Alright we're here in Psalms chapter 1 and I love this chapter and I'll just
tell you what the name of the sermon is right off the bat. The name of the
sermon is soul winners versus children of the devil. Soul winners versus
children of the devil. That's what this chapter is talking about. Now if you'll
notice in Psalms chapter 1 you'll see the word ungodly appear over and over
okay and I want to also highlight the fact that you see the word sinner
appear. Now turn to Jude chapter 1, Jude 1. Now the word ungodly and the word
sinner if you look it up every time it appears in the Bible it does not always
refer to children of the devil but it often does. The word ungodly very often
refers to children of the devil and the word sinner also sometimes refers to
children of the devil and I think it's going to make sense as I explain this
that this is talking in Psalms 1 about soul winners versus children of the
devil. When it says ungodly and sinners it's talking about bad people it's
talking about children of the devil and in Jude chapter 1 this is what the Bible
reads in verse 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before
old ordained to this condemnation. Ungodly men turning the grace of our
God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now it makes sense that the word ungodly would be used for a child of the devil
or reprobate because who is more ungodly than a child of the devil? Who's a bigger
sinner than a child of the devil? So it makes sense that those words oftentimes
are referring to children the devil. Look down to verse number 15 in Jude. It says
to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them
of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their
hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against them. This chapter is
talking about reprobates and four times in verse 15 we see the word ungodly appear.
Very often the word ungodly is referring to a child of the devil because it makes
sense because who is more ungodly than a child of the devil? They're wicked people
they're bad people. Verse 16 these are murmurers complainers walking after
their own lusts and their mouths be get great swelling words having men's
persons in admiration because of advantage. But beloved remember ye the
words which were spoken before the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ how
that they told you there should be mockers in the last time who should walk
after their own ungodly lusts these be they who separate themselves sensual
having not the spirit. And so once again you're seeing the term ungodly pop up
here and what you'll notice is that ungodly and then also verse sinner
in verse 15 those words oftentimes represent a child of the devil. Now turn
back to Psalms chapter 1. Psalms 1. Now people seem to think that churches like
this that we always talk about this doctrine we always talk about these bad
people that are out there well you know what there's a lot of bad people out
there and people need to be warned about the evils that are out there and look
this is Psalms chapter 1 this is the first song in the Bible from the book of
Psalms at least the first song that they're singing the book of Psalms and
guess what it's about children of God of soul winners versus children of the
devil. I didn't make this up that's what God said in Psalms 1 and very
often in the book of Psalms there's a lot of Psalms about really bad people
children of the devil. Why? Because they're out there and we need to be
ready for it. It says in Psalms chapter 1 verse 3 and he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season
his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. When
it's talking about bringing forth fruit we're definitely talking about a soul
winner. Now I know everybody in this room is aware of that so I'm not going to
take the time to develop that but we know when it says bringeth forth fruit
in his season it's talking about someone who's a soul winner but not just a soul
winner in this chapter it's a soul winner until the day they die because in
their season year after year after year they're bringing forth fruit that's what
we see in this chapter so what you're seeing in Psalms 1 verse 3 we're seeing
a soul winner now aren't soul winners the best of the best Christians yeah
aren't we just the small minority because most people don't go so it this
is the best of the best so doesn't it make sense that it's the best of the
best versus the worst of the worst yeah I mean it just makes logical sense
especially when the word ungodly often refers to reprobates and we see these
attributes mentioned in Psalms 1 you're gonna see that you know what it's very
clearly referring to children of the devil and honestly our fight in life as
soul winners the children the devil are gonna be out there we're gonna fight
them tooth and nail until the day we die yeah it's gonna be these false churches
it's gonna be people that attack us they're gonna come in and pretend to be
like us we're gonna fight children the devil till the day we die it's gonna
happen and that's why the Bible talks about it amen and so the first point I
want you to see is that children of the devil are the teachers of this world
notice what it says in verse 1 blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful it talks about that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly see these ungodly people they're the ones giving counsel they're the ones
teaching they're the ones instructing boy isn't that like we see in this world
that the ungodly the reprobates the children of the devil they're the ones
that are giving counsel they're the ones whose voice you can hear through the
airways on the TV through the movies the radio they're the ones the ungodly wicked
people the children the devil that are giving counsel the Bible says blesses
man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor sitteth in the seat of
the nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful
now think about when we see sitting in the seat of the scornful now in this
room right now everybody is sitting down right you're sitting down and you're
listening to someone giving counsel or preaching the Word of God teaching you
something see you'll notice that there's usually one person that's
teaching and they're standing right and so the Bible talks about sitting in the
seat of the scornful it's basically talking about don't allow yourself to
sit where there's some ungodly person speaking to you because the ungodly
person is one standing and giving counsel and giving advice and giving
instruction you don't want to be the one sitting there listening to that and see
that's the reality that usually when it comes to somebody standing up here
whether it's a pulpit at a church or some other place of instruction you
know what usually it's an ungodly person giving instructions not someone who's
godly not someone who's preaching the Word of God well we know that's true
with churches but not even just churches if you just look at it areas of
instruction usually the person teaching very often is a bad person they're an
ungodly person notice what it says in verse 5 therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous now
this is towards the end of the chapter and the Bible says there's coming a time
when the ungodly will not stand in the judgment but what that implies is before
that time they are standing okay notice though every word is very important that
he's trying to say there's gonna be a day where they don't stand they're not
gonna stand in the judgment right there be begging for mercy but you know what
before that day comes guess what they will be standing giving counsel that's
what the Bible shown us and it makes sense because you know when you have
someone who's teaching in school guess what there's one person standing and
everybody else listening the Bible is telling us that these ungodly people
these children of the devil they're gonna be standing and giving instruction
now let's think about some of the situations where an ungodly person would
be teaching or giving instruction one big place is through colleges through
secular universities turn to Psalms 14 verse 1 Psalms 14 verse 1 and when you
look at colleges or you look at the public full system the public school
system look oftentimes the person instructing is a bad person I used to be
a teacher in high school I taught high school math one year and I also taught
in a community college look I'll tell you what most of those teachers there
were my fellow you know workers guess what they had their posters of evolution
on the wall and they did not care about the God the Bible at all they didn't
even claim to be Christian now most people in America claim to be Christian
not the teachers I work with they didn't even claim to be Christians right this
is what it says in Psalms 14 verse 1 the fool hath said in his heart there is no
God they are corrupt they have done abominable works there is none that do
with good the Bible says the person that would say there's no God is a fool and
what better way to describe atheist you've got to be a fool you've got to be
a moron to reject God how the world could you look outside and say there is
no God you have to be a fool but guess what you know a lot of these religious
teeth a lot of these college professors guess what they are atheists they don't
believe in God and they teach evolution they're ungodly wicked people they're
sinners above you know the normal person they're bad people and they're the ones
giving instruction that's reality I remember that when I was in college
because I graduated from West Virginia University and I remember my friend had
a class my freshman year and he said you know he's like you got to check out this
this class because he said the teacher always mocks God even if it has nothing
to do with the class whatsoever so I had an hour break in between classes okay
and I'm not saying that you should do this I mean I was like 19 years old
this is just what I did back then but I had an hour break in between classes so
I attended the class I can't remember if it's sociology or paleontology with
some sort of class or and it might be an anthropology some sort of class it was
really evolutionistic but she was teaching and talking about whatever and
all of a sudden she just paused and said so who is this God that people worship
is it Allah is it Buddha who knows and then she went back to teach what in the
world did that have to do with anything but she just wanted to mock God why
because you know what she hates God she doesn't like the God of the Bible she's
an ungodly person anyway you have to understand these atheistic teachers that
don't believe in God they are very religious they have a religion that
they're teaching and their religion is evolution and liberalism and anti-god
philosophy they are religious people you know they wouldn't claim to be a
Christian but you know when they're teaching evolution they are very
religious let me tell you something the last place you should be is sitting to
some ungodly person teaching about something religious mocking the Bible
and look you know I I did graduate from college and I got saved in college okay
I'm in a different situation I didn't get saved growing up I got saved in
college but you know what I wouldn't really recommend people putting their
kids in school I'd be very careful with how you do that right and what classes
they're taking if you're gonna do that right obviously my son's very young I've
got your side and obviously you know this is a different country so I can't
necessarily speak like 2 plus 2 equals 4 because I haven't experienced it here
but I'm just saying the world's gonna get more wicked as we go you gotta be
very very careful and you know what in colleges guess what you're gonna find
that a lot of ungodly people are instructed you say well why is that well
let me ask you something is college something that God instituted in the
Bible as a good thing no it isn't the Bible says Satan's the God of this world
okay so God didn't Institute College and Satan's the one who did it who do you
think Satan's gonna put in charge of these colleges it just makes sense it's
gonna be bad people because it's his system he's gonna put bad people at the
head of that system and that is what you see at colleges you see bad people not
just colleges but schools schools are very dangerous place for a young kid to
be in today's world a very dangerous place how many kids I mean why do you
think the LGBT is so big here in the Philippines how many of those kids were
molested in school and then they turned out the way they did right that's
reality because the school is not a safe place and look school is not something
that's mentioned in the Bible as a good thing you'll never see a public school
system right when our son grows up he will be homeschooled and you might have
to make sacrifices with money let me tell you something I don't want to roll
the dice on my son I want to make sure my son turns out right that he loves the
Lord he becomes a soul winner and and at the very least get saved and you want
people have their kids they're Christians but their kids end up hating
God because something happens to them at school the school is not something
that's mentioned that's a good thing so since God didn't Institute this public
school system guess who runs these public school systems it's gonna be bad
people it just makes sense turn to acts 19 verse 9 acts 19 verse 9 I mean it
just makes sense that if God didn't Institute it then the devil is gonna put
bad people in place of power now let me ask you a question did God Institute the
Bible College no he did not so you know what you're gonna see with most Bible
colleges that the head of these Bible colleges is a bad apple is a really bad
ungodly rotten apple that's what you're usually gonna see why I mean we
shouldn't be shocked it's no marvel that you look at these Bible colleges here in
the Philippines and it's a bunch of reprobates that run them bunch of false
prophets that hate God and pretend to be like us it's no marvel it shouldn't be a
shock why because God did not Institute Bible call man it's not what you see acts
19 verse 9 but when diverse were hardened and believe not but fake evil
that way before the multitude he departed from them and separate the
disciples disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus so what you see here is
that Paul is disputing with Tyrannosaurus Rex Paul is arguing with a
dragon with a dinosaur boy that's that's a pretty fitting game for the guy right
a dragon a dinosaur he's arguing with t-rex here in college it's not a shock
because guess what t-rex is a bad guy because you look at Bible colleges and
what you're normally gonna see is the head of these Bible colleges are gonna
be bad you say wait a minute what about Baptist Bible colleges especially
Baptist right yeah why because it's not a system that God Institute it's a
system the devil Institute and let me tell you something I know good men
pastors that you know what I would disagree with them on a lot of doctrine
but good pastors that are saved from back in the United States and let me
tell you something they would have never created a Bible college because
they know it's not in the Bible and they would have just trained people through
the local church because that's clearly what the Bible teaches right my friend
pastor Jason Robinson was sent out of a local church now the pastor disagreed on
stuff but you know he's not gonna start some Bible college why because you know
it's not in the Bible he would take the effort to train him himself and see
that's what we need to fix the Philippines we need men getting trained
at the local churches that's why on Sunday afternoons we have opportunities
to preach I want you guys to get chances to preach because you know if God laid
on your heart to be a pastor one day I want you to get experience I want you to
get practice I want to train you I want to help you out and I'm certainly never
gonna recommend these Bible colleges where it's good luck even finding a
saved professor who runs those things right we know the ones that leave these
ones they're bad people that's what we see it's reality and it's no Marvel
because guess what Bible college is not something God Institute you'll never
find it in the Bible college is listed as a bad thing school is listed as a bad
thing right so it makes sense that the heads of these programs are gonna be bad
people and you know what that's what we see what about with churches now think
about all these churches that are out there should it be really shocking to us
that you look at the leaders of these churches and they're bad people the ones
instructing it shouldn't be shocking because you know what God's hand is not
on most of those churches most churches in the Philippines are full of heresy
most Baptist churches in the Philippines are full of Harrison yeah and I'm not
just saying that the pastor's saved and wrong on doctrine no I'm talking about
the pastor's a bad apple he's bad fruit he's rotten to the core he's ungodly a
wicked person that loves money and always preaches on tithing and is a
complete phony that's reality that's what you're gonna see why because of the
fact he's preaching false doctrine so obviously God's not gonna be in that
church and look if there's a church that doesn't go soul-winning God could care
less about that church yeah they're useless whether or not the pastor's
saved or not so is it really shocking with these churches that don't go
soul-winning that there's gonna be bad people running those churches it's not
shocking because God has nothing to do with them they were created by the devil
they weren't created by God that's reality you say well they're more
conservative than the Catholic Church everyone's more conservative the
Catholic Church big deal that doesn't make them good the reality is well those
those churches that are teaching heresy look their leaders are bad people and it
shouldn't be shocking to us that most instructors of the world are bad it
makes sense what about politics right they're giving instruction aren't they
remember we talked about on Sunday how King Herod killed all the children under
the age of two no normal person would do that why did he do that because he
was ungodly because he was a sinner above a normal person because he was a
child of the devil and guess what most political leaders guess what they are
children of the devil that's the truth most leaders in politics are bad people
they're not good people and look I know that's the case whether it's the u.s. or
the Philippines or whatever countries because of the fact the devil's the one
who's placing those systems in in in charge not doing what the Bible says
with politics not doing the Bible says with the system of government so since
the devil system the devil is gonna put his people in charge that's what you
always see one president's down the next one that comes up guess what he's an
ungodly person that's just the way it works you see that with politics now
turn to Nahum chapter 2 Nahum chapter 2 Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum
chapter 2 let's talk about one other thing not only colleges and schools and
Bible colleges and churches and politics but what about celebrities aren't they
instructors in this world yeah don't people get their doctrine and what they
believe based on what some rapper said some musician said what some actor on
TV said right it says name chapter 2 verse 13 this is referring to Nineveh
behold I am against he saith the Lord of hosts and I will burn her chariots in
the smoke and the sword shall devour thy young lions and I will cut off thy
prey from the earth and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard God
says the voice of thy messengers is no more going to be heard he's like we're
done hearing instruction from your messengers from this Assyrian Empire
that ruled the world he's like your messengers are done we're no longer
getting instruction let's just think common with common sense what sort of
music do you think the world listen to when Assyria ruled the world Assyrian
music right who rules the world right now America what does every country
around the world listen to American music isn't that the case doesn't every
country just love the American celebrities they have a big voice right
the messengers here and this would be talking about a lot of people would talk
about the politicians and leaders it's certainly going to talk about the
celebrities as well because the celebrities boy their message gets heard
by everybody people know all the songs they watch all the movies all the TV
shows these are not things that God is for God's not for the television it's
not for the television it's not for the rock music so guess what when these
people get into positions of power they're not God's people to the devil's
people anyway it's not some conspiracy just go on YouTube whether it's Miley
Cyrus or Beyonce or any of them and ask them how they became famous and they'll
literally say they sold their soul to the devil they'll say they get
possessed you say well they're just joking we're in every single musicians
joking I mean every single one they admit that they sold their soul to the
devil guess what they did they're telling you the truth I believe them
they're not lying they're not ashamed to admit they sold their soul to the devil
that's the truth and when you look at these celebrities in this world look
these are bad people they've sold their soul to the devil and you want the
devil's lifting them up to prominence and we got Christians that sit around
watch TV all day we have Christians that sit around and listen to the rock music
they listen to the pop music they listen to the popular American music right
isn't that what we see you know what as Christians we should avoid it completely
yeah I don't want to hear their message I don't want to hear the garbage that's
coming out of their mouth when they're mocking God these are people that hate
God these are not just your normal everyday unsaved Catholic down the road
these are people that hate God we should not fill our minds with that garbage now
turn back to Psalms 1
and the first thing we see is this just simply that the children of the devil
the ungodly people they are the ones that are giving instruction and so when
you look at institutions around the world you look at positions of authority
it's usually bad people that are the ones teaching now I'm not saying it's a
hundred percent but quite honestly we just think about it for a little while
think about the people that have a voice that you hear on TV or music or with
school teachers and you're gonna find a lot of them are repper leads a lot of
them are ungodly people and what you won't find is a lot of soul winners
right I mean how often is there a soul winner whose voice is just always heard
right the devil is the god of this world that's what Bob teaches God gives the
devil an opportunity he tests us God allows us to be tested that's reality
the second point I want you to see is this that we must avoid their counsel
and their wisdom says in Psalms 1 1 blessed is the man that walketh not in
the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the
sea of the scornful vallis is the person that's blessed is the person that does
not allow themselves to hear this garbage turn to Psalms 101 Psalms 101
Christians seem to have this idea that they can fill their minds with whatever
and they'll be perfectly fine they'll still love the Lord but it's not reality
because when you start listening to the message of the ungodly people what
happens is your flesh likes that message your spirit hates that message your flesh
doesn't hate it look guess what before I was saved I listen to rock music and
after I was saved I still took a long time to get all the music out of my life
my flesh like the sound of that music my flesh like Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin
and all these rock stars you guys are probably all too young to know who I'm
talking about but but my flesh like that music right and look if I allow
myself to get filled with that music again my flesh will start to enjoy it
again and I've killed that music I mean it's been a long time so I've heard the
music I used to listen to but you know it could come back if I allow myself to
listen to and it would come back Psalms 101 verse 2 I will behave myself in a
wisely in a perfect way oh when will thou come unto me I will walk within my
house with a perfect heart so how are you gonna walk with a perfect heart how
are you gonna be wise in a perfect way it says in verse 3 I will set no wicked
thing before mine eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not
cleave to me the reason it's not gonna cleave to him is because of the fact he
made a decision not to see it with his eyes now he had seen it with his eyes
and he allowed himself to be filled with that it would cleave to him but you know
what he said I hate the work of them that turn aside I hate those evil wicked
people now obviously when this was written there was no television set
right in Psalms chapter 101 but even in his day he said there's a real fear of
seeing things with my eyes that I shouldn't be that are bad let me tell
you something in today's world I love living in today's world because we have
opportunities to preach the gospel that have never existed before praise the
Lord for that but you know what wickedness is right here on our phones
just in a matter of seconds that didn't used to be the case we need to be very
careful in today's world there's great opportunities to do big things for God
they couldn't before let me tell you something there's opportunities to get
involved in a lot of sin very quickly let me tell you something just giving
you advice for people that will end up being parents don't just allow your kids
to just watch whatever they want just give them an iPad when they're like you
know I'd say are you kidding me it's like you think I'm gonna trust my son
he's not even a year old right it's like as the parent I'm supposed to be
instructing and guiding I'm not gonna try to put him in position where his
eyes behold bad things for his ears would hear bad things but you see a lot
of parents do that because everybody else they just kind of follow what
everybody else does well you know we're not doing that with our son I want to
make sure my son does not see wickedness and doesn't hear wickedness anyway
that's why we don't have a television now now our apartment our condo does
have a television it's not hooked up praise the Lord that God did not allow
that thing to be hooked up I don't want it to be hooked up because I don't watch
television I got rid of that a long time ago and I'm not going back to it anyway
no one is gonna be a really godly fired up soul winner for their whole life and
sit around and watch movies for hours every day you've got to make your choice
that's reality you must make your choice when it's new it might be exciting let
me tell you something when time goes by you're eventually gonna have to make
that choice am I gonna get the sin out of my life and be a soul winner or am I
gonna go back to my old ways most people go back to their old ways that's sad
that's reality the flesh is very tempting God says all said no wicked
thing before mine eyes and a great application is certainly the television
and common sense would tell us not to set any wicked thing before ears as well
so when it comes to movies and music and TV shows you cannot argue with me that
come came from God we all know it came from the devil we should not allow it to
be in front of us we should get rid of it because you know what it's gonna it's
gonna hinder us from doing something big for God and verse 1 in Psalm 1 1 tells
us not to walk into counsel the ungodly and turn to Romans 16 Romans 16 you
turn to Romans 16 I'll just read the next verse in Psalms 101 where it says a
froward heart shall depart for me I will not know a wicked person he says I
won't know a wicked person and in today's world Christians know
everything about all these wicked people and they don't know anything about the
characters in the Bible whatsoever they know everything about these wicked
people and they know nothing about the Bible but you know what God says I will
not know a wicked person we shouldn't know what could be I'm glad I don't know
all the celebrities in the Philippines I have no interest in learning about all
of these celebrities because it does no benefit in our lives whatsoever
says in Romans 16 verse 17 now to see she brethren mark them which caused
divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which he had learned and avoid
them so the Bible says we mark these people we let it be known that they're
wicked and then we avoid them okay now let me just just share with you one
thing that I've had people ask me about before let me just try to help explain
it to you when it comes to someone who's preaching sermons I do have to be
aware of what false religions teach to some degree because if I'm showing you
how bad Catholicism is I do need to be aware of what they teach so because I'm
I'm teaching I do need to be aware to some degree but even with myself I need
to spend a hundred times more time reading the Bible than studying what
the Catholics teach but if I want to preach a sermon against the Jehovah's
Witness I need to be able to tell you what they actually believe rather than
just that you know they're wicked they don't believe Jesus has got I need to
actually know what they teach to some degree so when you're actually
instructing or teaching to some degree you do need to know a little bit about
these wicked people but it's very dangerous it's a fine line because look
I don't need to know every single failed prophecy the Mormons have ever had okay
it doesn't do me any benefit to know every it does do me benefit to know that
they don't believe in the virgin birth like I talked about on Sunday and they
pretend to believe in the virgin birth but it doesn't do me any good to know
that on January 14 1907 they predicted the end of the world or whatever dates
that they had I don't need to know every single detail because the Bible says to
be simple concerning even it says it actually in verse 19 which says for your
obedience has come abroad unto all men I'm glad therefore on your behalf but
yet I would have you wise unto that which is good and simple concerning evil
so the Bible says we're supposed to be simple concerning evil so I definitely
think when you're a member of a church you shouldn't be spending time studying
what ungodly people teach and here's the thing the great thing is that when
you're hearing good Bible preaching you will learn the false doctrines of the
heat and just from hearing it being preached that you don't need to study
yourself you understand what I'm saying I learned most of what Jehovah's Witness
and Mormons believe just because I sat in church and I heard a pastor preach it
I double-checked it and I saw it was real and that's kind of how I learned I
didn't need to just read all these books on all these cults like I and C look I
mean there's there's so much heresy that these these religions teach you
don't need to know everything you know you need to be aware to some degree for
teaching but you don't need to study these ungodly and wicked people now turn
to 1st Corinthians 3 1st Corinthians 3 is your turn to 1st Corinthians 3 let me
just say that in 1st John 2 it says love not the world neither the things that
are in the world if any man loved the world the love of the Father is not in
him you cannot tell me you love God when you sit around and watch movies for
hours every day because the Bible says you love the world you don't love God so
you know people like to pretend that they love God and yet they're just fill
their minds with garbage no they don't reality is that you know what if you
fill your mind with the world's garbage you obviously love the world and you
obviously don't love God and you're not fooling me and you're certainly not
fooling God because God said that if you love the world and you don't love him
look I want to be known as someone who loves God and I'm not saying that I need
people around I don't care if people think whatever about me but I want God
to look down on me and that he would say you know what I'm a man after his own
heart isn't that what he said about David I would hope that he'd be able to
say that about me hopefully all of us would have that sort of goal that God
would look down and say you know what brother so-and-so he loves me he doesn't
love the world he's separated he doesn't listen to their counsel or their wisdom
no he fully said on loving the Lord and serving God and 1st Corinthians 3 notes
with says in verse 18 let no man deceive himself if any man among you seemeth to
be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise when it comes
to getting instruction and counsel from the ungodly look it's wisdom to this
world the world looks at what they say they think it sounds smart but it's
foolish in the eyes of God the world will look at evolutionists and think
they're smart I listen to them and think they're an idiot I mean what they
believe is so stupid right they think they're so smart the world
lifts them up and it's foolishness with God that's the way it is now this sermon
that I'm preaching 99% of this country would think I'm a fool for what I'm
saying right now isn't that true right when it comes to the wisdom of God the
world will look at it as foolish but you know we look at their wisdom and we say
it's foolish and I'm not trying to impress them I'm just gonna priest the
Word of God and they can like it or lump it that's my job just to preach the Word
of God I'm not trying to impress them with fleshly wisdom it says in verse 19
for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God for it is written
he taketh the wise in their own craftiness and again the Lord knows the
thoughts of the wise and they are vain I love verse 19 where it says at the end
he taketh the wise in their own craftiness what is that saying well
think about atheists for a second atheists pretend to be really smart they
talk like they're really intelligent they're these big intellectuals what
God takes them in their own craftiness because they're the smartest people in
the world but they're actually the biggest fools in the world they don't
get God takes them in their own craftiness what they believe is so
stupid they lift themselves up with their intelligence and when in reality
they're the biggest fools in the world then when it comes to the Christian
world I consider the Calvinists the atheists of the Christian world that's
my philosophy on them why because they're the most arrogant of the
Christian world they're these big intellectuals and honestly what they
believe is the dumbest of any false thought yeah how stupid to say Jesus
didn't die for everybody how stupid to say God wants people to burn in hell he
says I'm just gonna create you so you can burn how big of an idiot you have to
be but you know what they're so arrogant and God takes them in their own
craftiness the same way they lift themselves up with their intellectual
garbage is the same way God brings them down to nothing and looking like fools
you know what they don't get that they look like fools I mean the James White
is James White's of this world they think they're really smart don't they
boy isn't James White like the most arrogant guy who watched that whole
thing with Pastor Anderson that the discussion from like years ago that was
like three hours long it's funny because at the beginning Pastor Anderson
is just saying you know hey can you introduce yourself and he's like well
you know I'm just kind of a normal sort of guy and he's trying to be humble but
he just can't do it and then he goes on and on for several minutes like I've
debated leading Catholics around the world I've debated this and done this
and done this and done this it's like you try to be humble but you just can't
do it why because you're an arrogant arrogant man an arrogant ungodly wicked
man that's the truth turn back to Psalms one Psalms one
and so the first thing is just simply this that the ungodly people they will
be the ones in positions of instruction by and large number two we must avoid
the wisdom of those ungodly people but number three we must embrace the wisdom
of God says in Psalms 1 verse 2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in
his law ducky meditate day and night now turn to Proverbs 1 Proverbs 1 that's a
powerful verse to meditate on God's Word day and night yeah there are some days
when I'm just really filled with you know the Spirit I really feel like I'm
trying to live for the Lord I'm really excited about the things of God and I am
thinking about God throughout the entire day day and night but if I was honest
I'd say that's not all the time there's definitely days where I don't but don't
you feel great when you're just thinking about God all the time and thinking
about the Bible day and night and that's all you care about you don't care about
the movies you don't care about the sports don't care about anything like
that you just want to meditate on God's Word it says in Proverbs 1 starting
verse 1 the Proverbs of Solomon the son of David king of Israel to know wisdom
and instruction to perceive the words of understanding to receive the
instruction of wisdom justice and judgment and equity to give subtlety to
the simple to the young man knowledge and discretion a wise man will hear and
will increase learning and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise
counsel to understand a proverb in the interpretation the words of the wise and
their dark sayings the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools
despise wisdom and instruction see these ungodly people they despise wisdom and
instruction they're not willing to be learned they're not willing to learn the
truth they don't want to know the truth but us as God's people us as soul
winners we need the wisdom of God we love the wisdom of God turn to Proverbs
2 and honestly I could read like every chapter the book of Proverbs and talks
about gaining wisdom leaning wisdom from God's Word as you're turning to Proverbs
2 I'll read in Joshua 1 8 this book of the law shall not depart out of the
mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to
do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make that
way prosperous and then thou shalt have good successes Proverbs 2 starting in
verse 1 my son if thou wilt receive my words and hide my commandments with thee
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to
understanding if thou cryest after knowledge and liftest liftest up thy
voice for understanding if thou seekest her as silver and searches for her as
for hid treasures then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find
the knowledge of God it's interesting in verse 4 we're talking about seeking
after silver and searching for hid treasures most people in this world they
live their entire life to try to make money that's their whole goal in life is
seeking for silver searching for hid treasure trying to find gold right they
just want to be rich they just want to make all this money and you know what
here's the sad thing for them most of them will never even find that money they
live their whole life to be rich and famous and you know most of them will
never find that silver they'll never find that gold they'll never get that
money they'll never get any of it they spend their whole life trying to get
something and they end up failing I mean think about someone for example that was
here in the Philippines that wanted to be a professional basketball player
let's say right if you want to be a professional basketball player you spend
hours every day you try you practice and you know what when you fail at it which
most to you're left with no money no job future nothing it's like you wasted
your life after something that didn't even amount to anything now I like
playing basketball personally I like sports I'm not saying it's wrong it's
not a sin but you know what I do think it's a sin to be a professional athlete
and miss church and not be a part of a church and go soul-winning right right
anyway these these these people that search after this thing they never even
find it you know the great thing about God's Word if you search after wisdom in
this book you will find it's not just a possibility it's a guarantee that you
will find it you will find the silver in this book you will find the gold that
doesn't mean you're gonna have a lot of money in this world but you know what
people make far too much out of money in our country so many people move to the
United States why money and you know here's a sad reality and this is the
truth because on the record all of these people will tell you how much they
love the United States oh it's so great here but you know when you talk to these
people off the record and you get their honest opinion guess what most are not
happy that's the truth and I know from firsthand experience talking to plenty
of people plenty of Filipinos I know from the United States that on the
record they try to get all their family to come right off the record they don't
even like why cuz it's not what they know it's not what they grew up with
and what money doesn't make you happy yeah US might be a rich country but
you're not gonna find people that are happier than everyone else in the world
that's not reality money does not make you happy let me tell you something you
can search after money in this life and you're probably never gonna find it and
you're gonna be miserable or you can spend your life searching after the
treasures in this room and you will find it's a guarantee it said in verse 5
doubt then shout thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge
of God you will find it verse 6 for the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth
cometh knowledge and understanding he layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous
he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly if you walk uprightly if you
meditate on God's Word you will find the treasures in this book the Bible talks
about in Deuteronomy 17 about reading therein all the days of your life
reading the Bible every day and the problem you have is a lot of Christians
will go to a church like this and they'll avoid the world's wisdom but
they don't meditate on God's wisdom and you know what's gonna end up happening
is you're gonna start going back to your old worldly ways right if you separate
yourself from the worldly wisdom you must fill it with something you must
fill it with meditating on God's Word and if you don't all of a sudden you'll
start walking in the flesh and all of a sudden the world's wisdom will seem a
little bit more smart to you and seem a little bit cooler than it used to the
reality is that when you separate from ungodly you must meditate on God's Word
and and here's the truth as much as we try to separate from the ungodliness we
cannot fully separate from the ungodliness be right over here in buses
or on Japanese look I don't think most people were singing Psalms chapter 1
you probably heard ungodly music on your way over here and look there's no way to
avoid it it just is what it is we go so winning in a result Park guess what we
see people dressed inappropriately we have music blasting and look you know we
have to do it because that's where we go so we got to get people saved we got to
be in the world but knowing that the world is just pushing their agenda on
you all the time in your private time you must learn to turn off your cell
phone turn off the Facebook and just say you know what I'm gonna have alone time
with God is that is where you really grow it's your own personal alone time
we've got it's not good enough to separate from from the worldly wisdom you
must meditate on God's wisdom now turn back to Psalms one Psalms one and so the
first thing we see is that ungodly people by and large are the instructors
in this world number two we see that we must avoid the ungodly instruction
number three we must embrace the wisdom from God and number four a great promise
is we will endure as soul winners if we do this it's a guarantee from God Psalms
one verse three and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf also shall not wither and
whatsoever he do it shall prosper God's promises that you will bring forth in
your fruit in your season every year you're bringing forth fruit that's what
God promises it says your leaf is not gonna wither it's gonna remain green now
turn to Jeremiah 17 Jeremiah 17 Psalms Proverbs Isaiah Jeremiah Jeremiah 17
there's kind of a parallel verse in Jeremiah 17 with Psalms 1 verse 3 and in
Jeremiah 17 verse I think verse 7 blessed is the man that trusteth in the
Lord and whose hope the Lord is now when we think of trusting in the Lord we
think of putting your faith on Jesus believing on him putting your trust in
him and you get saved and that is true but at the same time even after we're
saved we need to continually trust in the Lord it's not just merely talking
about getting saved it's all stop but every day you need to put your trust in
the Lord and your hope needs to be in the Lord you'd be walking in the steps
of God and in verse 8 for he shall be as a tree planted by the waters and that
spreadeth out her roots by the river and shall not see when he cometh but her
leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought neither
shall cease from yielding fruit so the Bible says that if we put our trust in
the Lord you know what we are gonna be soul winners until the day we die we
will not cease from yielding fruit and honestly when you measure success in the
Christian life the measure of success is did you stay a soul winner till the day
you die right people are soul winners and they fade out I know plenty of
people I can name the names after the service of people that I used to be
friends with because the reality is when somebody quits being a soul winner they
stop being friends with the soldiers that's the way it works I've had good
friends that you know what I haven't talked to in years right it's just
reality when I went to West Virginia right before I moved out here there was
people I was hoping I would see people that live nearby they used to be soul
winners and guess what they didn't come to hear me preach why because they don't
care about God anymore if you start walking in the steps of the worldliness
you're gonna go back to your old ways and you don't want to be around the
truth that's why we must embrace the wisdom of God turn to Luke 8 Luke 8
and in Luke 8 in the parable of the sower it says in verse 15 but that on
the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart having heard the
word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience Bob talks about bringing forth
through with patience if we hear the word not just when we get saved but we
need to hear the God's Word as much as we can from reading God's Word from
coming to church from hearing good Bible preaching online we need to hear the
instruction of God's Word as much as we possibly can and here's the reason why
because a lot of people that get saved you know what they aren't so owners
notice verse 13 they on the rock are they which when they hear receive the
word with joy now we talked about it several times since we started this
church when you receive the word that's talking about getting saved right John
112 comes to mind you receive him when you receive the word it's talking about
getting saved receive the word with joy so these are people that actually have
some joy they actually have some spiritual growth and these have no root
which for a while believe in a time of temptation fall away they didn't get
rooted down in the things of God they didn't get rooted in church and they end
up just fading out they were excited they got baptized they were zealous and
they ended up being out and most people do fade out verse 14 now which fell
among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with
cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection
when you fill your mind with the things of this world and the pleasures of this
life you're not going to bear fruit you're gonna stop being a soul we must
separate ourselves from the ungodliness now the first point we saw was this that
the instructors of this world by and large are ungodly wicked and children of
the devil number two we must avoid their wisdom number three we must embrace
God's wisdom and number four the promises will endure as soul winners so
the last point I want to talk about is let's talk about the end of the ungodly
versus the righteous the end of the ungodly the child of the devil versus
the righteous so when turn to Philippians chapter 2 Philippians 2 we'll
just look at a few more verses now it says in Philippians chapter 2 starting
in verse 9 wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name
which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of
things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father
the Bible says every knee is gonna bow to the Lord does everybody bow to the Lord
right now and worship the Lord and pray to God God everybody does but the Bible
says there's coming a day when every knee should bow every knee is gonna bow
down before God and those people are gonna beg for mercy from God and they
will have no mercy yeah they want no mercy you die unsaved you have no hope
we're not Catholics here that believe in purgatory this second chance garbage
when you die unsaved you're splitting hell wide open and you have no hope let
me tell you something a lot of those people that go to hell yes a lot of our
decent sincere people that just never got saved there's a lot of really
arrogant prideful people and let me tell you something they will the the richer
Dawkins of this world I don't care how arrogant that you are the more arrogant
you are in this life the more you're gonna beg for mercy one day yeah and
there is gonna be no mercy there's gonna be none there is gonna be no second
chance turn back to Psalms one back to Psalms one I want you to understand
about this the end of the ungodly versus the end of the righteous soul winner
remember I talked about at the beginning this sermon that these instructors of
this world these teachers they're the ones standing and everyone else is just
sitting here listening to instruction and by and large the person standing is
a wicked ungodly person right they're not gonna be standing forever notice
what it says in Psalms one verses four and five the ungodly are not so but are
like the chaff which the wind drives away therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous what does
God mean when he says they're not going to stand in the judgment it means that
the great white throne judgment they're gonna be begging for mercy yes reality I
mean he's being literal they won't be standing they stand and give
instruction in this world but there's coming a day when they will not be
standing these arrogant prideful people they'll be begging for mercy and look we
know so many people these arrogant prideful teachers instructors out there
that are fooling people in the Philippines fooling people throughout
Manila let me tell you something they won't be standing forever don't be
begging God for mercy let's look at verse six let's wrap it up it says in
verse six for the Lord knoweth the way the righteous but the way of the
ungodly shall perish as a soul winner this life can be difficult sometimes we
get darts thrown at us from every direction and you know what it's tough
because it's so important to be part of a good church because we help encourage
one another it's easy to go so winning on Sunday because we're helping each
other out but honestly it's difficult to do it on your own because you get
mocked you get made fun of and you know what you feel like throwing in the towel
just temporarily we need each other that's the truth we need each other to
be successful in this life but you know when we get down sometimes about how
these ungodly people are the ones instructing and giving their foolishness
realize that God knows the way the righteous and the way the ungodly is
gonna perish it's not like it's hard for God just to cast them into hell in verse
4 it said but are like the chaff which the wind drive away basically saying
it's not hard at all God could destroy him like this that's the reality we
realize God is in control and he knows the way the righteous you say why does
he allow us to go through these trials God allows us to be tested that's the
truth and honestly being tested is a good thing it builds character it builds
patience it builds endurance it helps you become better at being a Christian
if you don't quit if you if you go through the trial it's gonna make you
stronger on the other side and look we all go through trials and I know that's
the case because we're all soul winners in this room and every soul winner is
gonna go through some real trials but realize with these ungodly people
they're gonna be begging for mercy they will be on their knees begging for
mercy and they get to stand up here and preach their foolishness here find
whatever you have your way because there's gonna be a day that you're like
the chaff which the wind drive the way and you will go on your knees and beg
for forgiveness and there's gonna be no that's closing the word prayer
dear heavenly father thank you for allow us to be here today and just this
wonderful chapter in the Word of God all chapters are beautiful chapters are
great guiding the chapters that there's a lot of tough language God but help us
to realize that you know these ungodly people you know they're nothing you can
destroy them like that and and we realize that you know the way the
righteous guide you're there to protect us you're there to help us you're there
to encourage us thank you God for allowing us to have this church where we
can help motivate each other and like-minded churches were great so what
he's going on God and help us remember this in Jesus name Amen