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and turn to song number 157
song number 157
and as we sing our first song
can you please stand
calm down almighty king
song number 157
calm down almighty king
help us
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Okay, that's right our Heavenly Father
The great King almighty God who lives forever and forever
We thank you for this night. We get in your house
Do you the preaching of the word for the list of service tonight and everyone who's here?
Then we open our eyes and our hearts to receive your words with gladness and meekness of spirit and heart
We love you Lord in Jesus name we pray
Amen, amen. Thank you. Please be seated. Our next song will be song number 120
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Jesus save your pilot me
song number 120
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Jesus say
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All right, the next song is 138 the Haven of rest
138 the Haven of rest
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My soul
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Okay, great singing
Please turn to 178 so last song from Bob reading
178 Jesus loves even me
178
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Wonderful things in the Bible I see this is the dearest that Jesus loves me
I am so glad that Jesus loves me
Jesus loves me. Jesus loves me
I am so glad that Jesus loves me
Jesus loves even me
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Jesus loves me. I'm so glad that Jesus loves me Jesus loves even me
Okay, great singing, please take your Bibles and turn to Isaiah chapter 30
Isaiah chapter 30 and beginning of verse 1
Woe to the rebellious children sayeth the Lord that take counsel but not of me and that cover with a covering but not of my spirit
That they may add sin to sin
They'll walk to go down into Egypt and have not asked at my mouth to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh and
to trust in the shadow of Egypt
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion
His princes were at his own and his ambassadors came to Hannes
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them nor be in help nor profit but a shame and also a reproach
The burden of the beasts of the south into the land of trouble and anguish from whence come the young and old lion
The viper and fiery flying serpent
They will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses and their treasures upon the bunches of camels
To a people that shall not profit them
For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose therefore have I cried concerning this their strength is to sit still
Now go write it before them in a table and note it in a book that it may be for the time to come
Forever and ever that this is a rebellious people lying children children that will not hear the law of the Lord
Which say to the peers see not and to the prophets prophesy not unto us right things speak unto us smooth things
Prophesied deceits get you out of the way turn aside out of the path cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us
Wherefore thus save the Holy One of Israel because he despised this word and cut and entrust in oppression and perverseness
And stay there on therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall
Swelling out in a high wall whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant
And he shall see he shall break it as the breaking of Potter's vessels vessel that is broken in pieces
He shall not spare so that there shall not be a found in the bursting of it
I sure assured to take fire from the hearth or to take water with all out of the pits
For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel in
Returning and rests shall you be saved in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength and you would not
But you said no for we will flee upon the horses therefore shall you flee and
We will ride upon the swift therefore shall they that pursue you be swift
1000 shall flee at the rebuke of one at the rebuke of five shall you see leave
till you be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain and as an ensign on the hill and
Therefore where the Lord waits that he may be gracious unto you and therefore will he be exalted
That he may have mercy upon you for the Lord is a God of judgment
Blessed are all blessed are all they that wait for him for the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem
Thou shalt weep no more. He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry when he shall hear it
he will answer thee and
Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction
Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into it into a corner anymore
But thine eyes shall see thy teachers and then I thine ears shall hear a word behind me saying this is the way
Walk ye in it when you turn to the right hand and then
When you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left
You shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver and the ornament of thy molten images of gold
Thou shalt cast them away as a monstrous cloth thou shalt say unto it get thee hence
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed without thou that thou shalt sow the ground with all and
Bread of the increase of the earth and it shall be fat and plenteous in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan and there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every high Hill
Rivers and streams of water what is in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold
As the light of seven days in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people and healeth the wood
Healeth the stroke of their wound
Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar burning with his anger and the burden thereof is heavy
His lips are full of indignation and his tongue as a devouring fire
And his breath as an overflowing stream shall reach to the midst of the neck to stiff the nations
To sift the nations with the sea of vanity and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people causing them to err
Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy sovereignty is kept and
Gladness of heart as one as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord to the mighty
one of Israel and
The Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard and shall show you the light
Show the lighting down of his arm with the indignation of his anger and with the flame of a devouring fire with scattering and tempest
and hailstones
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down
Which smote with a rod and in every place where the grounded shall staff shall pass which the Lord shall lay upon him
It shall be with tabrets and harps and in battles of shaking will he fight with it for top
It is ordained of old yay for the king is it for the king it is prepared
He hath made it deep and large
The pyre thereof is fire and much wood the breath of the Lord like a stream of brimstone doth kindle it
That was Isaiah 30. This is the word of the Lord. Let's pray for the sermon tonight for pastor Kevin
Lord I pray that you will gift and bless pastor Kevin with your knowledge and discernment of the word and nothing else
Let him speak unto his people that he we may know you and your word and what it says for truth in Christ's name
Amen
All right, good to see you guys here tonight
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I just realized there's no one here that actually went to Fiji like where are they?
It's a feat. Oh, okay ash. Of course. I mean, sorry Rams and of course Rams is okay, but rams and you're one
Yeah, one of the few I was just thinking like I don't know they sick of me after spending a week a week with
me
Before I get into the sermon for against so much. I'll just tell you one story
There's a we had a someone came to be part of the the missions trip. His name is Rafa
he's from Papua New Guinea, but he's originally from Fiji and
On Thursday morning. I took him so when he were there together
He was like pastor tell me if I'm making any mistakes and like he had a really good presentation. He was doing fine
Anyways, my turn to give the the gospel has given the gospel to two ladies and they were receiving God's Word
And on the corner of my my you know, I could see some guy just rambling on about something
I wasn't really paying attention. I was given the gospel but then Rafa comes behind the ladies
I'm thinking why is he walking behind the ladies and I realize oh, he's blocking the distractions of this guy
Anyway, praise God the two ladies got saved caught upon name Lord and then I was tired
You know you get tired when you're giving the gospel over and over again. So now I said, okay Rafa now
it's your turn, you know, it's your turn to give the gospel and
as Rafa got himself ready to give the gospel that guy that rambling on came up to me and he saw the
Bible in my hands and goes, ah, I just wanted to turn you got a Bible. They're great
Can you just turn to one reference in the book of Isaiah and I sort of started to turn there
Just you know just out of curiosity
What's this guy want to say and then I just paused because I remember back on Monday
Brother Oliver from New Life Baptist Church told me about some random guy that came up to him and
Was challenging him that the name of Jesus was the incorrect name whereby we must be saved and that the correct name is Immanuel
Okay, and so brother Oliver took him to Matthew chapter one where the angel tells, you know
Says you know you're to call his name Immanuel and then it finishes that chapter by saying and they called his name Jesus
So, you know Oliver turned him to that passage already showed him. Hey, yes
They did follow the instruction of the angel and they called his name Jesus and that kind of confused the man
Anyway, the fact that it came up to me and said look
Can I show you something in Isaiah I turn them up my immediate thought was hold it could this be the same guy?
So I said to him like is this about Immanuel and goes, oh, yeah, it's about Immanuel
I said look, I'm not interested
Okay, I said I'll come here to give the gospel, you know, and I showed him the Bible's a big book
We can argue about many things here. But right now all I want to do is give the gospel
So if you're not interested in hearing the gospel that I'm not interested in having this discussion with you
And then he started rambling about something. Are you guys come here?
We already know the Bible we already know God when Jesus is the wrong name bla bla bla
And I'm trying to sort of just get this guy because he's loud. He's obnoxious and
Eventually, I thought I got him I thought he left and then he comes back again
There's something about something or other about you guys coming here and causing problems and preaching gods
You know preaching incorrectly in the name of Jesus blah blah
And again every time I sort of spoke to him
I try to be as kind to him as I can because I don't want to cause a commotion
We're trying to get people saved
We're not trying to you know
Make cause a public dispute on the streets or anything like that and every time I spoke to him
Even though I spoke to him kindly he just come back and say something else and you know quite loudly trying to cause a distraction
Anyway, again, he comes around the corner like he walks away and they come down again and this time
I don't know why I just went like this to him. Okay. I don't know why I guess I do that
To my kids sometimes. I don't know what I don't know what but then as I put my finger to my lips
Like this I realized oh that's gonna frustrate him even more
Because you're gonna perceive that I'm treating like a child like and I do this in like a stone face and that was the last story
So sometimes having the conversation look just just you know, that seems to work that seems to work with these distractions
But anyway, praise God we had so many people say the super began saved in Fiji even today
The sofa over two thousand one hundred souls have been saved
By the teams Australia and New Zealand. There's still some force is the floor is still there
Sister Cindy from new life and her kids are only I think they arrived back to Australia today
So even though others are having a bit of a little holiday a little bit of a break every now and again
They get a few souls saved. So we're still adding to that number
We'll give you a full total when we know the number. All right, Isaiah 30
Let's get into it because it's quite a long chapter
Isaiah 30 and we're gonna start there verse number one woe to the rebellious children
That's a title for the sermon tonight. Woe to the rebellious children
The rebellious children here is the southern kingdom of Judah. All right
So God says to Judah woe is the rebellious children save the Lord that take counsel why the rebellious that take counsel
Hey, that's usually a positive thing. You need to make a certain decision
I might see what others have to say what they've done
They might give some ideas as to what I'm to do with life
But they take counsel and then God says but not of me
They're not taking counsel of God and that cover with a covering
But not of my spirits that they may add sin to sin and so you can see why the rebellious
They're not hearkening to God. They're not going to God for a time of help
The situation that has developed here is once again, this is about the Assyrian army, right?
They've really annihilated the northern kingdom. They've come into Judah and Judah's worried
They're afraid about what the Assyrians are going to do. So instead of going to God God, what do we do?
God are we under your judgments, you know, what's your instruction God?
they end up going to Egypt because there's the investment to that walk and go down into Egypt and
Have not asked at my mouth
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh and to trust in the shadow of Egypt
So the Assyrians once again causing the problems and the people of Judah go. Let's go to Pharaoh. Let's go to Egypt
They've got a powerful Empire. They've got a powerful army
You know if we befriend them they'll come to our aid when Assyria comes
then it says in verse number three therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame and
the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion for his princes
That's princes of our Pharaoh were at zoan and his ambassadors came to Haines
Alright, so the first thing that first point I have for you brethren if we're going to title the sermon this tonight as
World's the rebellious children, you know, we see some elements of what rebellion is and not you know again
Whatever we learn from these Old Testament
Stories we want to then apply to our lives, you know, potentially, I don't know
Potentially in your heart you have rebellion in your heart right now, you know, how can you identify this rebellion?
Number one what we see here is that those that are rebelling against God are those that seek counsel of this present world
Because Egypt's many times the Bible represents the ungodly present world, right?
The story of God bringing the children Israel out of Egypt is a picture of salvation
when they place the blood of the Passover lamb on the dope post that represents the blood of Jesus Christ and as they pass through
The Red Sea that represents baptism as they've they've gone. They've been saved. They got him baptized
They've come out of the world as they were right. They were once children
They were once that they were once not children of God
They've become children of God and so Egypt represents the world and so the fact that they're going back to
Egypt for help rather than seeking the counsel of God shows you their rebellious heart
And so brethren my my word of advice to you is you know when you seek wisdom and counsel and knowledge and direction
Where are you going? So you go into this world or you go into your Lord God and of course
We must go to his word and it can be very tempting
I'm not saying that every single piece of advice that is coming from the world is is wicked
I'm not saying anything like that
But you need to identify what points can I gain knowledge from the world at what point is this knowledge consistent with God's Word?
Something that can help me in life and at what point is that in contradiction to God's Word?
because
Assyria once again represents the judgment of God right if the if the
People of Judah went to God and say God what is it about these Assyrians? Why are they here?
God will tell them well. This is my judgments
Alright, I mean, but if you go to Egypt. What are they gonna say are they gonna say well
That's the judgment of God. No they're gonna. Go hey. Let's fight. Let's fight against the judgment of God
Let's let's come together form an allegiance and let's fight against you Assyrians
Well, no you're not you're not to fight against God's judgments. You're not to fight against God's hand
You're supposed to identify
Why is God judging us?
Why is God's hand heavy upon us and seek God for the wisdom and knowledge?
Why he's doing that for you because obviously he has direction for you obviously he has a path for you to
To walk and to learn there by but when you go and seek the knowledge of the world
Quite often their wisdom is going to be in direct contradiction to God's wisdom
So rebellious children are those that seek the counsel of this present world even if it's in contradiction to God's Word
Verse number five they were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them
Nor be in help nor profit, but a shame and also a reproach
So the the people that could not profit them are the Egyptians God's saying the Egyptians aren't going to help you with Assyria
They're not going to be able to defeat them. Okay. They're not strong enough
Verse number six the burden of the beasts of the south now
This is against the bin of the base of the south that's speaking of Judah because Judah is south of Egypt
Okay, so this is speaking of the fact that people in Judah are going on upon beasts. I don't know horses
I don't know if they're camels or whatever they're going upon beasts making their way to Egypt to form this allegiance
Okay, then it says this into the land of trouble and anguish so the land of trouble and anguish is Egypt
From whence came the young and old lion
The viper and fiery flying serpents they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses and
their treasures upon the
Bunches of camels to a people that shall not profit them
So these people these I guess ambassadors if you want to call them going into Egypt
You can see the creatures here right camels and asses. They're taking treasures. They're taking gold silver
They're taking, you know gifts to Pharaoh, you know, we're going to give you money
We're going to give you gifts Pharaoh if you come to our age
Now one thing that came to my attention in verse number six
We see that they go into the land of trouble and anguish from whence or from where come the young and old lion, okay
Well, we'll talk about that in a moment
the viper we know that the Lions are a real creature the viper is a serpent so we know that and
Fiery flying serpents. Now. What do you make of that? Do you think that's a legitimate creature?
Do you think that there was a time?
I mean, I don't think there's a fiery flying serpent now. Do you think there was a time maybe there was a fiery flying serpent?
I
Don't know. I don't know what your thoughts are there
But I want to show you something else
This this our term a fiery flying serpent comes up twice in the Bible and the other reference is also in Isaiah
So I just want to show you that in Isaiah 14 coming to Isaiah 14 Isaiah 14
When I'm working on sermons, you know
I kind of get the gist of what's going on and I kind of see where I want what direction I want to go
When I'm preaching God's Word, but then I come across things like that the fiery flying serpent
I'm sort of stuck there for like half an hour wondering
Like what could this be like, you know, it's this creature now
I'm not going to tell you that I know for certain but it might not be a real creature
Okay, it might just be symbolism because the other reference in Isaiah 14 is
Symbolic. Okay, Isaiah 14 verse number 29 Isaiah 14 29
Rejoice not thou whole Palatina because the rod of him that smote thee is broken
I want you know, you can go back to listen to Isaiah 14 if you want you're on time to get the you know
The knowledge of that but basically the rod of him that smote thee that smote Palestine that's reference to the Philistines
Was the king of Judah. All right, and
I'm sorry the king of Israel was the king of Israel and then so
Philistines are kind of rejoicing. Yeah, the Kings been defeated, but then God's telling them don't rejoice why for out of the serpents roots
That's the serpent being Israel are the serpents roots shall come forth a cockatrice which is another serpent
that other serpent is Hezekiah and
His fruits shall be a fiery flying serpents
So what this is saying is that you know the Philistines even though Assyria and then Babylon are going to cause havoc on
You know these kings of Israel and of Judah
Don't rejoice because you're still going to be under the power of the cockatrice
Which is Hezekiah like you're not you're not getting away
Just cause that Kings been defeated out of the roots of that serpent comes another
Serpent and then out of his roots comes the fiery flying serpent
So what I'm trying to show you there is that these creatures or this creature in particular is symbolism of
Kings power and authority over the people of the Philistines
Okay, that's quite clear. Like if you know the context of Isaiah 14, that's quite clear
so when we go back to Isaiah 30 and
Again, this is the only other reference and again
Let's look at verse number six and let's think about it a little bit and I'm you know
I'm sorry if this kind of gets boring to you a little bit
But I do like to think and meditate upon these verses sometimes
So again the burden of the beasts of the south so the people of Judah are traveling
Into the land of trouble and anguish from whence come the young and old lion
Okay, so that makes it makes a little bit of sense if the fiery flying serpent symbolically represents
Kings powers and authority were quite often in the Bible. So the Lions, okay
Lions are often, you know powerful creatures seen, you know
even Jesus Christ is known as the lion of Judah speaking of his power and
Authority then he says that the Viper and the fiery flying serpent and then I got thinking about Egypt and quite often we pharaohs
I don't know if you realize but on their head pieces. They've got they've got this serpent
I don't know what they got that represents one of their gods
That God is Wadjet and if you just google Wadjet you'll often find this serpent with wings as well
So again, this is one of their gods and so it could be again
God is used in a play on words here this symbolism of a fiery flying serpent also
Representing the power and authority of Pharaoh and his princes and kings. So that's what I think
Okay. Now if we get to heaven and God says hey, here's the literal creature
Some pterosaur, you know, is that what they call pterosaurs those flying dinosaurs
But this one actually had fire coming out of its mouth. Well, okay
You know God can correct us when we when we go to heaven
but it seems like to me that this is symbolic of power and authority in
Egypt and then verse number seven
For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose
Therefore have I cried concerning this that their strength is to sit still
Okay, so if the Assyrians are coming and you go all right Egyptians show us your strength show us your hope, right?
We've given you all this money and these gifts what's going to be their strength to sit still?
They're not going to do anything. They're not going to help the you know, the people of Judah
They're not going to help the Jews when the Assyrians come
So is there any benefit to put in our trust on man or this world?
No, we seek our counsel with our Lord God, you know, just very quickly don't turn there but Psalm
146 verse 3 put not your trust in princes nor in the Son of Man in whom there is no help and
Then later in verse number 5 it says happy is he that have the God of Jacob for his help
Whose hope is in the Lord his God?
Brethren when we need to help and we need to counsel when we need guidance, please go to God first
You know what? I strongly encourage you even if you get sick
You know, even if you got some infection or something
That's some illness in your body before you just run to the doctors you run to the hospital
Seek God
Well, I have no problems like you broke an arm
All right, we gotta go to hospital right on the way to the hospital plea to God, right?
So I got him on my way to hospital, but I my trust my confidence is not in the medical world
It's not on the doctors. My trust is on you
Can you heal my my sick body and that pleases the Lord when we put our trust upon him?
Yes, God can use people of this world God can use doctors and God can use even you know
People maybe you come across in the workplace that you may have some respect toward that
We can give you some wisdom and some knowledge but always seek God's wisdom first, please
Don't be a rebellious child. We see what the rebellious child does right?
They listen to the world's advice even if it's in contradiction to God's Word
Verse number
8
Now go write it before them in a table and note it in a book
That it may be for the time to come forever and ever that this is a rebellious people
So, you know God's on his I make sure you write these words down which he is
Okay, what else always notice about rebellious people lying?
children
Children that will not hear the law of the Lord
What else is a sign of rebellion lies
lies
Point number two the lying tongue, you know, is there anything worse than lying? Is there anything worse?
I've got a lot of kids and I just think the worst thing my kids can do is to lie in my face
I think I think that could be the worst thing
You know, my mom would tell me when I was going to I remember when I was going to high school
My mom would say to me, you know Kevin if there's ever a day that you don't want to go to school
Just tell me tell me the truth that you don't want to go
Okay, and she said to me I'll be fine
If you just want to stay home
Like I'd rather you just tell me I don't want to go to school because of whatever issues you're having
Stay home where I know where you are
Rather than just lie in my face and say I'm going to school and then just disappear into who knows where
Okay, I can understand obviously when I'm a kid. I don't really understand that but now that I have kids
You know one of the worst I mean one of the things that annoys me the most I guess is whining and
Complaining but still lying is definitely but I can't think of a worse thing that I tried can do
Like look kids can do stupid things foolishness is bad in the heart of the child Bible says
But when a child does foolishly it's better to just put the hand up dad mama messed up
I did something wrong like that's a lot more honorable than just lie in our face and just you know
You're making a fool of your parents and look, you know for you guys
You're you're young younger than I am. Usually, you know, you've got young children or you're gonna get you know
Have kids soon Lord willing
You know, please teach your children to tell the truth, you know encourage them. You don't have to teach them how to lie
They'll figure that out by themselves. Okay, they'll figure it out because it's it's a human nature
It's the fallen flesh, you know that comes short of the glory of God that we all have
They know how to lie
They know how to get away with things
Teach them to tell the truth because if they just go about lying
They think they get away with it. Look this God will say they're rebellious children
Okay, the Bible says that rebellion is as bad as witchcraft. It says the sin of witchcraft
Think about how wicked witchcraft is. It's the same level rebellion against God the lying tongue
You know Proverbs 6 16 these three things. Sorry these six things doth the Lord hate
Yea, seven are an abomination unto him
What are things that God hates verse number 17 says a proud look a lying tongue
God hates a lying tongue. Have you ever lied?
God hated your tongue when you lied
God hates that and hands that shed innocent blood a heart that devise of wicked
Imaginations feet that be swift in running to mischief and then verse number 19 says this a false witness that
speak of lies
Say hold on God
There's six things that you hate seven is an abomination and within the six things you mentioned lying twice
that's how much God hates it doubly as much as all these other things and
Hear that self discord among the brethren, you know, please don't be people of a lying tongue
It's something that God hates, you know, we know that it's one of the Ten Commandments that shall not bear false witness
You know God's instruction to us is that we should be people of the truth
Anyway, they've got these lying tongues look at verse number 10
so this wicked people of Judah
Verses 10 which say to the seers the seers again is just the prophets just another way of saying prophets
It's like the overseer
Supervisor which is the word for Bishop a bishop is an overseer supervisor the seers
The ones that see the ones that are meant to be looking out for the needs of others the well-being of others
We say to the seers see not
and to the prophets
prophesied not unto us right things
Speak unto us smooth things
prophesied deceits
Prophesy deceits deception lying the people say can you lie to us as well?
We're all lying people. We'd rather hear lies
than to hear the truth of God's Word and
For us that's ridiculous. You know, you've made such an effort to come to church tonight
One reason you come to church is to hear the truth, right?
like
Could you imagine like what would you think of yourself? Like? All right, we're going to church to hear lies
We want to hear lies pastor Kevin lied to us tonight
Why would you even show up?
but then all across Australia are people showing up to churches and
Pastors and they know like let just lie to us
prophesize smooth things
Tell us nice and sweet things. We don't want to hear about God's anger. We don't want to hear about God's hatred
We don't want to hear about God's judgment. Just tell us we're doing fine
Tell us God's not upset God God's fine with us and we'll pay our offering and off we go
Like you we think about that's ridiculous, but that's actually what's happening in our nation today
pretty much
Most churches right just about most churches are preaching lies and people love it people love it
So there's something wrong with you guys
because you're different you come to church to hear the truth and
Boy it's hard to build a church on the truth
It's much easier to build a church and lies, you know to have the large congregations to preach the smooth things
Now it keeps going there in verse 11 get you out of the way turn aside out of the path
cause the Holy One of Israel to cease
From from before us
So preacher we want to hear what you say. We don't want to hear what God says
So that's where you go to church and the preacher just to look like they're in a Christian church
We'll read the Bible one verse and then the rest of it's just the wisdom of man. It's just a folly of man
Okay. Oh, we don't want to hear God's voice. You just tell us smooth things sweet things
Now with everyone Isaiah chapter 30, what's the 30th book of the Bible?
Anyone know
Amos yeah Amos. So keep your finger there and come with me to Amos chapter 2 Amos chapter 2 Amos
chapter 2, please
So we're still trying to figure out do the chapters of Isaiah line up with the books of the Bible I
Don't know. Do you think I'm stretching it too far sometimes? I know it seems like it fits
It seems like many of the themes in these chapters line up with the themes that we find in these books of the Bible
Now what we just finished hearing is that the people of Judah do not want to hear the prophets preach the truth, right?
They want to hear lies
Then we get to Amos chapter 2 and yes, this is a different time. This is a much earlier time in the history of of
Israel
But in Amos chapter 2 verse from 11
It says here Amos chapter 2 verse 11. God says and I raised up of your sons for prophets and
Of your young men for Nazarites
Is it not even thus? Oh you children of Israel save the Lord. So what's the Lord saying?
You know, I call some of your son some of your children. It was my plan
It was my will for them to be prophets
But then what happens in verse number 12, but you gave the Nazarites wine to drink and
commanded a prophet saying
prophesy not
Well, there's a connection there with Amos come with me to Amos chapter 7 Amos chapter 7 Amos chapter 7, please
Amos chapter 7 verse number 12
Now Amos is the prophet, you know, the book of Amos is named after the prophet Amos it says in verse number 12 also
Amaziah said unto Amos, so Amos is the preacher is a prophet. O thou seer
Flee thee away into the land of Judah and there eat bread and prophesy there
The land of Judah is a southern kingdom, right? So Amos is trying to preach a northern kingdom and
Amaziah says to Amos go over there go to another nation go to Judah eat over there preach over there
We don't want to hear what you have to say
Okay
This number 13 says but prophesied not again any more at Bethel for it is the king's chapel
It is the king's courts
so again a desire for the prophet not to preach drop down to verse number 15 and
The Lord took me as I followed the flock and the Lord said unto me go prophesy unto my people Israel
Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord thou sayest
Prophesied not against Israel and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac
So God's telling Amos go and preach and as he goes and preach he's telling the people you're telling me not to preach
But God is telling me to preach against you
Prophesied not again. One of the major things of Amos is that they hated the preachers
They hated the seers
They did not want to hear the truth of God's Word and what do we notice there in Isaiah 30?
Same thing the same theme playing out in the same chapter come back with me to Isaiah 30
We are going to come back to Amos a bit later on I believe
Toward the end of the sermon I think
back to Isaiah 30 please Isaiah 30 and
Before we read verse number 12
You know the third thing where you can identify a rebellious person or even rebellion in your own heart is a refusal
to listen to the Word of God a
refusal to listen to the Word of God
you know and
You know I'm not trying to talk myself up at all, but
Man you know my heart's desire is to preach you the truth
My heart's desire is to feed you God's Word to nourish you that you walk away from church and say is my pastor
Fed me God's Word that that's that's what I want. That's my goal as a shepherd over blessed
old Baptist Church and
You know but not all churches are like this you know not all pastors have that desire to feed people
The word and you know one thing I want you to at least appreciate about blessed
Church is the desire for the truth the desire for God's Word to be preached
You know I hope in your heart. You don't have this idea. I'll go to church
What's the past of rambling on about what's what's brother ash or brother Tim or brother Rams or brother Matthew?
Who else is preaching? That's it so far brother Anthony. You know you know what a rambling on about look
You know when you start to have that that condition your heart. I want you to be able to identify that as rebellion
Because I know the men that get up to preach. I know they do their due diligence
I know they do that you study all right, and they all they want is
My my desire to feed you God's Word
Right and so when you start to notice in your heart
Man, I just don't want to hear it. I don't want to go anymore
Listen that's a sign that rebellion is growing in your heart, so deal with it deal with it
Okay, don't be a rebellious child. That's the lesson that we can take out of this chapter in Isaiah chapter 30
verse number 12
Wherefore thus save the holy one of Israel
because ye despise this word and
Trust in oppression and perverseness and stay thereon
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall
Swelling out in a high wall who's breaking cometh suddenly at an instance and
He shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces
He shall not spare so that there shall be not be sorry so that there shall not be found in
The bursting of it a shred to take fire from the hearth or to take water with all out of the pits
So God is essentially guaranteeing here that he's going to judge the rebellion okay with a strong hand
He uses the instruct the description of a wall a wall that is ready to fall apart or a piece of pottery
That's going to get smashed by the potter, and he says look if you're going to stay rebellious
there's a guarantee that you're going to be judged with a strong hand of God and
Brethren is the same thing for you. You know if you allow rebellion to creep in your heart
You know what and just you're just stiff necked against God
And you know you just refuse to follow his word you seek the counsel of the ungodly
I promise you I guarantee you you know in due time you will face God's heavy hand in your life
Why wait for God's heavy hand to fall you don't need to wait
You need to just identify man. There's rebellion in my heart. I better fix this with the Lord now
Right now before he judges me. I'm going to go seek his mercy. I'm going to seek his grace
I'm going to ask God God if you still have to chastise me
Can you be a little more gentle because I identify the rebellion in my heart help me Lord
Don't you think it's going to show you his mercy his faithfulness his grace
When you identify man, I'm rebellious
Rather than wait for God's hand to fall down. Why are you chastising me? God? Why is your judgment on rebellious?
That's why and then you learn the lesson the hard way
Man, I'm sure we've all learnt the lessons the hard way in times
Wouldn't just been easier for us just to a few weeks earlier. Go Lord. Yes is an issue in my heart
Can you please help me fix it and more you know he's you know our Lord. God is is logical
He's reasonable. You know when he sees you were broken and contrite heart when he sees you
I ready to identify the problems in your own life and a willingness to fix it
Then you know his hands going to be a lot more gentle when it comes to your correction
Verse number 15 for thus saith the Lord God the holy one of Israel in
returning and
Rest shall ye be saved
So we're starting to see a shift okay in this chapter not just yet
I think that shift really happens in verse number 18, but we're starting to see God given direction here, right?
You know when their judgment falls
The the idea of the judgment is that they return and they rest in God
The rest side the idea of resting in God is the idea of trusting in God, right?
it says in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength and
ye would
not
God says man. You just have to rest in me, but you just refuse to do so
Brethren why human beings so stubborn? I don't know why am I so stubborn? Why are you so stubborn?
Why don't we just go Lord? I rest in you. I trust in you Lord
Why is it that we just have such a hard time to trust the holy one of Israel sometimes?
It just shows us our sinfulness
shows us our weaknesses
Verse number 16, but ye said no
For we will flee upon horses
therefore shall ye flee and
This is this reminds me of um
Jonah
When God asked Jonah go and preach against the Ninevites and he flees he runs away I
Mean that's not uncommon
You know what you try to hide from God try to run away from God
When God says just come to me just rest in me trust in me
It's like so shameful so embarrassed what I know whatever it is that's causing us to flee and then it says here
We will ride upon the Swift
So the people are due to go and we're just going to run fast away from Lord
And then it says here therefore shall they that pursue you be swift the ones that are going to pursue them are the Assyrians
They're gonna be faster than you. They're gonna be swifter than you you think you're gonna run away from my judgment
They're gonna be much faster, and they're gonna catch up to you
God's judgment will always catch up to you. You can't run away from God, but let that be a lesson
The summer 17 says
1,000 shall flee at the rebuke of one and at the rebuke of five shall ye flee
Till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain and as an ensign on and heal
So it looks like here from what I'm reading here if if we are
Identifying the Assyrians as the ones that are being used by God to bring judgment when he says 1,000 shall flee the rebuke of one
It sounds like one a Syrian soldier is gonna give so much fear to a thousand Jewish soldiers that they flee and
Then it says the rebuke of five so five soldiers
Shall you flee so the whole the whole army of Jews of the Jews like they're just like God is saying look
You're so afraid
You know you just run away from your might from my judgment like even one soldier five soldiers
Caused you to to just flee and out of fear and and not to face the judgment of God
But we see this transition like I said in verse number 18 like so far
this is one to seventeen has just been God's judgment showing them to be rebellious people and
Then like God just has this sort of just we
You know like sometimes God sings, and he is like he's so extreme like he's extremely angry at them
But then we see the extreme mercy like just suddenly
It's not like it's not obviously God's not like bipolar. It's like he's just perfect. He's got perfect anger
He's got perfect judgment got perfect hatred, but then also the other side of God
He's got perfect love and perfect mercy and perfect compassion all at the same time
you know as he's speaking you know by the prophet Isaiah because then he says in verse 18 and
Therefore will the Lord wait
God is saying I'm
Still waiting like I'm still ready to wait for you to get right with me
That he may be gracious unto you
It's like yeah, okay the judgments come in, but God's way, and you he just wants to be gracious
What's grace
Something that is free something that it's undeserved
Like they're wicked people and God still wants to show them grace
Thank God for his grace for my grace. Are you saved for faith? We don't deserve salvation do we?
It's his grace that saved our souls. It's it's it's God's grace. That's going to help these people overcome the Assyrians
It says that you may be that he may be gracious unto you and therefore will he be exalted
That he may have mercy upon you. It's God's waiting his patient is gracious
He's showing mercy for the Lord is a God of judgment
Blessed are all they that wait for him
Okay
so
sometimes
we need to be brought to our lowest point and
Jew the Jews that Judah are at showing their lowest point
You know go into the world go into Egypt go into Pharaoh for help
Telling the prophets lie to us. We don't want to hear what God has to say
Run in fleeing from
you know the judgment of God they're brought in such a low place and
Sometimes that's what happens in our life
God allows us to get to just the point of despair
So broken down in our life. So cast down feeling like there's no solution. I'm a disaster. I'm a failure
I don't even want to see tomorrow because my misery just continues and it's quite often there
Where God shows himself merciful and gracious
And wants to bless you
You know when you realize there's no one to help me
I can't even help myself the only one that can help me out of this misery is our Lord God Almighty
I'm sure maybe you've experienced that I know I've experienced stuff like that in my life
you know where God just brings you low and you just realize man, I'm nothing and
Even the human beings that I thought would be there for me
They're not there for me and the only one that's there for me is the Lord God
You know, that's what beautiful about the Lord. We know we deserve his judgment
We know we deserve his anger, but at the same time he just shows his hand of mercy
It's amazing amazing the God that we serve
verse number 19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem
Thou shall weep no more
He'll be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry
When he shall hear it
He will answer thee
Brethren when you're at your lowest points and you're crying and you're yelling you're crying out cry out to God
Ask him in prayer. It says he'll hear it. He'll answer your prayers
even at your lowest points
verse number 20 and though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction
Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner anymore
But thine eyes shall see thy teachers and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying
This is the way walk ye in it and when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left
Again, that idea is you're at your wits end. You're in desperation. You don't know what to do
You don't know what direction to go
But God says if you just blow yourself before him you cry out to him
Then you're gonna hear a voice behind you which is the leading of the Holy Ghost go this way go that way
Now it kind of reminds me of Proverbs chapter 3 verse number 5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart you guys know this and lean not unto thy know and understanding
And in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths
It's a very famous proverb, isn't it? But it's very true
He shall direct thy paths in all thy ways acknowledge him
and he shall direct thy paths and so the rebellious child is one that
Refuses to acknowledge God God. I know what I want to do with my life. I'm gonna go my way
I have my preferences. I want to live like the world. I
Mean, I can't stop you if you want to do that. There are plenty of Christians. They have done the same
There's nothing special about it
It's not like you're showing your strength or anything like that
Pretty much every human beings made a stupid decision like that some point in their life
Okay
I'm so strong. Look at me go
Man, just give yourself time. You realize just what a big mistake you made. What a big mistake
You're made and you'll be brought low. He'll be brought to misery to despair and
It may seem like God is so far away and yet he's not
All right, he's not he's not far away
He's just waiting for you to come back to him to cry to him to seek his help until he's at end for his
aid
Verse number 22 says you shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver and
The ornament of thy molten images of gold thou shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth
Thou shall say unto it get thee hence
Again, we see another result of the rebellion. They were worshiping idols. They were worshiping false gods
instead of listening to the God of Israel
They'll worship in the gods these false gods all right of these other nations and again, I don't expect any of us to
Literally bow ourselves a piece of water stone. I think in our culture in our society
I mean that's just kind of stupid, you know, especially as Christians to do such a thing
but the idea here is that these idols got in the way of God and
So when you find yourself in rebellion
It's the same issue though
Like you'll find the reason you're in rebellion is because there is some idol in your life
I'm not saying a physical idol, but there is something you've elevated in your life that has become more important to you than God
Whatever that is
Maybe the desire to be filthy filthy rich or something. Maybe that's become your desire
That's become your idol, you know, and you just seek to chase that for you in your life
maybe your desire is
I don't know
fornication
Adultery, you know your desires might be the alcohol
I don't know, but usually when it comes to rebellion there is some device there is some sin
There is some idolatry that you've lifted up that you've got your heart and you desire toward that object
Rather than toward your Lord God and so what you need to do is identify what that is
Cast it away like a menstrual cloth
Okay, a piece that needs to be just thrown in the bin. Okay, never to be returned to ever again
Okay, it's dirty and needs to be removed and you get rid of that. Okay, and that's when God will begin
To heal your broken heart to heal your rebellion against him
verse number 23
Then shall he give the reign of thy seed
The thou shalt sow the ground withal
The bread of the increase of the earth and it shall be fat and plenteous
So God begins to bless you when you overcome your rebellion, you know, you draw back to him
It says in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures
The oxen likewise and the young asses the ear the ground shall eat
clean povenda
which have been winnowed with a shovel and with a fan and
There shall be upon every high mountain upon every high hill
Rivers and streams of water in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall
Okay, now it gets a little bit cryptic again. All right
So God is saying look I'm gonna pour out a blessing upon your land upon you
And of course we can take this promise to us when we overcome our rebellion God will bless us not guaranteed
God will bless us do amazing things in your life
But what could be this great slaughter that has been referred to here
Does anyone want to kind of guess maybe like just your thoughts? What do you think? It might be?
Armageddon good. I
Believe it is
Okay, but I think that's the secondary application
Because if you quickly keep your finger then come with me to second Kings 19 come with me to second Kings 19
second Kings 19, please
You
Let's go back to the historical setting and you guys know this already but just as a reminder
Well, you know this if you've been paying attention during the book of Isaiah the preaching chapter by chapter
But in second Kings 19, this is a historical setting of the preaching of Isaiah verse number 35
Remember the Assyrians are causing them problems
it says in verse number 35 and it came to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out and
Smote in the camp of the Assyrians and
hundred four score and
5,000 and when they arose early in the morning behold, they were all dead corpses
So who defeats the Assyrian army God does the angel of the Lord does?
Okay, and there's all these just these dead bodies. Well, these are Syrian soldiers dead
Okay over one night and then it says in verse number 36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh
All right. So the great slaughter might be a reference and I think
That is the primary application of what we're in there in Isaiah that this is the great slaughter
But as we keep reading
It's like hold on this can't be about historical events
You know as we keep reading for this chapter it appears to be about the end times once again
And this shouldn't be a surprise because we've already seen this over
Several chapters of Isaiah when God might be talking about present-day events and then all of a sudden it's all about the end times
This is like it's just like this continuation. It's like, you know
it's all symbolism of what's going to happen in the end times and
Like brother Tim mentioned. Yeah, this could be Armageddon in
Revelation 19 verse number 17 and I saw an angel standing in this in the Sun and he cried of a loud voice saying to all the
Fowls that fly in the midst of heaven come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God
that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of captains and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of
Horses and of them that sit on them and the flesh of all men
Both free and bonds both small and great
And so when Christ comes on his white horse at the end that seven-year period he's going to annihilate the annihilate the armies of the
Antichrist, this is why some people believe the Antichrist is a Syrian
I don't know if you've heard of that theory out there before
Because we're dealing the Assyrians here and mentioned the Assyrian and well, maybe the Antichrist
I don't know. I don't know what the Antichrist is. Okay, maybe he will be a Syrian
I don't know. I don't I don't think symbolism that far like, you know that everything has to be like the exact detail
Okay, but
Definitely there is a connection with what reading here with what's going to take place in the end times
Because when you're there in Isaiah 30 if we keep going verse number 26
It says moreover the lights of the moon shall be as the light of the Sun
Now, I don't think that happened like historically in Isaiah's day
That now, you know
The Assyrians have been defeated by the Lord, the angel of the Lord, now all of a sudden night times like day
Okay, and then it says and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold
So the lights during the day is going to be seven times brighter
And then it says here
As the light of seven days in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people and
healeth the stroke of their wound
Behold the name of the Lord cometh from far
Burning with his anger and the burden thereof is heavy
his lips are full of indignation and his tongue as a devouring fire and
His breath as an overflowing stream shall reach to the midst of the neck
to sift the nations with the sieve of
Vanity and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people causing them to err
So all of a sudden we see there in verse number 28 and shall reach to the midst of the neck to sift the nations
With the sieve of vanity also like we were just dealing with one nation before
We're just dealing with Assyria and now it's all about the nations like, you know, God's anger is gonna fall upon the nations
And of course like so what's happened here, you know, and again maybe in the millennial Christ
Maybe night time is gonna be like day and maybe the day is gonna be like seven times brighter than usual
I mean, yeah when we read about the millennial reign of Christ we read about his kingdom, you know, the earth is flourishing
Now it's very clear
The earth is going to be in a beautiful state when Christ rules the earth and so we might be seeing a little bit more
Evidence more clues about what the millennium is going to look like in the time of Christ
But notice that when Christ we learned that when Christ comes back, you know
During the wrath of God for those final three and a half years and when Christ comes back on his white horse
He's defeating the the nation's the armies of the nations that have you know, a little align themselves with the Antichrist
Verse number 29
You shall have a song as
in the night when a holy solemnity is kept and
Gladness of hearts as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord
To the mighty one of Israel and the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard and
shall show the lightning down of his arm with the indignation of his anger and with the flame of a
devouring fire with scattering and tempest and
Hailstones for through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down
Which smoke with a rod?
So here again the Lord shall
For the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down and again if these references are about the end times
This is why some people say well, that's about the Antichrist the Assyrian
Yes Christ might be a Syrian and again, maybe but again
I think God is using
Sennacherib the king of Assyria as a type or a shadow of the Antichrist here
Notice that the previous verses mentioned the flaming fire the devouring fire. Well this lines up with
Second Thessalonians if you can turn there, please come with me to second Thessalonians. I realize I don't have the reference here about second Thessalonians
Sorry guys bear with me
Well second Thessalonians chapter 1 let's look at that first second Thessalonians chapter 1 verse number 7
Bible reads in second Thessalonians 1 7 and to you who are troubled rest with us
When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
Inflaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ
So we see here when Christ comes back is coming with flaming fire
Against those that refuse to obey or to believe on the gospel
but then you've got chapter 2 please if you go to second Thessalonians chapter 2 and
What is the reference I'm sure it's in chapter 2
About the Antichrist
Oh
This mate yeah, yeah
All right, this mate says and then shall the wicked be revealed that we could be in the Antichrist
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit out of his mouth and
Shall destroy with the brightness of his coming even him whose coming is after the working of Satan
We've all power and signs and line wonders
And then it says that we've all
Deceivableness of unrighteous in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved
Again, they might you know, they didn't get saved. They did not believe the gospel
They align themselves with the Antichrist. And so as I was reading through Isaiah 30, it seems to me that
all of a sudden God's transition from
Defeating the Assyrians to defeating the arms of the Antichrist and speaking about the million rain of Christ
Of course God's judgment God's wrath falling before that millennium starts
But anyway, let's keep going there in Isaiah 30 verse number 32
It says in every place where the grandest staff shall pass
Which the Lord shall lay upon him it shall be with tabrets and harps and in battles of shaken. Will he fight it?
for Tofet is
Ordained of old so Tofet is another name for the valley of Hinnom, which is basically Jerusalem
Okay, so when it says Tofet is ordained and of old just just think about Jerusalem there, okay
Says yea for the king it is prepared. He have made it deep and large
The pile thereof is fire and much wood the breath of the Lord
Like a stream of brimstone
doth kindle it
Because the value of the Battle of Armageddon you have if you read this in the book of Revelation
You've got the armies of the Antichrist. They prepare themselves in
In the valley of Megiddo, but then the battle itself actually takes place in Jerusalem and
So when we talk about Tofet is ordained of God
It's like God is saying that this is the area where the battles going to take place
Okay, this is where this army will be defeated and again. This doesn't seem to line up with
Assyria
Historically when it comes to obviously the time of Isaiah this lines up with what we read about in Revelation
This is why again all of a sudden you go in Isaiah 30
It's all very much about current-day events from Isaiah
But as you keep reading all of a sudden this does not line up with history
But it lines up with Revelation it lines up with the end times
Anyway brethren, I think maybe that's interesting hopefully that's interesting for you
But the title for the sermon was world to the rebellious children
The main point that I would like you to take out of this is ask yourself. Are you rebellious tonight?
Do you have a rebellious heart yes, you've come to church
I know that okay, and again we can keep up the appearances we can show ourselves at church
But truly do you love God's Word?
You know do you love his counsel do you love his laws you love his commandments, and I know we don't always obey it
You know we're sinners at the end of the day
But one thing that really I think is really important for you to walk away with
When you sin against the Lord just be quick to acknowledge the reason I sinned Lord is because I'm weak
Rather than saying the reason I sinned Lord is because your ways are wrong, and I'm better. I know better
That's rebellion
Like you know because I'm like this and when I sin against the Lord I'm like
Lord I did it again. You know you know my weaknesses, and you're right, and I'm wrong
You know and I feel man if you just have that attitude
You know that God's gonna be so much more gentle because we see a side of God that wants to be merciful
He wants to be gracious. He knows we fail he knows
But boy when we allow the rebellion to just
You know fuel the pride, and we don't care Lord
We'll do it our way then boy in time God's heavy hand of judgments gonna fall upon you
You're gonna be brought so low you know every every direction you won't even know which way to go anymore
And you'll learn the lesson then, but why learn it the hard way?
Why learn it the hard way just just learn from the scriptures learn from your past
Experiences when you've really messed up and just say every time you disobey the Lord to say Lord. Yep, you're right, and I'm wrong
Please forgive me total for the son was row. Whoa to the rebellious children, okay, let's pray
Heavenly Father Lord, thank you for helping me preach for this deep chapter tonight
Well, I pray that there's something that we can take away from and Lord if there's anyone here tonight with rebellion in their heart and
Well sometimes we can't even identify it immediately and thank you for your word
It allows us to see like like a mirror Lord
It allows us to see our face allows us to see our sinful condition and true Lord if there's anyone that's rebellious
Lord I've just asked that you would break their pride and they would come toward you Lord and seek your grace and mercy
Thank you Lord for your love. Thank you for your compassion
Thank you for understanding our sinful condition and Lord as we read these stories of you overcoming the Assyrians
By the people simply trusting you Lord if we have there's anyone going through difficulties right now
Lord that we would seek you that we would not seek the counsel of the world or that we will trust your word and Lord
Thank you for our church that always preaches the truth. We love you Lord, and we commit this night to you in Jesus name we pray
Amen
Alright, let's turn to him number 63
Since
The end of this chapter was about the return of Christ. Let's sing about that in him number 63. What a day that will be
When my Jesus I shall see him number 63 what a day that will be
There is
They are all this place
On that happy golden show what a day
That will be
What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see
The one who saved
By his grace where he takes me by the hand and leads me through
the promised land
Gloria say that will be
There'll be no sorrow there
No
Oh
With the one who died for me
That will be
What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see
Me by his grace
Okay, great singing guys our church anniversary six years is coming up in less than a month
Did you know that?
All right, so we started meeting on the first of July 2018
Okay. Now the first of July is Monday. So
We're going to be celebrating our anniversary the day before obviously so Sunday
The 30th of June that's gonna be our church anniversary. All right, so I'll be traveling here on that Sunday
So what I suggest we do
If brother ash is listening, I know he normally organizes a monthly soul in an event
So I reckon that Saturday the 29th of June should be our soul winning day
I don't know if we want to do an all-day soul winning like a marathon
You know morning and afternoon
But what I am saying is that if we do a morning session at least
Then obviously the lunch will be provided by the church. So think of a nice restaurant you guys can go to I
Realize because I always booked my flight so well in advance
I'm coming to preach on the 27th and then I already organized to leave on 28th and then I was flying back on 29th
So I'm gonna miss out. I wish I wish I've thought about it
I didn't realize this is a church anniversary, but you know, I'll be there
I'll be coming on the Saturday, but I'll be coming late
But if you guys are able to talk amongst yourselves
I'll talk to brother ash make the 29th of June the soul winning day and then obviously have a fellowship lunch afterwards as well
Okay, then on Sunday again
We'll have our regular church service if there's anyone that needs to get baptized
Let me know it'd be great to get baptized on the church anniversary
But also we also have a fellowship lunch afterwards for the whole church
Okay, so that's the plan so far if you guys can think of good ideas or even other ideas and what I mentioned
Please let me know
We've only got four Sundays away from our 60 Church anniversary
And if we have any online listeners that you know want to visit our church at some point
Then coming to the anniversary is probably the best time to come to church
So please make yourself, please don't make plans. Don't make other plans during our 60 church anniversary. I mean 60s
I can't believe I don't even know how the Lord's allowing this pastor to travel
You guys you guys are great church members. I really appreciate each one of you. Okay. Praise God
All right. I can't think of any other major
Announcements at the moment. I would encourage this coming Sunday. Who's song leading on Sunday?
You're both him
Brother Rams, I would encourage if the other people have gone to Fiji if they can
You know prepare a little testimony, you know men ladies doesn't matter who it is
Okay
just a little story kind of like what I gave before I started to preach just a few minutes of just a story of
Fiji and I mean it was such a great time. I think it'd be wonderful to share some of those experiences
So brother Tim if you during song leading if you can make time for a time of testimonies
Yeah, it'd be great to share some of those stories
Please come prepared this coming Sunday as well. All right
No, I don't know just I don't know just about the documentary just yet I get so reminded that documentary
Was put together always been put together
For a combined youth group like of several churches in New Zealand
So it's targeted to the youth. Okay, so it's not gonna be like a groundbreaking documentary or anything like that
Yeah, once it's out, I'll upload it to our YouTube channel and I'll let you guys know
But they told me it's probably gonna take them a couple months to edit it
They still had time before it was their time to host the event activity
So but that's the point the point is to point it to the youth during these combined youth services
They usually invite friends from schools and things like that
So the goal is to try to get some of those people saved
So if you only praying that the documentary opens the door for people to ask questions, it's be saved. Please do so
Alright any other announcements? I don't think so
All right, brother Daniel, could you close with a citizen would pray. Thank you
Amen your this miss. Thank you all
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