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song number 192
Ring the Bells of Heaven, song 192, sing it out on the first.
Ring the bells of heaven, they're restored today,
For we saw him returning from the wild, See the Father meets him out upon the day,
Welcoming his weary wonder child, Glory, glory, how the angels sing,
Glory, glory, how the round ones sing, Diserments of army like the mighty sea,
Nearly caught the apple of the tree, 192, sing it out on the second.
Ring the bells of heaven, they're restored today,
For the wonder now is reconciled, Yes, the soul is rescued from a secret way,
And is born a new and ransomed child.
Glory, glory, how the angels sing, Glory, glory, how the round ones sing,
Diserments of army like the mighty sea, Nearly caught the apple of the tree,
Ring the bells of heaven, spread the feast today,
Angels storm with a triumph astray, Tell the joyful tide he's buried far away,
For a precious soul is born again.
Glory, glory, how the angels sing, Glory, glory, how the round ones sing,
Diserments of army like the mighty sea, Nearly caught the apple of the tree.
The old account was settled two, four, five. We'll sing that one out on the last.
Oh, sin and trust, O Lord, be friends of all your sin,
For thus he hath provided for you to enter in,
And yet, if you should live a hundred years below,
A fair and happy way, We settled long ago, long ago, long ago,
Yes, the old account was settled long ago, Hallelujah!
And the records go today, For we must rest in today,
Let the old account be settled long ago.
And let's see here. Brother Moses, go ahead.
215. 215, heaven came down.
215, let's sing this one out on the first.
Oh, what a wonderful, wonderful day, The day I will never forget,
After I've wandered the darkness away, Jesus, my Savior, I beg.
Oh, what a tender, compassionate night, He met the need of my heart,
Shines the swelling with joy, and telling me,
May all the darkness return, Heaven came down, and glory filled my soul.
Let at the cross the signal of any hope.
My sins were washed away, And my night was turned to day,
Heaven came down, and glory filled my soul.
Young Josiah, go ahead. 195.
I will sing of the mercies 195. Sing it out.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.
With thy mouth will I make known, Thy faithless, thy faithless,
With thy mouth will I make known, Thy faithfulness to all generations.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.
Alright, let's see. Elijah, go ahead. 250, 250.
The burdens are lifted at Calvary 250. Sing it on the first.
Days are filled with sorrow and care, Hearts are holy and dear.
Burdens are lifted at Calvary, Jesus is there for dear.
Burdens are lifted at Calvary, Calvary, Calvary,
Burdens are lifted at Calvary, Jesus is there for dear.
Brother Serge, go ahead. 308. 308.
I surrender all. Song 308.
Sing it out on the first.
All to Jesus I surrender, All to Him I freely give.
I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence take me there.
I surrender all. I surrender all.
All to be my blessed Savior, I surrender all.
Matthew, go ahead. 30.
What was that? 30. Song number 30.
Alright, this will be the last one this evening. Song number 30. Sing it out on the first.
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
How precious is the flow, That makes me white as snow.
No doubt it will tumble, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Good singing this evening.
Amen. Alright, well let's go ahead and take our bulletins. We'll look at some announcements real quickly.
If you do not have a bulletin tonight, just raise your hand and one of our ushers can get one for you.
If you need a bulletin, just put your hand up and we will get one for you.
The verse this week is 1 Corinthians 15, 10.
But by the grace of God, I am what I am.
And His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all.
Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
That's a good verse there. We like that.
You open up your bulletin, you'll see our service time, Sunday morning service 10.30 a.m.
And we had a wonderful service this morning. We're glad you're back out for the evening service tonight.
And we of course invite you, normally we'd invite you for our Wednesday evening Bible study.
This week it'll be on Thursday and we'll talk a little bit more about that in a minute.
If you look at our soul-winning times, our main soul-winning times on Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
Then we have additional soul-winning times on Thursdays and on Sundays at 2 p.m.
Don't forget if you're a soul winner, if you've had any salvations, make sure you mark those on your communication card.
So we can update the bulletin.
If you had any maps that you did not finish, please clearly mark what was done and what was not done.
And then turn it into the bin in the foyer so that we can finish that during the week.
The staff guys can take care of that.
And if you're running late to our soul-winning times, don't forget to call us or text us at the number there, 916-868-9080.
Let us know your plan on being there, but you're running late.
That way we can make sure our team captains can make sure they have a partner and a map and everything you need.
If you're a first-time guest tonight, we're so glad you're with us.
We have a gift we'd like to give you.
If you walk out of the church building today, either the main entrance or the back entrance, we've got a gift for you.
You'll see a little table set up, and on that table you'll see these little gift bags.
Please grab one on your way out as a gift from us to you for being our guest tonight.
There are several resources in this bag we'd like you to have, but the one I'd like to highlight is this documentary.
It's called Being Baptist. It's a documentary that our church made.
It's very well made, very interesting. It's entertaining and educational.
We want to give this to you as a gift, so please make sure you don't leave here tonight without grabbing that gift bag.
If you are a guest, we'd ask that you please take a moment and fill out the communication card, which is inserted in your bulletin.
If you need a pen, just raise your hand and one of our ushers can bring you by a Verity Baptist Church pen.
We're not going to do anything odd with your information. We just want a record of your attendance.
We actually want to be a blessing to you, but we need your information to do that.
So please take a moment to fill the card out. You can drop it in the offering plate as it goes by.
When we're done with the announcements, we're going to sing a song.
When we're done singing, we're going to receive the offering.
As the offering plate goes by, you can drop that card in the offering plate.
Or you can hand it to me at the end of the service. I'll be standing at the main door greeting people on the way out.
We, of course, are a family integrated church. Children and infants are always welcome in the service.
We don't separate children from their parents for any reason.
We do have mother-baby rooms and daddy rooms available for your convenience.
If you're not sure where the rooms are, you can look at the back of the bulletin.
It will show you a layout of the church building.
It will show you where the mother-baby rooms are, where the daddy rooms are, and all of that.
And please just make sure you use those rooms.
If you have a child that's been distracting during the service or if you need some privacy, we'd encourage you to use those rooms as needed.
If you look at the announcements and upcoming events, on Sunday mornings, of course, we're going through a series called Rejoice, a verse-by-verse study through the book of Philippians.
And on Sunday nights, we're going through a series called Undisciplined, and we're learning to live a life of discipline.
And we've been looking at some very interesting characteristics of discipline and living an undisciplined life.
And we'll continue that tonight.
Of course, this week is our Red Hot Preaching Conference. It starts July 15th.
I just want to remind you that there will be no Wednesday evening service this week.
Because of the conference schedule, we'll have church on Thursday night, Friday morning, Friday night, Saturday morning soul-winning.
And then Sunday morning service, Sunday evening service.
We'll also have a teen activity and singles activity, ping-pong tournament, all sorts of things going on next week.
And just want you to be aware of that. Don't forget it.
And just remember that there'll be no Wednesday evening service.
And then, of course, we have the Band But Not Bound email list.
If you've not yet signed up, make sure you do that.
And the orchestra is going to start practicing on Sunday, July 25th.
Just want the orchestra to make a note of that at 5 p.m. for the Family and Friend Day, which is our church's 11th year anniversary.
That'll be in September. They're going to start practicing end of July for that.
The discipleship class, they had it at 5. Choir and orchestra practice had that today.
Upcoming cleaning crew, if you can check for your name there, we appreciate your faithfulness.
Homeschool group, if you're part of our homeschool group, don't forget that there is a PE class on Thursday.
It says July 22nd, but we actually have to move it back to the 29th.
So make a note of that, July 29th, and we'll make sure that's updated in the next bulletin.
Please don't forget to turn your cell phones off or place them on silent during the service so that they're not a distraction to anybody.
And don't forget to sign up for our text list.
We have an email list, but we also have a text list for the church.
And if you're not part of the text list, you can sign up through your communication.
I'll just give you your number and we'll make sure to add you.
And this is how you find out all the last minute things or whatever.
If something gets, if one of our YouTube channel gets deleted or something, we can let you know that way.
It's very helpful during a conference, if things change, we can text the church family and let people know.
So you might want to sign up if you've not done that already.
If you look at the back of the bulletin, birthdays and anniversaries for the month of July.
This week we have Miss Courtney Usher's birthday on July 12th.
Also Fernando Lario's birthday on July 12th.
Miss Connie Otzman's birthday is on July 13th.
And Hezekiah Cruz has a birthday on July 14th.
Praise Report, Money Matters, all those things are there for you.
We had 198 in church this morning.
So praise the Lord for that.
And I think that's it for all of the announcements.
So let's go ahead and take our song books and we're going to sing page number 27.
Page number 27.
As we prepare to receive the offering tonight, the old rugged cross on a hill far away.
Page number 27.
Let's go ahead and sing it out on the first.
On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame.
And I love that old cross, where the nearest and best.
For a world of lost sinners was slain, so I'll cherish the old rugged cross.
Till my soul is at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, in exchange of something more than love.
Good.
This is the kind of song you kind of have to sing it on purpose, all right?
You got to sing it with some passion.
Page number 27 on the second.
Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world.
As a wondrous and precious for me.
I love you, oh God.
Let the glory of God do bear in me.
I now love thee.
So I cherish the old rugged cross.
Till my soul is at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, in exchange of something more than love.
In the old rugged cross is made by God, so be mine.
Our wonder is to be wise to you.
For it was on that old cross, Jesus suffered and died.
To pardon and sanctify me.
So I cherish the old rugged cross.
Till my soul is at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, in exchange of something more than love.
Good.
Sing it out on the last.
Till the old rugged cross I will ever be true.
It's shame that we've gone too far this way.
I'll go someday to my home far away.
Where is glory for ever I'll share.
So I cherish the old rugged cross.
Till my soul is at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
in exchange of something more than love.
Amen.
Good singing.
We'll have the guys come up and help us with the offering at this time.
And let's go ahead and bow our heads and have a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, Lord, we do thank you for allowing us to gather on a Sunday night.
We pray that you bless the offering.
We pray that you would bless the preaching of your word and everything that's done tonight.
That it would bring honor and glory to your name.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
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Sometimes I get my mouth full.
topics that I've preached on before, but I've never done full-length sermons on
any, maybe any one of these topics. Of course, the Sunday night service is a
little more of a casual service. Sunday mornings a little more formal as we're
going through the book of Philippians, but Sunday nights we take favorites and
all that, so we can do some things that are a little more interesting. And over
the last couple of weeks, or several weeks as we started this series, of
course, we started with a sermon on laziness. And I've preached on laziness
in the past and done entire sermons on laziness. But then the last time we were
in this series, I did a sermon, we learned about tardiness and about being on time
and prompt to the places we're supposed to be. Tonight I'm preaching on the
subject of cleanliness, and I've never done an entire sermon on tardiness, I've
never done an entire sermon on cleanliness, but here's what I believe. I
believe that the Bible teaches you everything you need to know about
everything, and I believe that a Bible-believing church should preach
everything the Bible teaches. So the Bible teaches about tardiness, and at
some point there should be a sermon on it. The Bible teaches about cleanliness,
then at some point there should be a sermon on it, and I'm here to tell you
the Bible teaches a lot about cleanliness. So this is going to be a very
specific, very applicable sermon, and we're just kind of going through this
series hitting these unique topics on the subject of being undisciplined. And
sometimes people can be undisciplined when it comes to cleanliness, when it
comes to being clean and keeping things clean around you. And of course there's a
very famous quote that people like to give in regards to cleanliness and
Christianity, and the quote is this. I'm sure you've heard it. Cleanliness is next
to godliness. Who's ever heard somebody say that? Cleanliness is next to
godliness. Now I hate to break it to you, but that's not in the Bible. The Bible
doesn't actually say cleanliness is next to godliness. The Bible doesn't actually
say God works in mysterious ways. There's lots of, you know, different things that
people say that the Bible doesn't actually say. Cleanliness is next to
godliness is not a phrase that is found in the Bible. However, it may be a very
true statement, and the reason I say that is because throughout the Bible you find
that God emphasizes. You may be surprised how often God emphasizes this idea of
cleanliness, and I don't have time to go through all the passages and all the
scriptures in regards to that, but I want to just show you some things as we
begin tonight. I feel like it's just a tiny bit echoey for me. If you could
maybe help me with that and maybe make it a little fuller, I would appreciate that.
Malachi chapter 3. If you look at verse 1, I want you to notice what the
Bible says. Malachi chapter 3 and verse 1, it says, Behold, I will send my
messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek
shall suddenly come to his temple. This is a course of prophecy of the Lord
Jesus Christ coming into his temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom
ye delight. Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Notice verse 2, But who
may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appearth? For he, now
the he there is referring to the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to notice
how the Bible describes the Lord Jesus Christ. For he is like a refiner's fire,
and I want you to notice the last little part of this verse. It's very interesting.
It says, And like, who's like, he's like, the Lord's like, the Lord Jesus Christ is
like fuller soap. Isn't it interesting that the Bible actually uses soap as an
illustration of what the Lord is like? The Bible tells us that the Lord is like
a refiner's fire. What is a refiner's fire? Fire, when a refiner uses fire, it is a
way to heat metal up in order to bring out the impurities, to bring out the dirt
and the grime in order to purify metal. The Bible tells us that he is like
refiner's fire, and then he tells us he's like fuller's soap. That's why when you
start walking with Jesus, he starts cleaning you up. You start walking with
Jesus, he starts washing you up. The Bible actually refers to God, to
Jesus specifically, as fuller's soap. He's soap. So this idea that cleanliness is
next to godliness may not be that off. I mean, when the Bible uses soap as an
illustration of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all throughout the Bible, all
throughout the Bible, and like I said, I don't have time to go through all the
passages. I'll just give you a couple of highlights. You're there in Malachi, which
is the last book of the Old Testament. If you would go into the book of John in
the New Testament, you're in Malachi, so all you need to do is go into the New
Testament. You have the book of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John. John chapter 13. All throughout the Bible, there is, and the Bible equates
cleanliness, washing with spirituality. And again, I could, we could spend all
night looking at all sorts of verses. I'm not going to do that, but it equates
washing to salvation. It equates washing and cleanliness to sanctification. Here's
an example of salvation. John 13 and verse 4. The Bible says, he, referring to
Jesus, rises from supper and laid aside his garments. This is, of course, after the
famous Lord's Supper, or Passover, that Jesus took the last supper that he took
with his disciples. He rises from supper and laid aside his garments and took a
towel and girded himself. And notice verse 5, after that he, that's Jesus, poured
water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the
towel wherewith he was girded. Look at verse 8, just for sake of time. Verse 8,
Peter saith unto him, thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, if I
wash thee not, thou has no part with me. And of course this was an illustration or
a picture of salvation. Later in the chapter he talks about the fact that not
all of them were clean because Judas was there and Judas was not saved, of course.
And all throughout the Bible we find this idea of cleanliness being equated
to salvation and spirituality. In Ephesians chapter 5, you have to turn
there. In fact, I'd like you to go with me to the book of Proverbs, if you would.
Proverbs chapter 24, you open your Bible just right in the center, you'll more
than likely fall in the book of Psalms. Right after Psalms you have the book of
Proverbs. Proverbs 24. But in the book of Ephesians in chapter 5, we are told that
the church is subject unto Christ and that Christ is the head of the church.
And we're told that he washes the church with the water of the Word and that he
is cleansing it and removing every spot and preparing it for the day of his
coming. So all throughout the Bible, salvation and sanctification,
spirituality is equated with this idea of cleanliness. And of course, so the
quote, though it's not in the Bible, may be a very accurate quote.
Cleanliness is next to godliness. Of course, tonight we're not necessarily just talking
about spiritual cleanliness, but we're talking about physical cleanliness
because the Bible talks a lot about physical cleanliness as well. Now we're
going to give you some thoughts in regards to this idea of cleanliness, kind of three
different areas that I want to hit. The first one is more of a way of
introduction, but it is this. What cleanliness reveals about you? What
cleanliness reveals about you? See, there are some implications when it comes to
cleanliness or to the lack thereof. See, how clean you are, how clean you
personally are, or you tend to be in the area you live in, it shows something
about you. It reveals something about you. There are some implications in regards
to cleanliness or some implications in regards to the lack of cleanliness. The
word implication means a conclusion that can be drawn from something. And here's
the point that I'm making. When you look at somebody who is habitually, chronically
unclean, they don't keep themselves clean, or they're habitually, chronically
unclean in the areas they live in, maybe their room or their house or their
apartment, wherever they live, maybe their car, whatever it might be. Here's what you
need to know. According to the Bible, it reveals something about you. Now I'm not
trying to pick on you tonight. I haven't been to your house, or I'm sure if I've
been to your house, it was clean when I was there, so I'm not, you know, if your
house is dirty, I'm not against you. I'm just trying to help you. But there are
some things that cleanliness reveals about you. You say, what are those?
Well, first of all, and really I'm saying what cleanliness reveals about you,
but maybe the way we should say it is what the lack of cleanliness reveals
about you. The lack of cleanliness reveals some things. What are they? First
of all, that a laziness brings forth filthiness. When someone is not clean or
when they don't keep their areas clean and organized, it reveals laziness.
Proverbs 24, look at verse 30. Now I don't want you to be, don't be mad at me. I mean, I
don't mind if you're mad at me. I'm used to people being mad at me all the time,
but you know, don't shoot the messenger. Notice what the Bible says.
Proverbs 24 and verse 30. Proverbs 24, 30. We've looked at these passages
recently, but I want you to see it again. Proverbs 24, 30. The Bible says, I went,
this is Solomon, the wisest man on earth. God made him the wisest man. He gives us
these proverbs that are full of wisdom, these little stories, these anecdotes
that are full of wisdom. Notice what the wisest man on earth said. He said, I went
by the field of the slothful. He said, I went by the field of the lazy man, a
sloth. If you know what the animal, a sloth is, they sleep, I think, like 20
hours a day. They're not very active animals, and when it comes to your work
ethic, you don't want people to describe you as a sloth. He says, I went by the
field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. A man
void of understanding, somebody who is not smart, they don't understand, they
don't comprehend some things. And notice what Solomon noticed when he said,
he said, I took a little trip. I went by the field of the slothful and by the
vineyard of the man void of understanding. He says, and lo, it was all
grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone
wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it
and received instruction, yet a little sleek, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands too sleek. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelth, and I
want as an armed man. See, Solomon here tells us that he went on this little
trip, and he went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding, and he saw how he kept his area. He looked at the
upkeep of his area, and he said it revealed something about that individual.
What did it reveal? That they were lazy. See, laziness brings filthiness,
cleanliness. When an area is clean, when you walk into a room, walk into an office,
walk into a home, get into someone's vehicle, and it's clean and organized. You
know what it says about that person? Here's a person that's not lazy. I wonder
if Solomon was taking a walk around your neighborhood. Wonder if he peeked into
your backyard. Wonder if he went into your room, you know, some of the young
people here tonight. I wonder if Solomon opened the door into your bedroom and
looked inside. What would it reveal about you? Because cleanliness reveals things
about you, and the lack thereof reveals some things about you. He said, I went by
the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,
and lo, it was all grown over with thorns. He said it was broken down. He said the
nettles had covered the face thereof. He said the way that they kept their
property, the way that they kept their area, showed something about them. And
look, you don't need Solomon to tell you that. Go into the ghettos. Come soul
winning with us into the ghettos, and look, we love poor people. We spend a lot
of time reaching poor people and ghetto people, and I, you know, I live in
the ghetto. I mean, we're all for it, but here's the truth. You go
up and down the street of the ghettos of America today as we go out every week
knocking doors, preaching the gospel to people. You say, why do you go to the poor
neighborhoods? Because they're receptive, that's why. But you know what you notice?
A bunch of filth. You know what you'll notice? A bunch of trash. You know what
you'll notice? You'll have people who open their houses and just
clothes everywhere, dirty diapers everywhere, just trash cans just
overflowing. Why? Because cleanliness or the lack thereof reveals something about
you. You don't believe me? Go down the street into these homeless camps. You
ever wondered how homeless people can create so much trash? I mean, we've got
homeless people that camp out in front of our building from time to time, and
it's amazing what they'll do on a Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday. They've been,
they're laying there. I mean, I come into work and I watch them. I mean,
they're just laying there. They're not doing anything, but yet it seems like the
trash just accumulates around them, and then they leave and just leave. Look, I'm
not trying to offend you. I realize people don't like people pointing these
things out, but go to the homeless camps and tell me they're not just a landfill
of trash. You say, why is that? Here's why it is. Because a filthiness reveals
laziness. It reveals the fact that somebody doesn't have character. Somebody
doesn't have integrity. Somebody doesn't have effort. Why? Because it requires work
to clean. I'm not talking about being rich or having nice things. You know, my
wife and I, for years, we, of course, in ministry, we've always tried to be
given to hospitality and be hospitable to people. Just this last
week, we had an event in our house, or I think we had over 30 people in our house
this last week for a meal, and my wife and I always joke around. We don't have
the nicest house, and there are some things that are, that need to be upgraded
and fixed, and one day, Lord willing, we'll be able to do that, but
we've always said this. It can at least be clean. It doesn't have to be the most
expensive. It doesn't have to be the not, you know, the bathrooms may need
remodeling, but they can at least be clean when people come over. It can at
least be clean and ready and prepared. I'm here to tell you, laziness,
filthiness reveals something about you. It reveals that you're lazy. I'm talking
to you teenagers tonight. If you keep the room of yours like a pigsty, it reveals
something about you that you need to work on your work ethic, because Solomon
said, Solomon said, I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of
the man void of understanding, and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall there was broken down. He
said, then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it and received
instruction. He said, I learned something. What did he learn? That laziness brings
forth filthiness. Cleanliness, or the lack thereof, reveals something about you. It
reveals laziness, but there's a second thing that it reveals about you. Keep
your place there in Proverbs 24, if you would. We're going to come back to
Proverbs, so I want you to be able to get there quickly. Engote me to the book of
Isaiah, Isaiah chapter 28. You're there in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,
Isaiah. The mic sounds good. Good job. You guys did a great job this afternoon.
Isaiah 28, Isaiah 28, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah.
Isaiah 28, what does cleanliness reveal about you? First, it reveals laziness.
Laziness brings forth filthiness, but it reveals something else. Not only does it
reveal laziness, it also reveals sinfulness. You know how sinfulness brings forth
filthiness? Isaiah 28, look at verse 7. Notice what the Bible says.
But they also have erred. Erred means error, means they've done something wrong.
They have also erred through wine and through strong drink. Wine is strong drink.
They're referring to alcohol. It says, but they also have erred through wine and
through strong drink are out of the way. The priests and the prophets have erred
through strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They are out of the way
through strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment. Why don't you
notice how the Bible describes drunkenness? It says they err in vision.
They stumble in judgment. Look at verse 8. For all the tables are full of vomit
and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. You know what the Bible tells you the
truth about everything? The Bible tells you the truth about what the world lies
about. See, the world, when the world advertises drunkenness, you know how the
world advertises it? Everyone's young. Everyone's fit. Everyone's clean. You
got all these young people at the beach with their, you know, you got this young
guy with his shirt off and he's got a six-pack and you've got these young
ladies and everybody's having a good time. They're getting drunk. That's how
the world advertises beer and alcohol and drunkenness, but they don't tell you
the truth. You want to know the truth? The truth is in the Bible. It says they err in
vision. They stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness,
so that there is no place clean. That's the truth about alcohol. You young people,
you don't need to go into a bar and experience that. Let me tell you what a
bar is. It's dirty. It's grummy. It's dark. It's full of vomit. It smells like piss.
They show you this young guy with a six-pack. That guy's never drank a beer
in his life. It's called the beer belly, but you know what? You know that, you
know that sin is filthy? Alcohol is filthy. You go and get drunk, you're gonna
be filthy. You're gonna wake up in your own vomit, wake up not remembering
the great time you had. Great wake up and look, all sin is filthy. You know that
smoking is filthy? Talking about smoking cigarettes, smoking pot, literally putting
smoke down your lungs. It's filthy. I'm not trying to hurt your feelings. If you
smoke here, I'm not mad at you, but you ought to quit. It's not good for
your health, and it's not honoring to the Lord. The Bible says that your body is a
temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you. It's a filthy sin. It makes your teeth
yellow. It makes your lungs black. It makes you smell bad. See, sin is filthy.
Alcohol is filthy. Smoking is filthy. Hey, you know drugs are filthy? See, this is
why you go to the ghettos. This is why you go to the homeless camps, and not
only do you see a bunch of laziness, you see a lot a bunch of sinfulness. That's
why they live that way. Yeah, fornication is filthy. You know that sleeping around is
filthy? Hey, you young kids, you ought to know, if you go around sleeping around
with anybody and everybody that gives you attention, you're gonna get all sorts
of filthy and nasty diseases. It's disgusting. See, filthiness, filthiness
reveals something about you. It reveals sinfulness. It reveals laziness. 2nd
Corinthians, keep your place in Proverbs. Go to 2nd Corinthians, if you would.
2nd Corinthians chapter 7. In the New Testament, you have Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John, Acts, Romans, 1st Corinthians, 2nd Corinthians, but that's why Jesus wants
to be the soap that cleans you up. And by the way, when he cleanses you of sin,
it's funny how the rest of you physically start being clean too. Starts
cleaning you up physically. 2nd Corinthians chapter 7 verse 1. Notice
what the Bible says, having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh, and spirit perfecting holiness
in the fear of God. So I said number one tonight, what cleanliness reveals about
you. It reveals laziness. The lack thereof reveals laziness. It reveals sinfulness.
What does your cleanliness reveal about you? Does it reveal a lazy and a sinful
individual? I'd like you to notice, secondly tonight, go with me if you would to the
book of Titus. Titus chapter number 2. If you find all the T books, they're all
clustered together towards the end of the New Testament. You've got all, if you
can find the T books, they're all together. 1st, 2nd Thessalonians, 1st, 2nd
Timothy, Titus. 1st, 2nd Thessalonians, 1st, 2nd Timothy, Titus. Titus chapter
number 2. I said number one tonight, what cleanliness reveals about you. It reveals
laziness and it reveals sinfulness. Why don't you notice secondly, let's talk
about who is responsible for cleaning. Who is responsible for being clean. Titus
chapter 2. Look at verse 3. Titus chapter 2 and verse 3. The Bible says
this, the aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not
false accusers, not given too much wine, teachers of good things, that they may
teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their
children. I want you to notice that here we're being told that the aged women
ought to teach the younger women to do certain things. They are to be sober. They
are to love their husbands. They are to love their children. Notice that they
are supposed to, in verse 5 it says to be discreet, chaste, and then I want you to
notice these words, keepers at home. Keepers at home. Now oftentimes we we
look at this phrase and we refer to it as someone who stays home, what we would
call a stay-at-home wife or a stay-at-home mom and that's definitely
there's nothing wrong with with with seeing that in that phrase but keepers
at home means more than staying home, it means keeping the home. It's where we get
our modern phrase housekeeping or a housekeeper. See, someone who keeps is
someone who takes care of, someone who guards and protects and takes care of and
here we are told that the women are to be keepers at home, good, obedient to
their own husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed. So let's talk about
this because my wife and I over the years have gotten a lot of questions
about you know who's responsible for cleaning and who's supposed to clean the
house and take care of the house and I've got several statements here one two
three four five six different statements I want to make. Let me give these to you
and you know but before I let me get to all six before you get all upset all
right. First is this, stay-at-home wives should have the primary
responsibility of cleaning the home. This is what the Bible teaches. I know that
Oprah Winfrey doesn't like that and Hillary Clinton doesn't like that but
that's what the Bible teaches. The primary responsibility of a
stay-at-home wife is for her to clean the home. The Bible says that she they
are to be keepers at home. Stay-at-home wives should have the primary
responsibility of cleaning the home here and here's what sometimes people don't
understand. They don't understand that they think oh we're independent
funeral Baptist my husband goes to work and I just hang out at home. No no no
you're not you and sometimes wives themselves they have this idea they say
oh I don't work. Well if you're not working you're not doing it right. You're
supposed to be working at home. You're supposed to be keeping the home. You're
supposed to be working look don't you expect your husband to get up early get
dressed and go to work and work hard all day long don't you expect that ladies
you're not supposed to say amen but you know whatever maybe some of your
husbands would say amen. I mean don't you expect that don't you expect that your
husband would go and get dressed for the day and go to work and put in a few
hours take his break and and relax a little bit for 15 minutes then go work
again take a lunch break work and work hard throughout the day in order to
provide for you and your children because he loves you don't you expect
that well you know what God also expects for you ladies to get up get dressed for
the day and work all day your jobs not to just be at home in your pajamas all
day on Facebook you're supposed to be a keeper at home keeping the home you say
who is responsible for cleaning stay at home wives should have the primary
responsibility of cleaning the home Proverbs 31 if you would go back if you
kept your place in Proverbs Proverbs 31 we looked at I read to you Proverbs a
little bit from Proverbs 31 this morning I want to read to you one verse
that we read this morning and then a different verse from the same passage
Proverbs 31 verse 10 Proverbs 31 and verse 10 who can find a virtuous woman
for her prize is far above rubies notice again that Proverbs 31 is about this
virtuous woman remember we saw this morning that her husband that's safe
trust in her but I want you to notice in verse 27 Proverbs 31 in verse 27 notice
what it says about this virtuous woman she looketh well to the ways of her
household she looketh well to the ways of her household what does that mean it
means that she's a keeper at home means that she keeps the home well she tends
to the things of the whole well she looketh well to the ways of her
household notice and he does not the bread of idleness he's saying she's not
idle she's not just watching soap operas all day on Facebook all day doing
nothing all day she's busy about her business when we ask the question
biblically who's responsible for cleaning stay-at-home wives should have
the primary responsibility of cleaning the home go to Proverbs 22 Proverbs 22
sometimes you you you preach this and people will say or you get an email or
whatever people say well pastor you don't understand you know III I've got
six kids and you know my wife and I have six kids I've got all these kids and and
and they they make messes and it's impossible for me to to clean up after
all these children and and and and on all these things you know it's not it's
not meant for one person to have that big of a load and the and I will say to
that you're right see the primary responsibility of being a stay-at-home
wife is that you should be taking care of the home the work of the home and
cleaning the home you said I've got all these kids well children should learn
here's statement number two children should learn and work in the cleaning of
the house you say I've got all these kids they make messes well here's what
my wife says all the time to the children if you can help make the mess
you can help clean the mess Proverbs 22 verse 6 Proverbs 22 6 train up a child
in the way he should go and when he is old he shall not depart from it you know
that we're supposed to be training our children to become mature adults and
part of that training is teaching them to clean up after themselves so you say
I've got all these kids that's why my house is a mess well you've got all
these kids so you got to train them and put them to work to help you clean you
say oh okay well if that's the case I don't have all these kids well if you
don't have a bunch of kids then your house should not be that dirty it's kids
who make a mess you know if you if when you've got these empty nesters and all
their kids have left the house and it's just them two you know their house is
like them it can be like a museum unless you're you're married a slob of a
husband and if you know that may be the case too but the point is this children
should learn and work in the cleaning of the home train up a child in the way
you go look children should learn to clean children should learn to clean
after themselves children should be expected to clean and by the way all
children male and female I don't know where this there's this crazy idea
people often are bringing up to me oh you know I don't have my my male
children clean the house that's that's girls work no no it's girls work till
they get married and support a wife till then they should clean up after
themselves boys and girls should learn to clean should learn to to and I'm
saying look you got to teach your kids to do the laundry you got to teach your
kids to vacuum the house you got to teach your kids to sweep you had a key
and look training training on clients requires a lot it actually requires a
training if you don't teach somebody to clean they won't our natural
inclination is to be these pigs to be to take the path of least resistance you
have to actually teach people to be clean I remember my wife and I when we
were teenagers we we I worked that subway that's where I met my wife we
worked that subway when we were kids and when we worked that subway we had there
was this girl that was hired I won't say her name just in case she's watching on
livestream which I doubt but you never know I want to get sued or something and
there's this girl I got hired and this girl you could tell she she's like this
only child or something she'd never been asked to do anything in the house and
like we're like hey you know the lobby needs to get swept and she went out
there you know she's kind of looking at us like you know a deer in the
headlights like thing and we hand her a broom she goes out in the lobby and like
a cartoon character she's not doing this and she did this for about five
minutes he said all done and we're like um the lobby is still filthy and we had
the teacher like you know cartoons do this when when you actually are have a
broom and you actually have a Florida sweep you actually have to sweep up pile
up all the dirt and the trash on the floor and then you take then you you
you you pick it up into a dustpan then you take it to the track it's not just
enough you tell a kid wipe wipe the counter and they're just like done it's
like no no you have to actually take a rag it's wet or you know take some sort
of cleaner you have to actually clean you see that you see that stain there
you got to actually put some elbow grease into it we're actually we're not
just trying to go through the motions like we did something we actually want
to clean and you need to train your children to do that train up a child in
the way he should go and when he is old he will not department so you say I've
got all these kids you know they keep the house filthy we'll put them to work
and train them and look I'm not trying to say oh it's easy you got these kids
just put them on look it's a lot of work to train children to work but look
that's your job you God gave you children to train them and part of being
a mature adult is that they grow up and low I know how to clean so when it comes
to who's responsible for cleaning number one stay-at-home wives should have the
primary responsibility of cleaning the home number two children should learn
and work in the cleaning of the whole of the home number three now look it's
gonna get worse for gets better okay just stick with me I've got six of these
statements number three men who work full-time jobs and provide for their
families should not be expected to do the housekeeping at home I realize that
that's not a popular thing to say today but listen ladies if your husband goes
to work and provides for your family on a single income and allows you the the
God get your God-given right of staying home and and and and being with your
children at home he should not be expected to go to work and then come
home and do the laundry he should not be expected to go to work and then come
home and have to clean up he should not be expected to go to work and then come
home and and and and make dinner your home all day you say I don't work no
yeah I know you're supposed to be working your job when you're a
homekeeper a housekeeper is to keep the home so if you have a husband who works
a full-time job and and provides for the family and allows you to be able to stay
home then he should not be expected to do the housekeeping he should not be
expected to do the cleaning he should not be expected to do the laundry he
should not be expected to do the cooking that's your job I mean your
your husband goes off to work and and works in construction all day if he if
he doesn't get it done does he expect you to come you know once this works
over and honey I need you to help me you know finish putting this drywall up and
I didn't do that work finish I need to finish installing this I need your fish
but yet he comes home and cuz you didn't do what you're supposed to do now he's
expected to do it men who work full-time jobs and provide for their
families should not be expected to do a housekeeping of the home now with that
said let me say this husbands here statement number four husbands who work
full-time jobs would be wise to help from time to time in the housekeeping
work of their house look when your wife is sick she's not feeling well or your
wife just had a baby or you know she there's some unusual circumstance then
then it would be wise of you to say hey you know honey you're not feeling well
let me take care of dinner you know if your wife just had a baby you know our
church we try to help with that and the ladies provide meals and all that but
what I'm saying is this your wife just had a surgery you're there there's
something going on that's not the norm it's not unusual then then yeah look men
should not be who work full-time jobs and provide for their families should
not be expected to do the housekeeping of the home but husbands who work
full-time jobs would be wise to help from time to time if their wives sick
she's not feeling well they they they she just had a baby there's some sort of
unusual circumstance or just to be nice just to be nice and to be a blessing to
your wife so I'm not saying that husbands should never make dinner or
husbands should never you know help out around the house but here's what I am
saying it shouldn't be expected if you're a stay-at-home wife and your
husband works hard all day he shouldn't be expected to come home and do the
dishes now if he comes home and does the dishes because he loves you and he just
wants to give you a break or you're not feeling well or whatever it might be
that's great and I think it would be wise of husbands to do that to just be
nice and to to try to pitch in around the house you know you're throwing some
big birthday party where you're inviting all these people to your house you know
guys don't don't just sit there on the couch on with your you know with your
feet up while your wife does everything you know I in our in our home I'll be
honest with you and it's very rare that I do the dishes or clean or anything
like that but something from time to time if we've got some big event where
my wife is inviting 30 people because I decided 10 years ago that I wanted to
start a church then yeah I'm gonna help her you know now it's it's it's rare
because I'm busy and I work and I've got things to do as well but I'm just saying
this from time to time from time to time it's good for a husband to it would be
wise for him to help from time to time here's a statement number five stay at
home wives and I'm you said why are you covering this because my wife and I've
been asked this so many times throughout the years so stay at home wives should
have the primary responsibility of cleaning the home children who should
learn to work in the cleaning of the home and if you don't have children then
your house shouldn't be that dirty so you can take care of it if you have a
lot of kids and they get some really messy then train them to help you number
three men who work full-time jobs and provide for their families should not be
expected to do the housekeeping of the home when they come home from work
number four husbands who work full-time jobs it would be wise for them to help
from time to time in the housekeeping number five stay-at-home wives should
not be responsible for the lawn care maintenance or repair of the home all
right guys you tell me you're like yeah I'm not supposed to do anything once I
get home so get out there and mow the lawn no no that's manual labor all right
so look just because your wife stays home if something needs to be repaired
that's your job man if some if the lawn care you know has to be done that's
it's your job to do that now let me just say this because you know I make
statements and I'm preaching to 150 people are 60 people I'm making these
general statements everybody has all these you know what about this what
about that here's the point obviously from time to time if your wife you know
it's okay if she enjoys gardening then praise the Lord for it or if she just
wants to be a blessing to you and do some that's why I'm not saying that that
that a wife can't go outside and and and do something but I'm just saying this
generally speaking husbands yeah you work you work a full-time job but you
know what it's your job to clean up the outside do all that manual labor and and
and take care of those things for your wife you say well I don't know how to do
it or I don't have the time to do it then hire somebody to do it but don't
make your wife do it she's got six kids she's homeschooling create you know
doing breakfast lunch and dinner for caring for everything in the home and
then she has to go mow the lawn state-owned wives should not be
responsible for the lawn care the maintenance or the repairs of the home
obviously from time to time it's okay and if they enjoy stuff like that look
if they enjoy gardening and they go out there and rake the leaves whatever
that's great and you guys if you enjoy cooking and you cook on Friday night I
I'm not saying that's wrong I'm just saying you shouldn't be expected to do
it number six if a wife works if a wife works then the cooking and cleaning
should not fall solely on her but it should be divided between the husband
and wife something you never thought you'd hear from a fundamental Baptist
hate group cult leader look you guys you got a really sweet deal when you sent
your wife to work for 40 weeks and then and then she comes home and you're like
the Bible says you're supposed to cook dinner yeah well you know what the Bible
says you're not supposed to go work for 40 hours either so if she's if she's
going to work then then split the chores if she's going to work then then you
cook Taco Tuesday and she cooks I don't know lasagna Wednesday or whatever you
don't don't pull this thing on are you gonna go to work and do what God told me
to do and then you're also gonna do what God told her to do no no look if she
stays home and she ought to keep for the home that's her job to keep the home
and run it well you go to work but if both of you work then then both of you
should split the chores it's the only fair thing you know if both of you if
she goes off to work then it's not right and you said why are you bringing this
up because people think this way they send her wife to go work for 40 hours a
week and then and then they come home why they got their feet propped up and
they're like the Bible says you're supposed to cook dinner submit it's like
no you you sent her off to work so you should help out so if a wife works then
the cooking and cleaning should not fall solely on her shoulders it should be
divided between the husband and wife and hopefully that helps and gives you some
answers I don't know you probably hate me or I don't know what you just do what
the Bible says all right number one cleanliness reveals about reveal some
things about you it reveals laziness it reveals sinfulness who's responsible for
cleaning it should be if your wife stays at home then it should be the stay at
home wife if you have children children should help men should not be expected
to do it but it would be wise for them to do it from time to time ladies should
not be expected to take care of the lawn or the maintenance or repair but if a
wife works then then then then those things should not fall solely on her
shoulders the cooking and the cleaning and those things should be broken up
between the two of you now let's talk about so so we talked about what
cleanliness reveals about you we talked about number two who's responsible for
cleaning let's talk about thirdly some basic rules for cleanliness some basic
rules for cleanliness go to Exodus chapter 30 Exodus chapter 30 and you'll
be surprised how much the Bible talks about it's just some basic rules for
cleanliness and look I realize that 99% of you don't need this I get that I
don't think you're stupid but I know this there's about 1% that needs it who
just never had a mom or dad to top them these things so pastor has to come in
and be mom for him for a little bit and say let me teach you some things that
maybe nobody ever explained to you but you know what also children need to be
taught these things and you need to teach these things to your children and
yeah they might you know figure it out eventually but look wouldn't you rather
wouldn't you rather be like the most awesome mother-in-law who taught her son
how to like properly care for himself not him having to figure it out because
his wife's just like what is wrong with you or you were raised in a pigsty where
you raised in a barn you know we ought to teach these things to our children so
there are some areas in regards to cleanliness and I'm gonna divide this
into two sections one section is personal hygiene and one section is
housekeeping all right now I'll be honest with you the personal hygiene
section I kind of stole this from Pastor Anderson there's a sermon that he
preached like back in 2006 a long time ago where he gave these Ten Commandments
for cleanliness and I took his Ten Commandments I didn't take them word for
word I kind of changed them a little bit but they're pretty much his Ten
Commandments and then I'm gonna give you some rules for housekeeping but here's
some Ten Commandments or Ten Thoughts in regards to personal hygiene number
one wash your hands before you eat or after touching something dirty I know
it's basic but hey you know what when COVID happened you know everybody was
telling you wash your hands well you know what the Bible's been saying that
for a long time Exodus chapter 30 verse 19 for Aaron and his sons shall wash
their hands and their feet they're at the Bible talks about washing your hands
a lot all throughout the Bible I'm not gonna run through all the verses I'll
just give you some things but let me just tell you this this phrase wash
their hands is found five times in the Bible where we're talking about washing
hands now some in the New Testament there's these Pharisees who are looking
down on Jesus for not washing hands so we obviously don't want to become these
Pharisaical hypocritical attitude about it but you know the Bible says that
people wash their hands the Bible teaches all throughout the Old
Testament that the priests and the children of God were supposed to wash
their hands and and so so here's one a rule for personal hygiene wash your
hands before you eat or after touching something dirty or after going to the
restroom I'm not trying to get too descriptive you know just wash your
hands all right wash your hands you're not sure how to do it pull up a COVID
instructional video you know it requires soap it requires rubbing your hands
together you're supposed to sing happy birthday or something like that and
you're so you should wash your hands so number one wash your hands before you
eat or after touching something dirty number two bathe or take a shower
regularly bathe or take a shower regularly look you ought to take a
shower at least once a week whether you need it or not okay and but honestly it
should probably be a lot more than that now now here's the thing though when it
comes to bathing and I'm not trying to be funny I'm being I'm being serious you
know some people require more than others because of just the smells that
come from their body I don't know how to say it or some people require more than
others because of their work obviously if you go to work every day where you're
just getting filthy and sweaty and and and dirty they need to just come home
and take a shower every day you know but you may have a job where that's not the
case you're sitting on a computer all day long or whatever so the point is
this wash your you know bathe yourself or shower regularly there's something
that's found a lot in the Bible I'm not gonna make you run all the verses but
I'll just give you some examples this phrase wash himself in water is found
one time in the Bible bathe himself in water is found 11 times in our King
James Bible bathe his flesh and running water is found one time in the Bible
wash all his flesh and water one time in the Bible be washed with water one time
in the Bible so look the Bible teaches a lot about the fact that we should bathe
and take showers you got to do that on a regular basis number three go to Exodus
chapter 19 Exodus chapter 19 so you got to wash your hands before you eat or
after touching something dirty or going to the restroom you got to bathe or take
a shower regularly number three you should change your clothes and put on
clean clothes every day and again look these are things that children need to
be taught Exodus 19 verse 10 and the Lord said unto Moses go unto the people
and sanctify them today and tomorrow and let them wash their clothes the phrase
wash his clothes is found 28 times in our King James Bible so you know what
God wants you to wash your clothes you ought to change your clothes and put on
clean clothes every day and by the way you know that in heaven you're gonna
have king clothes you have to turn there revelation 19 you go to Amos if you were
towards the end of the Old Testament you have Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations
Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Daniel Hosea Joel Amos while you go there let
me read to you from Revelation 19 Revelation 19 in verse 14 the armies
which were in heaven followed him upon white horses clothed in fine linen white
and clean you know first thing you're gonna do when you get to heaven they're
gonna say put on some clean clothes change your clothes and put on clean
clothes every day now look you may not shower every day but you ought to put
some clean clothes on every day number four now look I don't have verses for
all of these I have a verse for this one and then some of these I'm just gonna
give to you but um but I have a verse for this one you gotta brush your teeth
you gotta brush your teeth every day you said there's a teeth brushing verse
kinda Amos 4 verse 6 loan us what the Bible says I also have given you
cleanness of teeth you know hey God wants God said I've given you cleanness
of teeth when he gave you a toothbrush and when he blessed you with a toothpaste
so brush your teeth every day and I also have given you cleanness of teeth and
all your cities and want of bread and all your places and have not returned
unto me sayeth the Lord so you know God wants your teeth to be clean in fact he
refers to having clean teeth as a blessing so brush your teeth every day
I don't have a person for the rest of these let me just give them to you
number five wear deodorant and look you young people once you hit puberty you
need to put on deodorant whether you think you need it or not put it on wear
deodorant and if anybody has ever like alluded to joke with you or made any
sort of comment about maybe the possibility of you needing deodorant you
need a deodorant so put it on wear deodorant number six cut your fingernails
and toenails and keep them clean number seven get a haircut on a regular basis
now there's actually a verse I could have gone to this because you know if I
will says men that God wants you to have short hair it's it's women that are
supposed to have long hair but you know what even even when you have long hair
you should cut your hair regularly ladies and make sure that it's well kept
so get a haircut on a regular basis as needed obviously ladies probably don't
need it as much as men do but get a haircut on a regular basis number eight
comb your hair and keep it clean comb your hair and keep it clean so you got
to get a haircut on a regular basis and you got to comb your hair to keep it
clean or guys get a haircut that doesn't require you to comb your hair you know
I've got a haircut I don't call I don't I don't call my hair but it's not long
enough to you know the Air Force gave me this haircut I just kept it because I
don't like looking in the mirror so you know get a haircut on a regular basis
comb your hair and and keep it clean number nine go to second chronicles 29
if you would second chronicles 29 you've got the one and two books in the Old
Testament you got first and second Samuel first second Kings for second
chronicles second chronicles 29 first second first second Samuel for second
Kings for second chronicles second chronicles 29 these are just some some
basic rules for cleanliness wash your hands before you eat or after touching
something dirty or going to the restroom number two bathe or take a
shower regularly number three change your clothes and put on clean clothes
every day number four brush your teeth every day number five wear deodorant
number six cut your fingernails and toenails and keep them clean number seven
get a haircut on a regular basis number eight comb your hair and keep it clean
number nine this was for the men be clean-shaven or keep your mustache or
beard trimmed and clean you know if you're gonna have a mustache or a beard
keep it clean keep it you know trimmed don't don't look like Duck Dynasty or
some weird you know repent of yourselves cult and you've got like hamburger and
macaroni and cheese and your beard or something keep it trimmed keep it clean
or just be clean-shaven or whatever and then number 10 ladies shave your legs
and underarms that's that's all I'm gonna say about that second chronicles 29
look at verse 5 second chronicles 29 5 you you think these things don't need
to be preached but you know you pastor for 10 years second chronicles 29 we
might add this to the discipleship course second chronicles 29 look at
verse 5 and said unto them second chronicles 29 5 and said unto them hear
me ye Levites sanctify now yourselves and sanctify the house of the Lord God
of your fathers and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place this
is of course the great revival of Josiah and you know how the royal began by them
deciding they're going to go into the house of God and clean it up look at
verse 15 and they gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and
came according to the commandment of the king by the words of the Lord to cleanse
the house of the Lord and the priest went into the inner part of the house of
the Lord to cleanse it and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in
the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord and the Levites
took it to carry it out abroad into the brook Caidron now they began at the
first day of the first month to sanctify and on the eighth day of the month came
they to the porch of the Lord so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight
days and in the 16th day of the first month they made an end look at verse 18
then they went into Hezekiah excuse me I said Josiah this is a Hezekiah unto
into Hezekiah the king and said notice what they said we have cleansed all the
house of the Lord and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels
thereof and the showbread table with all the vessels thereof so notice it says
that they went and cleansed all the house of the Lord go to numbers 31 in
verse number 23 towards the beginning of the Bible of course you have Genesis
Exodus Leviticus numbers numbers 31 I just want you to notice that they went
to the house of God and they cleaned it up they cleaned up the house of the Lord
in numbers 31 and verse 23 the Bible says this everything that may abide the
fire you shall make it go through the fire it's talking about cleaning vessels
it says everything that may go through the fire you may you shall make it go
through the fire and it shall be clean and of course they understood that
putting things in in in a lot of heat would sanitize it and and cleanse it
but then he says this nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of
separation and all that abide is not the fire you shall make go through the water
so he's talking about these vessels and he says look if the vessel is made out
of something where you could just put it into the fire then the fire will cleanse
it and sanitize it but if it's something that you can't put into fire like if
it's made out of wood or pottery or something you can't put into fire then
he says then then run it through the water you should you shall make go
through the water so what's he talking about here's talking about washing
vessels like washing dishes and we saw in 2nd Chronicles 29 about the cleansing
the house of the Lord and they have cleansed all the house of Lord so let's
talk about housekeeping let me just give you some some basic rules in regards to
housekeeping and look I'm not gonna sit here and teach you how to clean your
house all right somebody else can help you with that I'm sure there's lots of
ladies I can teach you that or YouTube videos or whatever but let me just give
you some some tips or some things that that people sometimes don't do that are
maybe a little more common but you should do in order to have a clean home
because remember what does cleanliness reveal about you it reveals that you're
a hard worker or reveals that you're lazy so here are some things that you
ought to do in regards to cleanliness number one don't allow dirty dishes to
stay in the sink overnight you ought to just have a rule that every night you
clean up the kitchen you clean all the dishes and you put them away it's not
sanitary to allow dirty dishes to stay in the sink overnight number two when
you do laundry fold it and put it away immediately don't do this thing where
you do the laundry and then it's just and then you're just putting clean
clothes into into hampers or just having up on piles on the floor on beds look if
you're gonna do the laundry do the laundry and and and you know don't just
have the washing machine do the laundry in the dryer get this clothes out and
fold it and put it away immediately and if you say yeah but I got all these
kids then teach them how to fold clothes and have them help you but when you do
laundry fold it and put it away immediately number three do not throw
wet towels or dirty clothes on the floor it's not sanitary if if look if you're
in a hotel or something and they tell you to put all your dirty towels on the
floor okay whatever they've got housekeepers that are gonna come pick
that up in less than 24 hours but in your house don't get in this habit where
you just take you know dirty towels and dirty clothes and just kids are
notorious for this or sometimes husbands they just you know take their dirty
clothes and just throw them all over the floor there's a dirty hamper for a
laundry hamper for a reason so do not throw wet towels or dirty clothes on the
floor put them in the laundry hamper because you don't want to just have a
bunch of dirty clothes just all around the area where you live there's there's
a place that you've set aside to put things that are not clean that need to
be clean and by the way that's why you don't want to throw a bunch of clean
clothes into a dirty hamper that is meant to have all these dirty clothes in
it you know so fold it and put it away number four excuse me number five get
dressed for the day every day do not stay in your pajamas all day and yeah
you have to say that in a church that has you know 90 kids that are being
homeschooled okay your husband has to get up and go to work every day and he
doesn't get to show unless he works at the most ghetto Walmart he doesn't get
to show up in his pajamas you know his shift starts at 2 a.m. at Walmart and
everybody's in their pajamas but you know what they're all ghetto all right
so get up get dressed for the day have your kids get dressed for the day and
you said well we homeschool yeah but you know what yeah you shouldn't just be in
your pajamas lounging around all day get dressed for the day do not stay in
your pajamas all day number six get in the habit of providing your household
with napkins or paper paper towels during meal times and encourage
everyone especially young children to use them do not allow them to wipe their
face on their clothing who's ever seen little kids they're just you know at our
home you know we set the table and when I say we set the table I mean my wife
and children you know but you know we have dinner every night and the table
gets set and there's napkins at every place and and everything they need and
there's a napkin right next to me you see little kids are just like you know
just cleaning you got to teach them that's what the napkins for that's what
the paper towels for so get in the habit of providing your household because look
if you don't provide your kids with napkins then yeah they're gonna just you
know wipe their hands on on the on the walls and on their clothes and everywhere
else get in a habit of providing your household with napkins or paper towels
during meal times and encourage everyone especially young children or your
husband if he's never been taught to use them do not allow them to wipe their
face on their clothing you know that's not cleanliness that's not sanitary
number seven understand the difference between picking up and cleaning up
understand the difference between picking up and cleaning up you say this
is new doctrine for me I've never heard this picking up is just putting things
away and putting things back in their rightful place and organization and
organizing it sometimes what I've noticed is that people who don't have
children they don't really understand the difference between picking up and
cleaning up or or people who have their children's have been out of their house
for a long time they seem to forget the difference but when you have little kids
you you understand the difference between picking up and cleaning up
because picking up is something in our house picking up gets done like five
times a day picking up is just you know when you're living life you know we got
six kids so we're home my wife's homeschooling I'm working in my office
at home and she's homeschooling the children and they've got their school
books and they're doing whatever in the the little ones maybe aren't doing
school so they're playing or as the younger ones finish up school and the
older ones continue they start to play and they're getting their toys out
they're doing this and doing that you know and it can become a little bit of a
mess from time to time so every once in a while my wife just kind of stops and
says all right time to pick up and everybody goes through and starts
picking up all the things starts putting them away where they go that's picking
up now you say why yeah pastor we know that okay well here's the thing picking
up is not cleaning I'm trying to help some of your wife's out cleaning
requires soap cleaning requires dusting it requires wiping it requires cleaner
it requires disinfectant it requires you know water it requires picking up it's
just you're picking things up and here's here's a point because my wife
after before we were married after she quit subway you know we met at subway
I'm telling you my whole our whole life story she was uh she she worked as a
maid for a while you know at a company where she would get paid and she'd go to
all these she'd go to like a mansion owned by a Kings player and clean it and
all she went to all these cool places to clean up but here's the thing if you
hired a maid you know they're gonna come in and clean but you know what they tell
you you have to do you have to pick up before they can clean you know they're
not gonna come in and pick up all your dirty you know socks and put them away
you're supposed to pick up the house and then they're gonna come in and they're
gonna scrub the baseboards they're gonna wipe down the counter they're gonna wash
the windows those are two different things so look you gotta be picking up
ladies especially if you have kids you need to be picking up every day probably
multiple times a day but you also need to be actually cleaning from time to
time and I'm not saying you need to clean your whole house all the time but
you need to get on some sort of a schedule where you're look windows need
to be wiped down from time to time and you know honestly and I don't know you
guys you ladies can talk about it I don't I'm just preaching the sermon I'm
just the pastor I I'm not I'm not a housekeeper my wife's the expert but I
know this watching my wife that kitchen gets cleaned every day you can't feed
eight people three times a day using a kitchen and think it's just gonna and
think you can just put pick it up it needs to be cleaned and wiped down and
counters need to be wiped down and cleaned up and what dishes need to be
washed already but you know what the bathrooms don't get cleaned every day
they get picked up every day but they get cleaned on a regular basis you know
and then there are other things that maybe the aren't getting cleaned every
week but you need to be cleaning them from time to time so understand the
difference between picking up and cleaning because sometimes you can go
into a home and it's picked up but it's dirty you know it's not enough to just
take things and put them away sometimes you have to actually wipe and spray and
and clean and and vacuum and sweep you know and like in our home we have six
kids I mean the house gets vacuumed every day sometimes multi you know two
times a day and and and swept every day just because we have a lot of kids and
it requires that it may not require that in your home but understand the
difference between picking up and cleaning number eight do not simply put
trash by the front door take the time to take it out to the trash can I mean I'm
not gonna ask for a raise of hand but this is what you see in the ghettos when
we go soul winning who's ever gone so winning in the ghetto where you knock on
a door and just write you know there's just this this bag of trash with dirty
diapers and food and all these you know flies and whatever and people just put
it at their front door that's not sanitary take the time to walk to the
trash can and put it in the trash can and if you got some you know well
bodied young men in your home make it's their job to take the trash out do not
simply put trash by the front door take the time to take it out to the trash can
number nine make your bed every day make your bed every day every day you gotta
make your bed you gotta get dressed you gotta brush your teeth this is deep
doctrine you're getting tonight number ten here's a good one clean as you go
get in the habit of cleaning things and putting them away after the use you know
if you're you you're you pull something out to use it in the kitchen then just
get in the habit of right then and there cleaning it up putting it away you know
clean as you go get in the habit of as you're using things whatever clean it up
get it put away put it in the dirty hamper put it away but try to keep the
house in the place clean go to Proverbs chapter 14 Proverbs chapter 14 hopefully
you kept your place in Proverbs Proverbs 14 all right let me give you two closing
thoughts for this deep sermon on cleanliness and you know you might think
it's funny but honestly there's some young guys are just like why brush my
teeth every day let me give you some thoughts some closing thoughts okay
number one be balanced okay have a balanced life when it comes to
cleanliness work don't become this germophobic clean freak all right that's
not what this sermon is about don't become this uptight you know just you're
gonna put on a white glove like you're in the military or something and and
make sure that that the the the t-shirts are folded exactly the way they're
supposed to be folded and they've got the right crease on the on the mattress
you know don't be balanced all right and especially if you have children realize
that if you've got kids they're gonna no matter how good your kids are no matter
how well you train them no matter how good of a job you do they're gonna make
messes Proverbs 14 look at verse 4 where no oxen are the crib is clean but
much increase is by the strength of the ox you know sometimes kids are just
gonna make a mess where no oxen are the crib is clean you know what where no
children are the crib is clean so just realize don't don't have this this thing
where you have to have this immaculate Museum of a house or else you cannot be
content because that's what your mother-in-law has but you know what but
your mother-in-law doesn't have for Todd you know a toddler and and for other
kids in her house either so just have a balance wait look your house you should
try to maintain cleanliness you try to be clean but realize especially if you
have a lot of kids and I'm talking because we've got a lot of families with
a lot of kids we've got a homeschool group with like 96 kids in our
homeschool group there's a lot of kids in our church they just maintain a
balanced approach to life and realize where no oxen are the crib is clean now
don't use that as an excuse to be lazy and be filthy but just realize that you
you got to hit the right extremes don't be a clean germaphobe freak and but
don't be a slob either you've got a you've got to live somewhere in the
middle and try to have a good balance because we're no oxen are the crib is
clean look let me just go ahead and say this and I'm gonna say this because we
have a church with a family integrated church homeschool families with a bunch
of kids okay so let me help you guys out that don't have kids all right either
you don't have kids or kids don't live in your house do not show up to people's
houses especially if they have small children unannounced okay you're single
and your house is a museum I get it or you're an empty nester and your house is
a museum I get it but don't just show up at people's house just unannounced if
they've got children you know their house is not always guest ready when you
have kids you understand that now look I'll tell you this I live in a very
clean home my wife is a very good keeper at home and and our house is always
clean I never have to just come you know have a complaint about our house not
being clean but you know what we have six children and throughout the day
sometimes the kids make a little bit of mess and every once in a while we have
to say all right time to pick up you know and here's all I'm saying I can
tell you this personally my house is always clean but that doesn't mean it's
always guest ready now I'm the pastor so I get it people just decide to just show
up at my doorstep unannounced and that's okay but just realize I'm probably gonna
talk to you through the through the you know through the the screen door because
look when you have six kids your house is not just always guest ready so don't
just show up unannounced at people's I'm just trying to help you guys I don't
know that look I'm the pastor my wife is a pastor's wife so we're just gonna
smile and and say whatever people are weird but you know what if you do that
to other people in this church they're probably gonna hate you so don't do that
don't just show up at people's houses unannounced try to live a balanced life
realize that we're no oxen are the crib is clean and let me just give you one
more kind of closing thought go to Ecclesiastes chapter 5 you're there in
Proverbs Ecclesiastes Proverbs Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes chapter 5 and
look we don't I'm being honest with you we don't mind it you show up at my
house announced we don't we don't care I'm a pastor we're we're used to it but
don't do it to other people it's not not a good thing to do and and and and by
the way I'm coming over I'll be there in two minutes that's showing up
unannounced all right you you want to give him an hour for every kid they've
got they got three kids hey I'm gonna be there in three hours you know and let
them run around and throw everything into the closet or whatever they gotta
Ecclesiastes 5 look at verse 11 when goods increase they are increased that
eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving the beholding of
them with their eyes here we have a verse about just having a lot of stuff
it says when goods increase they are increased that eat them the more stuff
you have all of a sudden you start getting a bunch of toys and you're gonna
get a lot of friends be careful about the friends that I started coming around
when you bought all the fancy toys when goods increase they are increased that
eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving the beholding of
them with the eyes sometimes you can have so many things that they're not
even good to you like you don't have enough time to play with all the things
you've got they're just there and you're just looking at them so here's the kind
of closing thought when it comes to cleanliness first of all be balanced
here's the second thought declutter declutter your house declutter your
life if it's hard for you to keep up the cleaning of your house you may just
have too much stuff in your house and your house will be easier to clean if
you just have less stuff recently my wife and a bunch of the ladies from the
church they did this challenge I want to say was a month of June they did a
challenge where they were they were supposed to throw away and they're
keeping each other each other accountable they're supposed to throw
away something you know every day based on the number of the day so on June
first they were supposed to pick one thing to throw away they took a picture
of it and said here's what I'm throwing away but then on the second they threw
away two things and on the third they threw away three things and on the
fourth they threw away four things and so forth so by the time they got to day
28 you know they're finding 28 things in the house to throw away or 31 look doing
something like that is a good idea because we have the tendency to just
accumulate a bunch of junk just a bunch of stuff you know and and you gotta you
gotta declutter you gotta get rid of stuff you gotta get rid of try to get
rid of things go through that attic and just throw things away go through that
garage and just throw things away go through the closets I mean at our house
it's like it's like you know it's like the greatest thing you could do I mean
the children the children are bringing things to my wife and they're like
here's something else we can throw away and I'm like great you know we're just
trying to throw stuff away throw stuff away why because it just helps you keep
the house clean don't be a hoarder don't be this person that you know if
you fall over dead from a heart attack they won't find you for three months
because you've got so much garbage in your house declutter get rid of things
get rid of stuff you probably have too much stuff and look and at our church
brother David takes care of a lot of our maintenance he's just throwing he's
throwing stuff away sometimes it gets him in trouble because it's like no we
needed that that's the pulpit brother but you know when when but a lot of
times he's like hey pastor can I throw his way I'm like I don't know what that
is I've never seen that just throw it away you know and we're just throwing
away throwing away stuff look it's how you keep a house a place clean just you
got sometimes you got a declutter or something you gotta get rid of stuff
you got to get stuff out of the space you're in so just just be mindful of
fact that we ought to be clean people not just spiritually clean spiritually
clean amen but not just spiritually gonna be physically clean want to be
people that are clean people why because it says something about us it
says something that it says that we're not lazy and it says that we're not
sinful people because sinful people live in filthiness lazy people live in
filthiness by hate and I would pray Heavenly Father thank you Lord for your
word thank you for the Bible and I thank you for all these thoughts and Lord Lord
I just pray you'd help us to be clean people and Lord we pray that you would
bless just especially these kids help them learn or to take some some pride in
cleaning up and and being clean people in Jesus name we pray amen
all right I'm gonna have brother Matt come up and lead us in a final song just
want to remind you a couple of things this week is the Red Hot Preaching
Conference so don't forget that there is no midweek service on Wednesday July
14th there is church on Thursday at 6 p.m. 6 p.m. don't forget about that and
and then on on Friday in the morning on Friday evening Saturday soul winning
Sunday services we're putting our schedule on Facebook on Instagram if you
go to our website VerityBaptist.com hit RHPC the schedules on there all the
videos you have any questions we're gonna have a great crowd make sure you
get here early find a space if you volunteered to help with cleaning hey
praise the Lord make sure you show up if you volunteered to do you know the
overflow and all that stuff it's gonna be a great week but I just don't want
you to forget about the midweek service if there's anything we can do for you
please let us know my brother Matt come up and lead us in a final song
turn this on 136
so one three six
master the tempest is raging 136 sing it out on the first
the sky is
me
with a wish of spirit
Oh
yes
they
please
see you now on the last
Thank you, Lord, bless indeed us.
Thank you, Lord, our Lord.
Let me joy, I shall remember you.
Swallow my word.
I must understand the list you share.
The winds and the rain shall obey my hand.
Please be still.
The weather, the rain, the dust, the light, the sea,
The angels, the men, or whatever we bring.
No one who can swallow this sugar rice.
And I see the ocean above the skies.
They all shall sleep the old day by day.
Please be still. Please be still.
They all shall sleep the old day by day.
Please be still.
Amen, let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for the sermon that was preached tonight, Lord.
We pray that we apply these things to our lives to be clean, Lord, and honoring to you in every area of our life.
We pray that you'll be with us the rest of this week and prepare our hearts for the conference this week.
In just the name we pray. Amen.
Amen.