right someone someone and I want to focus particularly on verses 1 & 2 so
verse 1 & 2 of someone blessed is a man that walketh not in the council of the
ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his Lord as he
meditates day and night and the title of my sermon today is the way to be blessed
the way to be blessed so what is what is to be blessed mean well blissfully happy
contented and I specifically enjoying spiritual happiness in the favor of God
now everyone wants that does it I would say everyone wants that everyone wants
to be happy everyone wants to be content everyone wants to enjoy spiritual
happiness the favor of God in their lives some will call it the secret of
happiness the secret of happiness and the world talks a lot about how to be
happy in the secret of happiness and I come up with all their different ways
of doing that well God tells us how to be happy in this song in particular now
this is the first song in the book of Psalms and the book of Psalms was really
a song bro and kind of like maybe like the first track on a on a favorite CD or
something it's probably read more than I would say most of the songs by maybe a
couple of classics like someone a lot and I know probably many people here
could probably memorize a lot of someone without ever having tried to just
because you heard it a lot every time you turn to the book of Psalms it's
quite short as well get going straight away and someone is like that and it
says in the beginning here it says in verse 1 blessed is a man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly now what's counsel counsel is advice
opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of
another okay so and conduct here is personal behavior well who are the
ungodly these are the unsaved now just quickly here obviously what it's not
talking about bear in mind it said personal behavior this isn't talking
about you know you maybe you need you need help how to use a particular power
tool the judgment that's the sort of council we're talking about how to live
how to think how to behave right walketh not in walketh not in okay this
is not actioning their advice okay so not actually actioning their advice now
because the truth is the truth is you can't you cut well we all know this you
can't avoid advice a lot of the times can you people give you advice you can't
avoid that some people want to give their advice a lot more than others some
people will just give you advice when you clearly not asking for it you can
you don't want it as well but it's saying not actioning their advice so not
following the advice of the ungodly so don't let the ungodly shape your
judgment don't let the ungodly make shape how you judge situations how you
judge decisions to make in life and everything else now that sounds pretty
obvious yeah well I'm not you know I'm gonna let some ungodly old friend or
family member tell me how to behave but there's many ways that the ungodly can
give you counts aren't there for example through the television through the
internet news channels and I would say that sounds pretty obvious most people
have a pretty good understanding of the world and how things work and when the
news and things such as that are trying to advise you and guide you on morality
a lot of the time it's completely the opposite to the Word of God but what
about the opposite way so you've also got a world of people that are clearly
anti anti whatever you want to call it government news you know mainstream
media etc but many of those people are not godly they're the ungodly and then
they're advising you through conspiracy websites and videos but a lot of the
time we might go to these things and think yeah that's that's that's not you
know clearly they understand that the world we live in is actually small
amount of people that own a lot of the things of influence and power well they
must be telling the truth we should be walking in their council should we the
Bible says not to don't let the ungodly shape your personal behavior and again
the world tells us many ways that we should be in fact tells us as Christians
how we should act doesn't it tells us how we should think well you're a
Christian aren't you meant to be this aren't you supposed to be that and the
thing is as much as we you know again most people here aware of that how often
do you start to just revert that type a little bit the godly tries sorry the
I'm gonna be trying to tell you how a Christian should be our Christian should
behave relationship advice child rearing morality health you know the list goes
on doesn't it and I'm going to preach a sermon on that because I there are many
sermons and I actually want to focus them on something slightly slightly
different here now like I said you can't always avoid the advice and number one
on my list is blessed is a man who doesn't follow worldly advice okay so
simple isn't it just don't get advice of unsaved people don't don't listen to
the unsaved family or friends any how you should bring up your kids how you
should do this how you should do that don't listen to it now is it is it that
foolproof is it as easy as well if they're not saved don't listen to it
now why is it important like I said the title of my sermon is a way to be
blessed we want to be blessed don't we have a look at Isaiah chapter 30
verse 1 woe to the rebellious children saith the Lord that take counsel but not
of me and a cover with a covering but not of my spirit that they may add sin
to sin whoa whoa is grief sorrow misery a heavy calamity okay so it's not just
so well you just won't get that blessing there's whoa grief sorrow okay have a
look at Psalm 33
verse 10 Psalm 33 10 well says the Lord bringeth the counts of the heathen to
note he makes the device of the people of none effect the counsel of the Lord
standeth forever the thoughts of his heart to all generations okay so it's
useless it's gonna fail it'll bring you whoa it's gonna bring you problems but
at the least it's just gonna fail accounts of the ungodly is gonna fail
now just to get it clear obviously the Lord is our ultimate counselor okay the
Lord is our ultimate counselor you know in Isaiah 9 6 it says his name should be
called wonderful counselor the mighty God the everlasting father Prince of
Peace one of his names it's kind of like a nickname isn't it he's likely to be
good at it right and in the same way for example if one of my names I don't know
if I said I you know my name's Ian I'm also known as brother in I'm also known
as daddy to my kids and I'm also known as chef now now imagine now you're not
gonna think God's called counselor counselor so first place obviously we
should be looking at the word of God but oh it just quickly on that actually in
verse 11 the council of standards forever the thoughts of his heart to all
generations so the counts of the Lord is it just for back in those days you hear
a lot of people say this don't know I was looking I was looking at a pastor
Thompson sermon the other day so when he went out to Yakima he's gone out to
basically support this this this pastor he's had a rebellion in his church and
he's gone out there it's like a hits it just like the hit squad here with a few
of his church members have gone out to this church and then just preached hard
at the church on being wicked rebellious you know the rest of it and he's letting
him have it now in the middle of it this woman just pipes up and calls out
something well what what would be you know the right reasons or something and
he just rebuked so in the middle of the service these guys it's pretty strong
guys powerful start and he just rebuked seven after as I was looking at the
comments and and someone's come on because I think he's done a clip of it
actually so it was on one of the clips someone's come on this comment and
excited say well what it was was actually about women talking in the
church is back in those days what you had is you had the men would sit on one
side and the women would sit on the other yeah you know and what happened is
the women used to call out to their husbands in the middle of the service to
ask them stuff and it was getting pretty disruptive so they said it's like so
you're telling me that the God preserve that God preserved that particular
epistle he preserved that for us to have to go to worldly history books to
understand it no God's counsel as it says here the standard forever the
thoughts of his heart to all generations and their reasons are sometimes you
might always know the reasons why God tells us things I can think of it some
good reasons with that but regardless there's a reason isn't there that God
gives us advice that lasts for all generations now and not only advice and
always come on isn't it now God is the ultimate counselor but does that mean
that we should just be able to read the Bible and there there we have the
council of the godly that's it we've got it job done well what about what about
if I need advice on other life decisions and many life decisions
relationship counseling now there is some don't get me wrong the Bible has a
lot of advice on every subject but sometimes sometimes maybe we need need
some other advice as well or maybe I'm just not quite making that decision right
now Proverbs the book of Proverbs has a lot about this matter and Proverbs is
all about wisdom and part of that part of wisdom is being able to seek the
right sort of counsel in Proverbs 19 20 it says here counsel and receive
instruction that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end so here counsel and
receive instruction now you might say well yeah but that's from the Bible so
in the Bible well Proverbs 11 14 verse 14 reads where no counsel is the people
fall but in the multitude of counselors there is safety oh again I'm not saying
don't go to the Bible Council but I think there's nothing wrong with going
to godly to go in a wise counsel as well and in many situations that's a good
thing to do so when I can see the people for but in a multitude of counselors
there is safety right turn to Proverbs 24 when I read Proverbs 15 and Proverbs
15 22 reads without counsel purposes are disappointed but in the multitude of
counselors they are established so plans often fail without a multitude of
counselors and Proverbs 24 6 says verse 6 for by wise counsel thou shalt make
thy war and in multitude of counselors there is safety so that's three
different places in Proverbs it's talking about safety of many advisors
many counselors but it does here talk about it being wise counsel it's
important that it's wise counsel now sadly not all safe people are wise are
they not all safe people are wise and many will also regularly give the
counsel of the ungodly so here's the thing if I'm if I'm getting my advice
if I'm constantly in worldly sources and then that's what's flooding my mind I'm
constantly listening to worldly counsel myself I'm getting brainwashed by the
world and then one of you guys comes up to me says brother in I need advice
about this situation am I necessarily gonna just automatically give the counsel
of what God wants me to give am I gonna give wise counsel there just because I'm
saying no we know many safe people are very various different spectrums of
spirituality and wisdom who aren't necessarily gonna give wise counsel okay
have a look at Proverbs chapter 14 we're just gonna send a book of Proverbs
for a little bit here Proverbs chapter 14 and verse 15
Proverbs 14 15 the simple believeth every word but the prudent man looketh
well to his going okay now I believe that's talking about looking well to the
going of the person giving you the giving you the counselor giving you the
advice so for example for example my car breaks down okay or maybe my car
let's say my car maybe I've got problems in my car am I gonna get advice from the
guy at the side of the road we've seen coming out the engine scratching his
head and looking under the maybe checking the tires and kicking them
while the car looks like it's about to explode I'm not am I I'm gonna look well
to his going am I gonna get advice about getting sin out of my life to the
clearly openly sinful surely I wouldn't I wouldn't be that silly I'm gonna go to
someone I believe it seems to be walking well walking the walk and not just in
appearance because many people give a good appearance on a Sunday church am I
gonna go to the childless about advice about problems with my children how to
raise my children again you think no but you know the world does a lot don't make
the world goes to gurus and nannies and all sorts that have never had a child
and there's a big difference between looking after other people's children
and having your own children there is a massive difference okay what about what
about someone who's got a failed maybe they divorced or a failing marriage no
and this all sounds pretty obvious doesn't it am I going to go to the
person clearly struggling with weight about weight loss advice or on the flip
side am I going to go to the guy that sculpted and clearly jacked up on
steroids and lives his whole life every spare bit of time he's got in the gym
and go to him I just want some advice on how to be healthy and you know just just
just not you know just just not be just not just not look unhealthy no because
he's gonna have me on all sorts of regimes of routine to set it myself in
the mirror every five minutes look at Proverbs 12 Proverbs 12 verse 5 the
thoughts of the righteous are right but the counsels of the wicked are deceit
okay now the counts of the wicked they would they will be deceit won't they but
look at the first bit the thoughts of the righteous are right
does everyone here have right thoughts all the time but they don't okay so it's
not talking about your society or is it the righteous can be the same in God's
eyes it's also I think it's talking about people living righteously so this
talk about people living righteously so am I going to listen to the advice
counselor instruction of a preacher in serious open sin surely not surely not
surely if it's just so blatant this guy's in you see am I gonna listen to
his his counsel no what if he was clearly in the center of adultery for
example I don't want to listen to that guy I don't want to listen to his
preacher and what about what about a preacher that's that's divorced and
remarried he's in adultery isn't it it's adultery I don't want to listen to that
preacher I don't want to listen to it right how about preacher doesn't do the
first works how about preacher doesn't go out give the gospel doesn't get
people saying doesn't do any of that do you want to listen to him preachy I
don't listen to him preachy what's he gonna what is he in the spirit is he is
he is he got the full armor of God on I don't want to listen to it now we've
got time and maybe we kind of just going past that a little bit now with the
censorship but still we've got YouTube is obviously the most most famous and
the biggest and the most well used we've got YouTube and we've got preachers
galore haven't we we've got preachers everywhere on YouTube and and there are
many many different types and you should doesn't censor the false prophets okay
YouTube doesn't do that now we're a new church and we have to be careful for
this we have to be careful this and obviously this is a personal thing as
well because it's gonna more than the church gonna affect you but also any of
this sort of stuff it's gonna affect the church as well now the Bible's clear
many false prophets have gone out into the world it says that men will wax worse
and worse yeah so right now 2,000 years on from when that's that's written
there's even more false prophets aren't there there are false prophets everywhere
and like we said before you put on a YouTube you put on a sermon by someone
in the autoplay and I make a point of switching that off the autoplay what's
it gonna do it's gonna play some false some wicked false prophet after okay now
you think we think you like to think we will probably have some respect for us
so we think yeah I can sift through that I could get I know who's good I know
who's not well Paul said old foolish Galatians who
had bewitched you and these guys in it seemed been saved church planted and
we're being taught and being taught I think for I might get this wrong but
maybe Galatia maybe a year maybe maybe it wasn't that long there was 18 months
but regardless they were getting taught by the Apostle Paul as well but they
still got the witch didn't they the Apostles let themselves get Judaized
didn't they in the book of Acts now and these are the Apostles who walk with
Jesus okay now a lot of these guys are ear ticklers Titus 1 11 don't turn this
is it they subvert whole houses so you start welcoming in false prophets
through YouTube into your home yeah you're subvert you could be subverted
your whole house couldn't you okay now I'm not saying that you're you're gonna
lose your salvation I'm not saying necessarily gonna start preaching a
false gospel but there's many many ways but the false prophets as many ways at
the bad teaching affects us okay we've got we've got as new independent
fundamental Baptist let's use the term okay we have a good network of preachers
there's a lot of preachers there's a dozen plus that straight away that you
can name off the top of your head and there's many more we're all preaching
pretty much three times a week so 36 plus sermons a week okay at least to
choose from and there's many you know it's not all one star there's different
styles is different topics different subjects okay so with that amount if
you're if you're listening to more than 36 sermons a week and there's more
preachers of that anyway then well you've got too much time yeah if you are
it's not the worst thing in the world you could be listening to 36 hours of all
sorts of junk yeah but okay maybe you are maybe you are okay but there's more
there's more and I would say at that point when you get over that that point
maybe start turning to your Bible and maybe do some other productive things as
well okay but we have a good network of preachers many many many different
people that have been vouch for my people that we know are safe because
some of us be safe through them and some of us have learned a lot through them
and we've grown through them and we can vouch for these people and you know you
know none of us here no one here is too mature too much I wouldn't get deceived
I can I can be discerning I can listen to this and that and all these people
now now it's not the end of you know every blue moon when you hear something
and you might it's not the end of the world at least you understand what's
being preached to others but even then do you really need to do this the word
of God say to do that listen to these people listen to it soak it up so you
can understand what lies in preaching like so much of it is so deceptive it's
so deceptive and it's so tricky and we I don't I don't see why why would we
listen to these people now I'm not saying people here are but I'm saying
that this could be a risk this is a risk as a new church that that either false
prophets will creep into the church or who knows have already crept in I'm not
saying that's the case but but they will and Paul was warning them with tears
about this and now I'm not just talking about false prophets either I'm just
talking about not walking in the council of the ungodly at the least now how
about then how about here's a question how about preaching using a false Bible
how about preach use your full survival now one of my rules is I will not
listen to anyone okay okay there's two options either
they're unsaved and or some sort of reprobate false prophet or they're a
spiritual baby because how on earth and they up they're preaching from a life
from a corrupted seed how they're not learning they're not growing without
spiritual milk of the word they're not growing without it so what what are they
so who are you getting talked by so in the same way none of us here no one here
would go to a church with a full spiral no one here we've some of us have been
at church the full spirals but I'm sure at this point I don't think anyone in
this room would stand and go well probably just probably know because you
know you know and I've been at a church with a false Bible and within a short
amount of time I look at these people saying they literally are like they are
like spiritual babies it wasn't I was spiritually mature guy who's just
ridiculous they just did not have a clue the ones who I assume were saying and a
lot of them weren't mostly because sadly they're getting pretty because it's a
corrupted what we know we know so how do you get from a point of being saved
to preach your full spiral and the majority are not saved again if they're
preaching now that that's then they're in debt dangerous false prophet
territory Proverbs 21 30 down to turn this is there is no wisdom nor
understanding nor counsel against the Lord nothing there there's no wisdom no
understanding no counsel against the Lord and this is against the Lord it
falls Bibles but I'm not just talking about those sorts of things that we need
to be discerning about what about a preacher that doesn't so win like I said
does it go out so when he doesn't go out getting people say he's out of God's
will if he's out of God's will what I expect to be filled with the spirit when
he's preaching that's what we want to be taught by the spirit not the preacher
what about an unqualified pastor unqualified pastor there's people
probably that maybe might list this I don't know but there are people still
that friends of ours in this country they're still going to church to
unqualified pastors because oh they're just a little bit far from here what
you doing yeah and he's out of God's will he's not going to be he's not going
to be filled with spirits not preaching with the spirit what about what about
one of these YouTube basement guys or YouTube ministries he's not he's not a
church he's not in a church he's out of God's will what about what you might say
well I just want to get a bit of knowledge about this particular subject
well go to a history book go to go to a video of someone that's teaching you
history teaching you whatever it is not teaching you with the Word of God not
counseling you from the Word of God just don't do it and don't do it and what we
don't want to then is then bring it into the church okay the scribes though the
some of these people know the Bible you might think that they know the Bible so
well you know they know all the important bits for the scribes that knew
the Bible didn't they swipes now there are people that know the Bible well
they're not safe all the facts they know where to go the little false doctrine
leavens a whole love and we've had enough of it at churches and we've all
had it at churches and you know what it's some of it stays in guys sometimes
it will roll off your tongue some of this false doctrine and it does it's
because you believe it's because you've heard it so much why would we then at
home away from church carry on listening to it why do it don't do it okay is God
gonna bless you when you're choosing heretics do you think no when you're
giving them YouTube clicks and everything else don't do it just just
keep away from be discerning be strict about it like I said those things if
they're not if they're clearly clearly not qualified or they're clearly using
false powers any of those clear things I mean I want to know someone I want to
know someone's statement of faith before I listen to their preach I don't want to
hear it I don't want to sit there and go well I'm just I can see through the
lies I can I don't want to hear it I don't want to hear that junk I'll get
poisoned with how many years in this country a bad churches false prophets
and the rest of it spout some of them might be safe spouting off what some
false prophet told them what I want to think I don't YouTube or whatever else
when I'm at work or whatever the rest of it don't do it get your counsel get your
advice from wise counselors look at Proverbs 13 and verse 20 says he that
walketh with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed
okay so just a last point on that is when we're giving counsel at church and
we will we'll all be giving counsel to each other it will happen and it will
happen as the church continues to grow and with time it by the way it's
including kids as well so you kids there you're going to be now and again giving
counsel to each other advising each other on things that are not just you
know how to do a forward role you know three times in a row and not bang your
head on the wall or whatever it is yeah there are there are you know things
which are of a more personal behavior nature and when you're doing that you
need to make sure that you're giving wise counsel make sure you are make sure
if you if you someone's asked you a question about things make sure you're
not the person giving the bad counsel make sure when you're recommending
preachers or recommending books or whatever it is make sure it's wise
counsel otherwise you're giving the counsel of the ungodly you're giving the
counts of the ungodly okay so it's not just like I said that first bit not just
just don't walk in just don't go to unsaved people and listen to their
advice no you could be the one giving accounts of the ungodly and I'd like to
say either walking with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall
be destroyed okay now this song by the way you could get a hundred sermons you
could preach hours on this yeah that was only the first couple of words of verse
one okay next part so nor standeth in the way of sinners standeth in the way
of sinners well what does it mean to stand in the way of sinners right in the
way is used like as in the road it could be in the way of and you can really
meditate on this I've been saying these most a long time and try to really
understand what it's really saying but it's also as we know a way of saying in
the same way or behavior and you see that a lot of the book of Kings and
Chronicles when they walked in the way of their fathers walk not in the way of
their fathers and in facing their actions in what they did their behavior
so it's either not to stand in the same places or the same manner as sinners and
I see it as that because when you start looking at this verse all together then
you see like the three or the three differences here I think it's
basically not standing in the same manner of sinners don't walk in the
council of the ungodly don't stand in the same manner of sinners and as a kind
of side point here I think here obviously we're all sinners and
obviously all the ungodly in God's eyes as sinners but I think specifically here
there there are because there are people there are the same people who live
pretty clean lives now there's probably few and far between in this country
probably feel far between a lot of the West because a lot of that society's
being so so just indoctrinated by filth and all sorts but there are some there
are still some godly people around maybe you might look at older people from
older generations and see some pretty godly pretty righteous living but we
don't want to be standing we don't want to be standing the same manner as sinners
so number two blessed is a man who doesn't act like the sinful world who
doesn't act like the sinful world okay now obviously we have to be in the world
yeah we're not saying it you know don't be around and that's what I think it's
talking about not being in the same place did we have to be in the same
place but don't act like them don't don't appear to be like them okay there
should be a difference now turn to Romans 12 Romans chapter 12 and verse 1
I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your
reasonable service and be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
will of God okay the Bible says here to be not conformed okay so we shouldn't be
just drawn into being like the world and like I said before that be like with
child rearing because the world does things differently to how God tells us
to do it in the Bible other things as well like the need you know that they
almost glory in revenge for example don't let them talk to you like that
don't put up with that and the rest of that sort of nonsense we hear the pride
of life the pride of the world we hear a lot about okay and of course you know we
want to make clean the inside of the cup yeah but but the way we appear standing
in the way of sinners the way we come across the people is important with
Christians we want to be shining lights and obviously it's a sign of what's on
the inside a lot of the time the outside as well yeah with their people that give
a great sign but inside you know that they're you know full of dead men's
bones but but how we appear how we come across people is important how about the
way we dress the way we dress Council of the ungodly the ungodly counsels us
tells us advises us how we should dress doesn't it and there are fashions and
some fashions aren't that bad and many that are okay now there are plenty of
modest styles and fashions it's not just a Christian way and again we don't
want to be like trying to draw attention to ourselves on the flipside doing we
don't want to be trying to look look so everyone turns and looks at us like I've
been a preacher before they had the Amish do that don't they we're not
trying to be like that but God has some things to say about the way we dress the
way we look okay men let's start with a men so men should be dressing
effeminately should they that's a sin being a feminine is a sin and dressing
effeminately is a sin okay but here's something which is a feminine by the way
skin tight skin tight tops are effeminate they're queer they're
effeminate you you look back at how the rent boys dressed in however long ago it
was and that's how they dress skin tight tops skinny things but now oh that's all
the way oh I'm so manly because I've got some skin tight top showing off every
little bit of my arms my chest my stomach whatever it is it's not it's a
feminine feminine don't dress like that you're godly aren't you what you trying
to show off your body I'm sure you know many men in here maybe before dress that
maybe they haven't but it's a it's a problem because the world more and more
that's how people dress don't they skin tight skin tight with blatantly in our
culture feminine colors if feminine colors again trying to be something
trying to be something that God says not to do there should be there should
be a distinction there should be distinction between men and women
especially in this day and age especially with a filth with though
with the stuff that's being preached so that's what is being preached isn't it
from the world ass okay skin tight skinny jeans skinny jeans why are you
trying to highlight every curve on your body men but why do men do it why are
men doing it and it's something that we need to be kept and it's hard is it with
kids because they grant stuff quick hey you've got to be on that quick to get
expensive as well we're quite blessed that we have some family and friends that
hand stuff down but we have to be selected with that stuff because you
know we get we were seeing the skinny jeans and skull and crossbones t-shirts
and the rest of it how it goes has to go straight away okay what about flash
clothing what about what about stuff with with late big clear labels on it
it's always amused me that hasn't it how somehow the work the world has managed
to convince people to pay to be an advertisement I'm paying you good money
to advertise your product
isn't it but we could do that as well with expensive stuff and whether or not
it's got the lecturing or not and I'm not saying if you're blessed you know
with with money and and you you you know you you want to have good quality stuff
nothing wrong with having good quality clothes but don't be you've got to make
sure that your heart's right with that if you're trying to show off your money
through what you're wearing that's not what we should be doing jewelry as well
jewelry on me okay let's get on to the women okay women in trousers okay what
about women in trousers and maybe a lot of people have heard some preaching on
this let's have a look at Deuteronomy 22 Deuteronomy chapter 22
verse 5 the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man neither
shall a man put on a woman's garment for all that do so of abomination unto the
Lord thy God abomination that's not that's not oh well well God just looks
at it and thinks oh well you know their hearts right abomination I don't want to
be abomination to God you can't see you anymore that's all I know he's looking
down at you thinking you're an abomination and by the way this is you
know I would say hopefully I wouldn't have to say this to me I don't think I
didn't have to say this to me because a lot a lot of women justify this yeah
because the world has told him it's okay now to dress like a man okay so how
about I went home yeah I went home and one of my kids came in next week and
I don't want to give you a graphic image here but just said oh yeah well daddy
likes to wear a skirt at home well he just says he's more comfortable in it
well he's not gonna be told what to wear you know just well what would you just
sit here and just go yeah no problem yeah fair enough he's at home he's
behind closed doors what about if I said what about if our culture what well in a
hundred years men are wearing skirts that's okay is that okay is that okay
it's not it's an abomination God doesn't look down to God good tradition
of the Scots good on you guys holding yet nation and if he looks down and he
goes you're an abomination it's it's it's wrong it's disgusting but in the
same way in this in exactly the same way God looks at women wearing trousers and
says it's an abomination because what other thing what other thing women shall
not wear that pertaineth unto a man neither shall a man put on the woman's
garment what are the clothing we talked about here what are the garments
clearly there's clearly a distinction between men wearing trousers and women
wearing skirts address and that's been throughout history throughout history
and and we've only now it's only now that look I'm not saying yeah I know I
know it could be hard for some women this understand that and how we dress
and are you know we feel exhausted it can be a big change it could be a big
difference but let the Word of God talk to you with it and think do I want to be
an abomination to God because I don't and have it and I don't fortunately I
don't get tempted to wear skirts but tell you what if for some reason I
thought would I do it I wouldn't do it no way and in the same way is the women
poison they've been poisoned by this culture they've been poisoned by it and
and look just listen to what the Word of God says about this what about pajamas
there's God oh well God can't see when you're under the do they God can't see
when you're in you when you're in your room at night that's fine well they're
just so much more comfortable but God says it's an abomination God says it's
an abomination don't do it what's wrong with 90s they weren't saved my whole
house wasn't saved but they all were 90s my mum were 90 what's changed I'll tell
you what's changed it's a world it's just gone so far away from what God
tells us to do and now we're sitting there trying to argue trying to come
oh well that's okay but this is what the Word of God says and I was thinking
about standard thing standing in the way of sinners and that's standing in the
way of sinners that's appearing like the simple about that is simple okay look at
1st Timothy 2 9 turn 1st Timothy chapter 2
and verse 9 the Bible reads in like manner also that women adorn themselves
in modest apparel with shame face in this and sobriety not with broidered
hair or girl gold or pearls or costly array okay so it's talking about
modesty here okay modest apparel skirts and dresses not you know okay well we
wear a skirt dress so I'm gonna wear like some little mini skirt that's not
modest is it and we shouldn't what's your motivation when you're dressing
surely I'm really our motivation should be pleasing God first and foremost okay
what about leggings leggings and undergarment leggings and undergarment
for me no no no different to tights I understand in the winter it could be
pretty cold I've got no problem with leggings but they highlight every curve
and shape of a man and a lady in the same way these men that go around in
leg up these cyclists really wind me up it's disgusting when you're stuck behind
them especially when they're going up a hill and standing up it is absolutely
disgusting it's perverts and they shave as well but you know what God doesn't
look down and go well that's the cake is on a bicycle most of these guys are go
for like a Sunday stroll or the version of on a bicycle and then they're
they're in like they're trying to look like they're pro cyclists you know with
a guts-over you're in you're in something highlighted every curve it's
basically nakedness and in the same way like leggings got no problem with
leggings but first go over the top of a dress that goes down to your knees why
do your knees Exodus 28 is one one place which talks about this Exodus 28 verse
42 this is talking about a priest here the priest find it says and now shall
make them linen breeches breeches trousers they weren't running around
in dress how do you think they're riding horses in a Bible based on how
these stupid little pictures and and everything else okay there was I sorry
Exodus 28 42 and now shall make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness
from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach from the loins the central
area to the thighs they shall reach the linen breeches and to cover their
nakedness these are shorts aren't they what we would call shorts now down
covering their thighs to the knees okay so in the same way fun you ladies you're
not men you don't have men's minds and men's thoughts do you want to be an
object do you do you want do you want men to just be said is that why you out
is that what you're dressing dressing to get attention because you shouldn't be
that's not what you're doing and you shouldn't be out there or and especially
we should be dressing our children to go out there where they're basically
wearing things which men and then looking at because the thighs are
nakedness okay and I don't want to go into like worldly stuff but but you know
what I you know I was I'd say for many years and I know because I have many all
my all my friends from when I was younger unsaved people as well and the
way they talk and parts of the anatomy they talk about include the legs by the
way okay so just just get that get that in your head okay it's nakedness we
don't want to be and I'm not saying well how far below can it rise up no look
look just down to the knees yeah and I'm not saying that little bit just above
the knees that'll really send him crazy but you know what just go down to me so
when you sit down it goes up a little bit over the world okay but but God says
it's nakedness do you want to uncover your nakedness to people no okay
Proverbs chapter 7 Proverbs chapter 7
and verse 10 okay and behold there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot
and subtle of heart so Solomon right is under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
so God writing this cool talks about the attire the clothing of an harlot of an
harlot so there is clothing that God sees as being the clothing of an harlot
what's the clothing of an harlot do you think what do you think it's gonna
likely be showing and doing a that they're a harlot a harlot being a
prostitute because nowadays the attire that harlots anyone seen blatant harlots
around it's pretty obvious isn't it and you know what the way that is
fashionable now for women in the world to dress was the attire harlot not even
20 years ago no I don't really know what the harlots maybe look like now maybe
it's even worse or maybe it's just the same as the rest of the world maybe it's
harder to tell but there was back then even the attire of an harlot do we want
to be looked at like that do we want people to look at our do we want God to
look at us like that oh wait you want to be an abomination I'm saying we're not
saying men as well in the same way do you want God to look at you you look
like the attire of some sort of rent boy do you want to look like that oh well
so I'm at the gym I'm at the gym in the short shorts at the gym in me you know
short short socks pulled up and skin tight top what does God see God just
looks down and goes you're an abomination what you wearing what's wrong
with you and you know that's something I've doing so I was obviously I was
coaching and training him in Thai boxing Thai boxing they all wear short shorts
it's queer as anything and you know what you don't think about it when you when
you're in it it's just like that's what you wear that's what people wear and you
know what they don't even wear short shorts they roll up the shorts as well
just so it doesn't not feel quite as a stick to when you're kicking you know
people in the head and kicking pads and everything else so you got these guys
when you go to Thailand a lot of them they're like literally not rolled up
but it's ridiculous but you just don't even think back then I went in and I was
out of a time I went and started coaching I was renting a space in a
normal gym I got convicted about this and my family got convicted about this
about how we should be dressing and how much I wanted my daughter's dressing my
son dressing my wife dressing how I should be dressing you know now I could
have preached that to them and then go to work and get on my short shorts now
okay I was like but even like down here even down even some of them are quite
long even like this sort of length I'm a hypocrite I'm a hypocrite so then it was
like right I don't care if I don't look the part I don't care if that's not you
know I don't look quite as authentic Thai coaches I should I just always
trained in shorts that went down to my knees and always talking and you know
what and I felt much happier for it and yeah I looked different yeah people came
in and I just really a Thai coach because he's not wearing Thai shorts you
know because God bless me for it and God was happy with me God didn't look down
and see an abomination and that's that's the attitude we should all have and I
don't say I'm so great because I got it wrong for a long time before that
fortunately the word of God convicted me on that okay okay have a look at 2nd
Corinthians chapter 6
by the way kids here as well just with me kids here you shouldn't need your mum
and dad telling you to put that away or not wear that well that's not long
enough well that's too tight it's not a hard concept to grasp is it the thighs
are nakedness yeah pretty simple what's men's clothing what's women's clothing
pretty simple isn't it okay what what's what's showing off on your body pretty
simple okay what's skin tight what's trying to show off your colors with your
men or women pretty simple okay job done is it is it hard for us I would say a
five six-year-old could grasp that concept why do we not cross that concept
and we should okay second is chapter 6 and verse 14 be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers for what fellowship and righteousness with
unrighteousness and what communion have light with darkness and what concord have
Christ with baby or or what part of he that believeth with an infidel and what
agreement had the temple of God with idols for year the temple of the living
God has God has said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their
God and they should be my people wherefore come out from among them and be
separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you
and will be a father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the
Lord Almighty okay be ye separate come out that's not saying that we have to go
living communes have to go with all those perverted monks and everything
else it's not saying acts it's basically saying don't be like the world don't
yoke up with them don't be like them don't stand in the way of them don't
have people look at you and think that you're just like the sinners no we
should be separate it should be clear that we're different to them do you want
to be like the world do you want to be like well I'm not just talking about the
way you dress how about the way you talk the way you talk as well look at in fact
don't turn it but Ephesians 4 29 says let no corrupt let no corrupt
communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of
edify that it may minister grace unto the hearers now I'm not talking about
where they change biblical words in the swear words ready the world to dictate
what's a swear word and what's not but we should be useful with our mouths we
should be at fine we shouldn't be swearing we shouldn't be what the world
consider swear words which aren't biblical word should we and we shouldn't
be doing that should be doing that when we're at work should be doing that that
our but we should be doing at home we should be doing it at all we should be
doing in our head okay and we shouldn't be like the world and if you want to
look at the world wow you've got some serious checking to do your heart and
you need some you need to really get get into the Word of God and get down you
need sound sorry God that I somehow I'm looking at that joke that state of a
world because it is isn't it look it's disgusting what everyone gets up to now
they behave and everything else so we're all part of that we've been part of that
let's hope that no one is anymore but but there'll be ways every time when we
start of course we're all sinners but if you're looking at that thinking yeah
prefer to be that one I like God's Way God's Way me God's Way I just you know
can't talk how I want or I can't just you know I can't wear what I want God's
Way so the way we dress and talk but combined with our behavior so it's not
just how we look how we appear how do we behave first Peter 1 first Peter chapter
1 verse 13 wherefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and hope to the
end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Christ
Jesus as obedient children not fashioning yourselves according to the
former lusts in your ignorance but as ye but as he which had called you is holy so
be ye holy in all manner of conversation because it is written be ye holy for I
am holy now conversation is it just the way we talk that's our behavior
conversation is our behavior okay but no so said that he says not fashion
yourself according to the former lusts in your ignorance so before we were saved
and maybe before you heard preaching like this and most people probably have
heard preach like this long before I've preached this okay yeah maybe we had at
least partly an excuse okay but we should be holy we should be dressing
holy we should be talking holy we should be acting holy we should be
behaving holy should we and yeah we're gonna fail yeah we're gonna sit yeah
we're gonna get things wrong but we should not be standing in the way of
sinners and if you want to be blessed is what the Bible say the book the Bible
says says blessed is the man okay how to be blessed you want to be blessed you
want to be happy you want to be content you want to be you want to have joy in
life you want to be blessed by God you want to have favor of God is this too
hard to do forget everything else I said you want to be happy just do it yeah
because that's how you're blessed you're not blessed when you're standing in the
way of sinners you're not blessed when you're walking in the counts of the
ungodly nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful sitteth in the seat of the
stormful right what's the scornful who are the scornful their contemptuous
disdainful entertaining scorn insolent but here this that especially towards
God especially towards God of the scornful now what's sitteth in the seat
of the scornful and I've actually thought I've thought about this a lot a
lot not just preparing this sermon but I've thought about this verse a lot I'm
not saying that means that I'm right on this this is how I see it and hear me
out here okay so yeah there's a progression here don't walk in the
advice of the unsaved don't walk in the advice of the unsaved but also don't
act or appear like the sinful so don't walk in the advice the unsafe don't act
or appear like the sinful and it's gone from walking to standing to sitting now
I believe I used to look at this and just say yeah just means don't be like a
school no well we're going to be told that walking accounts in there we've
told don't even don't even appear to be like the sinner don't stand in the way
of the sinner so I think it's saying basically keeping away from the school
no don't sit it don't even sit in the seat of the school there just keep away
get away from them don't even sit in his seat but don't don't whether or not your
actioning is teaching or not just don't even be anywhere near keep away from the
school and like I said I you could be well don't be a school now and yeah that
would apply nothing wrong you can read that okay yeah don't be a school no well
I really I think when we look at the school in Proverbs because the school
was talking about mostly progress they're always unsaved and in fact the
scornful and and you know they can be used interchangeably the scornful he
talks about the leaders the Pharisees being the school and again they were
unsaved reprobates and throughout what I see what I see throughout Proverbs it is
basically someone who's an abomination to men and I don't think it's a well as
well it's done listening that I don't be a school no I think it's saying don't
even be anywhere near them I mean you don't even sit in their seat blessed is
a man who number three who avoids schoolers so let's see what why do I
think that so look at Proverbs 21 verse 24 so Proverbs chapter 21 verse 24 proud
and a haughty scorn is his name who dealeth in proud wrath okay so pride
goes hand in hand with the schooler okay it goes hand in hand and a lot of the
time you see people this is the worst schoolers are in some position of
authority or some position you know when they're recognized as you see a lot of
celebrity school but pride goes hand in hand with it out so winning we come
across schoolness mock the word of God mock Jesus mock God
look at Proverbs 9 7 while you're in Proverbs Proverbs chapter 9 verse 7 he
that reproveth a schooler get into himself shame and he that rebuketh a
wicked man getteth himself a blot so if you reprove a school no you get shame
that's reproach ignominy derision contempt now what's the blot a blot is
sensual scorn approach yourself and get it back so what the Bible saying here is
basically it's not pointless it's pointless to as it says in 9 7 here to
approve a school you just get a shame you rebuke a wicked man I think it's
just used interchangeably here you get yourself a blot people hate me you'll
hate me when you approve it maybe that's often why they they do they hate the
word of God don't they because the word of God reproves it it rebukes their
behavior it proves it okay Proverbs 15 12 a scorner loveth not one that
reproveth it neither will he go on to the wise okay so you can't even tell
them so improving is a gentle rebuke isn't it you got even tell them they're
wrong okay they they don't love you if you tell them they're wrong even if it's
something obviously that's neither will he go on to the wise so he won't go to
the wise he won't listen to the wise he doesn't want the counts he doesn't want
to hear it look at Proverbs 22 10
cost out the score and contention shall go out yay strife and reproach shall
cease I'm saying get rid of them they cause trouble avoid them get rid of
their cars that's going to take sugar yes try from approach shall cease and
just cause trouble get rid of them so that's how I see I believe that that's
time saying don't even be anywhere near don't even sit in their seat now like I
said there's other ways I've been unsure about this and you could say it's just
don't be a school now okay maybe again don't be a school that's pretty pretty
obvious anyway you could say well don't sit in the seat you could say I was
thinking about maybe where Jesus said that the Pharisees sit in Moses see and
I'm thinking maybe it's talking about that that kind of leadership position of
a school now but they're not all in leadership so I don't think I think he's
just saying don't go anywhere near him don't especially not don't sit there be
taught by a school now but again we're told not to even sit not not to walk in
accounts of the uncle you might think don't even listen to him don't even be
around him don't even sit in their seat now verse 2 verse 2 is of someone this
is someone verse 2 but his delight so this is a blessed man yeah his delight
is in the law of the Lord and in his law does he meditate day and night what's a
delight a high degree of pleasure and joy so the law of the Lord is this Bible
what blessed is a man who loves the Bible who loves the Bible now it's
important to read through the Bible we should all be reading through them
through the Bible regularly and I hope everyone here has some sort of reading
plan and is regularly reading through the Bible really you know anything I'm
the kind of once a year and we should be reading more than that I believe
anything under once a year and that I think that's too little thing because
you it's so long between going back to you know to where you were before like a
year in between for example reading the Gospels a year apart such as a long time
isn't it it's hard to remember what you've really kind of put it all together when
it's through when it's much further than that and once a year would be three times
could be I sorry would be three chapters a day that's not loving the Bible if
that's all you're doing with the Word of God but listen don't let it become a
chore so we should we should be disciplined we should read our Bibles we
should read our Bibles for sure and discipline is important because without
without a routine it's easy not to and I know when a routine for me getting up in
the morning reading my Bible every morning that's my routine and then and
reading last thing at night and that for me that routine is great okay that
really helps but it can become a bit of a chore and sometimes people will push
themselves some books they won't they won't maybe understand or fill that kind
of that that drawing to as much as others so here's the thing yeah here's
an example that I want to give you so some people delight in food okay and we
enjoy most types of food now we get a full variety which I try to get a full
variety but I enjoy it all I'm not kind of sitting there drudgery you know I
wish I didn't have to eat these vegetables no I like my food so I get a
full variety but I know it's good for me as well okay as well as getting my my
food in as well as having my routine and eating regularly and trying to eat
different food groups and everything else is it then wrong for me to have my
favorites as well so am I if someone said to me right you know what would you
like now what would you like to do I'm gonna go right well I've eaten this is
this now I better have this no as long as I'm getting that variety as long as
I'm reading through my Bible regularly and I've got a routine going with that
why not if you didn't lie in the law of the Lord why not go right now I want to
read for example for me I love I love the book of Psalms I love saw my favorite
probably one of my folks on 119 absolutely love it you know every time I
read it I'm just sigh makes you know in a way it makes me emotional as well you
know I just really feel feel close to God I love the gospel of John I love the
gospel of John love for me my favorite gospel I have my favorite parts of the
Bible I'm not saying the rest of it isn't worthy I love I love the law of the
Lord I love every word of the Bible but there are certain bits that are my
favorite and when you delight in it if you delight in it or try to delight in
it find those bits as well get your routine sure but find those bits
delight in it want to read it you know you you would like there wouldn't be a
time of the day well just I can do without this with with satellite
especially certain parts of the Bible certain book search at certain verses
and delight in it delighted find those bits enjoy the Bible get that enjoyment
backs it's not just it's a routine I've got to read it got to read it got to
read it get out enjoyment like like I said with the food there are times when
I'll be like actually I once I want a nice bit of steak you know enjoy it and
get those bits to say get those times you're like I want to read this verse I
want to read my favorite beer and just really feel that enjoyment that I get
from the Word of God but still go through the Word of God okay meditate on
them memorize it memorize the Word of God the light in the Lord the Lord in
his Lord ducky meditate day and night and and that you know it's hard if you
just meditate in the daytime you try remember it the following day 24 hours
later especially when you're trying to memorize scripture it's harder try and
get it going at night as well it's so much easier to memorize but but we
should meditate on it he's just thinking about it as well it's not just oh so
that I remember it meditate on it think about verses thinking you know like
writing sermons sometimes sitting there thinking about a verse meditating on
there trying to understand it and we should all be doing that reverse in the
Bible not just reading whatever it is meditate on it enjoy it love it verses
you don't quite understand sit there and look at them stop repeating them in your
head and enjoy the Word of God we should like such a blessing such a blessing
that we can understand it as well enjoy it love it so like I said some 119 is
probably it's one of my not my favorite song turn to some hundred nineteen okay
and verse 14 some hundred 19 verse 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy
testimonies as much as in all riches as much as in all riches would you say
truth truthfully deep down could you say that you rejoiced in the way of his
testimonies as much as in all riches all riches and and that's where we want to
be don't we that's a benchmark to get to and we should be rejoicing in it okay
that's a word that makes the first three on my list possible so in someone
okay so if you if you if you read the Bible if you meditate on it if you
delight in it I think it makes the other three it makes the other three more
possible and it's it's basically the opposite isn't it it's not doing all of
that and instead delighting the Lord the Lord okay through through a love of the
scriptures no in fact some 190 verse 24 that's 24 it says I testimonies also on
my delight and my counselors so like we said before the Word of God should be
one of and should be our main counselor and it's through a love of the
scriptures you can receive can't you you will receive from the from the
scriptures from the from the Word of God I think then also you're going to be
able to judge wise counsel aren't you because this is the ultimate this is a
wisest counsel but other counsel on things that maybe you don't feel that
so easily to discover when they're covered in the Word of God maybe they're
not necessarily specifically you'll be able to judge that wise counsel when you
are receiving wise counsel of the Word of God so some 119 verse 11
by word have I hidden my heart that I might not see again so through a love of
the scriptures through through hiding the Word of God through meditating on
the Word of God you can avoid sin are you when it's hidden your heart are you
gonna be there just reaching for look for example the clothing we're talking
about or going towards whatever it is that particular sin when you've got it
hidden in your heart it talks to you doesn't it it does I'm sure you've all
had that when you've made decisions when you've got a decision to make when
there's something that you're gonna do but you shouldn't be doing and there's
something just it's like the Holy Spirit just just a little verse comes up in
your head it pops up and you're like okay yeah I know what I should be doing
I know what I shouldn't be doing I know what I should helps you make decisions
and if you're meditating on it if you're if you're in the word that should happen
you probably a lot of you probably had it when you're at soul-winning where
maybe just a verse might come into your head when you're soul-winning and and
that happens as well with decisions in life when you're trying when you were
hearts right and you don't want to see then the Holy Spirit you're in the
spirit the Holy Spirit will be will be helping you do that okay by what have I
hidden my heart that I might not see the game see okay so I'm 119 verse 105
my word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my part so through a love of
the scriptures and just talking about what we're talking about in some one
here I think you'll be able to easily recognize and avoid this corner it's a
light unto your feet a lamp unto your path it will light them up watch it
scurry scurry away like the rats are they are but it will and the Word of God
will help helps you with that doesn't it the more you're in the Word of God the
more you meditate on it the more you're delighting in it and when you delight in
it the readings different isn't it the reading it you absorb it more when you
just enjoy this passage I love this scripture I love this verse and and it
will it will when you're when you're like that then I believe when you fill
that and you've got that Word of God in you you're just gonna you just see
things clearly you're gonna recognize things clearly okay so the way to be
blessed blessed is a man who doesn't follow worldly advice who doesn't act
like the sinful world who avoids scorners who loves the Bible and what's
the result of that in verse three of someone and he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season
his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper
Bible says like trees planted by water sources I think is what what it means
here especially in a dry land you'll be healthy you won't get affected by the
tough times your leaf leaf shall not wither and whatsoever you do it shall
prosper don't want to be like that don't want everything we do to be phosphorus
everything we do everything you do will prosper and that sounds pretty blessed
me and with that let's pray heavenly father I thank you for your work thank
you for the book of psalms and the truths that you get across us and help us
all here help us to just have open here is an open heart center to want to please
you to want to want to be blessed to want to have your favor on our lives and
not to be stubborn not to not to just want to stay in what we know where we've
been conditioned and brainwashed by the world but help us to be open to living
how you want us to live to acting how you want us to act and help us to love
your word if one thing we do is just to go away and enjoy your
life