Morning we're in John chapter number 9. John chapter 9 the Bible reads
And as Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth and his disciples asked him saying
Master who did sin this man or his parents that he was born blind?
Jesus answered neither as hath this man sin nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifest in him
I must work to the works of him that sent me while at his day the night cometh when no man can work
As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world
When he had thus spoken he spout on the ground and he made clay of the spittle and he anointed the eyes of the blind
Man with the clay and said unto him go wash in the pool of Siloam, which is my interpretation sent
He went his way therefore and washed and came seeing
The neighbors therefore and they which before had seen him that he was blind said is not this he that sat and begged
Some said this is he other said he is like him, but he said I am he
Therefore said they unto him how were thine eyes opened
He answered and said a man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed mine eyes and said unto me go to the pool of
Siloam and wash and I went and washed and I received sight then said they unto him. Where is he?
He said I know not
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind
It was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes
Then again, the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them
He put clay upon mine eyes and I washed and do see
Therefore said some of the Pharisees this man is not of God because he keepeth not the Sabbath day
Other said how can a man that is a sinner do such miracles and there was a division among them
They say unto the blind man again. What sayest thou of him that he hath opened thine eyes
He said he is a prophet
But the Jews did not believe
Concerning him that he had been blind and received his sight until they called the parents of him that had received his sight
And they asked him saying is this your son who you say was born blind how then doth he now see?
His parents answered them and said we know that this is our son and that he was born blind
But by what means he now seeth we know not or who hath opened his eyes
We know not he is of age ask him. He shall speak for himself
These words spake his parents because they feared the Jews for the Jews had agreed already that if any man did confess that he was
Christ he should be put out of the synagogue
Therefore said his parents he is of age ask him
Then again called they the man that was blind and said unto him give God the praise
We know that this man is a sinner
He answered and said whether he be a sinner or no
I know not one thing I know that whereas I was blind now I see
Then said they to him again. What did he to thee how opened he thine eyes he answered them
I've told you already and you did not hear wherefore would you hear it again? Will you also be his disciples?
Then they reviled him and said thou art his disciple, but we are Moses's disciples
We know that God spake unto Moses as for this fellow. We not we know not from whence he is
the man answered and said unto them why hearing is a marvelous thing that you know not from whence he is and
Yet he hath opened mine eyes
Now we know that God hearth not sinners
But if any man be a worshipper of God and do with his will him he hearth
Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind
This man were not of God. He could do nothing
They answered and said unto him thou was altogether born in sins that and does thou teach us and they cast him out
Jesus heard that they had cast him out and when he had found him
He said unto him does thou believe on the Son of God he answered and said who is he Lord that might believe on him?
Jesus said unto him thou us that was both seen him, and it is he that talketh with me, and he said Lord
I believe he worshipped him and Jesus said for judgment
I am come into this world that they which see not might see and that they which see might be made blind
Some of the Pharisees which were with them heard these words and said unto him are we blind also?
Jesus said unto them if you were blind you should have no sin
But now ye say we see therefore your sin remaineth. Let's pray dear Lord God. Thank you for this church. Thank you for our pastor
Just ask that you would be with them now. Please just fill them with your Holy Spirit
I just ask that you would help help them to make your word manifest through the preaching and
Just help us to hear it with all readiness of mind and in Jesus name we pray. Amen
Okay, we're in John chapter 9 this morning look down at verse number 18 in John chapter 9
It says, but the Jews did not believe
Concerning him that he had been blind and received the sight until they called the parents of him that had received the sight
And they asked him saying is this your son who ye say was born blind how then doth he now see?
His parents answered them and said we know that this is our son and that he was born blind
But by what means he now seeth we know not or who hath opened his eyes
We know not he is of age ask him he shall speak for himself
Verse 22 these words spake his parents because they feared the Jews
For the Jews had all agreed already that if any man did confess that he was Christ
He should be put out of the synagogue therefore said his parents. He is of age ask
Him and the time of my sermon this morning is pussyfoot urs
Pussyfoot urs in the Bible pussyfoot urs. We're gonna come back to the story in just a bit. What is a pussyfoot urs?
This is a word that you may not be familiar with you might have actually even gotten offended by even hearing the word right now
But the term pussyfoot urs simply means to move and a very cautious or stealthy manner
Timidly as if afraid to commit oneself so in other words
It's an individual who's very ambiguous and their behavior or the way they talk because of the fact that they're afraid of the repercussions
Of what might take place if they behave a certain way or
If they talk in a certain manner or explain certain things and so that's what it means to be a pussyfoot urs
And of course we can see throughout the Word of God that God doesn't like for God's people to be pussyfoot urs
Okay
Obviously we can look at portions of Scripture that tell us that we need to walk circumspectly not as fools
But as wise but at the end of the day God
Wants us to obey his word and not be cautious about obeying his word not be cautious in the manner in which we speak when
We talk about the Word of God. He doesn't want us to be afraid and move stealthily
Deceitfully when explaining the things of God now, what does this story have to do with it?
Well in this particular story you have a man who was born blind. Okay, and according to the first couple verses
Jesus says that this man was born blind so that the works of God could be made manifest in him
In other words so that God can be glorified when he encounters Jesus Christ and Jesus heals him of his blindness
The story would be forever in the Word of God and people would be referencing it for thousands of years thereafter
And in fact, this is essentially the chapter where we get the song amazing grace from right?
I once was blind but now I see and obviously the underlying
Symbolic nature of this man receiving his sight is the fact that when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
We receive our spiritual sight prior to Christ. We're blinded to the truth. We're blinded to salvation
We are blinded to the Word of God. We are blinded to Jesus the Savior
But then someone gives us the gospel we believe on him and the Bible says that we're enlightened to the truth, right?
so we were blind but now we see and so he gets healed by Jesus Christ and
You know people start making a commotion about this because it's a it's a very notable miracle
That's accomplished and this gets to the ears of the religious leaders known as the Pharisees
Well, the Pharisees commonly approached this man
About the fact that he received his sight and you know, they're not astonished that a great notable miracle was taken
They take matters they take it as an offense because it was done on the Sabbath day
so instead of really focusing on the fact that this man received his sight even though he was born blind a
very great miracle has taken place and
obviously, this is something that can only be done by the hand of God and
instead of being astonished by that and going to Jesus and
Wanting to be healed of their spiritual blindness
They begin to persecute Jesus and persecute the man whom Jesus heals
Because they're not happy that they that he did this on the Sabbath day. So they begin to question
This man about his this miracle that was done and he's just explaining to them
This is what he did and I believe he's a prophet and they start grilling him
Well, then they started talking to his parents. Okay, and this is where he come off in verse 18
So they didn't believe him
Right, he gives his testimony and it's just like they don't believe it's like what how do you not believe him? He sees right now
You know and so they decide to go to his parents instead to get the testimonial of his parents and
They say, you know, is this your son that was born blind?
How does he now see how is it that he received his sight and this is his parents answer? Okay
And God blessed them, but they were wrong
He said well, we know this is our son and that he was born blind
but by what means he now seeth we know not or
Who has opened his eyes? We know not and then they say this he's of age ask him
Okay. Now you can you can easily read this and say well, maybe they didn't know you know what I mean?
Maybe they just weren't there or they didn't know what took place. However, the Bible seems to imply
That they did know because of the fact that verse 22 says that they it says these words spake his parents
Because they feared the Jews for the Jews had already agreed that if any man did confess that he was Christ
He should be put out of the synagogue. So what are they doing? They're being pussyfooters
When it comes to the miracles of Jesus Christ, they're not willing to actually say, you know, what?
Yeah, that man right there who is the Christ he healed our son. So what?
Instead they're just like ask him, you know, we don't know
You know, we don't want to put out of the synagogues and it seems to indicate that they might have already believed on Jesus Christ
But they didn't want to openly say that because they didn't want to lose their beloved membership at the synagogue of Satan, right?
And so he says he is of age ask him. They just kind of skirt around the issue. They're ambiguous about their answers
They're just kind of you know, not trying to be problematic or have any conflict whatsoever
But you know what? That's a wrong thing to do my friends
Okay, because at the end of the day, you know if someone asks you are you a Christian you say yes
I'm a Christian not only am I a Christian. I'm a Baptist and I'm not a southern Baptist either
I'm not a missionary Baptist. I'm not a southern Baptist. I'm not you know
Missionary of the Third Temple glory to God Baptist or whatever. I'm an independent fundamental Baptist
You say why because of the fact that God doesn't want us to pussyfoot around the issue
He wants us to speak plainly and clearly and not leave people confused and wondering what did he mean by that?
right and
So it got to the point where they have to return back to the Sun and the Sun gave some great answers
And in fact the Sun is saying, you know, he's a prophet and you know
I was I once was blind but now I see and he's a prophet and so he's confessing them
Look down at your Bibles at verse number
27 he says he answered them. I have told you already and he did not hear wherefore would you hear it again?
Will you also be his disciples? So now he's getting a little smart with them, you know, he's getting a little
You know a little arrogant but that's all right, you know he's
But they deserve it because they're asking and here's the thing folks
Is that they're asking the question the same exact way and they're getting the answer
But they're just not really happy with the answer. Now, are they?
You know what? I've experienced this especially within the last week when talking to a bunch of unsafe Catholics
When they asked me why it is that I believe what I believe and I clearly tell them and they're like, yeah
But why though?
And I'm like, are you deaf?
What's wrong with you? Are you not listening? We also be a Baptist
You can't seem to understand like what I'm telling you and they're like
well
give me a verse that says that and I'll give them a verse and like yeah, but where does it say that and
I'm just like what's wrong with you?
But you know what I've noticed is that people who typically do that
It's not because they can't understand because the Bible can be understood and in fact if some if someone is legitimately
Sincerely wanting the truth. They're gonna get the truth and God will open their eyes to the truth
But here's the thing if they don't want the truth, they're not gonna get the truth and they're gonna continue to ask
Why don't you just say it plainly? It's like I've told you plainly
I already told you what the truth is and you're just rejecting it and that's your fault. Not mine. That's your fault
Not the Bible's, you know, I talked to someone earlier this week about the Catholics and them being you know
The priests being called father. I
Said Matthew 23 Jesus specifically said to call man. No man your father
And he's like what about you know, the Apostle Paul calling himself a father I say he never called himself father
He's like well, there's this one verse, you know somewhere in the Bible and I'm like the verse you're thinking about
Is it it says though you have many 10,000 instructor instructors in Christ yet? Have you not many fathers?
For in the gospel I have begotten you. He's yeah, that's the one that's the one I
Said yeah, but can you point to a verse where you can find?
Anybody of the Apostle Paul's converts calling him father thereafter like father Paul
It's not you're not gonna find it
He's like, yeah, but you know, do you call Abraham the patriarch? I said yes, and then he's just like well, that's father
I'm like, so it sounds to me like your problem is what would Jesus said that was what I'm saying
Right because Jesus is the one who said call no man father. So are your beef is with him then you're talking to me
Like I'm Jesus, but I didn't say that I'm quoting Jesus and I agree with Jesus
So I guess you got to explain to me. What did he mean when he said call no man father
You've given me all these other reasons why you can call people father, you know, you give me all these other reasons
So what does he mean when he says called no man father?
It means that people who are spiritual leaders shouldn't be called father or Pope or Papa or whatever
Especially when they're wearing dresses. I
Mean I thought the ones who wear dresses you call mama
it's
Weird it's so weird that you know, so many young people think that Catholicism is so masculine and
That it it pushes traditional values and all these things but literally their entire leadership is just known for cross-dressing
Like while they're performing their religious rights and duties
They're literally cross-dressing and getting drunk and not marrying bean pedophiles and stuff
But all of a sudden somehow this is a masculine religion. It's promoting masculinity and traditional values
you've been deceived my friend and
So we see here. He's kind of mouthing off to them a little bit and they get upset
He says in verse 28, then they reviled him and said thou art his disciples. We are Moses disciples
Well Moses wrote of Jesus. So I don't know what you're talking about
He says we know we know that God spake unto Moses as for this fellow fellow
We know not from whence he is the man answered and said unto them why here it is a marvelous thing that ye know not
From whence he is and yet he hath opened mine eyes
Now we know that God heareth not sinners
But if any man be a worshiper of God and doeth his will him he hearth now, obviously, this is his opinion
but there is some truth to this because I believe what he's saying here is that
People are sinners. However, if they're actually seeking after God
Even through a manner of worship, they're worshipping
Ignorantly, but they think you know you think of the centurion you think of you know, the stories in the book of Acts
Cornelius who was worshipping God obviously he did it in the wrong manner
But he sincerely thought he was looking for the Lord the Lord saw his heart and brought someone to him, right?
So this is the same case here verse 32 says since the world began was it not heard
That any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind if this man were not of God he can do nothing
They answered and said unto him that was all together born in sins and dost thou teach us and they cast him out
So they're so upset with him and what he's stating because of his testimony
That they end up revoking his membership from the synagogue and they threw him out
But who cares because when he was cast out Jesus came to him and he believed on the Lord at that point, right?
But the point that I'm making here regarding this chapter is that don't be like his parents
Okay
ambiguous and pussyfooting around the issue because you want to retain your membership with the synagogue of Satan you want to keep your close friends or
Your close family therefore you refrain from ever saying the truth from ever resolving conflict from ever
Expounding on the Word of God because you're afraid of what people might think of you. Don't be a pussyfooter
Someone who just moves cautiously
Stealthily you're timid to say the truth. God wants us to be very
Open about what we believe. Okay, and let me just say this. This is obviously not at the exclusion of
Discretion. Okay. We obviously need to exercise discretion and say things in a wise manner a way that you know
We're not intentionally being offensive. Just let the Word of God be offensive. It's it's offensive on its own. It doesn't need your help
Right go to the next chapter chapter 10
You know as I mentioned earlier sometimes it's no matter how plainly you speak some people just won't get it
You know John 3 16 is the most plain easiest verse to read and to understand and some people just don't get it
And they take offense with it or something
They input repent of your sins into it and they claim that it's saying something that it's clearly not and it's not because God made
It difficult to understand it's not because it's in cryptic
It's not because it's just you know ambiguous and dark and you can't understand it
It's because they don't want to understand it
Look what it says in verse 23 of John chapter 10
Jesus walked in the temple and saw on the porch and
They can't then came to Jews round about him and said it's him. How long does thou make us to doubt?
If thou be the Christ tell us plainly
Jesus answered them I told you and you believe not the works that I do in my father's name. They bear witness of me
But ye believe not because you're not of my sheep as I said unto you my sheep hear my voice
And I know them and they follow me folks don't get frustrated when people you send people
Verses you present verses at the door you prevent you present verses online and they're just like they just don't get it
Let me just tell you something. It's not your presentation. That's the problem
It's not the way you're expounding it. That's the problem. It's not your exegesis. That's the problem
it's the fact that they don't want the truth and
You can you can color it
You can make a picture of the truth
You can put it in the in the most easiest way of explanations and yet they will not receive it not because it's not
Understandable because they don't want the truth
And so obviously we need to make sure that we're open and speak plainly about the truth, but just mark it down
There's gonna be instances that no matter how plain you are about it
People are still not gonna receive it go to John chapter 1 John chapter 1 if you wouldn't same book there John chapter 1
We should never pussyfoot around the issues that the Bible clearly talks about
Let me read you a couple of verses before we get into John chapter 1
2nd Corinthians chapter 3 verse 12 says seeing then that we have such hope we use great plainness of speech
Not as Moses which put a veil over his face
That the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished
But their minds were blinded
Front to this day remained at the same veil. I'm taking away in the reading of the Old Testament
Which veil is done away in Christ? Let me read to you from Matthew chapter 10 and
Verse 27 it says what I tell you in darkness
That speaking in the light what you hear in the ear that preach ye upon the housetops. Oh, no, just preach the gospel
You know, oh you you preach way too many other things just talk about Jesus and him crucified
Well according to the Bible whatever we hear in the ear
You know, we're supposed to say upon the housetops. That's what the Bible says
So I don't know about you, but I'm not constantly listening to the gospel
The gospel is not the only thing that's coming into my ears
And in fact, I never hear the gospel other than when other people are preaching it to other people or when I'm preaching it
To someone else there's other biblical principles and doctrines that are constantly entering into my ear from the Word of God
And according to the Bible, I'm supposed to talk about it
You're supposed to talk about it and when he says, you know go on the housetops
He doesn't literally mean go on the rooftop of first works Baptist Church get a blowhorn and start saying it
What he's saying is like be very open about it. Don't be ashamed of the Bible
Okay, don't try to skirt around the issue and you know make the paths crooked
Paths that God has made straight, you know a straight path is the path that you can see everything that's on the road
Right when you're on a road and you're looking straight ahead
You can see everything that you're gonna face how many lights there are stop signs, whatever
but when the path is crooked, you don't know what's around the bend and
Here's the issue when it comes to false prophets and people who pussyfoot around the Bible
Is that they're constantly making the ways of God crooked?
Just perverse crooked. No one knows what's around the bend. It's very ambiguous. It's confusing you leave the church services wondering
Oh, I'm gonna give my life to God. But what does that mean though?
Oh
Surrender your life. Yeah, but what does that mean though?
Sounds like a crooked message that has left people in obscurity confusion not understanding what God requires of them
Now a great example of this is John the Baptist and in fact his ministry was characterized by
Making straight the paths of the Lord. He was essentially the forerunner of Jesus Christ
Meaning he came prior his ministry began before Jesus Christ's ministry began and the purpose of his ministry
Was to prepare the way of the Lord to make his path straight to remove all
Obscurities things are obscuring the path and to preach the Word of God to prepare people for the coming Savior
So he's not there like saying I don't know. Do you have to repent of sins? Maybe
Or do you have to believe? I don't know. You're just gonna have to ask him when you get when he gets here
He's preaching the same message that Jesus is preaching
he's preparing people priming people for the message of
God the Bible says in Matthew chapter 3 we'll get into John 1 in just a bit
verse 1 says in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea and
Saying repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah saying the voice of one crying in the wilderness
Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight meaning make it
Plain make it understandable make it known make it in such a way
You're basically putting the truths of God's Word on the bottom shelf
Put the cookie on the bottom shelf
Don't be like these Calvinistic Presbyterian pastors
That just make the Word of God so difficult to understand that the common people don't want to listen to
you know the only people that want to listen to Calvinists and
Presbyterians and these reformers are the uncommon in the unclean
The common people hurt Jesus gladly because he spake plainly
Right and it's always people who want to go really deep into the Bible
They want to follow these reformers, but here's the thing folks once you follow them down that path you realize how crooked the path is
it's not as deep as you thought it was gonna be it's as shallow as a cup of water and
It's void of a lot of just biblical truths
Whereas you know the Word of God is deep
It's very deep, but it could be explained in a very simplistic way the cookie can be placed on the bottom shelf
It can be easily understood and in my experience the reason these Calvinist reformers
Presbyterian types always speak in that manner and preach with enticing words of man's wisdom
It's because they don't want people to know what they really believe
You know you ever you ever ask a Calvinist so if a baby is not
Chosen do they go to hell they can never give you a yes or no answer
They will never give you a plain yes or no answer well
That's a very interesting theological debate discussion that we can have you see there's this one church father
Whatever who cares what the church father says the guy's days probably in hell who cares he's not here to defend himself. I
Don't care what a church father said I?
Only have one father physically okay, and then I have my Heavenly Father and my Heavenly Father says to speak plainly
My Heavenly Father teaches to not be a pussyfooter
Yes, or no does the baby go to hell yes, or no
But you know why because they actually do believe that if a baby is not baptized or is you know?
Chosen for damnation if that infant dies they will go to hell
That's what they believe, but they're not willing to tell you that because they're a bunch of pussyfooters
Who skirt around the issue you know at least you know if you believe in heresy at least proclaim it proudly or something?
Don't be all deceptive because you don't want to offend people or whatever
And obviously it's heresy. I don't believe babies go to hell
It's a stupid doctrine
You know this is why I take offense when people call me a Protestant
A Protestant and protested the Catholic Church. I never came out of the Catholic Church in protest or something
I'm not a I'm not a spiritual child of the Catholic you see a band-aid on my throat
You see me wearing a long dress. Do you see me sprinkling babies? No, that's what they do
Make the path straight and obviously there are
subjects topics in the Bible that require some depth
Right some deep studies on you know when we're studying the book of Hebrews on Thursday evenings. It's a very deep book
It's not like the book of John the book of John is very plainly understood
Which is why it's the first book that we get people to read when they first get saved because it's easy to understand however
Because the Bible is written by God there are going to be some deep topics that require an in-depth study absolutely
However, here's the problem is that the reformers presbyterians they make John deep
The easy things that are supposed to be easy to understand they make those crooked
they make them so deep and they make people question just a plain reading of the text and
So let's make his path straight amen look at John chapter 1 verse 40 this is talking about John the Baptist
Not John the writer of John. It says in verse 20. He confessed and denied not but confess. I am not the Christ
So they're asking about the Christ. He's not like
Maybe I don't know
We all got a little Jesus in us. Yeah
It's possible why you think I look like him
I'm related to him
He's just like plainly said I'm not him
You know
It was that joke that they say I I could what is it you're him. That's just bad English
Verse
21 says and they asked him what then art thou Elias and he said maybe
No, he's like I'm not
I thought that prophet he answered. No now that prophet is referring to Jesus
It's a prophetic when they say that prophet they're referring to that phrase that prophet of the Old Testament
That spoke of the coming Savior and he's just like no so they asked him if he was Christ
He's like no, and then they persist to ask him. Well, are you that prophet and he's just like I just told you no
Then they said unto him who art thou that we may give answer to them that sent us what sayest thou of thyself
He said I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness make straight the way of the Lord as said the Prophet is
Isaias he's speaking plainly of who he is
He's not making it ambiguous and here's the thing folks when you look at the ministry of John the Baptist
You know people think to themselves, oh man, he just preached repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand
No, he preached against Herod to
his adultery and the fact that he was
Wicked he was actually beheaded because of that and you know, I don't think Herod wondered what he meant by his message
It's not like here. I was like, what do you think?
You know, he said he said promiscuous
You know when you preach against he said I was behaving in a promiscuous way
Like what does that mean? You know, why cuz he didn't use the word promiscuous
He says it's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife
That's what he said very plain and it was plain enough that the offense was very clear
to Herod, okay
Jesus also spake plainly when he taught and obviously there is instances where he was deep and other instances where he spoke in dark sayings
and parables
Intentionally so that people couldn't understand
So there's instances and the people that I'm referring to obviously were the Christ rejecting Jews and Pharisees
So those individuals who hated the truth, they didn't like Jesus
He spoke to them in parables then gave his disciples the interpretation of those parables because he wanted them to understand
You know, it was the babes and sucklings spiritually speaking that were given understanding of those parables and dark sayings
But the Jews and Pharisees couldn't understand it because they weren't saved. Let me read to you from John 11 verse 11
Here's a really good example of Jesus just being very plain and not pussyfooting around an issue
These things said he actually go to John 11. Just just go there real quick. Go to John chapter 11 and look at verse number 11
Look at John 11 verse 11. It says these things said he after that
He saith unto them our friend Lazarus sleepeth, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep
Then said his disciples Lord if he sleep he shall do well
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death, but they thought that he had spoken of taken rest and sleep then said Jesus unto them plainly
Lazarus is unalived
He got unalived
How many heard that phrase recently? This is like a really popular phrase
Amongst the young people and on social media you wouldn't believe what this guy just did he unalived himself. You mean suicide?
You mean like killed himself?
You know, oh this person killed so-and-so and it's just like he unalived this person he killed them
Use the proper terms
Then Jesus said unto them plainly Lazarus is dead
now obviously the reason he's saying he's asleep is
To let the disciples know he's trying to give him a spiritual truth here
Because in all essence when we die as believers
Essentially we are asleep doesn't mean that our soul remains in our body because to be absent from the body is to be present with
the Lord however, you know a dead person looks like they're asleep and
Technically you can say that our bodies are asleep because one day it will awaken righteousness at the resurrection
So obviously he's trying to convey a spiritual truth to them to say Lazarus is asleep meaning one day. He's going to wake up
Whereas
People who are damned forever they shall forever remain in that state of death because they're gonna be in hell
They shall never awake to righteousness. They will never wait to the resurrection of the just understand what I'm saying
So this is what he's trying to convey to them. He's asleep
But obviously they're too spiritually immature to understand that therefore he has to speak plainly. He just said he's dead
Speaking very just clearly distinctly
He is dead and I'm glad for your sakes that I was not there to the intent that you may believe nevertheless
Let us go unto him now turn with me if you would go to 1st Corinthians chapter 2 1st Corinthians chapter 2
You know the Bible tells us that God is not the author of confusion but of peace meaning that God's
ministry one of God's ministries and
God's will for our church and Christians when he says peace. What does peace mean means to reconcile and
So what we need to do as Christians is we take truths that seem difficult to understand and we reconcile them
You understand we bring understanding to passages we bring understanding to biblical principles
We do not leave people in obscurity wondering. What does that mean?
He's a god of peace not of confusion just kind of intermingling everything and not clearly explaining what the Word of God said
So let me talk about three specific pussyfooters in
Christianity, okay
Number one will be pussyfooter churches number two pussyfooter Bibles and number three pussyfooter pastors
So let's talk about the first one pussyfooter
churches churches that are ambiguous about who they are
Now you don't have to go very far to find churches like this, okay, what church do you go to sandals?
That's a real church by the way
It's a real church
Now, why do they name it that to be a pussyfooter?
So that people are just like I guess Jesus wore sandals, maybe it's a Christian church like
Like why would you name a church sandals? What you know church shoes?
you
know robes
Cloak I go to I go to robe Church, and it's not like it's called sandals Church. It's just called sandals
You know how about this Crocs?
Might as well just name it that
Flip-flops
thongs thongs are flip-flops
They just call it. Why are why do they do that to remain ambiguous?
So that you don't understand what they're really about
So it just kind of leaves you in obscurity
They're pussyfooting around the issue that there are Church, which is why they remove Church from their name
And you know what? They're not the only ones who do it. Unfortunately fundamental Baptists do it, too
We're fundamental Baptists are literally ashamed of being called an independent
fundamental Baptist
Even to the point where they even ashamed to call themselves Baptists
I mean there are literally churches who are IFP churches that will remove
Baptists from their church name and may I say they should if they're so ashamed of it
But they remove it from it or they keep it because you know
The members have been there for quite some time and they still identify as being independent fundamental Baptist
So they don't want to offend those members. So they just put it in the fine print or something
But they'll never mention it from the pulpit
You know, this is an independent fundamental Baptist Church
The reason we say it's an independent fundamental Baptist Church is so that you know what you're getting into
When you come into the church, if you go to sandals, you don't know what you're gonna get into
You're like are they gonna give me a pair when I get in there? Is there sand in the church?
Is it like a beach church? You might as well just call it a pussyfooter Church. Just call yourself pussyfooters
That's a that's a good name for that church and churches that are like that because they're so ambiguous
So obscure about who they are as a church and folks Church the word churches in the Bible at least have the decency
To leave the word church in the Bible in your name because it's in the Bible
But yet they're there. They don't want to offend
the you know
the unchurched
They don't want to offend
The non-believer and so they want to bring in the masses and so they have to be a little deceitful about it
You know little little stealthy about their names
Well, you know, I just said fundamental Baptist is so old-fashioned good. That's what we want
Why since when is the church supposed to be a modernized church in their beliefs and ideologies and their faith and practice?
You know, we are a timeless church and we stick to the words of the Word of God
You know, we need to offer the people out there something that is different from out there
But if going to sandals Church is like going to the beach then there's nothing there's no difference to that
You know pussy-footed churches that will intentionally be ambiguous about who they are
They don't really want to say what they truly believe they skirt around the issue
They remove Church from their name. They remove fundamental from their name. They remove independent from their name
They remove even Christian sometimes from their name. They just give it like a secular name
Saddleback
Rick Warren saddleback, what is this a cowboy church?
Is this a school and how to like learn how to horseback ride
It's so ambiguous
That's such a pussyfooter Church
Where you go saddleback? No, I mean like what church do you go to?
Saddleback, I mean, what can you what can you possibly extrapolate from that name where you would say?
Well, that sounds like a really good church
Like literally saddlebacks have nothing to do with the Bible
Is there even a mention of saddles and I might be wrong. Is there a mention of saddles in the Bible?
I don't can't think of an
You know, someone can look it up real quick
Okay, yeah saddle this ass that's true that's a phrase in the Bible
You got me there Paul. You must be you must have been a member of saddleback at one point or another
Hey, but you know what? I guarantee you that they still don't even know that
That's true
You know, and let me say this is that typically churches who are pussyfooter?
Congregations have ministries that are pussyfooter congregations and ministries as well. Well, you said what do you mean by that?
Well, how about their evangelism?
You know our we call it evangelism here, but we mostly call it soul-winning here
Because when you hear the term soul-winning, you know what that is like. Oh, that's you're winning a soul to Christ, right?
Whereas outreach
You know, what is this for you is that a stretching class or what it would and outreach can just mean anything
The category of having an outreach ministry you can literally put anything under that
feeding the poor
Giving canned foods to you know
drug addicts or whatever
Housing homeless people. I mean it could literally mean anything
Under the phrase outreach and I'm not necessarily a hundred percent against it, but that's not a phrase that I want to use here
I'm a fundamental Baptist. I've been a fundamental Baptist for going on 17 years and sowing has always been a great phrase to use
Evangelism is a great phrase to use why because it's a word that's actually in the Bible
They clearly distinctly and plainly tells you what we're doing. Whereas if someone tells you you should join our outreach program
It's just like what are you gonna get into?
Well, when you talk to the fundamental Baptist who have gotten into that type of philosophy, you know
There's they they're not doing so winning anymore. A lot of fundamental Baptist churches, you know what they're doing for our reach track drops
door hangers
It's like man, I thought we were gonna do so winning always said we're doing outreach
You see outreach. I mean the mailman does outreach
Politicians do outreach
People who are trying to get business for their, you know customers for their business do outreach
You know, don't don't they say thanks for reaching out
that's what they say, right and
So maybe we should stop using that phrase not that we use it and start using biblical terms such as soul winning
preaching the gospel and
Look, we're specific about that ministry in our church. We're not gonna say hey we do so winning here now
Let's all go stand in a corner and just yell at everyone who drives by
Who's good? Who's got signs this week?
Who's got the blowhorns this week? This this street preaching which is one of the most it's the biggest pussyfooter ministry there is
Because no one understands them because what do we mean by pussyfooters? We mean people who are so ambiguous
They're just yelling stuff and you don't know what they mean. I
Mean how much of the gospel can you really get in two seconds as a car drives by?
Especially if they're speaking Spanish
I
Call it the jack-in-the-box drive-through
That's what it sounds like and then they finish their day and they're just like, oh man
We did such a great work really a great work for what annoying people. I
As far as I know and I could be wrong I've never met a convert
from
Street preaching where you're driving by you drive by and they're just like, well, I just got saved
What happened I think I think that guy just saved me right now
In fact, they probably caused more car accidents
than anything else
They're more detrimental to a society
than the soul winner the solar goes door-to-door and
You're like, yeah, but you you're soliciting and you're bothering people folks if we bother people at the door
You know what we do we leave
It's not hard it's not like we're like open up open up
They're just like blank you get off of my property. We're like, all right. See ya we go to the next door
There's plenty of doors to knock on. We don't we're not we don't go out to annoy people
Pussyfoot or evangelism
Outreach programs. We don't want to use the term Baptist. We don't want to use the term evangelism
We don't want to use the term soul-winning because that's associated with those fundamentalists
Well, it sounds like the fundamentals are the ones who are actually doing the work
Look
At first Corinthians chapter 2 verse 1 and I brethren when I came to you came not with excellency of speech
Or of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of God for I had determined not to know anything among you
save Jesus Christ and him crucified and I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling and
My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom
But in demonstration of the Spirit and of power that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men
But in the power of God, that's why we don't do debates here
It's gonna barstool and get some unsaved
Unregenerated Catholic or reformer to debate me folks if we got some reformer here and it was only my church
We would all just be rooting for me
And you know what if I went to their church
they would all be rooting for him and claiming that he won no matter how much of the truth I give and
So when you have these debates between Catholics and reformers, it's a pussyfooter event
Because at the end of the day they people walk away already still believe in whatever they believe. They're not convinced of anything and
They leave people in obscurity plain and simple
You never walk away with someone. It's just like wow, that guy made a great point. I think I'm gonna become a Catholic now
it's dumb and
So it's important for churches to avoid being a pussyfooter Church
Okay, and
Let me just explain something to you folks is that you know when people tell you what church do you go to?
You know, it's you could say a Christian Church
and
If they said what kind of Christian Church say I'm a Baptist we go to a Baptist Church. It's actually a fundamental Baptist Church
You know, don't be like well, it's a you know
It's just a Christian Church, you know
You know just it's Christian, you know, because you're like ashamed of being a Baptist or something
You know, oh, I don't know if people have seen any documentaries against baptism so what
Who cares why do you care what unsaved people think?
Unsaved people have an inferior mentality when it comes to spiritual matters
So who cares what they think who cares whatever judgments they make it's laughable. I don't care
So just say I'm a Baptist. I'm a fundamental Baptist. I go to first I go to first words Baptist Church
Which is a fundamental Baptist Church, oh man, I looked up that church I've heard about your church. Oh great
Yeah, you should come visit
Yeah, but I heard your pastor's a hate preacher. Yeah, that's great. I mean, I hope you come
You know, don't be like, oh, yeah. Well, you know
We don't always agree on everything
We just go there cuz it's the closest church or something be ashamed don't be a pussyfooter
About your church and I'm not saying you got to go start fights or whatever, but if someone asks you tell us plainly
yeah, I'm a Baptist and
You know, and obviously you're gonna get some Catholic. Yeah, but what kind of Baptist a fundamental Baptist?
Well, when did that church start in the New Testament?
Yeah, but give me some sort of outside source that shows that that church existed this is the only source I need
Show me some historical document right here
After that, why after if whatever's after is inferior to what's before
All right
So that's that we're finished with the pussyfooter churches
so let's get into pussyfooter Bibles and I'm mostly gonna focus on a
particular Bible known as the message Bible
and
You know, obviously there's a lot of blasphemous Bibles out there, but this Bible is not only blasphemous is just stupid and
It's sold over 200 million copies
People do use them and
But it's crazy to think that anybody can read this and actually think or even mistake it for being
the Word of God
Okay, now let me read you a couple things here
Okay, the guy who translated his name is Peterson his goal in creating the message in his own words was to bring the New
Testament to life for two different types of people
those who hadn't read the Bible because it seemed too distant and irrelevant and
Those who had read the Bible so much that it had become old hat now, let me explain something to you
There's no safe person that has ever read the Bible too much or it becomes old hat
Because the Word of God is quick and powerful sharper than any two-edged sword. It's sweet to the taste
The Bible says that the inward man delights in the law of God
So there's never gonna be a time when you as the same person is like, oh, that's old hat that phrases old hat
Peterson described the beginning of the creative process that produced the message quote. I just kind of let go and became playful
So, how do you how do you approach the translation of the Bible in such of a wicked and irreverent way
I just became playful with it
He says and that was when the Sermon on the Mount started
I remember I I was down in my basement study and I did the Beatitudes in about 10 minutes
And all of a sudden I realized this could work
So let me read you a couple passages from the message Bible. Now one of the first passages I looked at just because I was curious
Was Psalm 5-5, you know thou hatest all workers of iniquity
And I want to know like what was the message gonna say about that particular verse
Let me read it to you and it's really hard to find these passages
because
He's playful with it. So it's like you can't even really compare
It's like wait is this Psalm 5-5 like I don't even see anything from Psalm 5-5 in this particular passage
Let me read it to you Psalm 5-5. You don't socialize with wicked or invite evil over as your houseguest
Hot air boaster collapses in front of you you shake your head over mischief maker
God destroys life speaker bloodthirsty and truth bender disgust you what?
Talk about a pussyfooter verse I think I just prefer thou hatest all workers of iniquity
Hot air boaster collapses in front of you. Well, I don't know what are we talking about?
You shake your head over mischief maker all you little mischief maker
God destroys life speaker. This sounds like it was written in Southeast Asia or something
Bloodthirsty and truth bender disgust you it's like he's just throwing words on there or something. I
Need someone to look up these verses in the King James real quick just to kind of and you're gonna read them
Geo go ahead go go go to go to act 16
Actually, no, no go to go to Ephesians chapter 5 Ephesians chapter 5 quickly quickly. Come on. Come on, man. Come on
The whole church is waiting on you the live stream is waiting on you you got it
So read it nice and loud in in the King James Ephesians 5 5
All right Ephesians 5 5 in the message
You can be sure that using people religion or things just for what you can get out of them the usual
Variations on idolatry will get you nowhere and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ the kingdom of God. I
Didn't even hear horn honker and there were
That's what it says go to first Timothy 1 verse 8 first Timothy 1 verse 8
First Timothy 1 verse 8 go ahead geo read it, but we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully
Okay, keep going
Knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous man
But for the lawless and disobedient
For the ungodly and for sinners for unholy and profane for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers for man slayers
For harm or mongers for them that defile themselves of mankind for men stealers for liars
For perjured persons and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine pretty plain, right?
First Timothy 1 8 in the message. It's true that moral guidance and counsel need to be given
But the way you say it and to whom you say it are as important as what you say it's obvious
Isn't it that the law code isn't primarily for people who live responsibly?
But for the irresponsible who defy all authority writing roughshod over God life
Sextruth, whatever they are cynical toward this great message. I've been put in charge of by this great God. I
Feel like someone just put first Timothy 1 8 into Google Translate or something and this is what it produced
Although maybe Google Translate would have done a better job. Go to John chapter 5 verse 24
Let me read to you why he's going to I'm gonna reach you from John 3 16 very simple verse, right?
This is what John 3 16 says in the message this pussyfooter message here. This is how much God loved the world
He gave his son his only his one and only son and this is why so that no one need be destroyed
By believing in him anyone can have a whole and lasting life
Let me read to you verse 36 he that believeth on the Sun hath everlasting life
He that believeth not the Sun shall not see life
But the wrath of God abideth on him easy enough for for a five-year-old to understand
Verse 36 in the message. This is why whoever accepts and trusts the Sun gets into ever gets in on everything
Life complete and forever and that is also why the person who avoids him to trust the Sun is in the dark and doesn't see
Life all you experiences of God is darkness and an angry darkness at that
John 5 24 go
So I feel like I got to read this in the bra way if you
Will just excuse me for a bit because I feel like that's how you have to read it
All right, John 5 24 you guys heard it from the King James John 5 24 in the message
It's urgent that you listen carefully to this
Anyone here who believes what I'm saying right now and aligns himself with the Father who has in fact put me in charge
Has at this very moment the real lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider
This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living
Emphasis mine, brah
John 1 12 you'd have to turn it geo go to let me see here
go to revelation 21 8 I'm sure you can quote about go go go there and
Then you're gonna go to Jude
Let me read to you from John 1 12 of course in the King James
But as many as received them to them gave you power to become the sons of God
Even unto them that believe on his name very plainly stated right here's John 1 12 in the message
But whoever did want him who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said
He made to be their true selves
Their child of God selves
These are the begotten the God begotten not blood begotten not flesh begotten not sex begotten
What is that?
All right revelation 21 8 go ahead
All right message Bible
but for the rest the feckless and faithless
Degenerates and murderers sex peddlers and sorcerers idolaters and all liars for them
It's lake fire and brimstone second death now you guys have heard of like Lake, Utah
You know there's a what's what's another lake out there
Lake Tahoe Lake Lake, Utah, that's the one I was talking about Lake Tahoe you have Lake Elsinore
But then there's like Lake fire, bro
Dude if you if you're hey if you're feckless, bro
That's what it says if you're feckless, bro. You're going to Lake fire, bro
Good
Lake fire, bro, they can't even say thought like a fire. It's like Lake fire
All right, let me read to you're in June
I'm gonna read to you from the some some of the verses from the Romans Road, okay?
So Romans 3 23 for all of sin and come short of the glory of God Romans 3 23
since we've compiled this long and sorry record of sinners both both us and them and
Prove that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives. God wills for us. God did it for us
Romans 6 23 for the wages and sin is death
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death
But God's gift is real life eternal life delivered by Jesus our master
Romans 5 8 but God commended his love toward us and that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
But God put his love on the line for us by offering his son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him
Titus 3 5 ok
Which is not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy
He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost probably one of my favorite salvation passages
because it's referring to the
Salvation ministry of the Holy Spirit, which is that of regeneration right quickening quickening bringing back to life our dead spirit
Right, that's what it's referring to. All right, Titus 3 5 he gave us a good bath
He gave us a good bath and we came out of it new people
Washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit
Read Jude 5 through 7 if you would
I
Will therefore put you in remembrance though you once knew this of the Lord having saved the people out of the out of the land
of Egypt
Afterward before them not before them that believe not and the angel who's kept not their birth to face or left their own
Habitation. Yes reserve the everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the city is about them in like manner
Giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh are set forth as it for an example
Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire pretty plain pretty plain uses good words fire
brimstone
Right. Let me read to you from the message. I'm laying this out as clearly as I can
Just remember he said that
I'm laying this out as clearly as I can
Even though you once knew all this well enough and shouldn't need reminding here it is in brief
The master saved the people out of the land of Egypt later
He destroyed those who defected and you know the story of the angels who didn't stick to their post. You remember that?
Abandoning it for others darker missions. Let me read that again
And
You know the story of the angels who didn't stick to their post
abandoning it for other darker missions
But there are now chained and gelled in a black hole until the great judgment day
Sodom and Gomorrah which went to sexual wrack and ruin along with the surrounding cities that acted just like them are another example
burning and burning
Burning and burning and never burning up
They serve still as a stock warning. What does that mean?
Bro, what does that mean, bro?
Dude, I don't even understand what you just said, bro. I feel like someone just like smoked a bowl of weed and just wrote this
It's like some bros just got together
with a massive bowl of marijuana and
Just kill the entire thing and just wrote this
It's crazy
They made it such a pussyfooter translation
It's so ambiguous
It's so dark. It's so stupid
You just don't know what they're saying and you know what he's trying to say it the way like bros would say it
But you know when you hear bros talk you don't understand them either
Let me see if I should read one more
Mmm
We'll skip this one. Go go go to mark chapter 7 if you would because I'm almost out of time mark chapter 7
Stay away from pussyfooter churches pussyfooter Bibles and of course lastly stay away from
pussyfooter pastors
Okay, and of course false prophets would also fall into this category
But you know, there's also pastors who are saved individuals who are just a bunch of pussyfooters
They just skirt around the issue they're ambiguous about what they believe they're ambiguous in their sermons they're intentionally
Ambiguous so as to not offend people and keep certain individuals in their church, you know
What are some of the phrases they'll use give your life to God?
And this is why when we get people who come from non-denom churches or even fundamental Baptist churches who have become pussyfooters
Some of them can't even give a clear statement of what salvation is
And it's not their fault
they're just under some ministry where they're constantly telling them surrender your life to God and
Then you have this constant struggle with people who?
Man, they're like, I feel like I surrendered but then I'm back in the sin or something. I've just fallen again
I've messed up and then they continue to hear this message surrender to God, but they don't give the practicality of what that's supposed to mean
You know, they don't talk about fornication
Drunkenness
railing
adultery
extortion
Sodomy, they don't talk about these sins
Don't preach against these sins
So therefore people are left in obscurity because they're too afraid to offend the individuals in their church
What is give your life to God
You know, the Bible says to die to self. That's what it says. We're crucified with Christ, right?
And but it's just like give your life to God so what is it so on a practical level how am I supposed to do
That I just give your life
Like what like kill myself or we like am I supposed to sag about what do you what does that mean just do it?
Just give your life
Just like love him
how though
Because they know if they're if they're too specific and they give too many details
Because the Bible goes against man's desires
Then that means men are gonna get offended
but you know what who cares in order for people to change some people have to get offended and
Offenses work to our benefit if we respond to it correctly
Some of these people just need a loose tongue some of these pastors need a loose tongue
Let me explain to you what I mean. Look at mark 7
In verse 31
says and again departing from the coast of Tyre and Sidon he came into the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the coast of
Decapolis and they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech and they beseech him to put his hand
upon him
Verse 33 says and he took him aside from the multitude and put his finger into his ears and he spit and touched his tongue
And looking up to have any side and said unto him
Epitha that is be opened and straightway his ears were open and the string of his tongue was loosed and
He spake plain, you know a lot of problem with these pastors are who are pussyfooters. They have a dumb spirit
And I don't mean they're in just not intelligent. Although that's definitely sometimes the case
Especially these pastors in the south
Okay, you know who just want to say I know brothers and I'm saved then don't be a pastor
If you're a pastor you're saying brother, I don't know what tomorrow holds
I just know that I'm saved and the Jews are God's chosen people a man
well
That's all you know
Then you should definitely sit down and shut up and not be a pastor because you're supposed to actually know more than that
As the man of God standing behind the pulpit feeding the flock of God
Well, you know what the problem is not necessarily the lack of intelligence
It's the lack of boldness behind the pulpit to actually say what needs to be said
Their tongues are tied
He said he had a speech impediment. He's tongue-tied spiritually speaking
And what he needs is a double dose of the Holy Ghost
the Holy Ghost is power to come upon him and boldness to lose his tongue and
to actually say what needs to be said behind the pulpit in order to feed the flock of God and they wonder why their
Church members are either not saved or they're constantly fighting against the pastor or they're causing division
Because you're not feeding the flock of God you're not rebuking them
You're not feeding them. You're not teaching them because you got a you got a tongue-tie
Spiritually speaking and you know what? This is very common in old IFP churches
Well, they say well, they'll say something like this, you know, I just feel like I didn't have the liberty
To say what needed to be said there
You know, what do you mean did the Holy Spirit just like make you mute or something?
But what they're implying is that if they're visiting at a certain church
They
Won't say certain things because they feel like the the church is not for it or the pastor is not for it
So they're refrained from preaching a particular message and they'll say, you know
I just feel like I didn't have the Liberty you have the liberty to preach the Bible no matter where no matter what?
Who cares where you're at? You always have the liberty to preach the entire Word of God and
Not be tongue-tied loosen your tongue and actually say what needs to be said and you know what most of those pastors
If they go to different churches and preach there and would actually say what needs to be said that would actually fix those churches I
Like what Jesus said I like everything that Jesus says but in particular to John chapter 4
He says in verse 17. It says in verse 17 the woman answered and said I have no husband
Jesus said answer that was well said I have no husband for that was at five husbands
And he who now has now is not thy husband and that sayest thou truly
What is he doing? He's just speaking plainly
It's told like it is the woman saved them to her sir. I'm offended
No, that's in the message Bible probably right? No, sir. I perceive that thou art a prophet
Cuz Jesus just gave it to a straight. What do we say when we say don't be a pussyfooter?
We're saying give it to a straight
And you know what those of you who are just easily offended at the message of the Bible
And you don't like it when it's clearly stated to you
You need to develop an appetite for people telling giving it to you straight
I'm not saying giving it to you rude or being mean about it or you know
Just using the Bible out of context or something like that
Just giving you the truth and you know what may it never be said that I become your enemy because I tell you the truth
Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them
The Bible says you should be an individual as a Christian that has an appetite for the truth
No, matter how loud I scream no matter how much I spit no matter how much I step on your toes
No matter how much I directly talk to you and I look you in the eyes
He's like, you know, there's times when I'm preaching and people I just happen to look at the people I'm preaching against
Looking at all you now just in case
And people tell me they're like people tell me they're just like he looks straight at me. Well, what do you expect me to do?
Let me just close my eyes the entire time
My body's gonna naturally look at the person I'm talking about
And you know what? Hopefully you get the message
Because I don't have a tongue-tied
You know, I don't have a speech a spiritual speech impediment and
You know what? I'm not a pussyfooter
I'm not gonna skirt around the issue if things need to be addressed. It has to be addressed
But you know what? It's not only with pastors, you know, you need to be this way in your home
as well
You know whenever there's conflict in your home, don't be a pussyfooter around conflict
You need to resolve that conflict and confront whatever situation is taking place
Hey, don't be a pussyfooter with your kids if they need to be disciplined discipline them
Don't skirt around the issue and make excuses for them if there's one parent just like well, you know
You know, the father should be the one leading the home saying you know what?
We need to start disciplining our children in this way and we can't skirt around the issue
There's a problem here. Our kids are rebellious right now. They're being unruly
They need to be corrected and don't just make excuses. Don't be a put don't have pussyfooter
parenting
You know helicopter pussyfooter parenting or is like no negative thing can be said to your child and you know
Oh, you know
I just think that we just are too hard on them folks
If you ever think you're too hard on your kids, and obviously I'm not referring to abuse
let me say this I
Got whooped when I was a kid and I'm a pastor now. I
Got whooped hard
Okay, and I I'm thankful now. I'm thankful now for every whooping that I received and
You say if you could go back. Could you change it? Would you change it? No, because it made me the man that I am today
Okay, and you know what I could look at some adults
Who look like they needed more whoopings when there are kids
plain and simple and
So don't allow your kids to be that way
Don't be a pussyfooter when it comes to the discipline of your children
Don't be a pussyfooter when it comes to the leadership of your home
Don't just skirt around the issue and be ambiguous about certain things resolve conflict
Make sure things are taken care of be open in your household about those things
Well, I just don't you know if I bring this up to my husband if I bring this up to my wife
It's just gonna create all kinds of conflict marriage is conflict. What do you mean? That's just part of life part of marriage
No, no, if you start throwing blows and stuff and you know, you can come see me afterwards. Tell me who won
And if your woman's throwing blows at you and you know you come with the black eye, you know what I'm gonna tell you duck
Should have ducked
I am gonna tell you that and I'm gonna tell you like you should be embarrassed and ashamed of yourself that your woman can whoop you
Here's the gym membership
Don't be a pussyfooter speak plainly
Don't skirt around the issue. Don't be ambiguous
God has given us a mouth. God has given us the truth and we're to speak it plainly
Reject pussyfooter churches reject pussyfooter Bibles and of course, we're King James only here
reject pussyfooter pastors who are just not willing to speak the truth and
Reject just pussyfooter behavior in your personal life or you just you don't want to get involved in any conflict
You're just you know, you're just scared of all people might think well, you know what?
I'm all for discretion
But there's times and instances where things need to be addressed and you know what it makes people feel just a little uncomfortable
But sometimes it just needs to be done my friends if you're offended at someone in our church
Don't be a pussyfooter and start tiptoeing to all the other church members complaining about that person go to that person
Don't move stealthily into the congregation and find people who are willing to listen to your criticisms of another church member
Why don't you just go to that church member? Stop being a little pussyfooter about it?
Well, I just you know, I just think that you know, I just don't want to yeah because you're a pussyfooter
That's why
you know you rather go gossip to others and
Criticize others behind their back than actually going to the person face to face and resolving that
But we know we need a culture in our church
That if you have beef with someone if you have an issue with someone if you're angry at someone you go to that person
You talk to them face to face. Yeah, it's a little uncomfortable for you, but do it anyways
You feel a lot better in the long run and your relationship with that person will be a lot better
Instead of allowing bitterness and resentment to just fester up and then you're just tiptoeing around the tulips beating around the bush
Going to every church member criticizing them
Go to them criticize them to their face. How about that?
If you just if you just have this appetite to just criticize that person, why don't you do it to their face?
It's a better way to do it what's the message this morning don't be a pussyfooter
Go to them talk to them face to face phone conversation if you can't go to face to face
You know, we need to have an unambiguous
ministry at our church
Where it's not obscure. We know what we clearly believe people know what we believe
We're not making apologies or excuses for the Bible or for doctrines. We're willing to resolve conflict whenever it arises
Amen
let's pray father we thank you so much for your word and
Thank you for the examples in the Bible that we see Lord that we can emulate
I pray that you'd be with us as we do
so help us to speak plainly and make the path straight of the Bible and
beware of
Pussyfooter type ministries churches pastors and Bibles
Lord, you have clearly spoken unto us through the Sun and I pray that you'd help us to follow that example
That what you tell us in darkness we will speak in the light and we what you tell us in the ear
We will proclaim upon the housetops and I pray to you give us boldness as we do
So fill us with your spirit and your power. We love you. We thank you pray these things in Jesus name. Amen