream about
something so small,
so insignificant,
but you're dealing
with so many problems in life,
so many stresses,
you're like,
I cannot take it.
Storms can come
from every direction.
Notice what it says
in Job 1, verse 13.
Job 1, verse 13.
And I'm assuming
probably most of us
are familiar with
the story of Job.
I mean, a godly man
through bigger trials
and more problems
than probably any of us
are ever going to face.
And the Bible says
in Job 1, verse 13,
And there was a day
when his sons and his daughters
were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother's house,
and there came a messenger
unto Job and said,
The oxen were plowing,
and the acid was
feeding beside them,
and the Sabeans fell upon them
and took them away.
Yea, they have slain
the servants with the
edge of the sword,
and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
Now, as I'm telling you
this story with Job,
I want everybody to stop
and think about this story
and pretend to be Job
as I'm explaining the story.
I want all the ladies also
pretend you are Job
going through something
like this.
All the men, I want you
to think like you're
Job in this story
and just try to put yourself
in the position,
because I think one mistake
we make when we read,
especially the Old Testament,
we read stories
and we kind of just
read over them
kind of too quickly sometimes.
But if you're actually
stop and try to put yourself
in those stories,
often they can be
even more powerful
than just the surface level.
So a messenger comes to Job
and you have to realize
Job has a lot of money,
so he's going to have a lot
of people that are taking
care of different things,
like this servant's
in charge of this,
this servant's in charge of this,
and all of a sudden
a messenger comes to him.
So all of a sudden
someone's yelling,
Job, Job!
And he comes to Job
and he says basically,
all of your money in this area,
it's gone.
And notice what it says
in verse 16.
While he was yet speaking.
So this guy is telling him
everything that's taken place
and while he's speaking,
somebody's coming
from the other side,
Job, Job,
I've got to tell you something.
And the first guy gets done,
he turns around,
there came also another
and said,
The fire of God
has fallen from heaven
and hath burned up the sheep
and the servants
and consumed them,
and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
So in one area
everything's been destroyed
and in another area
everything's been destroyed.
He hasn't even had time
to process this information
because while he's speaking
the next one comes,
it's rapid fire
one after another.
Then it says in verse 17,
while he was yet speaking,
there came also another.
So there's person one
who comes to him
and he's yelling,
Job, you won't believe.
And then all of a sudden
he turns around
to talk to this guy
and then all of a sudden
somebody comes
from this direction.
I mean at this point
if I was Job
I would just want to get away
and just shut the door
and hope I'm dreaming.
He hasn't had any time
at all to process this
and this guy says,
Instead the Chaldeans
made out three bands
and fell upon the camels
and have carried them away.
Yea, and slain the servants
with the edge of the sword
and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
So he's had one person,
two persons,
three people
that have come to him
with all this news
and then in verse 18,
while he was yet speaking.
I mean I just imagine
in this story
that if something like this
happened you would probably
be running to Job
to explain what took place
and you'd be yelling,
you'd be frantic explaining,
we lost everything.
I would be at this point
at verse 18 very scared
about what I was about to hear.
I mean the first three people
have told you
you've lost everything
and now somebody else
is saying something
also to you.
I'd be like,
man I don't want to hear this.
I can't take this now.
But it says,
While he was yet speaking
there came also another.
So basically he turns around
and said,
Thy sons and thy daughters
were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother's house.
Look, before the servant
finishes what he says,
do you imagine the fear
that would come upon you?
You've lost everything.
I mean you just have to think
obviously something tragic
has happened
and you know here's the thing,
losing money is one thing
but then all of a sudden
you're kids?
I mean this first sermon
is not the Father's Day sermon
but as parents,
as fathers,
I mean imagine
if you had this sort of
tragedy that took place.
I mean it would be devastating.
And he said,
Thy sons and thy daughters
were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother's house
and behold there came
a great wind from the wilderness
and smote the four corners
of the house
and it fell upon the young men
and they are dead
and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
Look, you know many times
I see stories in the Bible
and whether it's true or not
I think to myself
well I wouldn't make the mistake
that this other person did
or I'd be able to handle it
better or whatever.
I don't think I would be able
to handle this better
than Job does.
There's just no way
that I would be,
I mean I hope
I would be like Job
because if you read
the book of Job,
Job does not handle
things perfectly
but he certainly does better
than I would say
anybody else would do,
certainly better than me
and he goes through
all of this
and then in verse number 20
the Bible reads,
Then Job arose.
Now the Bible says
Job arose
and what this tells you
is that at some point
when he's hearing these things
it caused Job
to get so emotional
that he basically
just hit the deck.
Right, because the Bible
says he arose
so at some point
when he's hearing
this information
and I would imagine
I'd be the same way
if you're getting
all these tragedies
it'd probably cause you
to grab your heart
and just kind of fall down
and it's like
I can't take this.
But then it says
in verse 20
Then Job arose
and rent his mantle
and shaved his head
and fell down
upon the ground
and worshipped
and said,
Naked came out
of my mother's womb
and naked shall
I return thither.
The Lord gave
and the Lord hath
taken away.
Blessed be the name
of the Lord
and all this Job
sinned not
nor charged God
foolishly.
Look, when you're going
through tragedies
and problems in your life
really the only thing
you can do
is cling on to God
and you know
here's the thing
about this
when people go
through tragedies
and problems
it generally is going
to effects.
Either people forsake
the things of God
and they get bitter
and they don't want
to touch the Bible
they don't want
to talk to God
or they cling more
strongly to God.
And it's not easy to do
because of course
if you're Job
the thought's going to
go through your head
why did this happen to me?
Why would God allow me
I've done everything right
I mean I'm not perfect
but I've read the Bible
I mean I've been trying
to serve God
I've been trying to do right
Why?
I mean other people
are getting drunk
other people are doing wrong
I mean why would God
allow this to happen to me?
That's how I would feel
and in fact
I would say that
if we're honest
probably all of us
have had that thought
in our head before
when we go through a problem
like
because here's the thing
none of us in this room
believe
that if you start
serving God
you're going to have
no problems
but even though we believe
that intellectually
it's like
when we actually
go through problems
it doesn't seem
to us
why am I going through
a problem
if I'm serving God
even though we know
that we're going to
go through storms
yet in all actuality
when we go through storms
we just think to ourself
it's not fair
it's not right
Job is a great story
that all of us
can look at
and cling to
because I think Job
went through more than
any of us
probably ever have
and we see how Job
handled the situation
but what I'm telling you
is this
when you go through
problems
it can come from
every
single
direction
you have problems
with your spouse
you have problems
with your kids
you have problems
you know with your
co-workers
you have problems
everywhere you go
it seems like you
cannot escape it
go to Matthew chapter 7
Matthew 7
Matthew chapter 7
point number 1
we all go through storms
point number 2
storms come
from different directions
point number 3
storms are
different types of storms
because not only are they
coming from different directions
these are 3 different storms
that the Bible is mentioning
it says in verse 25
and the rain descended
that is storm number 1
and the floods came
that's storm number 2
and the winds blew
and beat upon that house
that is storm number 3
and when you read the story
of Job
doesn't he have
not only from different directions
but different types of storms
and the general 3 categories
you have
are financial storms
and you have tragedy
and then turn to Job 2
we're going to see
category number 3
of the storms that come
Job chapter 2
verse 1
and by the way
you know another thing
to keep in mind
in Job chapter 1
often times
we think about that
you know he lost
all of his money
and that's true
you know he lost
all of his money
he lost all of his kids
he also lost
most of his friends
I mean
here's the thing
the friends that he has
after this event
don't seem like
they're that great of friends
probably his closest friends
were his servants
I mean even though
he's their boss
I mean
Job was a great guy
he was probably friends
with a lot of them
I'm sure a lot of them
loved God
I'm sure a lot of them
were saved
and serving God
and trying to
so not only that
I mean the servants
are being killed
in Job chapter 1
I mean imagine if like
most of your best friends
just all died
instantaneously
that'd be tough to deal with
and he loses his kids
he loses his friends
and he loses
all of his money
and then
it shifts to his health
it says here in Job 2 verse 1
again there was a day
when the sons of God
came to present themselves
before the Lord
and Satan came also
among them
to present himself
before the Lord
and the Lord said unto Satan
from whence comest thou
and Satan answered the Lord
and said from going to
and fro in the earth
and from walking up
and down in it
and the Lord said unto Satan
hast thou considered
my servant Job
that there is none
like him in the earth
a perfect and an upright man
one that feareth God
and escheweth evil
and still he holdeth
fast his integrity
although thou movest me
against him
to destroy him without cause
and Satan answered the Lord
and said skin for skin
yea and all that a man hath
will he give for his life
but put forth thine hand now
and touch his bone
and his flesh
and he will curse thee
to thy face
you know what Satan says
is for the most part true
I mean if somebody
was really rich
and they had
absolutely horrible health
they were paralyzed
they couldn't walk
or whatever
they would probably give up
all of their money
just to have the ability
to have their health back
I mean I know that
I would much rather have
good health for myself
and my family
than all the money
in the world
because what's the point
of all the money in the world
if you don't have any health
to actually
you know do anything
in your life
I mean our health
is extremely important to us
and what Satan is saying
is true
because I would say
for most people in life
even people that are saved
if they go through
major health problems
they could easily
become bitter against God
they could get mad at God
saying it's not fair
that it happened to me
right
but notice the reaction
verse 6
and the Lord said unto Satan
behold he is in thine hand
but save his life
so went Satan forth
from the presence of the Lord
and smote Job
with sore boils
from the sole of his foot
onto his crown
and he took him a potsherd
to scrape himself withal
and he sat down
among the ashes
and you know we don't have
time to go into this story
but as you keep going
through the book of Job
you see that although Job
does not understand
what's taking place
he doesn't know why
he's going through
these problems
he does not get bitter
and hate God
in his heart
and yet a lot of people
when they go through problems
they get mad at God
they blame God
they say it's not fair
right
go to Matthew chapter 7
Matthew 7
and by the way
you know another thing
I've seen in my life
through the years
is sometimes when people
go through problems
they blame the church
as if it's the church's problem
that they go through problems
now number one
when have I ever said
that going to this church
is going to fix
all your problems
it's not what the Bible teaches
and yet I've seen plenty
of people through the years
both in Sacramento
here people
they go through problems
and all of a sudden
they quit church
it's like they blame the church
now they never audibly say that
but it's just very obvious
that's what's going on
look
if you go through problems
in your life
it's not my fault
it's not my wife's fault
it's not the church's fault
everybody goes through storms
I mean if you go through
health problems in the future
it's not my fault
it's not the church's fault
and this should be obvious
but people have a tendency
to want to blame someone
when they go through problems
and number one
sometimes it's your own fault
and number two
sometimes things just happen
it's nobody's fault
it's just that
all of us go through storms
and look we don't understand
the mind and the will of God
why God allows certain things
to take place
we don't understand
all those things
just realize that
you know what
if you're not going through
a storm now
you will one day
you better make sure
you're prepared for it
point number one
we all go through storms
point two
storms come from different directions
in this story
we see it coming from above
below
the sides
for Job
I think there's a reason
why it mentions
four different people
because I
the way I look at it
you know east, west
north, south
or you know front, back
right, left
point number three
there are different types of storms
we have rain
we have floods
we have winds
in life
you can have financial problems
you can have health problems
you can have tragedies
I mean you can have
a lot of different
types of storms that come
but point number four
storms often happen
simultaneously
sub-i sub-i
isn't that true?
because in this story
although rain
and floods and winds
are different types of storms
you're not going to have floods
without rain
and isn't it often true
that in a heavy rainstorm
you have heavy winds also?
these things often come
in tandem with one another
and one thing Jesus is trying to teach
not only can you have problems
in every direction
not only different types of problems
you can have them
sub-i sub-i
same time
all at once
Matthew 7 verse 25
and the rain descended
and the floods came
and the winds blew
and beat upon that house
and it fell not
for it was founded upon a rock
we see the rain descending
at the same time
the floods come
at the same time
the winds are blowing
and beating upon that house
turn your Bible to 1 Peter 5
1 Peter 5
there's a famous expression
when it rains
it pours
that expression first originated
in the early 20th century
and I haven't seen this
in the Philippines
but if you come from the U.S.
everybody would be familiar
with this type of salt
because it originated
from this salt company
Morton Salt Company
and it's the most famous type of salt
I would say
when you go to a grocery store
in the U.S.
and it's got this girl
on the cover
it's like a blue surrounding
this white container of salt
that's cylindrical
and it shows her with an umbrella
and it's raining really hard
and then she's got
like a salt shaker
and she's shaking out the salt
and it was like their big ad
that made them really famous
when it rains
it pours
but you know
here's the thing
that's actually completely true
it's a biblical concept
we see in Matthew 7
that when it rains
it pours
we got the rain
we got the floods
we got the winds
and I would say that
if you think back to your life
you've thought this a million times
why does this seem like
either my life is going great
or everything is just
so magulo
because when it rains
it pours
it's a biblical concept
it seems like in life
either everything is going great
or everything's a mess
and look
I'm just looking
on the outside of people
I don't know what your life
is like right now
but I would assume
it's either going great
or it's a mess right now
because that's just
the way it goes
and I would say
with my life
it's like things
are either going great
or it's like
I'm going through time
it's going great
I'm going through
that's just the way
life works
1 Peter 5
now you might think
well why is that pastor
why is it that
when you go through
one problem
you seem to go through a bunch
well I mean
in the story of Job
we see that the devil
is the one that's causing
all these problems
in his life
and I want you to see
what it says in
1 Peter 5 verse 8
be vigilant
because your adversary
the devil
as a roaring lion
walketh about
seeking whom he
may devour
isn't this exactly
what Satan said
he was doing
in Job 1
I've been going
to and fro
in the earth
and walking up and down
in it
well what exactly
is he doing
when he's walking
up and down in it
he's seeking to
destroy people's lives
now I just want you
to think logically
because you know
obviously we are
in a spiritual fight
we're not in a physical
fight with the devil
right think about
a physical fight though
think about a boxing match
and look I'm not
really promoting
you know boxing
or fighting sports
but I want you to
think about them
I'm sure boxing
is very popular here
in the Philippines
probably everybody's
seen a boxing fight
I remember the first time
I had ever seen
a boxing fight
you know I had
already watched the movie
Rocky before I ever saw
a real boxing fight
so I thought fighting
was just like
you know you hit
the guy as hard
as you can
and he hits back
in a boxing match
I was like it's so boring
right because in Rocky
you're just getting hit
like a million times
you know in one round
right and when you
watch an actual
boxing fight
it's like nothing's
happening and obviously
if you're an expert
or whatever you understand
what's going on
but it's kind of like
not many punches
you're just kind of
you know going
and then every once
in a while a boxer
will land a jab
and all of a sudden
the other guy
gets a little bit wobbly
and at that moment
what does the fighter
do that just
they go in for the kill
there's an expression
in fighting
he smells blood
and what that means is
you've wounded your opponent
and you're going in
to knock them out
because usually in boxing
you don't just go
guns a blazing against
someone who knows
what they're doing
that might work against
someone on the street
but an actual boxing fight
you never see
the professionals
go in like that
they are waiting
they're patient
but when they wound
their opponent
what do they do
they go in for the kill
and here's what I'm saying
the devil also smells blood
when he is wounding you
he is trying to go in
for the kill
it would make no sense
in a fight
if you rock the guy
and he's like this
and you just kind of
let him recover
does that make any sense
no
and look the devil's
not an idiot
if he wounds you
he's going in for the kill
so what does he do
he walks about
seeking whom he may devour
and what does he do
he tries to just destroy
your life all at once
and here's the thing
when you're going through
a great time in life
the thing is
that kind of gives you
a full sense of security
doesn't it
I mean things are going great
of course I would never
stop reading my Bible
I never stop going to church
I mean I'm always
going to stay faithful
I'm not going to get mad
I'm not going to get bitter
I love this church
I'd never get angry
at this church
well that's how you feel
when things are going well
and guess what
you get a full sense
of security
kind of reminds me
of Peter in the Bible
I mean it's interesting
Peter's the one that's
writing these words
cause he's the one who said
though all men deny thee
I never will
and here's the thing
that is the way
we all feel
that's the way I feel
that's the way you feel
but I want you to
realize something
when you're looking
at this situation
in Matthew 7
and actually go back
to Matthew 7
Matthew 7
when you look at this story
in Matthew 7
two types of people
you got the rain
you got the floods
you got the winds
and it's all about
a house being founded
on a good foundation
if you were to look
at a house
a random house today
do you really know
how strong that foundation
is of what it's
founded upon
no you don't
right
you have no idea
I mean the house
I live in
I hope it's got
a strong foundation
I don't really know
because I can't really
see the foundation
right
we see the outside
we don't actually see
what it's founded upon
and here's what's
kind of scary
about it
not only can you not
tell somebody else's
foundation
you do not even know
how strong
your own foundation is
we all think
it's strong
but how do you really
find out how strong
it is
when you go through
a storm
and you see
how you handle it
because the house
could have the worst
foundation ever
but if it's not going
through any kind of storm
it's not going
to have any problems
once that storm
comes though
what is it going to do
it is going to
reveal
how strong
that foundation is
look
when you go through
a lot of problems
in your life
and you lose your temper
so easily
the situations
you went through
are not to blame
your foundation
is what's to blame
cause let me help you out
with this
every child
accidentally spills stuff
all over the floor
every child
you know
makes a mess sometimes
everybody at their jobs
sometimes
it's stressful
everybody has
orders messed up
at restaurants
that they go to
you cannot blame
well I mean
I only lost my temper
because they did that to me
you cannot change
outside circumstances
what you can
change
is yourself
and you know
what Jesus said here
in verse 24
is this
therefore
whosoever heareth
these sayings of mine
and doeth them
you know what he's saying
everything I've said
in Matthew 5
6 and 7
which is pretty much
a summation of the whole Bible
you need to hear it
and do each
and every
one of these things
cause let's go back
to the example
of being in a fight
and you know
an easier way to think
about this
would be like
a mixed martial arts fight
if you're
you know
if there's a fighter
that is the greatest
kickboxer in the world
but he is a
horrible wrestler
guess what
he's gonna lose
to every single
professional fighter
I mean in fact
when boxers
shift over to MMA
they always lose
you say why
because they can't stop
a take down
but here's the thing
about this
if you're really good
at wrestling
and you have horrible
Brazilian jiu jitsu
what's gonna happen
when the fight hits the ground
you're gonna be sleeping
in five seconds
what happens if you're
really good at
Brazilian jiu jitsu
but you're horrible
at getting take downs
you're gonna get
knocked out on the feet
you say what's your point
you better make sure
you're well rounded
in your life
because all it takes
is one
weak area
for you to be destroyed
what you need to do
I mean in everything
said in Matthew 5
6 and 7
find out what
you're weakest at
and get better at it
you say why
because the attack
is gonna come
in your life
when the Bible says
the devil is walking
about seeking whom
he may devour
what that implies
is there are people
that he can devour
and people
that he cannot devour
and look when I
look at you today
I have no idea
which one of those
people you are
you might go soul winning
all the time
you know I read the Bible
all the time
but I still don't know
I can't see
your foundation
and here's the thing
do not get an
arrogant attitude
that you would never fall
I mean take heed
less default
the Bible says
because you do not
know how strong
your foundation is
you do not know
how you're gonna
respond in a storm
you say why
because you can't
see the foundation
of the house
all of us think
we're gonna last
but the only way
you really know that
is when you go
through the storm
so what I'm saying is
hey prepare yourself
as much as possible
now
and when you go
through the storm
you can fight it out
you can last it out
notice what it says
in verse number 25
and the rain descended
and the floods came
and the winds blew
and beat upon that house
and it fell not
for it was founded
upon a rock
and everyone that
hears these sayings of mine
and doeth them not
shall be like unto
a foolish man
which built his house
upon the sand
and the rain descended
and the floods came
and the winds blew
and beat upon that house
and it fell
I grew up watching
a lot of sports
and it would always
be interesting
let's go back
to the example
of boxing
when you think about
the greatest heavyweights
that have ever existed
the guy that comes
to my mind
of who people thought
was the greatest
heavyweight
before he lost
was Mike Tyson
cause he knocked
everybody out
in like five seconds
right?
and I remember
when I was a kid
the Evander Holyfield fights
were a big thing
back then
you know if you don't know
what I'm talking about
the biting off of the ear
maybe you know that
right?
but the reason why
Mike Tyson got so frustrated
is cause he lost
to them both times
everybody thought
he was going to
knock out Holyfield
because he was so great
against weak competition
and when he went
against strong competition
guess what?
he couldn't take it
what I'm saying is
in your life
things might be great
for you when things
are going well
you're serving God
you're excited
you're zealous
but wait a minute
something gets tough
you don't really know
until you actually
go through it
make sure you prepare
yourself as much
as is humanly possible
for the storms
that undoubtedly
are going to come
in your life
verse 28
and it came to pass
when Jesus had finished
had ended these sayings
the people were
astonished at his doctrine
for he taught them
as one having authority
and not as the scribes
you know
I hope that
10 years from now
every single person
in this room
is still serving God
I hope that's the case
I hope
in 10 years
I'm serving God
I hope
my family
my wife and my kids
are all serving God
in 10 years
but here's the reality
not everybody
in this room
is going to be
serving God
10 years from now
because people
drop out of church
all the time
people get excited
they get zealous
things are going great
people drop out
all the time
it's just a reality
and I hope I'm wrong
I hope everybody
works their best
to disprove me
and everybody
is still at this church
and serving God
and doing great things
10 years from now
but does anybody
really believe
that's going to be the case?
Now none of us
think we're going to be
one of the people
that drops out
but you just don't know
any one of us could
I mean when Paul
brings up Demas
in the Bible
I'm assuming Demas
was one of the greatest
men in the world
because why would Paul
bring up somebody
that was just an
ordinary person
that dropped out
because that happens
all the time
I'm assuming Demas
was a zealous soul winner
that preached great sermons
and then
he forsook Paul
having loved his
present world
if that could happen
to Demas
if Peter could deny Christ
when times got tough
it could happen
to any
one of us
in this room
make sure your foundation
is as strong
as possible
let's close in
a word of prayer
your heavenly father
thank you for allowing
us to be here today
and just the wonderful
teachings we found
throughout the Sermon
on the Mountain
I ask you to help
all of us
to apply everything
that we've heard
in these sermons
everything the Bible says
help us not to leave
any weak areas
of our life
that are liable
to be attacked
God help us
to just build up
a strong foundation
and found ourselves
upon the rocks
when we do go
through the storms
of life God
we're able to
for our last song
you should get
your hymnal
and open it to
song number 2
song number 222
moment by moment
dying with
Jesus by death
reconfined
ready
song number 222
on the first
dying with
Jesus by death
reconfined
living with
Jesus by
25
losing to
Jesus
till
glory
does
shine
moment by
moment
all
more
light
and
light
are
o'er
the
sky
moment by
moment
all
more
light
and
light
are
oo
moment by
moment
I
am
in
love
moment by
moment
I
fly
from
above
looking
to
Jesus
till
glory
does
shine
moment by
moment
all
more
light
and
light
I
am
dying
never
a
trial
that
he
is
not
there
never
a
burden
that
he
does
not
bear
never
a
sorrow
that
he
does
not
share
moment
by
moment
I
am
in
love
moment
by
moment
I
am
dying
from
above
looking
to
Jesus
till
glory
does
shine
moment
by
moment
I
am
in
love
moment
by
moment
oh
lord
I
am
dying
on
the
last
never
a
weakness
that
he
does
not
fear
never
a
weakness
that
he
cannot
heal
moment
by
moment
is
more
in
will
Jesus
my
savior
I'll
fight
with
me
still
more
root
moment
by
moment
I
am
in
love
moment
by
moment
I
fly
from
above
looking
to
Jesus
till
glory
does
shine
moment
by
moment
oh
lord
I
am
dying
let's pray
dear help
father lord
we thank
you for
the sermon
lord that
you have
heard
we pray
lord that
you will
help us
lord to
apply the
sermon in
our life
ask
yes
lord that
to forgive
us
and
our
sins
we
pray
amen