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Sure foundation Baptist Church, please take a seat and turn your him knows to song number 375
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375 work for the night is coming
On the first war for the night is coming work through the morning
Work while the dew is sparkling, work mid-spring in flowers,
Work when the day grows brighter, work in the glowing sun,
Work for the night is coming, when man's work is done,
Through the sunny noon, feel bright as house with labor,
rest comes sure and soon.
Give every flying minute something to keep in store.
bright teams are glowing. Work for day life flies. Work till the last beam faded. Faded
through shine no more. Work while the night is darkening. When man's work is over.
Hey, man, I'm still brother Justin. I just switched suit coats. I was just playing. Let's all stand and let's go to number 45
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
This is one of my favorite hymns
number 45
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus. Let's sing with power church
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus just to
Came at his word just to I'm sorry
All wrong son number. I'm sorry
Number just so sweet to dressed in Jesus
It's number uh, it's number 127. I'm sorry 127 number 127 to so sweet to dressed in Jesus
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus.
Now let's sing with power.
1stanza
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take Him at His word
Just to rest upon His promise
Just to know the Scytholos
See y'all church!
Jesus Jesus
How I trust Him
How I prove
moved him more and more. Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus. To trust him more.
How sweet to trust in Jesus. Trust to trust his cleansing blood. Just in simple faith to
plunge me. Knead the healing cleansing. Sit up church. Jesus, Jesus. How I've trust him. How I've
3rd stands a church, yes to sweet to trust in Jesus, just from sin and self to cease,
just from Jesus simply taking life and rest and joy and peace.
Good job singing church
Precious Jesus
Fort Stanza, I'm so glad I'm so glad
Doing a great job church and man, I love hearing you guys sing
With me to the seat of church
How I trust him how I've proved him more and or
Jesus Jesus
precious Jesus
Hey, man at this moment we'll have announcements from evangelist Justin Zong
All right, welcome again, Tissue Foundation Baptist Church on the morning service.
Raise your hand if you need a bulletin and an usher will hand one to you.
I printed out some extra ones because we've been running short for the past two weeks.
There's some bulletin thieves here.
I'm just kidding.
Titus chapter 2 verse 7 is the verse of the week in all things showing thyself a pattern
sincerity. That's a great verse telling us that we should be an example of doing good
works and be sincere and be serious about what we do in our Christian life. And let's
look at the inside page. We are on YouTube, Facebook, Rumble, and X. And my X was locked
for seven days for some reason. So if you, anyway, X is weaker than Facebook in some
good of a guy after all. So, anyway, that's not a sermon against X, but...
service times on the morning at 11 a.m. Sunday afternoon service at 4 p.m. and
Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. we're going through the book of Ecclesiastes
one chapter a week and this coming Wednesday will will be going over
chapter number seven chapter seven is very jam-packed so please join us if
you are able to and actually that book is actually pretty hard to preach and
you know those wisdom book there are a lot of things to
talk about and to apply in our lives.
So definitely a good time if you can join us.
So many times this afternoon at 1.30 p.m.
and Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m.
And then the salvation and last week's attendance
is below 40 to C.
And we have broken 500 salvations as of yesterday.
So praise the Lord for that.
And apparently some people, people were not happy online because we did that, so I think that's pretty hilarious.
So by the way, we, you know, people like accused us for doing the one, two, three prayer after me.
If they really know how we present the gospel, we are, you know, not even remotely close, okay?
We're even purposely not counting salvation just to be conservative, so...
Upcoming events. Pastor Anderson will be preaching for us. Friday, September 5th at 7 p.m.
There'll be no Wednesday night service that week. We'll move that to that Friday.
And then we'll have our annual fall fellowship picnic at a local park at 4 p.m.
Dinner will probably around 5.30 p.m. because we'll be grilling stuff, setting
things up. But feel free to show up at 4 p.m. We'll set up volleyball net.
There's a basketball court, and we can play some games there.
And I have a sign-up sheet on that front table.
So please sign up, the side, dessert, whatever you want to bring.
And Dr. Phil Stringer from the King James Bible Research Council
will be preaching both services on Sunday, November 30.
So definitely save the day and invite people to come.
And then so many marathon coming up.
The choice when you marathon will take place September 19 and 20. Please see the video for detail
The video is on the social media page. Also, I have attached the QR code for you to scan
So you can know the address. Please RSVP. Let me know if you're planning on coming Friday Saturday or both
Hopefully we can have a great turnout there
If you're planning on preaching at the men's preaching night next Sunday doing the afternoon service
Please let me know sermon topic your sermon title by Friday so I can have an idea who's
Who's preaching and if you are thinking about saying something weird or something that's you know the question
But please let me know so I don't have to shut you down while you are preaching
If you want to know how to be saved or needs to be baptized, please see an usher on myself after the service
Titan offerings as for you to see please stay faithful so we can do more for God and
On the back side we have the birthdays and the yeah
We have the birthdays for the month of August and the Miss Roeve's birthday is next Sunday
So we'll sing her birthday to her next Sunday. They are visiting the Manu Baptist Church today
So pray for you know, they're safe travel back
So with that being said let's sing one more song and then we'll take up the offering
Amen, let's all stand for this last song. Let's go to number 170 hallelujah. What a savior
This is a great hymn it's been a while since I've heard this song the great song
Sing it on that first verse.
Man of sorrows, what a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim
Hallelujah, what a say
Second stanza, bearing shame
And scoffing rude
In my place, condemned, he stood.
Sealed my pardon with his blood.
Hallelujah, what a sin.
Third stands the guilty, vile and helpless.
We spotless lamb of God.
Was he full atonement?
Hallelujah, what a savior.
Lifted up was he to die.
It is finished was his cry.
Lifted, lifted high, hallelujah.
Hallelujah, what a last stanza When he comes, our glorious high
All his ransom to bring Then anew this song will sing
Hallelujah, what a save, oh, amen You may be seated at this moment
and give us the offering.
Brother Miguel, can you pray for the offering please?
All right, we'll be in Proverbs chapter 23 this morning if need a Bible
Raise your hand and I sure will provide one for you Proverbs chapter 23
Proverbs chapter 23 the Bible reads when thou sittest to eat with a roar
Consider diligently what is before thee and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite
Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat.
Labor not to be rich, cease from thy own wisdom.
Well thou set thine eyes upon that which is not, for riches certainly make themselves
wings.
They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Either I am not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty
meats.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he, eat and drink, saith he to thee, but his heart
The morsel which thou hast eaten, shall thou vomit up, and loose thy sweet words.
Speak not the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Remove not the old landmark, and enter not into the fields of the fatherless, for their
demers mighty, he shall plead their cause with thee, apply not heart unto an instruction,
and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child, for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my range shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
What not thine heart, Envy sinners?
Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long, for surely there is an end, and thine
expectation shall not be cut off.
Hear thou my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers, among righteous eaters of flesh, for the drunkard in the garden shall
come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
By the truth and sell it not also wisdom and instruction and understanding the father of the righteous
Shall greatly rejoice and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him thy father and thy mother
Shall be glad and she that bear thee shall rejoice my son
Give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways for a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit
She also lieth and wait as for a prey and increase it the transgression among men who hath woe
who have sorrow, who have contensions, who have babbling, who have wounds without cause,
who have redness of eyes, they that tarry long at the wine, they that go seek mixed wine,
will not now upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveeth
itself aright, at the last it biteeth, but like a serpent, and staineth like an adder. Thine
And thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Ye thou shalt be as he that lie down in the midst of the sea,
or as he that lie upon the top of a mast.
They have stricken me, shall thou say, and I was not sick.
They have beaten me, and I felt it not.
When shall I awake?
I'll seek ye yet again."
Brother Leo, could you pray for the message?
Heavenly Father, thank you for this day, Lord.
Thank you for allowing us to be here in church, Lord.
I ask you, Lord, to please fill brood justin
with your spirit as it gets up and preaches your word.
Please bless all of everything that's going on today, Lord.
So many fellowship, Lord.
Thank you, Lord.
In Christ, they might pray.
Amen.
At your turn, oh, Bible, do Proverbs, Proverbs chapter
number 20.
And I apologize for giving Brother Stephen the wrong chapter.
So Proverbs chapter 20, look at verse number 23.
Okay.
Not chapter 23.
Go to Proverbs chapter 20, verse 23.
So I don't know how I messed that up, but Proverbs 20, verse 23.
Diverse weights are an abomination unto the Lord, and the false balance is not good.
Okay, so this verse, you know, shows us that God, God desires just weight and they just balance.
So, so, so any unequal measure designed to trick people and deceive people is an abomination, right?
God wants us to be fair. And we live in a world that's full of hypocrisies. People are not real.
people are fake, people deceive each other.
So this morning, I want to preach a sermon
entitled Double Standards, Double Standards.
Because in verse 23, the Bible is very clear
that an equal measure is an abomination unto the Lord.
And God wants us to have a just balance,
a balanced perspective.
Turn the Bible to Amos chapter number eight.
Go to Amos chapter number eight.
But I do want to preface this sermon by saying that not all double standards are actually wrong.
Okay, I will talk about it later in the sermon, but there are definitely bad kinds of double standards.
So point number one, I want to talk about the sinful side of double standards.
The sinful side of double standards.
Mainly, I want to address the hypocrisy as well as the inconsistency.
Amos chapter 8 verse number 1, the Bible says,
Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, and behold, a basket of summer fruit.
And he said, Amos, what sees thou?
And I said, a basket of summer fruit.
Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come unto my people of Israel.
I will not again pass by them any more.
And the songs of the temple shall be howling, shall be howlings,
in that they said the Lord God.
There shall be many dead bodies in every place.
They shall cast them forth with silence.
Here it is, O ye that swallow up the needy even to make the poor of the land to fail.
So here the Bible explains why would God, you know, bring an end, bring the punishment upon the church of Israel
is because they swallow up the needy, they are making the poor to fail to stumble.
Here's what they did. Look at verse number five.
saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat,
making the ephos small, and the shackle great, and falsifying the balances by deceit.
Notice what they were doing. They were purposely waiting for the opportune time.
They were waiting for the holiday to be over, in order to rid people off.
Basically, God will punish the people of Israel, because they were purposefully ripping people off.
They're waiting for some time and just intentionally marking up the price, right?
They're making the shackle great and selling people smaller portions.
They are making the e-file small, okay?
So they are basically trying to rid people off.
They are falsifying the balance.
They are promoting a false balance.
Look at version number six.
That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes. Yay and sell the refuse of
The wheat verse 6 is saying that they were even in slave poor people. They will buy the poor hoping they will be purchased
So they can get some silver or money
Okay, so basically they are trading people buying the poor on purpose just to gain extra money
And even for something as trivial as a pair of shoes,
the Bible says they will sell or trade the needy into slavery,
I think this emphasizes how little value they place on human life, right?
They were willing to trade the needy just to buy a pair of shoes.
They even cheated by selling the bad stuff.
The Bible says they will sell the refills of the wheat.
These are the chaffs, weepings, those spoiled grain mixed in with the wheat.
Basically, they were giving the poor worthless food while profiting from it.
So these are deceitful people.
They are having a bad balance.
The rich were willing to sell the needy for next to nothing and sell garbage as food.
Okay, basically talking about they were ripping people off. Look at verse number seven.
The Lord had sworn by the excellency of Jacob, surely I will never forget any of their works.
God hates unequal measure, and God will not forget the oppressions, and God will punish the oppressors.
Okay, basically the rich were ripping people off, selling people less portion, charging them extra money,
you know, price gouging, and God will punish them.
So, and I people, you know, people will actually do these things in a different industries.
When you go to a foreign country, sometimes people would charge the tourist more money
than they would charge the locals, right?
Especially in some foreign countries, you know, I've heard some stories from the mission
trips, they would charge the foreigners more money, that's the false balance, okay?
I've been to a Jamaican restaurant, and there was no price tag on the item.
I wonder if they would charge the Jamaicans less, okay, again, I think that's pretty interesting.
And some car mechanics, they will actually give honest price to certain customers who
know about cars.
But then they will overcharge people
who don't know much about cars, OK?
Hospitals would charge the insurance company outrageous
prizes.
But then, if you are offering a cash pay,
they will drastically reduce the rate, OK?
They are basically exploiting one group more than the other group.
Turn the level to Leviticus chapter 19.
Leviticus chapter 19.
Lupos are often, you know, allowed for the wealthy to avoid paying like extra while the normal working class have no choice but to pay.
You know, that's how the system works.
Sometimes the companies will promote people based on favoritism, neptism, family ties, or just ethnic...
background rather than merit or work ethic. For example, the DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion.
DEI stands for didn't earn it. It's a false balance.
I mean, a celebrity or a wealthy person, I mean, a rich person, they can commit a crime
and get the lighter sentence compared to a poor man who does the same thing, right?
Because the justice system, in general, is pretty corrupt.
Leviticus 19 verse 15, the Bible says,
he shall do no unrighteousness in judgment,
but thou shalt not respect the person of the poor,
nor honor the person of the mighty,
but in righteousness shall thou judge thy neighbor.
When we are making righteous judgment,
we should not
you know, making those judgments based on how rich that person is,
you know, how poor that person is, how famous that person is,
we should judge people objectively, okay?
Okay, we should not have a double standard.
And we should not give people more benefits just because they come from a certain ethnic groups.
That's called racism.
That's actually called racism, okay?
They would call us to be racist for preaching against DEI,
but Kamala Harris was a DEI hire.
you know, shit and nothing of value, okay?
It's called a double standard.
You know, why are black people pushing to get more rights
than all the other people?
That's called a double standard.
They are racist towards all the other people groups, right?
Why can students wear price shirts
but get suspended for wearing shirts with Bible verses?
That's called a double standard.
Where are drag queens invited to read to the children, but Christians are not allowed to pray in school
That's called a double standard. Okay. Okay. Why do some illegal immigrants get free housing free food free?
Healthcare while the citizens do not again, okay? I'm not like advocating for free housing, but I'm making a point
You know, we are living a society that's full of double standards
Why can a worker be punished for quoting scripture, but others can openly blaspheme and curse God?
That's called a double standard.
Turn the Bible to Matthew 23, Matthew 23.
How about this one? Why do you give your favorite pastor the benefit of the doubt, but you don't give others the benefit of the doubt?
That's called a double standard.
Proverbs 111 says a false balance is abomination to the Lord, but the just weight is his delight.
God wants us to be fair. He wants us to have a right balance. He wants us to have equity.
He wants us to treat people fairly and he wants us to be without hypocrisy, okay?
Here's the dictionary definition of the word hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy means simulation of thaining. Basically, it's a faking to be what one is not, or dissimulation, a concealment of one's real character or motives.
It's the assuming of a false appearance of virtue or religion. It's a deceitful show of good character.
Matthew 23 verse 1 Bible says
then speak Jesus to the multitude and to his
disciples saying the scribes and the Pharisees sitting Moses seat
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe that that observe and do but do not
After their works for they say and do not so here
Jesus Christ was warning to his disciples about the Pharisees that they will say one thing
But they will do the
they will do the complete opposite, right?
For they say and do not.
Look at verse number five.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be born
and lay them on men's shoulders,
but they themselves will not move them
with one of their fingers.
They will impose hard standards,
but they themselves do not keep them, okay?
So the Pharisees are hypocrites.
They have double standards.
So the whole principle is we should not demand holiness from other people that you don't
even attempt yourself.
For example, if I preach on so many, I should go so many.
If I preach against swearing, I shouldn't swear.
If I preach against taking the Lord's name in vain, I shouldn't be doing that, right?
If I preach on three to thrive, I should be at church three times a week.
If I preach on sobriety, I shouldn't be drinking obviously we all come sure and some of us we do sing and
But we should try our best to back our talk without walk. Okay, obviously I may be missing church for some, you know
Sickness, but in general we should try our best to keep you know to keep what we've been preaching, right?
Jump down to jump down to verse number 27 max 23 verse 27
The Bible says well unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are like unto you wise
sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones and
of all uncleanness, even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
So, notice, the Pharisees and the scribes, they appear to be righteous outward.
And that's the very definition of the word hypocrisy.
It's the appearance, it's the concealment of someone's real character, someone's real
motive.
So, preachers must not preach against sin while secretly excusing it in their own lives.
Now, I personally have heard about this phrase, the Law of Attraction, okay, who has heard that phrase, the Law of Attraction.
Basically, the idea is that if a preacher is always hammering on a certain sin, that's because he himself is secretly struggling with it.
or he's guilty of it, okay?
So that's the law of attraction.
And why do people come up with this law?
Because people have noticed that
sometimes a preacher who strongly condemns adultery,
homosexuality, or greed,
later falls into that exact same thing.
So then people build a rule out of it, okay?
They will call this a psychological projection.
Okay, talk about what we do in Romans chapter two.
Romans chapter two.
They will call this a psychological projection when people condemn others
What they themselves are guilty of okay Roman chapter 2 look at verse number 1
Romans chapter 2 verse 1, by the way, by the way, keep a place in the Romans.
I will leave it and then come right back to it. Romans chapter 2 verse 1,
the Bible says, therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges for,
willing thou that judges another, thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judges doest the same things.
Romans 2 1 gives us a person who is judging hypocritically.
He's not judging righteously because he's telling people
that certain thing is wrong, but he's doing the same thing.
OK, so unbelievers love using the law of attraction
just to dismiss preaching against sin.
They will say something like, if you preach it,
you must be hiding it, OK?
So first of all, is the law of attraction a biblical law?
No, it's a man-made law. There's no Bible verse that says if you preach on a sin,
you'll be guilty of it. In fact, the Bible commands preachers to preach the whole counsel of God,
including naming things directly. Cry aloud, spare it now. So if we follow the law of attraction
literally, then if a preacher preaches on adultery, he's committing adultery. If a preacher preaching
If a preacher preaches on hell, then he must be going to hell.
That's obviously absurd, okay? That's not what it is, okay?
So why do some preachers fall into this trap?
Because we have to admit that some preachers do fall into this trap.
That's why people build a rule from it, right?
Because sometimes preachers will hammer on one issue
without humility and just without accountability.
in their own life, and Satan uses that imbalance to attempt them, okay?
Keep your place in Romans. Go to 1st Corinthians chapter number 10. Go to 1st Corinthians chapter number 10.
Even though this is not a biblical rule,
But, you know, there has to be some reasons why people build this rule, because some preachers,
they do hammer on a certain topic with no balance, with no humility.
And sometimes, yeah, they can be projecting, but that's not always the case.
And the number one issue why preachers fall into this trap is because of pride, okay?
First, Corinthians 10, look at verse number 12. First, Corinthians chapter 10 verse 12.
The Bible says,
wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed, last he fall. So the louder someone says,
I would never do that. I believe the more Satan targets that area, okay?
So realize that we all can fall, sometimes we can fall very very hard.
Think about King Saul, King David, King Solomon.
They did some wonderful works, but then they fell pretty hard, right?
Solomon went into literal idolatry, right?
Building up even idols to like worship them.
King Saul went after witches and eventually committed suicide.
So say people can do some wicked things.
So so the whole point is you know realize that we all can fall we should we should take heed about what we believe
We should take heed about what what we are preaching
especially for hard preachers who preach on the whole counsel of God, you know,
people like me willing to take heed on, you know, willing to guard
ourselves, right, because we preach, we hammer hard on same, but the Bible says,
let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed, lest he fall. You might think you
are tough, you might think that you will never be involved in certain sins, you
know, but that's a bad attitude, right, because we all can fall.
We should pray for God to guard us every single day, okay?
You might think you can stand, but nobody is immune to sin.
Go to first Timothy chapter 4, first Timothy 4.
Now here's the right way to view this issue that preaching against sin is right, right?
Whether or not the preacher struggles with it personally, there's nothing wrong
preaching against sin, but I do believe preachers must apply it to themselves
first, because that avoids hypocrisy and builds credibility. First Timothy 4, look
at verse number 16. Here's Apostle Paul's advice to Timothy, who I believe was a
pastor. First Timothy chapter 4, verse number 16, the Bible says, take heed unto
And unto the doctrine, continuing them, for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself
and them that hear thee.
So Paul's advice to Pastor Timothy, if you will, is, you know,
pay attention yourself first, right?
Take it onto yourself first, take it onto the doctrine,
and continue in the doctrine yourself.
You need to show a good example towards the believers.
So how do preachers avoid this law of attraction is by avoiding pride
and by applying it to themselves first.
And when the Bible says, and that shall both save itself,
this is not about spiritual salvation,
it's saving your physical life,
saving your fruitful life on this earth, right?
Because God wants us to live it,
to live a fruitful and an abundant Christian life.
So the solution is not to avoid preaching against sin,
the solution is to avoid hypocrisy
and to apply the preaching first and foremost to yourselves.
Go back to Romans chapter 2. Go back to Romans chapter number 2. Again, this law of attraction is not a biblical law
And I do believe certain people, especially pastors,
they're following it is due to imbalance, right?
Some people, they only hammer on homosexuality.
Some preachers, they only focus on preaching about creation,
preaching against adultery.
Wouldn't you preach the whole concept of God?
That's why we preach the books of the Bible
chatted by chapter, you know?
However, you know the Bible choose to address certain subject
I would address it in the same way and just based on the frequency because I'm going through the book of Ecclesiastes
and there are certain topics the Bible keeps
reiterating that and I will do the same thing right so we should have a proper balance. Romans chapter 2 look at verse 21
Romans chapter 2 verse 21 the Bible says
Thou, therefore, which teaches another,
teaches thou not thyself.
Thou that preaches a man should not steal,
does thou steal?
Thou that says a man should not commit adultery,
does thou commit adultery?
Thou that abhorst idols, does thou commit sacrilege?
Thou that makest thy boast of the law
through breaking the law of dishonorous thou God.
So, the whole point of this passage is, you know, we should not be hypocrites.
If you are teaching others, you should teach yourself first.
If I'm preaching against theft, I shouldn't be stealing.
If I'm preaching against adultery, I should not be committing adultery.
That's a hypocritical judgment, okay?
Don't think you yourself are the only exception to the rule because you want to sin
Okay, because because I've heard people saying that you know, I can steal because I'm in a special situation
Okay, I can commit adultery because I am you know because I am the exception
Somehow you are always the exception to the rule while you expect while you expect other people to not commit certain sins
That's called a double standard
Look at verse number 24 the Bible says for the name of God is blaspheme among the Gentiles through you as it is written
So the Bible says if you are living your life
Full of hypocrisy's you are actually blaspheming the name of God and we as Christians must not blaspheme the name of God
throughout what hypocrisy's okay
For example, do you dress modestly only on Sunday but, you know, immodestly on Monday?
Do you speak kindly to people at church but yell at your spouse?
Do you condemn people, do you condemn lying but tell those little white lies, you know,
throughout the week just to get by?
Do you bow your head in prayer at church but throwing F-bombs when you're at your job?
Do you claim to be honest at church, but cut corners at work?
Do you tell your children to respect God's word while you neglect it yourself?
You don't even read your Bible.
Do you put on patience with strangers as soul winning, but lose your temper with your children?
People tend to be nice to the strangers, but then they start yelling and cussing at their spouse and their children.
Do you teach your children to obey while you yourself rebel against authority?
You are talking bad about your boss, you are talking bad about your parents.
Do your kids see one you in public and a different you in private?
By the way, if you are doing that, you will eventually lose their heart
when they become teenagers and when they leave the family.
You will ruin the relationship because we as Christians should be real.
Apologize to your kids when you mess up, explain to them why you believe what you believe, right?
Tell them the Word of God. There's nothing wrong to enforce standards within your home.
That may not be found in the Bible, but you know, at least explain to them why, okay?
Why you believe what you believe. And you can apply this to a lot of areas in your life.
For example,
some of you may
expect others to forgive you quickly but you are slow to forgive them okay that's
called a double standard you may want to
You may want people to overlook your mistake your faults, but then you are holding grudges against them when they slip up
Right, that's called a double standard. You will criticize other people for gossiping
But you are the ones who are sharing private prayer requests
That are just gossiping in disguise, you know people always want to share some, you know prayer prayer requests
But in fact they are just gossips
People will condemn people for wasting time on TV, but then they themselves are spending hours scrolling on their phones
That's called a double standard
People would tell people to trust in God, but they themselves would live in constant worry and fear
People will condemn hypocrisy in others while secretly living a double life themselves, okay, and many
Many many unbelievers and say people or even new Christians
They would not go to church because they've seen the hypocrisy is within the churches
How many times have we not on people's door and they will say hey?
I don't I don't go to church because it's full of hypocrisy's right. We've heard that many times
they will say things that
They will say things like if that's what Christianity looks like I don't want any part of it, right?
They will say things like I've seen pastors preach against adultery and then fall into adultery. Why should I believe them?
My boss at work claims to be a Christian, but he cheats people every single day. Okay, so
Honestly, I do see where they're coming at, because many churches are full of hypocrites.
They will pretend to be spiritual, they will pretend to be hard against sin, but they are
living a life of inconsistency.
Go your foot to Luke chapter 12, Luke chapter number 12.
So the whole point is, let's be real, let's be consistent, let's not have double standards
Because double standards will turn people away and people think we you know have double standards
But they are mistaken
They are like mistaken in between
Hypocrisy versus distinction. Okay, again, I will talk about it later. So point number one. I said the
the sinful side of double standards point number two I want to talk about the righteous side of
distinction the righteous side of
Distinction because God has righteous standards that are not the same for all of us
Okay, Luke 12 look at verse number 47 Luke 12 verse 47
The Bible says, and that servant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither that according to his will shall be beaten with many stripes.
So in verse 47, the Lord Jesus Christ says, that servant, he knew about what the will of his master is, but if he went against his will, he shall be beaten with many stripes.
because he has known the truth, right?
If you like apply it to our life, hey,
if you are part of a church that, you know,
preached hard against sin,
that preached the whole counsel of God,
then if you fall into the same sin,
you will have a worse punishment.
You know, especially being a part of this church, right?
You know, this church encourages you to go songwining, to stop saying, and to treat people fairly.
And then if you fall into these sins, you'll be beaten with many stripes.
Look at version 48.
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with fuel stripes."
In contrast, if someone have never heard about heart preaching, and if that person falls into sin,
then he might not get as much punishment as you, for unto whomsoever much is given of him shall be much required,
and to whom may have committed much of him they will ask the more.
You know, that's why at this church you should have no excuse because I'm not afraid of confronting sins
Publicly, personally, socially, hey, I'm not afraid of confronting sins
And that's good for you right because because that because that helps you to build a healthy fear of the Lord
Knowing if you sing you will get a much worse punishment. You know what prays the Lord for that
And that's why I believe a pastor should have a higher standard than a new convert.
That's not a sinful side of double standard, but a distinction, okay?
Because we have different roles and positions, and a seasoned soul winner
should have higher expectations than a baby in Christ.
Parents are accountable for how they raise their kids,
for parenting
go do first timothy chapter number four
first timothy chapter four
The Bible says in 1 Peter 5 verse 3, neither has been lords over God's heritage, but being in samples to the flock.
The Bible says the elders, the leaders, they are supposed to be the examples to the people.
James 3 1 says, My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater damnation.
greater condemnation because leaders are held to a higher standard based on their position.
But let me also say this, just because God holds leaders at a higher standard,
that does not mean you should not have the same standards. Okay, first Timothy 4, look at verse
The Bible says, Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example, notice the next word, of the believers.
The Bible does not say, hey Timothy, be thou an example to the believers.
He said, be thou an example of the believers. That's why I believe all believers should be striving to have the same standards.
Right? You know, leaders are not special. You know, the same attributes given to a pastor or a DK in 1st Timothy 3 is a good standard for all men, not just only for pastors.
Be thou an example of the believers. All believers are supposed to be a good example in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Even though the leaders are held to a higher standard, but everyone should strive to have the same standards.
Go to Leviticus chapter 12.
I'm talking about the righteous side of distinction.
God has different standards based on your position,
but also people have different roles, right?
Just like men and women have different roles.
The Bible says the head of every man is Christ,
and the head of the woman is the man,
and the head of Christ is God.
That is a hierarchy given by God, right?
God the Son, submit himself to God the Father, the man is supposed to submit to, you know, the headship of Christ and then the wives are supposed to be subject unto her own husband.
That's not double standard. That's called distinction. That's called different roles.
The Bible says, let the woman learn silence with all subjections, but I suffer not a woman
to teach, nor to usurp authority over the men, but to be in silence.
Women cannot be preaching behind the pulpit.
Women cannot be pastors.
That's not double standards.
That's called distinction.
That's called holiness.
Let me just chapter 12, look at verse number one.
The Bible says, and the Lord say unto Moses, saying, speak unto the children of Israel,
If a woman have conceived seed and born a man-child,
then she shall be unclean seven days,
according to the days of the separation,
for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
And in the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised, and she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days.
She shall touch no hollow thing, nor come into a sanctuary until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks as in her separation.
and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three score and set six days.
Now, first, let me preface this by saying that this cleansing law, they did not apply to us,
right? Because those cleansing offerings have been down the way with, and then the Bible does not say
that a male child should be circumcised physically in the New Testament, okay?
So, but then, you know, the one point that I wanted to notice is, you know, if you give
birth to a man child to a boy, you will be unclean seven days, but if you give birth to
a maid child, I mean, a daughter, you will be unclean 14 days, and if you give birth
to a boy, you will continue in the blood of your purifying 33 days versus 66 days if you
Obviously, people have different theories, maybe having a daughter takes longer to recover
after birth, okay?
I don't know too much about it, but the whole point is men and women are different, right?
There are different standards, there are different distinctions, okay?
So the whole point is they have different roles, they have different functions in society.
A man's job is to work and to protect and to provide for the family.
Only women can conceive, carry, and nurse children, no matter how you put it.
You cannot change your chromosome, okay?
You know, XY, XX, and obviously there's some exception where you have XXXY,
but one genome, it has to be dominant.
Okay, you cannot change the DNA. That's why there's no transgender. There's only transvestite
Okay, you know man can now conceive carry and and and nurse children
Okay, women had women have a great role to bring in the next generation
men are generally stronger physically, right?
And women should not be wearing men's clothing, and men should not be wearing women's clothing.
Long hair is a glory for men, but long hair is a sin for men.
Men pictures Christ's authority while women pictures the church's submission.
Only men can be pastors, deacons.
So to blend the gender roles is to invite troubles and to distrust God's perfect design.
Okay, in fact, I believe you should raise your sounds and your daughters differently. That's not a double standard
That's not a single side of a double standard. That's called distinction. We should we should teach our sounds to be tough and
We should be more gentle on your our daughters, right?
Let your boys be rough as long as they are not purposefully hurting other people. Let them be boys
Let them be rough
Society increasingly discourages boys from being boys.
We have certain attributes like being energetic, risk-taking, being competitive.
Those kind of behaviors, they are often pathologized instead of channeled.
Rather than teaching self-control and godly disciplines,
we label boys, people label boys with disorder and we just medicate them.
And that is wicked. We should let boys be boys.
Many young boys, they are prescribed with stimulants and the many things for like ADHD.
These drugs often dull energy, decrease testosterone, right?
Affecting their mood, stout growth, lower their appetite.
The point is let boys be boys. Let them play with toy cars, toy guns, right?
Don't let your sons do nails.
if you know you know let let your girls play play with the kitchen set and the
Barbies let boys be what let them be rough and be more tender in your TLC
with your daughters okay treat them differently maybe one day our teenagers
had gave your boys a little bit more freedom but put more you know protection
on your like daughters say treat them differently man women are different go to
Hebrews chapter 5. The world calls this a double standard, but I call it a divine design.
Galatians 3-3-28 says this, there's neither Juno, nor Gretis, neither Bono, nor Frithers, neither
male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Yeah, we all have the same value in Christ,
but we have different roles. We need to embrace our God-given roles. Don't be like those effeminate
Don't be like those sexist feministic women who want to bear the burdens that are designed for men to bear
Why do women want to work hard and sweat and work at work outside the home?
Let men bear those burdens because we we are we are supposed to bear those burdens
Women have enough on the plate to bear children guide the house. I want to be fair, okay?
Hebrew chapter 5 look at version 12
Also, different spiritual growth justifies different treatment.
Hebrews 5, look at Version 12.
The Bible says, for when, for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one
teach you again, which be the first principles of the Oracles of God.
and are become such as have neither milk and not of strong meat, for everyone that uses milk
is unskillful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe, but strong meat belong to them
that are of full age, even those who, by reason of use, have their senses exercised to discern both
good and evil.
So if I would say there are certain people who are newly saved,
they need to consume the milk and not the strong meat,
because different spiritual growth justifies different treatment.
I would not rebuke a new believer the same way I would correct a seasoned Christian.
Amen.
You shouldn't be doing that either.
By the way, I don't think you should rebuke a newcomer harshly for not going so many with you.
We should not be rebuking them harshly for not coming to church three times a week.
We should encourage them and be gentle towards them, right?
Will you yell at your two-year-old for not doing certain tasks like, you know, regularly?
Like, you know, we should teach them why certain things ought to be done.
Go to Romans chapter 14, Romans 14.
By the way, we should not be talking about those quote-unquote controversial topics with
Will you feed a newborn beef liver? Probably not, okay. You know, teach them the basic doctrines.
You know, solidify their belief on the Trinity, resurrection, hell, heaven, rapture, those basic
things. Don't feed them meat, otherwise they might choke up and leave. Romans 14,
Romans 14 verse 13, sometimes people will do that, they will feed me to the new converse
due to pride.
They think they know everything, but just because you know things, but that does not
mean you have to say it.
Romans 14 verse 13 says this, let us not therefore judge one another anymore.
But judge this rather than no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
You know, I like those three questions.
Before we ever talk to each other, you know, is it true, right? Is it true? Is it kind?
Is it necessary? Even though even though what you
Even though what you're gonna say is true and it's kind, but sometimes it's not necessary
Okay, we need to guard our towns and we need to watch ourselves not put not to put a stumbling block to cause our brother to fall
go to first Timothy chapter 3. First Timothy chapter 3. I believe expectations
grow, should grow, as as someone matures spiritually. For example, if someone is
in a leadership position, I would treat them differently, right? If you are an
usher, sound leader, a preacher, I do expect higher standards.
I expect good attendance, I expect faithfulness, okay, because I do believe spiritual growth
justifies different treatment, just like we treat a baby and a grown adult differently.
But I also believe we should have higher standards in the house of God.
But if I tell you long that I may as know how the artist to behave thyself in the house of God
Which is the house of the living God the pillar and ground of the truth now I talked about this
Maybe two or Wednesdays ago, but let me see that's but let me say let's say that again that church is a sacred place
Right we need to behave ourselves in the house of God
The Bible the Bible describes the church as the church of the living God the pillar and ground of the truth
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 5, 1,
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,
and be more ready to hear,
than to give the sacrifice of fools,
for they consider not that they do evil.
We should guard our steps when we go to the church, right?
We should guard our mouth, guard our actions.
Go to Psalm 93, Psalm 93.
That's why we should teach our children not to run the wrong and mess with the equipments because this is the holy ground
Obviously kids will be kids they will like mess up, but you know, at least try to prevent them from destroying things, okay?
That's why we need to clean up after all after our own messes, right?
We should beautify the house of the Lord
The church is a sacred place. We should hold church to a higher standard some 93 look at version 5
Psalm 93 verse 5, Bible says,
Thy testimonies are very sure,
Holiness be cometh thine house, O Lord, forever.
So holiness means it's a state of set apart,
it's a state of purity.
Bible says, Holiness be cometh thine house.
The Bible used the word as a verb. It means to be calmly, to be suitable.
So holiness should be fitting the house of God.
The house of God should be set apart, should be pure.
This is the right side of the double standard or rather we are giving God's house greater reverence
Right. It's a higher standard. We should we should elevate our standard when we go to the house of God
We should we should try our best to make sure this place is holy this place is set apart and this place is different
Go to Exodus chapter 28 Exodus 28
I do think it's right to dress up more formally at church than, you know, then at home, because we are gathering in the house of God.
This is not a double standard, but this is greater reverence, okay?
The Bible says, and take thou unto the Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him.
These are the priests in the Old Testament, by the way, in the New Testament we are the
kings and priests unto Christ, right?
And then the Bible says, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in
the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab, Anabaihu, Eleazar, and Ethanmore, Aaron's sons.
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for building."
So back in the Old Testament, there were certain garments, clothings, subscribed to those priests, right?
They're not supposed to wear holy garments. What's the purpose?
For glory, to elevate them, but also for beauty. There's nothing wrong to dress up for church.
Nothing wrong to dress up and, you know, dress beautifully when we go to the house of God, right?
Will you meet the president in a t-shirt like, you know, Zelensky?
No! I mean, you probably shouldn't, you know?
We should dress up for God even more, right?
I was like, he put on the suit last time, but still, you know...
Anyway, you know, we should elevate the church to a higher standard, right?
There's nothing wrong to dress more formally at church.
We are simply giving God more honor, more glory.
And I believe the music sound in the church services must be held to a higher standard.
Because we all have different music standards, and you know, I'm fine with it.
And there are certain music that I do not think is really sinful, but I will not sing that at church.
I believe the music at church should be held at an even higher standard.
psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, you know, again, even though I do think some Christian music are not
really sinful, but I would not sing it here, just to be safe, right, just to give God a greater
reverence. Go to go to Nehemiah chapter eight. Nehemiah chapter eight.
And I do believe our speech at church should be held at a higher standard as well, right?
Because you know you may have certain standards on certain wars
But let's hold ourselves at a higher standard at church. In Psalm 29 verse 2
The Bible says, give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, right? Approach God in holiness, in purity.
We should call each other brother so-and-so and sister so-and-so teach our kids to address adults appropriately
And not every form of music is fit for worship and not every kind of language is fit for for the pulpit
And not every kind of clothing is fit for the congregation
Because distinction at church is not hypocrisy, but it's honor. It's holiness
near my chapter 8 look at verse number 4 near my chapter 8 verse 4 the Bible says
And Ezra described stood upon a pulpit of wood
That's how we have a wooden pulpit right not a glass pulpit
Because because if you're preaching against saying you will pound on the pulpy if you have a glass pulpy in my in my break
You know, that's why the NBA switch from the pure glass because like the shack always
Don't come in and break the glass to some like, you know treated glass. I believe but anyway
it put with the wood
which they had made for the purpose, and beside him stood Methodiah and Shema and Anaya and Eurygia and Heokaiya and Mesea on his right hand and on his left hand, Pideya and Mishael and Makaiya and Hashem and Hashbedna, Zechariah and...
and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
Look at verse number 6.
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, amen, amen, with lifting up their hands, and they bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground, okay?
That's why, as some churches, people, you know, stand during the scripture reading, right?
Because here we have Ezra, when he opened the book, all the people...
stood up, and then in verse number six, people literally bowed their faces to the ground to pray and to worship God, you know?
Obviously, we don't have to do the same things. I believe this is a pattern. There's nothing wrong with doing that.
There's nothing wrong with giving God a greater reverence by standing up, by praying, standing up, and by praying, bowing down.
There's nothing wrong with it, because we should give God a greater reverence. We should give God a greater honor. We should keep ourselves pure.
This is this is distinction. This is not hypocrisy. In fact in Hebrews 12 verse 28 the Bible says
Wherefore we
Receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved. Let us have grace whereby we may serve God
Acceptably with reverence and godly fear for our God is a consuming fire
We should serve God with reverence and a godly fear keeping everything we do within the house
Even the church functions outside to a higher standard
Go to Titus chapter 2 Titus chapter 2
So as a point number one the sinful side of double standard point number two the righteous side of
distinction
Lastly point number three
I want to talk about how to avoid the wrong kind of double standard.
I think the number one thing is practice what you preach, right?
Practice what you preach.
Titus chapter 2, look at verse number 6.
That is to success says this young man likewise
Exhaught to be sober-minded in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works notice this in doctrine showing
Uncroppiness gravity
Sincerity, okay, so obviously this verse is primarily geared toward young men
But like everyone should show ourself the example of good works. We should defend the doctrines. We believe we should we should walk
the doctrines that we believe, right?
In gravity, be serious and be sincere about it.
Don't just post Bible verses online,
believe chronically offline.
And preachers and pastors ought to preach everything
in the Bible, and I do believe they should be saying
the quiet part aloud.
If you believe it, then you should,
the induction showing uncroapness, gravity, sincerity.
Why are you having a double standard?
In private, you say one thing,
and then when the mic is on, you say something else.
That's called a double standard, amen?
But also, preachers should not be fixated on preaching against a certain sin.
We should be balanced, okay?
I think I'm pretty balanced, so I don't really know why I'm being accused of this.
All I talk about is this out of mind, okay?
Obviously, I'm talking about it now, people may accuse me, but I think I'm pretty balanced.
I go through every verse in the Bible and just try to cover all the topic.
But I do believe that preachers should not be fixated on hammering on the same subject
over and over again just to look for persecutions, okay?
We should be smart because the primary goal of preaching is to edify the people right
here, right?
What do you need?
What is relevant around us?
And we should not apologize for preaching the Word of God
when being confronted by the media, family, friends,
and the coworkers.
Otherwise, that would be a double standards, right?
And I do believe most unbelievers,
most like real sincere unbelievers,
they will actually respect us for being consistent,
even though they may disagree with us.
Because I have a coworker,
He is not saved and one day he told me that I have mad respect for the Muslims
because they were consistent on their issue against the sodomites unlike the Christians.
And I told him what I believe and he like respect me as well because the unbelievers they respect consistency
They know if you are being a holier than that they know if you are being more righteous than God they can see it
That's why they may not be saved is because of the hypocrisy at the church. Go to Psalm 101 Psalm 101
Some like, yeah, I don't say people they have respect for the Muslims, which is a shocker because
Because when they see Christians, they see inconsistencies. They see people changing their standards
They see the Roman Catholic changing their standards all the time, right? Flip flopping all the time. There's no consistency
you know
People can disagree with us, but we are consistent in in what we believe
Psalm 101, look at verse number 1, Psalm 101 verse 1.
The Bible says,
I will sing a mercy and judgment unto thee, O Lord, where I sing.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.
O, when will thou come unto me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
The Bible says, you know, David,
The psalmist is saying that he will behave himself in a perfect, complete way.
And we should be like him to be consistent in our walk.
Noticing verse number two, he said,
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Not just the house of the Lord, we should be the same people in our own house, right?
With a perfect heart.
Don't just pretend to be spiritual on Sunday.
Just pretend to be spiritual all day, every day.
Second Korean thing, one-twelfth is this.
Four hour.
Rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience,
that in simplicity and godly sincerity,
not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God,
we have had our conversation in the world
and more abundantly to your word.
So Biles says, you know, we should make our testimony
full of simplicity and godly sincerity.
Don't just tell people I will pray for you
without actually praying for them.
Don't be hyper spiritual. I'd be real and I'll
By the way, we should let God set the standards and not the culture, okay?
Because the Bible says, sanctify them through Thy truth, Thy Word is truth.
Don't modify, adjust your standards to fit the world's standard, to fit your co-workers and family.
Because God's standards are fixed. The world's standards shift with the winds every single day, okay?
Say no to the Christmas meal with your family if they are serving alcohol.
if they are inviting your sodomite cousins, okay?
Be consistent in what you believe.
So, what's the point of the sermon?
Not all double standards are bad.
The question is, does this double standard honor God
or does that hide hypocrisy, right?
The real question is, is it hypocrisy or holiness?
Are your standards built on the word of God or are your standards built upon the appearances?
Are you consistent in your actions with your message?
Are you embracing your biblical role or presenting divine distinctions?
Because not all double standards are wrong.
There are certain godly distinctions.
We should elevate God's house to a higher standard, we should treat mature Christians differently.
Remember, the world is always watching, right? Your family, friends, they are always watching,
but most importantly, God is watching.
That's why we should have a real, biblical and sincere Christianity.
Let's close in a word of prayer. Thank you, Lord, for your word.
Well, I pray that we will not live a double life inside and outside of church.
I pray that we'll be sincere, that we'll honor you more,
that we'll show greater reverence at the house of God.
In the praise and Jesus' name, amen.
Amen. Let's all stand for this last hymn. Let's go to number 325, Trust and Obey.
I'm going to sing it with power, church.
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His word,
What a glory we shed on our way.
While we do his goodwill, he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus.
but to trust and obey not a shadow can rise not a cloud in the skies but his smile quickly drives
it away not a cloud fear not a sign or a tear can abide while we trust and obey
Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus.
But to trust and obey, not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
but our toy he doth richly repay.
Not a grief nor a loss, not a frown nor a toss,
but it's blessed if we trust and obey, trust and obey,
for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus.
but to trust and obey but we never can prove the the lights of his love until
all on the altar we lay for the favor he shows and the joe are for them who will
Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus.
I like hearing you guys sing, last stanza,
then in fellowship sweet, we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the wind.
what he says we will do, where he says we will go.
Never fear only trust and obey, trust and obey,
for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.