["Pomp and Circumstance"]
weekly the weekly bible memory passage so the kids got uh you know until next sunday to get
uh this passage here memorized if you memorize it word perfect to a non-relative adult then you
can go ahead and collect yourself an ice cream bar out of the freezer on the back don't
forget we have our monthly mexico monday which is tomorrow so that's the first monday of
every month brother sagura uh from faithful word tempe comes down with the group he usually
stops by here around nine o'clock use for a quick bathroom break anybody that wants to go
uh can can get hop in the van there we'll take you down to nagales you can go soul winning
and uh we'll feed you we'll get you lunch and dinner so if you want to do that it's kind
of it's longer it's a it should say nine i always do that because i copy and paste it
from the tempe bulletin it says seven to ten that's for the tempe people so you think
you have it hard you know you're closer to tucson or you're closer to nagales so it's
actually going to be nine to like seven or eight for you okay so ignore that that mistake there in
the bulletin that's what happens when you do the bulletin at like nine o'clock at night you just
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conference skating so that's uh that's going to be it for announcements we'll go ahead and
sing one more song oh i wanted to say too uh thanks for everybody who came out to the movie
night and made that a great night i think that went really well so um you know the mess was
about what we expected right just it was just fine you know much much you know the by you know
where no oxen is the the or the the stall is clean but much increases by the strength of the ox
right so when you got a dirty stall it's because you got an you got some animals getting some
work done right so it was a good thing to see uh but uh i definitely want to do it again i didn't
put it in the announcements but i meant to we'll be doing our next one april 1st okay which is
friday april 1st we're going to do uh the one past the the documentary pastor anderson
made professing themselves to be wise idiot scientists and it's a really entertaining film
it's about 45 minutes long and if you haven't seen it you know it's a great time to see it
come on out and uh we'll probably it's a it's a shorter one so i'm trying to find another 45
minute one that we could maybe sneak in there too but just keep that on your radar and thanks
again everybody for coming out and making that a great night friday night that's going to do
it and come up and uh we'll have more song before going to preaching
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Amen so the title of sermon this morning is shameless and blameless shameless and blameless and really the point
I'm trying to make is that if you want to get to the end of your Christian life
When you meet God and not hang your head in shame or to be blameless
You have to you know live a life
That's not shameful about the Word of God in order to be blameless on that day. You have to live a life
That's shameless regard regarding the Word of God
We can't be ashamed of the Word of God in the day and age
That we're living in and look we're living in a day and age where people want Christians. They want preachers
They want God's people to be ashamed of what the Bible actually teaches
You know and we as God's people should not be ashamed of anything that the Bible teaches
You know if the Bible says it I believe it, you know if the Bible says it, you know, God wrote it
That's good enough for me
That has to be our attitude if we want to get to the end of this life and meet God and not
Be found, you know to be found blameless before him, you know to not have to have him wonder
You know what we did with the talents that he gave us that we didn't go and hide it in the earth
We didn't apologize for God's Word, you know, we need to preach God's Word believe God's Word without apology
Okay, and again, we're living in a time when people they want to make excuses for the Word of God
They want us to apologize to the Word of God, but you know, that's not what we see in Scripture
You don't see great men of God
accomplishing things for the Lord by tiptoeing around what the Bible says by handling people with kids gloves and
And you know and being ashamed of God's Word
Okay, we need to be we need to be shameless if we want to be blameless you're there in 2nd Corinthians chapter 7
look at verse 6
Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians chapter 7 verse 6
nevertheless God that comfort of those that are cast down comforted us by the coming of Titus and
Not by his coming only but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you
When he told us your earnest desire your mourning your fervent mind toward me
So that I rejoice the more now you remember 2nd Corinthians is a follow-up letter to 1st Corinthians
And if you've read 1st Corinthians, you know, that's one long scathing rebuke of the 1st Corinthian Church
You know that a lot of things they weren't doing right in the in the church of Corinth
You want to learn what not to do in church? Just go read 1st Corinthians
Okay, there was and one of the major things that they were doing is they were tolerating certain sins within the church
you know the Bible teaches that there are certain sins that if a person's found guilty of
They are to be put out from the local assembly until they get it, right
You know fornication drunkenness covetousness idolatry
extortion there are certain sins that if you're found guilty of
You know you're to be as Paul said delivered unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh and the whole purpose of that
You know Church discipline
Which is something that's gone completely by the wayside today is something that people are ashamed of in God's house today
Though we practiced Church discipline here
I'm not ashamed of that because 1st Corinthians 5 teaches Church discipline and other passages as well
You know the purposes of that is that when people would go out that are found guilty of those sins
You know they would get right with God, and they could be restored unto the body
You know and live a godly life and get that sin out of their life
Now yet remember that's the context in which he's writing 2nd Corinthians
You know he's writing 1st Corinthians, and he's you know he's just rebuking them for the sin
That's taking place in there the fornication which is not so much as named among the Gentiles
He said in 1st Corinthians 5 that one should have his father's wife
I mean, this is how out of hand things have gotten in the house of God
But he's talking here in 2nd Corinthians 7 about the fact that when Titus came back
You know they were comforted by the report that he brought
He said he was comforted in you when he told us you know Titus your earnest desire your mourning
What were they mourning about they were mourning about the fact?
You know that they got busted that Paul called them out on the carpet and said hey you need to fix this you're wrong
Here you know they mourned about it your fervent mind toward me
You know he found out about from Titus about how he came back to the report said man
They're they want to get right with God. They love you Paul
They they took the correction well, and they they avenged themselves
You know of that sin it says so that I rejoice the more okay, so he's saying look when I heard the report
I was glad I rejoiced the more, but notice verse 8
He said he rejoiced the more for though I made you sorry with the letter
I do not repent though. I did repent
So you know repent just means you know he he he wanted to have a change of mind about it, right?
He said I made you sorry with the letter
Even though I hurt your feelings
Even though I wrote a letter that you know you know chapped your hide even though
I preached some things to you that you didn't like he says you know what I don't repent. I don't repent about it
I'm glad I wrote that letter
You know he wasn't ashamed of what the Word of God said he wasn't ashamed of the things that he preached and taught
He said though I I do not repent though. I did repent. You know he repented after he wrote it because he felt bad
It's not like you know people have this misconception about you know preachers
You know especially Baptist preachers, especially you know hellfire and brimstone Baptist preachers that you know
We somehow enjoy getting up and just you know preaching all the hard things of the Word of God
You know it'd be a lot easier just to do 40 days of grace or 40 weeks of grace
It'd be easier to just focus on all the nice things in the Word of God and never touch anything
You know that might upset somebody you know that make my job a lot easier
You know you know it's hard when you get up
You just have to rip face and people making faces at you, and you wonder are they ever going to come back
You know that's it. They're going to walk out the door
They're never going to come back to this church
But you know that's not my job my job isn't up here to you know and see which way the winds are blowing
You know try to win some kind of popularity contest my job as a preacher as Paul told Timothy is to preach the
Word to be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long-suffering
And doctrine for the kind will come when they will not endure sound doctrine
But shall heat to themselves teachers having itching ears saying look you got to preach the word
Don't get up and preach. You know your opinion don't get up and preach. What's popular
He said preach the word just stick to the Bible preach whatever it says in season out of season
What does he mean when it's popular when it's not when people like the preaching when people don't like the preaching?
You know Baptist churches like this used to be a lot more popular
You know did you notice that if you were here Friday night when we were watching them that movie the trailers were the Baptist Church
Has had huge congregations. I mean little country churches with just hundreds of people are in them
You know people used to be you know America was a church going people
When a Baptist Church opened up in town people just showed up
You know but today it's become less popular hasn't it the message of the word of God has come increasingly less popular
It's gotten to the point now where they're even trying to shame people for preaching what the Bible says
That's not where to do as preachers
We're here to preach the whole counsel the Word of God in season out of season
You say look I made you sorry with the letter though. I did that though it hurt your feelings
I don't repent he's like I'm glad I did it though. I did repent said I didn't enjoy it
I didn't like the fact that I had to tell you about all the sin that was in your church
I didn't like the fact that I had to tell you about all the things you were doing wrong and to get him
Right, so I didn't like doing it. You know what I had to do it
I had to do it
Why he said for I perceive that the same epistle you know first Corinthians that hath made you sorry though
It were for but for a season now rejoice not that you were made
Sorry, it's like I'm not I'm not just up there trying to be a bad guy
I'm not just trying to make you feel bad under rejoice that you were made
Sorry, but that you sorrow to repentance
He said why what I'm glad about is not that I hurt your feelings with that
You know I hurt went ahead and hurt your feelings, and you got right
You know this is why I'm not ashamed of of the Word of God because hard preaching works
You know is it gonna offend some people sure are some people gonna
You know hear a message out of the Word of God and and just get all bent out of shape and never come back
Sure, they are you know what that's not who I'm trying to reach
I'm trying to reach the person who has a tender heart who loves the truth who loves the Lord and when they hear the
Preaching the Word of God you know they're gonna get right they're gonna get the sin out of their life
They're gonna start living for God, and they're gonna do you know great works for God. They're gonna become a soul winner
They're gonna live that leave their family for Christ
You know that's gonna have so much fruit when you preach the whole counsel the Word of God
There is fruit that comes from that it produces something
He's that's what Paul said he said look when I wrote that epistle you sorrow to repentance for you were made sorrow
Sorry after a godly manner that you might receive damage by us in nothing
So you see here in 1st Corinthians or 2nd Corinthians 7 then you know that Paul was shameless he preached what without apology
You know he does say you know I did repent and made me feel bad
I didn't enjoy it, but you know what I'm glad I did it because it got you right with God
So he doesn't preach with apology if you would go to 2nd Timothy chapter
Number 1 2nd Timothy chapter number 1 Paul said in Romans 1 you're going to 2nd Timothy 1
Said I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
For it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth to the Jew first and also to the Greek
You know we shouldn't be ashamed of God's Word. We shouldn't be ashamed of the gospel
We shouldn't be ashamed of being called a Baptist
We shouldn't be ashamed of being called a Bible believing back
It's we should be ashamed of being a King James only independent fundamental soul winning Baptist
Those are all things that I those are those are names that I embrace
You know what I don't I don't tip toe around and wonder well
If should I tell this person who I really am what I believe no
I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ because it that's the power of
God the power of God unto salvation. You know it's the gospel. It's going to get somebody say
Why would I ever be ashamed of that?
You know and here's the thing people want to cherry-pick out of the Word of God and say well of course
I'm not ashamed of the story of Jesus
You know a lot of people will claim the name of Jesus, but they're ashamed of everything else
That's in the Word of God
You know they don't want to go to Romans 1 they don't want to go to Jude
They don't want to go to 2nd Peter 2 they don't want to touch the Old Testament with the 10-foot pole
They don't they're ashamed of everything else, but they love the story of Jesus look. I love the story of Jesus
It's the power of God unto salvation
But there's a lot of other things in the Word of God that need to be preached
That we cannot be ashamed of you know Paul didn't just write the Corinthians and say let remind you again how to be saved
He said let me remind you of everything you're doing wrong in that church
So you can get it right you know he preached without apology
He wasn't ashamed of the gospel look at 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 11 wherefore
Where excuse me weren't you I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles
For the which cause I also suffer these things
Nevertheless I am not ashamed
Say look I suffer and boy did Paul suffer Paul suffered a lot of things didn't he?
And you say you know what people they try to shame me they try to shut me up
They've whipped me they beat me they've imprisoned me they've you know affected my livelihood
They've stoned me to death. You know they've tried to kill me
You know by not nevertheless. I'm not ashamed. You know Paul never let himself get backed into a corner
You know he never apologized well. You know I'm sorry that I he never told the Jews well
I'm sorry. I just exposed your false religion
I'm sorry
I just exposed you for the the Pharisees and the hypocrites that you are for rejecting Christ
You know he never apologized for any of that
He said nevertheless
I am not ashamed why for I know whom I have believed and
It persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him
Against that day saying I'm not ashamed because I know who I've I believed in you know when you see people who are ashamed of
Being identified as a Christian or ashamed of the Word of God or ashamed of the church that they go to
Or ashamed of the preacher that they have you know sometimes. I weren't really wonder
I wonder how real is your Christianity how real is it?
How much do you really know him and whom you have believed?
I'm not saying I don't question their salvation
I mean it doesn't take but a grain of a mustard faith the size of grain of mustard seed to move a mountain
You know whatever the little bit of faith you have if you put it all in Christ. You're saved
You know
But I really don't think it's second really the reality the spiritual reality of the fact that you're saved and going to heaven you're gonna
Stand before God one day has set in with everybody
And when I see people who say well you know I don't want to let them know I go to that church
Or that I believe that about the Bible, or that's my preacher
You know I really wonder you know have you really believed. You know has it really set in with you
I mean, I'm not questioning your salvation. I'm just saying like Paul said here
He said I'm not ashamed because I know whom I have believed
And I'm persuaded that he's able to keep that which I've committed to him against that day
He's saying look whatever. I suffer whatever I go through the Word of God
I know God's gonna keep me and he's gonna provide for me and at the end
I'm not going to what be blamed for being ashamed of the Word of God
He's going to be shameless and blameless
That's why I told Timothy in verse 13 hold fast the form of sound words
Which thou hast heard of me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus
Saying hold on the form of the the form hold fast the form of sound words sound words
No whole words good words good doctrine hold fast to the Word of God
That's what he's telling don't be ashamed of it
Timothy you've seen what I've gone through, you know that I've been a persecuted. You know, I'm not ashamed. You need to do the same, okay?
Now if you would go to 1st Corinthians chapter number four keep something in 2nd Timothy
But go over to 1st Corinthians 4 keep something in 2nd Timothy go to 1st Corinthians 4
You know, and this wasn't just all talk with Paul you say oh, he's just he's just a big blowhard in the scriptures
You know Paul suffered a lot
You know we say wow, what a bold preacher
But was it because he just got up and wrote these these letters
You know his the proof of his boldness is the fact that he was willing to suffer approach
You know, it's one thing to say. Yeah, I'm gonna live for Christ and you know, I don't care what happens
You know, I don't care if we get protested
I don't care if you know the anti I live when the Antichrist comes man
I'm gonna be there on the front line standing for Christ. I'm gonna be this this great martyr
You know the proof of that is how you're living your life now
You know the the I've heard it said, you know, don't tell me they're gonna die for Christ
If you aren't living for him, you know
if you're not living for Christ now my the chances of you being willing to go and suffer a martyr's death if that ever came is
It's me. I'm sorry if I doubt it a little bit. I'm sorry if I am wondering like you can't even get to church
You can't even read your Bible and when you do, you know it you're ashamed of it
You know you but you're gonna boldly proclaim, you know claim the name of Christ during some persecution if people talk like that
Not Paul Paul backed it up didn't he the proof of his boldness is his willingness to suffer approach
Our mind is of acts 14
It says in verse 19 and there came further certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium who persuaded the people and having stoned Paul
You know, they they stoned him, right?
They threw rocks at him until he died and drew him out of the city supposing he had been dead
You know there's debate. Did he actually die or not? I don't I don't know. I know we could talk about that later
It's not the point but the one things for sure, you know, he took some stones to the head and elsewhere
They thought he was dead
How be it the disciples stood around about him he rose up and came into the city and said, I'm sorry
I'm sorry for everything. I said, I'm done. I'll stop don't do that again
No
And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derby and when they had preached the gospel to that city and had taught many
They returned again to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch
Confirming the souls of disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith that we must through must tribulation enter into the kingdom of God
You say look par for the course in stone by the Jews for the things that I preached par for the course
Being hated of men, you know hated of all men for Christ's sake par for the course
You know what? He didn't do he didn't apologize. He didn't feel ashamed
You know what? That's why Paul is gonna stand before God blameless and here well done thou good and faithful servant
Because he was not afraid of man
You know being ashamed of the Word of God obviously is gonna stop you from preaching the gospel
It's gonna keep you from preaching the Bible, you know, you're gonna be one of these undercover Christians
Which is you know completely?
Against the model that we're given you know
We were told to let our light shine before men
That no man light at the candle and put on a bushel
But he put on a candlestick and giveth light unto all that are in the house
So let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven
Saying look don't hide under a bushel
Don't put you know
Put on a candlestick let people know you believe the Bible let people know that you're a bible-believing Christian that you love the Word
Of God don't be ashamed of that because if you're ashamed, you know what you're not gonna preach it
That's why a lot of people will never go slowly because they're embarrassed. They're embarrassed to knock on the door and ask somebody
Confront them and ask them. Do you know if you died today? You're 100% sure you're going to heaven
Because they just have all these you know scenarios run through their mind
Well, what are they what if they say? What if they get mad at me?
What if they slam the door then you just go knock on the next one?
Well, what if they say something mean then just go knock on the next one
What's the worst thing you're gonna do? I mean it gets to the point you do it long enough
It's like it's humorous
It's it's like I'm just excited about you know, what what the reaction will be
You know, are they gonna get mad? I'm kind of like, you know, they just move on
You know what eventually I end up doing is I knock on somebody's door
I asked him that question and I say can I show you from the Bible how?
Salvation is by grace through faith and not of works
Let's any man should both say sure
and I could just take them through the Bible and show them what the salvation is and what it isn't and they get saved and
They're they're eternally secure in Christ
You know, that's worth me being a little uncomfortable in my opinion
You know, but if you're ashamed of if you're if you're a little, you know, you don't want to get uncomfortable
If you're ashamed of that, you know what?
You're you're gonna stand before God and you're not gonna be blameless. He's gonna there's gonna be some blood on your hands
There's gonna be some souls that you were responsible for
What about the people we just can't reach out so any what about the people you know in your personal life?
What about your co-workers and your family members the people that you come in contact with?
Are you are you hiding that light? Well, don't let them know I believe the Bible
Don't let them know I go to that church. Don't let them know that that's my pastor
Don't let them know that I believe this or that about the Word of God
Though, you know don't preach them the gospel because I wouldn't want them to think that I'm one of those
You know uptight stuffy, you know goody two-shoes Christians
Okay, you know go ahead and be ashamed of that. But when you stand before God, you'll have their blood on your hands
You'll be blamed for it and say you were with this person every single day
You saw them week in and week out you had opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to preach them gospel
But you're too ashamed of my word to do it
You were too afraid to get a little uncomfortable. I think you know, and here's here's some motivation for you
Just think about how uncomfortable Christ was on the cross
Every time you get a little some butterflies in your in your stomach and your palms get a little sweaty at the idea of preaching
Somebody, you know the gospel
just think about the fact that Jesus rides an agony on the cross so that you had opportunity to do that and
Then maybe you'll actually preach it in that way. You won't stand before God and be blamed for the souls that you could have reached
We can't be ashamed of it or we'll stop. You know, we can't be ashamed of the whole counsel of God
We'll stop preaching it
You know, that's why men of God who preach the whole counsel of God are standing out
Are you know sticking out more and more like a sore thumb these days?
Because more and more people are ashamed of the Word of God and they're stopped preaching it and those that actually are still
Preaching it. We just we just continue to become more and more odd to the world, you know, so be it
You know if I'll become I I prefer to be an oddball in this world. You see how this world's going. I
Mean they're embracing some things in this world. I'm sorry. That's odd. They don't even know which bathroom to go in anymore
They don't even know what gender they are anymore. That's how confused they are, but I'm supposed to be ashamed
It's a bunch of nonsense I had you in 1st Corinthians chapter 4
Look at verse 11
He said even under this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place
I
Mean, I don't I don't know anybody that could claim any of that
I mean, I certainly couldn't say any of that, you know when he's saying hunger
It's not he's not talking about it's been three hours since I ate he's not using hunger like hung hangry
Right. That's not he's not he's this is he's talking about real hunger like days have gone by maybe weeks
Where he's you know scrounging to find a meal
He's like look to this present hour. We hunger we thirst we're naked, you know
I'm not and I don't think he's talking about he didn't have any clothes. He's just saying look our clothes are so
Tattered and torn up that we're exposed to the elements
We're buffeted, you know, that's not talking about a buffet. All right
That's later, okay, you can do that later
He's talking about being eaten for Christ and have no certain dwelling place
He's like, I don't you know, I don't know where I'm gonna go. Jesus said the Son of Man had not where to lay his
head
And he said and you know what they'll be labor
He didn't say it. So we're quitting so we're gonna throw in the towel
So we're gonna go ahead and apologize for everything
He said so we can just you know
Get that food and get that clothing and and and have a nice safe and secure life
And I said, you know what but we labor working with our own hands being reviled we bless being persecuted
We suffer it being defamed. We entreat it
We are made as the filth of the world and are the off scouring of all things unto this day
Look, if that's the way it was for the Apostle Paul. Why should it be any different for any one of us?
And you know what? Well, none of us will probably ever come anywhere near suffering those type of things
Well, I doubt you know, you know someone at your work or your family giving you a dirty
Look because you believe the Bible that's not exactly making you the off scouring of the world
That's not making you the lowest of the low
You know and so if you can't get over that
You know, don't tell me that you're gonna be this great soul winner for Christ because you're not
People that are ashamed of the Word of God will not preach it just stands to reason look at verse 14
I write not these things to shame you
He's saying look if you have he's not saying I'm writing this
So well, if you haven't done this and you're nothing compared to me, he's not shaming them
He's saying but as my beloved sons, I warn you saying look, this is the Christian life
This is the Christian life
Bible says ye and all they that live godly Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution
That means when you see when you see Christians just never suffering persecution
Just you know, just never going through any turmoil whatsoever. Never upsetting anybody
You know, Jesus said I think not I came to send peace but a sword
You know, he said that a man's foes shall be they of his own household
He's come to set a man at variance. We know with his own family
And he look if you if that never happens in your life
Then I wonder are you living godly in Christ Jesus?
Because that's what the Bible says all they that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution
And Paul's saying here. Look I warn you. This is the Christian life. It's it's persecution. It's suffering. It's being
Defamed you know what when you're defamed you got in treat it
When you're made as the filth of the and off scarring of all things, you know what you have to say
Well, that's that's par for the course
That's what Jesus warned us about. That's what Paul said
And we have to understand this today because there's a lot of ungodly people a lot of haters of God in this world
That want us to change the message
They want us to tone things down and not call a spade a spade
And not say it like it is that's what they want and it's working folks. They're they've got they've got Christians on their heels
They got him backing down and cowering and and and you know, but not here
Not here and not in other churches that I know of
Not where people who you know are willing to suffer some persecution
are found
Only godly want people want to change the message. That's nothing new go back to Jeremiah chapter 5
Jeremiah chapter number 5
You know, we're to take the the the the prophets as an example of sufferings
What it tells us in Hebrews we're to look to them and say that is an example of what the Christian life is like
And look when you actually go read Isaiah you go read Jeremiah go read Ezekiel go read Daniel go read these prophets of old
You know their life wasn't a bed of roses
There was a lot of suffering. There was a lot of persecution and should be why would it be any different for us today?
He said in Isaiah chapter 30 verse 8 now go write it
Before that, I know I had you go to Jeremiah
He said write it before them in a table and note it in a book that it may be for the time to come
Forever and ever great verse about God's the preservation of God's Word. They write these down write this down Jeremiah
It'll be forever and ever. Okay, that's another subject. This is a rebellious people
This is this is the right Jeremiah or what Isaiah was told to write down. This is what's supposed to be recorded forever
It's what we still have today. It's the testimony of the people of Isaiah's time. So look, they're rebellious people
They're lying children children that will not hear the law of the Lord
You know if nothing's changed today
We have people who do not want to hear the law of the Lord and you what that Bible calls that rebellious
Calls them, you know, they're liars. Oh, we love the Word of God you liar. You hate it
You hate it when someone gets up and says thus say it the Lord
Don't tell me you love God if you hate the Bible
If you say well, I just don't believe that's what that means what that says
No, the Bible is very plain about what it says and either you love it or you don't
Either you're rebelling against it or you're not
Children that will not hear the law of the Lord
Which say to the seers and seers just another way of saying prophet, you know preacher
Right what they this is what they say these lying rebellious children. This is what they say this year see not and
To the prophets prophesy and not unto us right things speak unto us smooth things
prophesy deceits
You know people get to a place they get so far and from the Word of God
They rebel so much against the Word of God. What do they end up saying lie to us?
people want to be lied to
That's why he told them look preach the word be instant in season out of season reprove ebutex work with all and suffering doctrine
Why for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine
But shall keep to themselves what teachers having itching ears they get to the place. It's like look
We just want our ear scratched
We just want someone to come and lie to us and tell us that everything's okay that we're right with God that what we're
Doing is just fine that this isn't sin that you know, my abomination isn't a sin
They're saying look
Prophesy unto us right things speak unto us smooth things now notice the wording there out and I know you're not there
Okay, so this is what I'm saying. He's saying prophesied unto us right things speak smooth things
So what's the you know, what's he didn't say?
He didn't say, uh, you know prophesy unto us right things speak unto us wrong things
He said prophets not into us right things, but speak unto us smooth things
You know that tells me about right things is that they're not smooth
Right things are not smooth
You know the Word of God is not is not just some this isn't some buttery book
That's just you know, this isn't the aloe vera, you know, it's just gonna come and soothe all those
You know make you just feel so good all the time. Look there is a balm in Gilead. I get it
There's healing for our soul. We can be saved to the grace that isn't Christ Jesus
But you know what this book is. It's sandpaper friend. It's not smooth. It's the opposite
Right things are the opposite of smooth things. They're rough things. They're hard things
Is it because of the word God's mean? No, it's because people prefer lies. It's because people prefer
Deceit that's what they want. They want smooth things. They don't want the hard things. They want to rebel
They say to them get you out of the way turn aside out of the path cause the Holy One of Israel to cease
perform before us
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel because he despised this word and trust in oppression and perverseness and stay there on
Therefore this iniquity shall be as to you as a breach ready to fall
That's saying look you reject the Word of God
You know you want these people to get up and lie to you and prophesy smooth things to you
You know what? All you're gonna get is judgment. That's what comes to a people that that that's their attitude
prophecy on unto us right things give us smooth things, you know, and that's it might be a real clever way of
Wording it but at the end of day what they're saying is lie to us
lie to me about what the Bible says lie to me about what the Word of God says and
There's plenty of people out there that will fill your ear with lies about the Word of God
You know, that's why you need to read the Bible for yourself
That's why you should be in your own personal Bible reading, you know you that's why you need to be you know
Searching daily whether these things be so don't just trust what the preacher says, you know read it prove it from the Word of God
Because you know what? There's plenty of preachers today to say
Hey, if I just lie to these people if I just prophesy to them smooth things more people will come
You know and that tithe plate will fill up faster
You know and I can get finally get that bigger house and that new car and I could spend all that money on me
Or I could feel like a big shot because I've just assembled some giant I filled a stadium with people
Good are you in Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 30? Look this isn't this Isaiah dealt with it Jeremiah dealt with it
Look at Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 30 a wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land
the prophets prophesy falsely and the priests bear rule by their means and
My people love to have it. So
You ever wonder why these false prophets get away with it, it's just people love it people love the false prophets
You know, they love false prophets. They hate they hate the real man of God
They persecute the real man of God, but they love the false prophet because you know what he's gonna prophesize smooth things
He's gonna say it and say beloved. Let me tell you about your best life now
He's got that perfect smile and that perfect haircut and that nice suit. It's your God just wants your best for you
God just want just God just wants them. God's not mad at you beloved
Let's just talk about the love of God. Look. I'm all for the love of God
We go out and preach the love of God every you know
Several times throughout the week when we go out and preach the gospel the people that aren't even you know
Don't even see it coming there, you know total strangers to us
You know, I'm not trying to get him in here. I'm trying to just preach them at the Word of God
We're just trying to get him saved so they go to heaven
That's the love of God. Don't tell me about the love
We don't preach the love of God around here, but when we get God's people together
We got the saved here, you know
It's time to get into the the things that are a little less smooth the rough things in the Word of God
Because these are the things that are going to you know, have an effect on people's life
You know, no one likes sandpaper, but Boyd it, you know, it's it's ironic how it smooths things out, isn't it?
It's rough. You know, it doesn't feel go good, you know
But you have a piece of wood that's got some splinter is that you take that rough sandpaper and it'll it'll smooth it out
It takes a rough something rough to make something smooth
You say look my people love to have have it. So
Go to Jeremiah chapter 6
You know, and here's here's the point there, you know
There's so many people that are clamoring for lies so many people that would just embrace deceit
They would just embrace false preaching and just say yeah
Give me more right and you know, that could be a real temptation to preachers to say well
Let me just give the people what they want
You know and to be what ashamed of what the Bible says, you know
What then they're gonna they're gonna be they're not gonna be found blameless on that day. They're gonna have to give an account
He told Jeremiah the prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream and he that hath my word
Let him speak my word faithfully
You've got God's Word then that's what you need to preach
Don't preach your opinion. Don't preach what's popular. Don't preach what people want to hear preach my word faithfully
Just tell them what the Bible says
Because then he goes on and says I love how he ends it. He says what is the chaff to the wheat?
What is the chaff to the wheat? You know, the chaff is that which is is worthless
You know God's Word is the wheat
My opinion my feelings what you want to hear over over what bit, you know, rather than what you need to hear
That's just chaff
The wheat of God's Word is what needs to be preached, you know, don't be ashamed of the Bible
That's the thrust of this message. Don't be ashamed of God's Word today and we're living today and it's important
You got to keep preaching this because we're just getting it on all sides today just from every direction
People are just oh, you know trying to mock Christianity mock mock the man of God
You know mock the Word of God
mock God himself and just make it all seem like a big joke and
Then people are ashamed to actually say well, I believe the Bible
You know who should be ashamed is the wicked
They're the ones that should be ashamed
The Bible says have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness Ephesians 5
That's what it says have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness
But rather reprove them for it is a shame to speak of those things which are done of them in secret
It's a shame to speak of those things which are done of the wicked in secret
You know, but the things that they do in secret, that's not what they show you
You know, they just show you
They just show you the the happy cup the happy, you know gay couple on
On the sitcom so this is what it is. They don't show you what's done in secret. Look. It's a shame
You would speak of it. I can't even bring it up
But they want us to be ashamed of that, you know, they're the ones that need to be ashamed of their filthy lifestyle
It's a shame to speak of those things which are done of them in secret look at Jeremiah chapter 6 verse 13
You know, they're the ones that be out to be ashamed
Not the preacher of the Word of God not God's people
Jeremiah chapter 6 verse 13 for from the least even to the great under the greatest of them
Everyone is given a covetousness and from the Prophet even the priest everyone deals falsely
Right. They're just prophesying lies. They're just teaching the people's smooth things. Just telling people what they want to hear
They're ashamed of the Word of God and they're dealing falsely
They have also healed they have healed also the hurt of my people the daughter of my people slightly
Saying peace peace when there is no peace
Say oh God's not mad. God's not upset with anything that's going on in this country
God's fine with all the abortion and the sodomy and everything else that's going on
You know the God and you know condemns in the Bible all repeatedly Old Testament and new
God condemns these things God hasn't changed. You know, God said I change not
Yet Jesus Christ the same yesterday today and forever
That's just blows my mind when people are like, oh, that's all Old Testament everything you're talking about
All that stuff about sodomy and and abortion and all that, you know, and God's God's okay with all that now
Have you read Revelation?
Have you read Romans 1 have you read 2nd Peter 2 have you read the book of Jude? It's only one chapter
Have you read all these other chapters of God is still saying look even a Sodom Gomorrah gave themselves over to strange flesh
God has set them forth from an example
Suffering to them which should afterward live on godly suffering what eternal vengeance eternal fire saying that's what God thinks of it
He doesn't say let me turn you back to Genesis 19 and let's rehash all this again
Let's go back to Judges 19 and and and tell you the truth about the side of my again
He's saying look I said it once twice
I you know
We went over all that the Old Testament go to Romans 1 they which commit such things are worthy of death
You know and then and then but Jesus just all love today
Yeah, except when he comes back in a second coming and just you know wipes people out. Well, God just starts pouring out his wrath
And just millions of people are dying, but Jesus just only loved today. It's the same God
You know it to me. It seems like the guy the Old Testament is actually you know
If you want to if you want to take that approach, you know, God was a little bit more lenient in the Old Testament
You know, he winked at some things, you know, but now commandeth all men to repent
But you know, that's a whole nother debate. Where were we Jeremiah six?
He's you know, don't be ashamed of the Bible
The wicked are the ones that ought to be ashamed of the word of what they're doing. We shouldn't be ashamed of the Word of God
It's a shame to speak of those things which they do in secret
He says they look they've healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly saying peace peace when there is no peace
Verse 15 were they ashamed when they committed abomination nay
Means no, they shall not they were not at all ashamed neither. Could they blush?
You know
They got to the point where where they get the where the point where they could just talk
Openly about all the filth and disgusting perverseness that they're into and not even blush about it
But God's people they say oh, you know, I believe the Bible whoo
Preacher gets up you well, you know, I
Still think you know, the homosexual lifestyle is a it's a sin
Bible calls an abomination
Bible says that you know, they would commission things are worthy of death
That's what it says folks. I'm not ashamed of that
They're the ones that I'd be ashamed
They get the place where they can't blush anymore. I
Mean you should hear you should go read the comments in some of these YouTube channels
Where some man of God gets up and just preaches the whole council where to God and people just go on there and they just mock
and ridicule and just blow off their mouth and just say the most blasphemous things and
Then they go and they go and they get off and they go live their life and they lay their head down their little
Pillow at night and they don't blush
They're not ashamed at all of the things that they say that the things that they mock God
over
Go to 1st Peter chapter 3
Were they ashamed he said in Jeremiah chapter 8 going to 1st Peter 3 were they ashamed when they committed abomination
Nay, they were not at all ashamed. You're saying you just read that. No, he said this twice
Neither could they blush therefore they shall fall among them that fall in the time of their visitation
They shall be cast down sayeth the Lord
First Peter chapter 3 look at verse verse 10 first Peter chapter 3
I'll begin reading in verse 10 for he that will love long love life and see good days
Let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak. No guy let him askew evil and do good
Let him seek peace and sue it for the eyes lured over the righteous and his ears are open in their prayers
But the face of the Lord is against them that do it that that do evil, you know, God's not neutral
It's not like well if you're right with God that he'll bless you and if you're not ready with God
Well, he'll just feel sorry for you. It says he's against them that do evil. That's what we read in Jeremiah
Said they were not at all ashamed. You know what therefore they shall be cast down sayeth the Lord
He said therefore I'm gonna pour out my vengeance upon them
I'm gonna I'm gonna make them ashamed. I'm gonna you know
judge them
That's what he's saying
Look the eyes of the Lord over the righteous and his ears are open their prayers
But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil and who is he that will harm you if you be followers
Of that which is good
You know what? What is he saying there? Don't be ashamed
That's what he said who is he that will harm you if you be followed that's what which is good
You know if we do with that which is good if we're not ashamed of the Word of God if we live
The Word of God if we embrace the Word of God
Who's gonna harm us? What are they gonna do? What's the most they can do to us?
Maybe that more they'll take my life
Okay, well then I'll go to heaven and Paul said to depart and be with the Lord is far better
You know as nice as it is things are down here, you know taking me threatening with heaven is not exactly a threat. Oh
They'll cause you to lose your job. I'll get another one
God will take care of me. Oh, they'll beat you. You know what?
Bones heal and you know chicks dig scars
Sorry, I shouldn't send that it's like that's an old skater bottle I guess all right, I
Guess this is the Christian way to say it scars are cool, right?
You know broke me up bruises go away
Those things go away, you know if we do good who is he that will harm you
Verse 14 but and if you suffer for righteousness sake happy are you and be not afraid of their terror neither be troubled
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer saying look don't be ashamed of the Word of God
Give an answer to every man that seeketh you of a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear
Having a good conscience that that whereas they speak evil of you as evil doers
They may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ
What's he saying? You have no business being ashamed of the Word of God
They have every they they're the ones that should be ashamed
That stand against the Word of God that mocked the Word of God that want to shut God's people up
They're the ones that have you ashamed not us
You know, we're the ones that should not be afraid
We're the ones that should give an answer that they may be ashamed should shame them
Go to Hebrews chapter 2 Hebrews chapter number 2
Bible says in 1st Peter 4 if any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed
But let him glorify God on his behalf
You know, that's you know, that's why I'm not a I'm afraid of being persecuted
You know if I suffer for righteousness sake I'm supposed to be happy about that folks
He said don't don't be ashamed, but let him glorify God
You know when they beat the Apostles they they went away rejoicing that they were kind of worthy to suffer for his name's sake
You were a far cry from that today and so called Christianity, aren't we?
Well, they people just don't want to they don't want to rock the boat at all
And no wonder our no wonder our country has just gone down into the moral cesspool that it has
It's just a gutter of iniquity. That's America today morally if you could see it spiritually
We're just it's just it's just a giant gutter of iniquity
Just flowing out into all the world just trying to spread its filth all over the world. That's America
He's saying look don't be ashamed of Christ
Let me just give you some practical application here at the end
You know because a lot of this that would apply maybe a little bit more to me as a preacher of God's Word
You know, that's my job to not be ashamed of God
But just get up and preach the whole Council Word of God and just you know
If people get offended they get offended and if people love it, then they love it
You know, my job is to not be ashamed but willing to suffer persecution, but you know what you shouldn't be ashamed either
You know, obviously you should be ashamed with God's Word that all applies to us
But you know for you don't be ashamed of your church
Don't be ashamed of the fact that you go to faithful word Baptist Church
You know, we whether you realize it or not that name and certain with certain people that will ring a bell
You know, I've knocked on doors out here and handed the materials and say pastor Anderson's your pastor
And they just blow a gasket and I'm just like, oh, I'm sorry, you know, I didn't realize you were something I said
Yeah, no, I'll take the DVD back
Yeah, take it. I don't want it. I want to do that guy. All right. See ya
Don't be ashamed of your church
Are you in Hebrews 2 did I have you go there?
look at verse 10 it said it for became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things and
Bringing many sons unto glory to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings talking about Christ
for both he
Jesus that sanctify it, you know, he's the one that saves us
He sanctifies us forth he that sanctify it and they who are sanctified. That's me and you
We're sanctified by the blood of Christ through faith
He that sanctify it Jesus and they who are sanctified us are all one
For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, you know, Jesus isn't ashamed to you
He's not ashamed to say yeah, I saved that soul. Yeah, I bled and died for him
I bled and died for her. I bled and died for that person that person I
Saved him. I sanctified that one. I sanctified that one. Oh, I think if I yeah, I think to find that one
Does he say that?
Yeah, you know I had to after all it's for everybody
Didn't have any choice in the matter. No, he's not ashamed of us. He's not ashamed to be called our brethren
Saying I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the church. I will sing praise to thee
Say look, I'm gonna I'm not ashamed of my church
You know Jesus isn't ashamed of his church. Why are you don't be ashamed of your church?
And again, I'll put my trust him and again behold I come and I and the children which God have given me
Go back to 2nd Timothy where I had you
Don't be ashamed of your church
He said in Hebrews 11, but now they desire a better country that isn't heavenly
Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God
God's not ashamed to be our God
Jesus isn't ashamed the fact that he saved us and and and purchased his church with his own blood
Don't you be ashamed of me there and you know what don't be ashamed of your preachers
Now yeah, I said preachers plural
You know, I'm the deacon here. Let's the church is under the authority of pastor Anderson
Don't be ashamed of him and don't be ashamed of me
Don't be ashamed of any man of God that gets up and preaches the Word of God
Don't be ashamed of that
You know, let me just say this, you know
If you are let's just say, you know, you don't want to make waves in your at your in your family at your job
Or wherever
Don't come tell me about it
okay, look if you're ashamed to have if you're ashamed to claim me as your preacher a
Pastor Anderson is your pastor if you're ashamed to claim the fact that faithful word Baptist Church is your church
Fine, just don't come tell me about it
Because I mean think about what do you think I'm trying to do week in and week out to cause you to not be
ashamed
To go out there invite people to come to church to get soul saved to help the church grow
You know and if you're saying that don't come tell me that you're doing the complete opposite
Because you know that might just be a little bit discouraging to me
Okay, so, you know keep that to yourself if you're if you're ashamed of the church
You're trying to avoid it, you know as being identified as a member of this church you feel that way fine
Just don't tell me about it. Please. I don't want to hear about it. Look at 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 7
He said for God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind
Well, I'm just afraid you know if they find out well, you know what that's not a spirit that came from God
Well, I'm just afraid if they find out that I'm associated with faithful word that you know deacon wrestle
You know, he preached that hot sermon and you know
I'm just afraid what might happen if my job or my family finds out people at school find out
Well, that's you know that you feel that way. Okay that just understand that's not the spirit of God
That's not boldness. That's the opposite
God has not given us a spirit of peers for your spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind
Look at verse 8 be it not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner
He's saying Timothy don't be ashamed of me
His prisoner, you know Timothy or Paul's writing this from jail
And people say oh you're you're you're that guy. I thought Paul around, you know, he's in jail now, right?
Like oh, well, yeah, but just because somebody went to jail doesn't mean they did something wrong
You know, they crucify Jesus you didn't do anything wrong
Don't be ashamed of your preacher
He said in verse 16
No verse 15 this thou knowest that they all they which are in Asia be turned away from me
There were plenty of people in Paul's life that were ashamed
So, you know, we can't have anything to do with Paul. Let's just not associate with Paul
We don't want anything to do with him
All they in Asia is turned away from me of whom are five jealous and homogeneous
That's not the shout-out you want right there
The Lord give mercy in the house of anissa forest for he oft refreshed me
So, yeah, he's saying look there was all these people in Asia
They all turned away from me
But you know this one guy and it's a forest he off refresh me and was not ashamed of my chain
The Lord grant him verse 17, but when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me
You know this guy and it's a forest. He actually went looking for Paul. That's how unashamed he was
He's saying I don't care what kind of reputation Paul has among the Jews
I don't care what kind of reputation Paul has among the Romans
I don't care what kind of you know, reputation Paul has amongst the world the unbelieving the unsafe
I don't care about his reputation. He's the man of God. I love him. I'm gonna go refresh him
That's what people you know, that's what the man of God needs sometimes
You know, he needs people that will stand alongside him and say hey, I'm with you
Now people are gonna come and say, you know, did you really have to say that?
Did you really have to you know, if you just tone that down a little bit, you know
Maybe if you just back off against preaching against the sodomites, you know, maybe just back off a little bit
You wouldn't have so much persecution
Yeah, but then you know what then I wouldn't be a minister would I that wouldn't be a faithful minister then?
I wouldn't have any integrity with Word of God
You know, that's what Paul was he had integrity he was willing to suffer
He was ready to preach the whole thing
You know what and he had somebody that wasn't ashamed of him, but actually was someone that could refresh him
You know, it's it's not refreshing when you hear oh, you know, I didn't want to be associated with your church
I don't want people to know I went to church there. It's like oh, thanks
You want to slap me in the face while you're at it maybe spit on my shoes?
Tell me to shut up
Look at verse 18 the Lord grant unto him
Let me find mercy in the Lord of the Lord in that day and how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus thou
knowest very well
You know, don't be ashamed of your preacher and let me get a little bit more practical
Okay, you know and this is for the men, okay, you need to learn to say Amen in church
Thank you, see what was that that hard
And I know we get it, you know, we have some in here but I
And and look I know some people they'll let me they'll start a menning the announcements
You know, we have services at Wednesday at 7. Amen. It's like okay. Amen when it counts
You know when the preacher gets up and says something hard
You know says something that's not popular
You know, that's not the time to go. Well, I'm not gonna say it in fact, I
Don't want people behind me thinking I agree with that even though I do
I don't want my spouse thinking I agree with that even though I do you know what say Amen
You know make your Amen's count. I'm just getting like this is a little more practical part of the sermon
You want to show some support say Amen
You know, it's kind of discouraged you know, because here's the thing. I
Have no idea how you're taking the sermons
I can't just look at you and say oh they're you know, you can have an idea but sometimes people they just do this the whole sermon
They're just frowning
And I'm thinking they are not liking the sermon
They don't like it. They're never coming back. And then it's those people walk up and go good sermon. I
Really enjoyed that
You know
So I have no it's like I've learned there's just there's no way to gauge how people are taking things based on facial expressions
I mean, it's a lot of time to see ladies going this, you know
Don't be nodding. Mm-hmm. I
Could tell sometimes they want to be the ones
But you men, you know say Amen
When I say something and you know make it count
But when the preacher says something, I mean, I I know that's what I did when I sat out in the pew
If I heard the pastor just drop a big old bombshell and everyone was quiet I'd be amen
And I'd say it just like that like duh
Then anybody else agree with that. I thought we were Baptist here. I thought we believed the Bible. Amen
Where'd you know everyone else that was amening, you know, the fact that okay at this time
We're gonna go ahead sing a song. Amen
You know, they're amening everything else, but then this big old bomb gets dropped by the pastor and it's just like crickets
That's why I mean by a make your Amen count, I mean amen whenever you feel the need. Amen
But when it's like I'm preaching on, you know, women's roles, you know, I'm preaching on dress standards
I'm preaching on just something that you know is just making people bristle
You know, that's when I you know want to refresh me, you know, seek me out diligently and give me an amen
And let me know that I'm not the old not I'm not taking crazy pills up here
And I'm not the only one that believes these things
You know, it's just a practical way you could show some support if it was some some some
Some some support I'm trying to speak here go to Jeremiah chapter number 12 Jeremiah chapter number 12
Should I keep you something there?
Look, you can't be ashamed of the Word of God today
And look if you don't have the right perspective about persecution, you will be ashamed
If you think that persecution is just something that was reserved for the prophets
It's just something the Apostles went through it was just something that was for the early church, you know
Oh, that's just for the preacher, you know, that's just for them. I'm not supposed to have anything to do with persecution
You know what? Yeah, you have the wrong perspective. You need to adjust that you need to fix that
You get the right perspective on persecution
Look at Jeremiah chapter 12 verse 5
He says there in Jeremiah chapter 12 verse 5 if thou hast run with the footmen and they have wearied thee
How canst thou contend with horses and if in the land of peace where in thou trustest they wearied thee
Then how will it not do in the swelling of Jordan?
Talking about you know, when the armies like come over Jordan
You know if the footmen wear you out, what are you gonna do in the Calvary shows up?
You know if you're a co-worker
You know if your client if your family member is somebody that you're afraid of offending because they might find out that
You go to a Baptist Church
You go to that Baptist Church. That's your if that if that wears you out
Then okay, but just don't tell me how you're gonna take this righteous stand when the man of sin is revealed
Yeah, but yeah, amen, you know when the when the Antichrist shows up
Yeah, but now I'm ready to just be this bold Christian ready to suffer and endure them to the bitter end
Yeah, but you yeah, but you couldn't preach the gospel to your co-worker
Yeah, but you know
Every you are afraid to claim the name of Christ, you know, it's like Peter, you know that little maid
You know, I will die with you Lord and you know
Then so said they all they are all men forsake you Lord never yet
Not will I I'm gonna go with you to death Lord. Let me tell him he said you look
You're gonna deny me for the night's over
And who how did he get offended by who was it that put Peter to shame? It was a little maid
Was a girl
Little servant girl. No, weren't you with him? Aren't you one of those two, but no, I know not the man began to curse
You know
But he's got you know, and that's a great example. I mean god bless Peter for just
You know allowing himself to be
Shown for the flawed character that he is. He's why so relatable
But you know we can apply that to our own lives. Oh
No, I'm gonna die I'm ready to die for Christ I'm ready for the Antichrist to come I'm ready for the Great Tribulation
You know, I'm gonna go through all of it. I'm ready
Yeah, but you know what you're afraid, you know, you're you say hey when you send your tithe statement to me
Can you can you not put the church's address on there the return address?
That's never happened. I'm just using as an example
You know when you send my here and giving statement could you I just don't want the postman to know that I go to
that church I
Don't want to look at them potentially look at the piece of mail coming from faithful word Baptist Church
and that's gonna go in the mailbox and then he's gonna know that I go to faithful word Baptist Church and
That you know, you're my preacher and that you know
You've been in the news and your church has been protested and then he's gonna think that I believe what you believe
And even though I do I still anybody know about it
But don't worry when the Antichrist comes out. I'll be there with you
No, you won't
You won't that's what he's saying. Look if the if the footmen wear you out the Calvary is gonna just blow right over you
They're not even know you were there. You make a little bug just
done I
Mean, that's what Jesus said in Luke 23. I won't take the time to go there
But when they're when they're, you know leading them up to crucifying about the hill
They're there. You know, there's a group following why you know
Just bewailing moaning crying out lamenting and he turned around and says weep not for me
You know weep for yourselves. He said look what he said if they do this in a green tree. What will they do in a dry?
Saying look if they're willing to crucify the Son of God when everything's going up good in this country
Just wait till things get bad
Because then they're gonna turn on everyone
You know, so it should why should we be surprised, you know, if they're willing to crucify Christ
You know, why should we think that we're gonna get off the hook
Well, I was just for God. I was just for the Lord
It was just the Apostles just for the prophets just for the preacher
No, it's for you to all day that live God in Christ. Jesus shall suffer persecution
Have you I'll have you go to one last place go to Philippians chapter 2
He said in James 5 take my brethren the prophets who have spoken in the name of Lord for an example of suffering
affliction and of patience
You see he didn't say look take my brother in the prophets and I just count yourselves lucky that you're never gonna have to go
Through anything they ever they went through. That's not what he said in James
Oh, you know go read the Apostles go read the prophets go read about them
And just I just thank your lucky stars that they've done all the suffering for you and that you'll never have to feel any
discomfort at all in the Christian life
No, he said, you know take them for an example who spoke in the name Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience
Behold we count them happy which endure
You
Know really in the Christian life. These are your options
Suffer shame on earth or suffer shame before the Lord
Those are your options
You can suffer shame here for the name of Christ for Christ and his name and his cause or you can shut you could
Suffer shame in front of Christ
from him, okay
That's what he said
He said Matthew 10 whosoever therefore shall confess me before men
Him will I also confess before my father which is in heaven
But whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my father which is in heaven
You know and we could apply that to salvation, but we also could apply that to you know
People that just want to deny Christ on earth, you know, they're saved
They got saved by grace, but they just don't want to have anything to do with the Christian life
They don't want to be associated with you know, the Bible they just don't want anyone to know that they're Christian
You know, he's gonna deny you too
You know, you're gonna stand for the father you say, you know this one here father did nothing for me. I
barely know him, you know, I know I sanctified him he saved but I
Got nothing for him because he just spent his whole life ashamed of me
next
Then, you know, that's a sad story. That's a lot of what Christians are gonna hear next
Okay, what let's get those talents back. What'd you do for me while you're down there? Oh, I was totally ashamed
I didn't do anything
next and
Then all of eternity nothing
You know and then then then, you know, you know some some, you know
Godly Christian woman's gonna come along and just God's just gonna go. Oh look at all the work. She did she wasn't ashamed
Just boom
It's gonna walk away. It's crowns and everything else and
Some big strong bold man. He's gonna have nothing
What's the difference one was ashamed one wasn't?
Once spent their life fulfilling God's role not ashamed of what God had for them the other didn't
He said look
Whose service shall deny him four men him
Will I also deny him before my father which is in heaven think now that I have come to send peace on earth. I
came not to send peace but a sword
for I have come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her
Mother-in-law and a man's foes shall be they of his own household
And that happens and I know it from experience. I
And I know it I've seen it happen other families where the Word of God
Living for Christ is just like a sword that comes in and just divides even families apart
You know and if you don't like that well, I'm sorry, but this is the Bible
That's what it says. Those are the words of Jesus
Did I have you go to Philippians?
Chapter 2 verse 14 said do all things without murmurings and disputings. Well, I just don't want to live for God
It's just too hard. I just don't want people to know that I'm a Christian
I'm just afraid of what might happen, you know, do all things about murmurings and disputings quit murmuring about it
Just live the Christian life
You know live for God
You know cuz those are your options folks
You can either be ashamed of Christ here or you can be ashamed before Christ there. Those are your options
You say you may be blameless and harmless
the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, I
Mean, it's it's it's shocking me when people are ashamed of Christ and what and in this nation
When we're living in a perverse and crooked nation folks, we are it's corrupt. It's perverse and
We have no business being ashamed of God's Word
He's saying look
You be the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom you shine as lights in the
world
You know the darker it grows in this world spiritually the more we need to shine for Christ not less
You know and the devil wants nothing more than just put out your lamp
So they can just make the world a little bit darker. That's what he's trying to do
He doesn't want that light shining. He wants to snuff out that lamp. Don't let him
Don't let him
How are you gonna do that verse 16 by what holding forth the Word of Life
How am I going to shine by holding forth the Word of Life?
By by proclaiming thus saith the Lord
That's how you're going to shine as lights in this world in the midst of a perverse and crooked nation
By holding forth this book and not being ashamed of it
That I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain neither labored in vain
That was that's what Paul gets out of it
He's saying look if you if you shine as a light if you hold forth the Word of God the Word of Life
Then you know what? I haven't labored in vain
And look, that's what I feel like, you know when people when people, you know, come to church
They learn the Word of God. They embrace the Word of God
They start to you know, apply the Word of God to life. They take the preaching they do something with it
They make it personal as I haven't labored in vain. This is working
Well, I'm glad I didn't hold back. I'm glad I didn't I wasn't ashamed the Word of God
This is having an effect. I'm glad it's working
But you know when people say well, I know that's what you preach
I don't know what the Bible says, but I just don't know if I can do that
I don't know if I want to be associated with that. You know what? I wonder have I labored in vain
With this individual have I labored in vain with this church these groups of people if people are shaming wouldn't Paul say that
He's a look. I was an example to you. I suffered affliction. I went through all this persecution
I didn't hold back. I preached you the Word of God
But if you're gonna and you're gonna put that candle out you're not gonna shine a slight you think then it was all in vain
What was the point of all that? What's the point of Paul going through all that?
Look, you need to hold forth the Word of Light
You need to you need to shine as a light in this world and not be ashamed
You know be shameless why so that you can be blameless
Because those are the only options you have as a Christian you can be ashamed here
You know of the Word of God or you can be ashamed in front of the Word of God the Lord Jesus Christ
You know, I'd rather suffer shame here because there's no reward for suffering shame before God
That that's just that's that there that's there's nothing good that comes out of that
You know if I suffer shame here, there's a reward for that
You know, that's why Jesus said look when rejoice when men shall persecute you
And and say all manner of evil against you falsely for mine for my name's sake rejoice to be exceedingly glad
He said Luke leap for joy
Or so that persecuted the prophets which were before you I
Mean, I'd love to be counted that number. I
Mean getting to heaven and being like yeah. Hey Isaiah, I can relate a little bit. I
Mean, I'm he's it's probably gonna be a far cry from anything. I ever go through that. He went through
Hey Jeremiah, I know a little bit about what you're talking about
Hey Paul, I could I could cut, you know, I could sympathize to some degree
Now I have no idea what any what suffering is like at all
I just have no idea what it means to suffer for Christ one bit. That's not what the testimony that I want in heaven
Get that new stone that stone. We're in as a new name written that no man knew when God gives me that new name
You know, I look at it coward
You know, how about this just comfortable and he who was at ease, you know, maybe it'll be like an Indian name
Didn't work much, you know, that's your name, you know was that ease on earth
You know was ashamed of Christ
Was ashamed of his word
Or if I got that someone said a bright shining light in a dark world that was unashamed
Of God's Word. That's that's what I want. And look that's what I want for everyone in this room
I'm not sure I'm not up here to try and labor in vain
You know
I want people in that I preach to to understand these things and and to be willing to suffer shame for his name's sake
You know to whatever degree you're going to in your life if it's if it's in your house if it's on your job wherever
You know, we need to be willing to suffer that shame
You know, we need we need to not be ashamed the Word of God so that we won't be will be found
What blameless before God let's go and pray dear Lord again. Thank you
For dying for us Lord for cut for not being ashamed of us Lord for not being ashamed
To come down here and to well among us Lord to Lord as the Bible says, you know
You condescended Lord that the great condescension that you made to come down here and bleed and die for us Lord
Help us to never be ashamed of you
help us to never be ashamed of your word in any circumstance Lord and help us not be ashamed of our church or
The man of God or the men of God that we associate with or anyone that is just taking a bold stand
In this dark and wicked day that we're living in or help us to shine his lights. We ask in Christ's name. Amen
All right, we'll go ahead and sing one more song before we go
And also right after the service right after we close the last song we're gonna have a baptism. So just stick around here
We'll have a baptism right after we're finished singing
I
Oh
He
Affirmed that he was still saved so he understands salvation is by grace and faith that it's eternal. He can't lose it
So damn my brother based on your profession of faith. You want to just put your arms on your chest there
I baptize you in the name of the Father Son Holy Ghost buried in likeness of his death
Rise risen to walk and newness of life
Congratulations, all right. I'll help you out. There's a towel for you
He's our first indoor baptism so he's got that honor. All right, we are dismissed. Thank you for coming