you
never mind
we'll just
find those later than I guess
at some point when we go through
all the rest of our ice cream we'll find them down at the bottom
what else?
is there any other food left over?
there was some food left out
right? but that's all gone
rolls and buns
if you want them
take them home
she thinks there's probably only like another day
they'll be good for
they've just been here
so if you want that help yourself after the service
rolls and buns
alright but we had a really good time
that five year anniversary
appreciate everyone who put in
there's a lot of work
a lot of things being done
and a lot of people stuck around
and helped out and cleaned
and helped me out tremendously
with all the inflatables
man that was something else
but I think everyone had a really good time
and looking forward to
doing that again next year
June challenge of course
we're almost done so we've got
till Friday I think through Friday
is a challenge to attempt
to give the gospel to at least one person
every day to complete that challenge
and then July
is our off month
for challenges so
one out of twelve months we get
a break from having to focus
on something
July is just focused on everything
how about that if you want to challenge
you can challenge yourself that way
and then the Bible memory passage
we're memorizing Hebrews chapter 8
so we're a little over half way done
with that if you could quote
the whole passage word perfect in the time frame
you will earn
a special prize for being able to do that
upcoming birthdays
and anniversaries are listed there
and then
the only upcoming event that we have
scheduled for the moment is
Pastor Anderson will be preaching
on July 5th which is a Wednesday
and
if you want ice cream that might
be a good day to get it
we'll probably give a break or break or break
I'm assuming we will
Pastor Anderson has a tendency to draw the crowd
so you want to make sure
you get here get early get your
seat get ready
then after the service to get your ice
cream and
that'll be a great time
I don't have
I'll have
some date for you for the next men's
preaching class in July
by this Sunday and then
we will also be scheduling
another soul winning marathon
for somewhere
at some time
in the near future
I'm not promising when we get that
but normally what we've done in the past
and what I'll probably do again this year is
Labor Day weekend do a soul winning
marathon where we're going to travel
somewhere and whether it's
however far away it is I'm not certain
yet I've got multiple options I've got different people
asking me for different things
and they're all really good
ideas so
essentially we're going to do all of them we're going to go
to North Carolina we're going to go to Gainesville
we're going to go back to Alabama
we're going to go up to Tennessee
we're going to do all these things
but we can only pick one of them for
the next one so I'll
be thinking about that but Labor Day weekend
if you want to pencil that in that's most
likely going to be the next time that we
have a marathon on that
Saturday we do a Labor for the Lord
and
I think that's about it so
I will
turn the service back over to
brother Peter who can lead us
in our next song
alright church
open up your notes a song for 229
song 229
since I have been redeemed
song 229
alright let's sing this out in verse
I have a song
I love to sing
since I have been
redeemed
well I
redeemed her Savior
King since I have
been redeemed
since I
have been redeemed
since I have been
redeemed I will never
leave this land since I
have been redeemed
I will glory in my
Savior's name
I have
the Christ that satisfies
since I have
been redeemed
to you
is where Christ is
Christ since I
have been redeemed
since I
have been redeemed
since I have been redeemed
I will glory in
his name since I
have been redeemed
I will glory in my
Savior's name
I have
a witness
I have been redeemed
since I
have been redeemed
dispelling every
hell in
since I have been redeemed
since I
have been redeemed
since I
have been redeemed
I will glory in this
name since I
have been redeemed
I will glory in my
Savior's name
I care a
holy prayer for
since I
have been redeemed
where I shall
dwell eternally
since I
have been redeemed
since I
have been redeemed
since I have been redeemed
I will glory in his name
since I
have been redeemed
I will glory in my
Savior's name
I will glory in my
Savior's name
I will glory in
my Savior's
name
I will glory in
my Savior's
name
I will glory in
my Savior's
name
I will glory in
my Savior's
name
Once again that is
Psalm chapter 62
Book of Psalms chapter 62
Says here
Bubba reads
Friends
They only consult to cast him down
from his excellency
They delight in lies
They bless with their mouth but they curse
inwardly
My soul wait thou
only upon God for my expectation
is from him
He only is my rock and my salvation
He is my defense I shall not
be moved
In God is my salvation and my glory
The rock of my strength and my refuge
is in God
Trust in him at all times you people
Pour out your heart before him
God is a refuge for us
Selah
Surely men of low degree are vanity
And men of high degree are a lie
To be laid in the balance
They are altogether lighter than vanity
Trust not in oppression
And become not vain in robbery
If riches increase set not your heart
upon them
God has spoken once
Twice have I heard this
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy
For thou rendereth to every man
according to his work
Let's pray
Father God, once again we thank you for this church
We thank you for all the souls that have been saved
And God, allow for Pastor Burns
to preach for boldness
Allow for us to be able to take your word
Allow for us to go through this book of Psalms
And to take whatever you have
to place in our hearts
We just praise you and thank you in Jesus name, Amen
Amen
Alright, we're continuing on in our Bible study through the book of Psalms
We're in Psalm 62 tonight
And let's just jump right in and look down there at verse number 1
The Bible says, Truly my soul waiteth upon God
From him that cometh my salvation
Or excuse me, from him cometh my salvation
He only is my rock and my salvation
He is my defense
I shall not be greatly moved
And again, this is a theme that we've been seeing over and over and over again
Week after week
Of just trusting in the Lord
God being our salvation
But I like in verse 2, it says, He only is my rock and my salvation
He doesn't have multiple defenses
Or multiple gods
Or multiple, you know, sources of strength and defense
It's, no, you only, Lord
I'm trusting completely in you
And that, you know, that's key for our salvation as well
And we explain this to people
Obviously just to be saved
You have to trust completely in Jesus Christ
And this is where a lot of people get it wrong
Okay, and this is where
Especially if you're a younger Christian
Or if you haven't gone out sowing very much
You haven't talked to people very much
When you explain how to be saved
It is extremely easy, very simple, right?
And you say, we've got to believe on Jesus Christ
Okay, that's, it is easy
It is simple
But a lot of people get that confused
And many people, I don't know about you
Maybe you'll say, oh, well, I'm saved already
Well, hold on a second
Let me, you know, let's talk about that a little bit
Because you have to believe, like, only in Him
Right?
So it's not enough, it's not enough just to believe in Him
But then I also believe I have to be baptized
I also believe I have to go to church
I have to, you know, kind of follow God's laws best I can
I mean, I can't just do whatever I want
You know, I got to try, I got to do something else
But then if you add more things to it
You're not fully just trusting in Him
And that's the key
Is that you have to believe on Him with all of your heart
Or solely on Him
That Jesus is the Savior
There is nothing else that can save
There is no aspect of saving
And here we see the same concept being delivered here
From the psalmist to say, look, my soul is on you
Lord, from Him cometh my salvation
My salvation comes from God and from God alone
He only is my rock and my salvation
It's only the Lord, it's only God
Verse 3, let's keep reading here
How long will you imagine mischief against a man?
Ye shall be slain, all of you
As a bowing wall shall ye be
And as a tottering fence
And now this is being directed at a wicked person, right?
So there's always the seeking God's help
Seeking that defense and that salvation from the wicked
From the enemy
And he's basically just saying, you know, how long are you going to try to
Devise mischief and go after men
And he says, you're all going to be slain
And the judgment is coming, there is a judgment day coming
Look, you're all going to be slain
And he says, you're like a bowing wall
Or as a tottering fence
What's a wall and a fence, they're for defense
They're to help protect you
And provide you with the protection
With just a good defense
That you would need
But if it's a bowing wall or a tottering fence
It's not going to do you any good
I mean, it's really unstable
It's about ready to collapse is what those are
And he's bringing that up, saying
You won't stand
Right after, he's like, my defense, my trust is in God
God doesn't waver, God doesn't teeter
God isn't going to fall
But anything else you have out there that you're relying on
I don't care if it's money
I don't care if it's guns
I don't care if it's a big wall
Right?
I don't care if it's the Great Wall of China
If you're relying on that for your defense
It's a bowing wall
That's going to be broken
That's not going to stand
But the Lord is the defense that will always stand
Verse number four
They only consult to cast him down
From his excellency
They delight in lies
They bless with their mouth
But they curse inwardly
Selah
And this is continuing to describe the wicked person
Who's trying to imagine mischief
As we saw in verse number three
Against a man
Now, there's just a few phrases in here
That come up multiple times in scripture
About this type of person
People who delight in lies
They enjoy lying
They like lying
It's like
They wait for the opportunity to lie
For their advantage
For, you know, for their own means
They love it
And then they bless with their mouth
This shows how deceitful they are
They'll bless real, real openly with their mouth
And make people think you're a really good person
But they curse inwardly
So the same person
They might be hearing all these blessings
Come, oh, isn't that person just so sweet
They always got something nice to say
But then in their heart
They're actually cursing
They're lying
They don't care about you at all
And that's what's called flattery
And that's what you gotta watch out for in people
Is when they're praising or blessing insincerely
And this is a trait of a wicked person
That does this type of a thing
And we're gonna see
Turn it over, if you would
Keep your place here in Psalm 62
Turn, if you would, to Jeremiah chapter nine
Flip, go forward to Jeremiah chapter number nine
And one of the things that I found
While studying out this chapter in Psalm 62
Is just so much of the consistency
Of similar topics being brought up
Multiple places in scripture
Where you see, like hear lies
And then blessing and cursing
Like in their heart with their cursing
But openly, their blessing
And all of these different things
And there's more to come later
We're gonna see how there's more concepts
That are packed into Psalm 62
That also are found in conjunction
Later on even in other passages of the Bible
So it's just really cool to see
How much the truth is just packed into scripture
We're gonna start reading verse number one
In Jeremiah chapter nine
The Bible reads
O that my head were waters
And mine eyes a fountain of tears
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people
O that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place of wayfaring men
That I might leave my people
And go from them
For they be all adulterers
An assembly of treacherous men
And they bend their tongues
Like their bow for lies
But they are not valiant
For the truth upon the earth
For they proceed from evil to evil
And they know not me saith the Lord
So right away we're seeing in this context
In Jeremiah chapter nine
These people that they bend their tongues
Like their bow for lies
So they enjoy lying
They like lying
It's sport to them to lie
And they're going about to proceed
From evil to evil
They're imagining mischief
Against people
Verse number four
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor
And trust ye not in any brother
For every brother will utterly supplant
And every neighbor will walk with slanders
And they will deceive everyone his neighbor
And will not speak the truth
They have taught their tongue to speak lies
And weary themselves to commit iniquity
They're trying to do this
This isn't an accidental lie
That says they're teaching their tongue to lie
They're getting better at it
They're like
I'm going to study how to lie
And how to deceive people
So I can be a better liar
They weary themselves to commit iniquity
See, and this is what we have to understand
Is that these people exist
Because I would still say
A normal person
Saved or unsaved
Just a normal person out in the world
Is not practicing their deceit
They're not wearying themselves
To just commit sin
Most people still have a conscience
And will be like
Oh man, I didn't mean to do that
Or I told a lie
And yet you may have intended to tell the lie
Because you wanted to get out of something
But it still bothers you that you lied
You're not like trying to really practice it
But the people that the Bible is talking about here
They're not like that
They are trying to get better in their iniquity
In their sin
And to do so more and more
Verse 6 says
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit
Through deceit they refuse to know me
Said the Lord
Therefore thus
And you know, be careful with lies and deceit
You know, Jesus Christ said
I am the way, the truth, and the life
The more you love lies and wanting to spread lies
And be involved and mixed up in lies
The farther away you are from the truth
And Jesus is the truth
I mean, just
You know, people just
Will be real flippant oftentimes about lying
Oh, everybody lies
Oh, it's not that big of a deal
Well, you know what?
It's not the truth
It's the exact opposite of the truth
You want to involve yourself with lie after lie after lie
You know, and some people, they'll justify it
Right?
How about the salesman?
Right?
I don't care what you sell
You sell insurance
You sell cars
You sell whatever gadget, whatever gizmo, whatever thing
And you're being instructed
Well, just tell them they need this
Look, don't get involved in that stuff
Don't practice to lie
And that's an area where
You might not have thought about that before
But there's training for lying in many cases
Don't, as a Christian, as a believer
You ought not to be one that goes down that path
So they refuse to know the Lord through their lies
Look at verse number seven
Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts
Behold, I will melt them and try them
For how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out
It speaketh deceit
One speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth
But in heart he layeth his weight
So again, now we're seeing that duplicity
Of one thing's coming out of their mouth
But in their heart it's something completely different
And obviously that's a lie in itself
But being able to practice
Having ill intention towards someone
And being able to speak the exact opposite out of your mouth
Is a skill that wicked people
Try to learn and improve upon
And you need to be aware of that
Because there are wicked people in this world
That may try to tell you things
And tell you things that you need
Or tell you whatever you want to hear
To get an advantage over you
And then verse nine there says
Shall I not visit them for these things
That the Lord shall not my soul be avenged
On such a nation as this?
Of course God's not going to be mocked
Of course you can't just get away with that
And just as we started off in the beginning of Psalm 62
Which go back to Psalm 62
He's saying
That, you know, that there
When they imagine mischief when they do this stuff
They're going to be like that tottering fence or a bowing wall
It's going to come to nothing really quick
They're going to collapse
And God's going to bring judgment upon them
And they won't be able to stand
Psalm 62 verse number five
And before we even continue there at verse number five
You know we also see
This is also a common
Excuse me, trait
Of the false prophet
You know they speak great swelling words with their mouth
They'll speak all these great things
About how much they love God
And they'll use the name of Jesus
Or use the name of the Lord and say God said
And God is on their lips
But he's really far from their heart
That they don't actually care about the things of God
These are some of the people that use this the most
Are the fake pastors
The fake preachers
That want to peddle the word of God
They want to sell the word of God
They want to just tell you anything that you want to hear
In order to make merchandise out of you
And they don't really care
Because the people that care about you
They'll tell you the truth
The people that don't care about you
Are willing to tell you lies
It's that simple
Psalm 62 look at verse number five
The Bible reads
My soul wait thou only upon God
For my expectation is from him
He only is my rock in my salvation
He is my defense
I shall not be moved
And if you notice earlier in this passage
It said I shall not be greatly moved
And then he's just like I'm not going to be moved
Not going to be moved
God's my rock
God's my salvation
God's my defense
Nothing can move me
And that's where our faith needs to be too by the way
It needs to be solid on that solid rock of the Lord
So that you won't be moved
Because the days of trouble come
There's a lot of wicked people out there
That might try to deceive you and do whatever
But you need to be unmovable
Unwavering in your faith
Why?
Because that's where your defense is
That's where your salvation is going to come from
Don't waver in that
That's the best thing that you have going for you
In fact you don't even need anything else
So don't waver in the one thing
That is going to be a surety
For you and for your defense and for your salvation
Verse number seven
In God is my salvation and my glory
The rock of my strength and my refuge
Is in God
Trust in him at all times
At all times
Not just when things are going bad
And not just when things are going good
Trust in him at all times
We need to be looking to the Savior
All the time, every day
In good, in bad
In trials, in comforts
In everything at all times
Trust in him
Trust in him at all times you people
Pour out your heart before him
God is a refuge for us, Selah
And you know, this might be harder for men and women
I don't know
But the Bible says to pour out your heart
Before him
A lot of men want to be, you know
We ought to be tough
God made us to be tough
And to be able to be a rock for your family
And to be able to be strong for everyone
But you know what
Everybody ought to be able to pour out their heart to the Lord
Because whatever you got to deal with, man
You know, you may not be pouring it out to
Your spouse
You may not be pouring, you know
Definitely not be pouring it out to your kids
But you know what
We all have burdens that we have to bear
And you can pour that out unto the Lord
Pour out your heart to God
He is your defense
He's your rock
So you want to draw strength from anywhere
Draw strength from the Lord
Then you can be strong
Pour out your heart before him
God is a refuge
A refuge is a place of sanctity, right
It's a place of rescue
It's a place to be safe
Verse number nine
Surely men of low degree are vanity
And men of high degree are alive
To be laid in the balance
They are altogether lighter than vanity
And what's it saying
It doesn't matter what degree you are
And definitely on the side
You know, the high degree
Because people hold people up to these
You know, elevations and statuses
It says surely men of low degree, they're vanity
It's like nothing
But then men of high degree are alive
There's no such thing
Men of high degree
To be laid in the balance
They are altogether lighter than vanity
Look at verse ten
Trust not in oppression
And become not vain in robbery
If riches increase, set not your heart
Upon them
Now I'm gonna be spending the most of the time tonight
On this verse probably alone
Verse ten
There's so many things packed into verse number ten
Of trusting not in oppression
Because this can be
This can be used or seen multiple ways
Trusting in oppression
So on the one hand
Think about it this way
When it says trust not in oppression
And I think this can be applied multiple ways
But hear me out on this
I think there's one primary application
But there's many applications to be made
Trusting in oppression
The first thing that comes to my mind
We're about to say trust not in oppression
Is the children of Israel
Right
They were being oppressed
They were in bondage
Literally
I mean being oppressed hard
Hard labor
And then they get freed
And then they're talking
They get scared
And they get scared
And they're talking about going right back
To that oppression
Like are we gonna trust in your oppressor
You're gonna trust in that oppression
To provide for you
And to give you the things that you want
And go back to that life
As opposed to trusting in the Lord
Your savior
The one who freed you
From that oppression
Right
So trust not in oppression
Don't be trusting in the oppressors
But also
And here's Proverbs 3
Turn if you go to James chapter 2
Proverbs 3 31
The Bible says this
Envy thou not the oppressor
Envy not the oppressor
And choose none of his ways
Don't be envious at the people that are oppressors
Why? Because the people who are oppressing
They're in positions of power
Otherwise how could they
How can they
Be an oppressor to begin with
Unless you're in a position of power
They have power
If they have power that usually means they have wealth
Right
And these are the people everyone looks to
Oh wow this guy's got so much power
This guy has so much wealth
This guy has so much fame
Don't envy those people
Don't envy the oppressor
Choose none of his ways
For the froward is abomination to the Lord
But his secret is with the righteous
God hates the froward
God hates the oppressor
Trust not in oppression
James chapter 2 look at verse number 1
The Bible reads
My brethren have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord of glory with respect of persons
And remember in verse 9
It was just talking about the men of low degree
And the men of high degree
Well let's keep reading
This is talking about being a respecter of persons
Like caring about where they came from or whatever
Or judging inappropriately
Because of who a person is
Or how they're dressed
Specifically in this case
Verse number 2
For if they come under your assembly
A man with a gold ring in goodly apparel
And there come in also a poor man in vile raiment
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing
And say unto him
Sit thou here in a good place and say to the poor
Stand now there or sit here under my footstool
Are ye not then partial in yourselves
And are become judges of evil thoughts
Now real quick
This was written you know hundreds of years ago
Back before the word gay was defiled
So when it says you see someone in gay clothing
That's not talking about
You see a flaming faggot come in
That's not what this is talking about here
Gay, it's not talking about you know
Some fag wearing
I don't even know what
Who knows what they wear these days
Going you know shopping at Target
And getting their swimsuit or whatever
They're getting
You know that's not what the Bible is talking about here
Yeah you know what
If someone comes in
Some dude dresses like a woman coming in here
They're gonna be sent right back out immediately
If they even get through the door
Okay that's not unrighteous judgment
That is a righteous judgment
That's not what this Bible is talking about right here
The gay clothing
Obviously you can get it from the context anyways
And you know if you're ever confused about
Well what does this word really mean
Just read the context
You could usually just figure out
What it's talking about anyways
But gay is just
It's a happy or maybe a bright clothing
Right so it's all about gay clothing
He's got good clothing on
He's you know maybe expensive clothes
And he comes in
He's got his gold ring
You know he's dressed really well
He comes in
And you say oh wow
Thank you so much sir for coming in here
Have the best seat in the house
And you don't even know this guy
He just comes in
Looks like he's got a lot of money
Right
Dressed really well
Gold jewelry
And then
But then this other guy comes in
Some homeless guy or whatever
And he's not dressed well at all
And you're like uh yeah
We need you to go way
No keep going
Keep going
Yeah yeah yeah
You can stand back there
Right
And if anyone comes in
Move even farther
Whatever right
That type of attitude
Where you're just looking at their appearance
Looking at how people look
And you're judging just according to that
When the guy who's rich
Is probably way more
Probably I mean
It's more likely
That just you know
Just because someone doesn't have money
That doesn't make them wicked
And just because someone has money
Doesn't make them good
Right
We don't believe in this prosperity gospel
That where
Oh you know if you're righteous
God's gonna bless you
And just give you all this wealth
And if you're unrighteous
Then you're not gonna have any money
That's not what it's about
There's plenty of righteous people
That have no money
And there's plenty of
Plenty of really wicked people
That have lots of money
And if we keep reading here
We'll see that
So he's calling them out
Saying well aren't you partial in yourselves
You become judges of evil thoughts
Verse five
Hearken my beloved brethren
Have not God chosen the poor of this world
Rich in faith
And heirs of the kingdom
Which he hath promised
To them that love him
But ye have despised the poor
Do not rich men oppress you
And draw you before the judgment seat
See like
You of all people should know this
Isn't it the rich people that are oppressing you
So don't trust in that oppression
Don't think highly of them
And have this man of high degree
He's alive
Rich men oppress you
Don't let that
Change your judgment on things here
Do not they blaspheme
That worthy name by the witch
Ye are called
And that's what James is teaching
So don't have respect to the rich guy
The rich people are the ones that are oppressing you
They're the ones that are blaspheming the Lord
Don't now all of a sudden
Just think really highly
Because someone's got a lot of money
You don't care about that
So trusting not in oppression
That's one aspect of it
And that's one truth that definitely can be told
Of giving more clout
Or looking to the oppressor
To trust in
But I think even more in context here
When saying trust not in oppression
It also ties that in with
Become not vain in robbery
So it's talking about you not being the oppressor
To gain for yourself
You're not going to steal
You're not going to do the wicked things
As your trust
As your defense
He's just talking about trusting in the Lord
So hey don't trust in oppression
Don't trust in robbery
Don't go to these things
As your defense
Don't think that you're going to be okay
Well if I'm just the bully
Then I'll be fine
Because everyone's going to be scared of me
I'll be the one oppressing
And then no one can do anything to me
That's not right
That's not correct
And in fact that's just false anyways
Because you will get your day
Bible teaches us not to envy them
Teaches us not to have respect of persons
Proverbs 22
Turn to Proverbs 23
Proverbs 22 verse 22
The Bible says
Rob not the poor
Because he is poor
Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate
For the Lord will plead their cause
And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them
So you think you could get away with it
Oh these poor people
They don't have anything
I could just take from them
They're not going to be able to do anything about it
You know what
They can't do anything about it
Because they don't have their own means
But you know what
God says I see that
And I'm going to take it out on you
And I will stand up for them
And I'll make sure that those wrongs are made right
And people target the weak
And they want to trust in that
In that oppression
And don't do it
Don't trust in that oppression
Don't think you could just get away
With being wicked like that
Proverbs 23
Look at verse number 1
The Bible says
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler
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
Remember men of high degree are a lie
Oh he's got all this great food
Oh I'm going to have this great meal
With this rich guy
I'm so lucky to go have a meal with him
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
Don't let that draw you in
Don't let the riches and the food and everything
Suck you in
And blind you
To what's really going on
Labor not to be rich
That's not what this life is about
Don't work just to be rich
Work does provide for your family
Work hard to, you know, for a lot of reasons
But don't work to be rich
Cease from thine own wisdom
The wisdom of this world is going to teach you
To work, to get rich, to get all this wealth
And accumulate all this wealth
Don't worry about that
Work hard, yes
But don't, don't labor to be rich
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not
For riches certainly, certainly make themselves wings
They certain, riches will, one thing certain about riches
They'll leave
They go away
I mean, I don't even, I won't even consider
I have like riches, but you know what, my money's always going away
It's going away sometimes faster than it comes in
It seems to always be on the way out
And why you want to set your eyes on things like that anyways
It's because you're never going to be satisfied
You're never going to be filled
If that's what you used to need to have more
Yeah, but it keeps on lowering
That's why I got to get so much more
Look, just be content
Knowing that you'll never have what you think is enough
And just live your life and serve the Lord
Bible says, riches certainly make themselves wings
They fly away as an eagle toward heaven
Eat thou 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 is not with thee
Again, that same concept of saying one thing out of his mouth
And a different thing in his heart
He loves lying, it's deceitful meat
He's trying to allure you with the flesh
He's going to allure you with the money
He's going to allure you with these different things
But he doesn't care about you at all
And you need to watch out for the traps
Turn, if you would, to Proverbs chapter 30
This is all coming from Psalm 62, 10
Trust not in oppression, become not vain in robbery
Proverbs 30 verse 8 says, Remove far from me vanity and lies
Give me neither poverty nor riches
Feed me with food convenient for me
Lest I be full and deny thee and say, Who is the Lord?
Or lest I be poor and steal
And take the name of my God in vain
You don't want to have too much, you don't want to have too little
It's good just to have too little
You don't want to have too little
It's good just to be right in the middle
Not going after, not being so rich
I'm going like, man, I don't need anything
I don't even need God
Why? Because we need to be seeking the Lord every day
Always, at all times, trusting in him
And at the same point, we don't want to get to the point where we get so hungry
And so, you know, that we're like willing to steal, to eat
I don't want to be rich, I don't want to be poor
Just feed me, Lord, and watch out for me
And you notice, he said in verse 8, Remove far from me vanity and lies
They're tied together
I already preached on this not that long
I'll turn to 1 Timothy chapter 6
But in Philippians chapter 4 verse 12, it says,
I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound
Everywhere and in all things
I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry
Both to abound and to suffer need
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me
We need to know how to have riches
We need to know how to not have riches
And that was the last part there of that verse 10 in Psalm 62
If riches increase, set not your heart upon them
So we're not supposed to be laboring to be rich
But you may still be blessed with wealth
With this world's good
That might happen
God has blessed plenty of people in the scripture with wealth
With monetary good
Job was blessed with a lot of things
Solomon was blessed with a lot of things
Other men, Abraham is a pretty good example
Someone who had a great household
He had many employees, a lot of people working for him
Subservants
He had a lot of wealth
But not everybody did
I mean, if you look at some of the prophets and how they lived
Jeremiah spent quite a bit of time in a dungeon
In the mire
And Elijah and Elisha, they were walking around a lot
And being fed with bread from ravens mouths
And drinking at brooks until they dried up
They lived pretty lean
So we don't know what situation we're going to find ourselves in
Whether we're blessed a lot or not
But here's the thing
If riches increase
If they do
If you just receive blessings
You're getting bonuses at work
You're getting stuff coming your way
Whatever
Wherever it comes from
If they come your way
Don't set your heart on them
Don't let that
Turn your heart from the Lord
From what's right
From anything
Draw you away more into the world
Because it can have that pull
You've got, oh man, what am I going to do with all this money?
And you know, sometimes it can just draw you in a direction
That's not necessarily wicked or overtly sinful
But just draws you away from serving God
Oh, now I've got all this money
Now I can go buy this toy or that toy
Well, now I've got this thing
So we're going to take it on a weekend
We're going to go out and see less and less of you in church
Less and less of the Bible
Well, now I've got so many more things to do
Because I've got so many more things to keep up with
You just get busy with the cares of this world
Don't let it affect your heart
Because you can still do plenty of good things
And we'll see that here in just a minute
1 Timothy chapter 6, look at verse number 17
Right here
The Bible reads, charge them that are rich in this world
That they be not high-minded
So don't get lofty and proud
You come into riches
Don't get all thinking so highly of yourself
Because you have so much money
And you're so much better than everyone else
And this is an instruction
Where it says to Timothy, charge them that are rich
So here's what you do to those who are rich in this world
This is what you're going to tell them
Don't be high-minded
Nor trust in uncertain riches
The riches of this world by the way
Those are the uncertain riches
Those are the ones that make themselves wings and they fly away
The certainty in riches is that they're going to go away
What we read from Proverbs
Right, they certainly will go away
So those are the uncertain riches
That you don't want your heart trusting in
Nor trust in uncertain riches
But in the living God
That's who you trust in
Don't trust in your uncertain riches
Trust in the living God
Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy
And I've mentioned this before
It's okay if God bless you as well
To enjoy what you have
It's okay to enjoy this life
And enjoy things just in general
Enjoy the food you eat
Enjoy the labor and the work that you do
Enjoy it
But always keep your heart focused
And your mind focused on serving
The Lord
Keep it right
Keep your heart right
Verse 18
That they do good
That they be rich in good works
So the charge to those that are rich with this world's riches
You need to be rich in good works
Make sure you're doing that
Focus your time on that
Invest your energy and your resources in good works
Ready to distribute
Willing to communicate
Ready to distribute
Distribute what?
Distribute to the needs of the saints
God's blessed you
Hey, I can help
That may be, you know
God brings together a whole bunch of different people to do a work
And you happen to be someone that's been blessed with riches
Well, there you go
Maybe you'll then be able to have a special part in providing for a ministry
But it's all around getting the work done
Some people don't have much, but they're willing, they're ready to work
Someone's got a lot
Hey, brother, I'll feed you
Let's go work together
Whatever, right?
It's real simple
Because if your heart's not on that, who cares?
When your heart's not on the money, it doesn't matter
It doesn't matter where it ends up going to really
It's just like, it's going to go away anyways
I don't care
Let's try to get the most good out of it as we can
And not really concern ourselves with that
I'm more focused on being rich in good works
Raised for you, willing to communicate, verse 19
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come
That they may lay hold on eternal life
So instead of laying up in store for themselves a bunch of money in a 401k
To not work for the rest of your life
It's the exact opposite
He's saying, no, you need to be rich in good works
And laying in store the good foundation against the time to come
Well, you need the foundation of Jesus Christ, right?
That'll save you
And then why don't you build upon that gold and silver and precious stones
In the spiritual sense with the good works
Being rich in good works
Because those dollars, that wood, hay, and stubble is going to burn up
That's not going to abide the fire
And these days it's not even going to abide the Federal Reserve before it even gets to the fire
Your bank notes are becoming more and more worthless by the day
You can put them under your mattress and they're just going to get more and more worthless
It's garbage
You know what? Who cares? Whatever
Whatever
I don't like those thieves, I don't like those robbers
I don't like the deceitfulness that they like to use
And they try to trick everyone into making it sound like, oh no, we're trying to stop inflation
As you print more money?
I don't think you know what that word means
Oh no, wait, I know you know what that word means
I think you don't think we know what that word means
For those of you who don't know what that word means, and this isn't supposed to be an economic class
Inflation, why is it called inflation?
It's not because the prices are going up
It's because they're inflating the currency
They're pumping more money into the system
I mean, just imagine a big bowl
And there's so much money that exists that's been already printed to this date
And I'm not talking about replacing stuff that's been so worn and keeping the same level
No, I'm talking about, well here's how much money we have
We have a $1 bill, a $5 bill, $20 bill, whatever
And then you just add a whole bunch more on top of that
But someone gets to spend that first
And the first people who spend that money, they're the ones who get the real value
Everyone else has to pay for all the extra money that was printed
So what do you mean you gotta pay for it?
Because the money becomes less valuable the more there is
The more there is circling around, the more there is
It doesn't mean as much anymore
It's not worth as much
Anyways, do your homework on that if you don't know what I'm talking about
If you're confused, you can learn about that
There's plenty of resources out there for that
And there's wicked people behind that
Liars, people who have practiced really hard at their deceit
To deceive a lot of people so that they could have a lot of money
A lot of the riches, they're gonna fly away anyways
And those are the types of people the Bible's talking about here
Why are you giving them so much respect?
Those are your oppressors
J.P. Morgan comes walking in here with his top hat
He's not getting the best seat in church
Yeah, you could go all the way in the back
Keep going
Whatever, right?
That's not the person that we're gonna give the respect to
This is what this chapter is expressing to us
Let's go back to Psalm 62
There's only two more verses left
And we'll close out
But you notice
Obviously the contrast between trusting in the Lord
And then trusting in the things in this world
Or the riches or whatever
And then you've got the people that are lying
And they're saying one thing out of their mouth
There's a different thing in their heart
You see the lie and the vanity of the status
Of one man versus another man
We saw that in Psalm 62 as well
And then
You know, hey
If God has blessed you, if he's given you a lot of riches
Don't think on those things
Don't let that get to you
But just use it
Verse 11
Psalm 62
God hath spoken once
Twice have I heard this
That power
Belongeth unto God
At the end of the day, the power belongs to God
So, you know, don't envy the rich
Don't envy the wicked people of this world
At the end of the day, God's got all the power
So in this regard, I'll say, you know what?
God is sovereign
Careful with using that word
Because, you know, a lot of Calvinists like to throw that word around
And they kind of make it mean something that
That it shouldn't
They mean that God is just controlling every single last thing
That happens in this world
You can have all the power
Without always exerting all of the power
God has all the power
He is omnipotent
All powerful
Power belongs unto God
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy
You know, thank God that our all powerful God
Is also a very merciful God in long suffering
Because he allows stupid human beings
To make mistakes
But then he still loves us
And will offer us forgiveness
Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy
For thou renderest to every man according to his work
Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Dear Lord
Thank you so much for
Your great mercy
And Lord, thank you for teaching us the truth
And for giving us an insight
Into the hearts of some
Of people in general
And definitely
The warnings about the wicked people that are out there
The people that are liars
That love to lie
That love to say things with their mouth
To try to deceive people
But their heart is just set on wickedness
Lord, and their heart is set on mischief
To try to cause problems
Amongst your people
God, give us the wisdom that we need
To be able to navigate this life
And to not fall into their snares
And their traps, dear Lord
Please keep us from evil
Lord, we're trusting in you
I pray that you would please just help us
No matter what is going on
Not to be too proud
To pour out our hearts
Unto you, Lord
Lord, we love you
We thank you so much for being
Such a great Heavenly Father to us
And protector and defender
And rock and shield for us
Lord, we love you
In Jesus' name we pray, amen
Alright, we're gonna sing one more song
Before we are dismissed for the evening
Brother Peter, you please lead us
Alright, church
You can open up your windows
Song number 146
Song 146
A Shelter in the Time of Storm
Song 146
On the first
The hordes are rocking
Here we hide
A shelter in the time of storm
Send your whatever
It'll be time
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A weary land
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A shelter in the time of storm
Church, we're gonna hold that note
there at the beginning of the chorus, alright
A shame
My pain
Defince
My night
A shelter in the time of storm
No fears
Of heart
No fears of fright
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A weary land
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A shelter in the time of storm
The raging
Storm
They found us
Feet
A shelter in the time of storm
We'll never
Leave our safe
Retreat
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A weary land
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, my divine
Oh, refuge
Here
A shelter in the time of storm
We now are
Hell forever
Here
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A weary land
Oh, Jesus
Is a rock in a weary
Land
A shelter in the time of
Storm
You