So tonight I want to talk, I want to preach about a royal priesthood, a royal
priesthood. Let's look at verse number nine. The Bible says but you're a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood and holy nation of peculiar people that you
should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
marvelous light. I'm gonna pray real quick. Lord we thank you so much for the
men of Steadfast and Pure Words Baptist Church and for Pastor Shelley and I just
want to thank you Lord for the opportunity to be here tonight. I pray
that you fill me with your spirit and I pray that the men would be edified by
the message. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. So when it's talking about a royal
priesthood, you know royal means what? What would that mean to you? I mean like
kings, princes and when the Bible says that we're a chosen generation, you know
in a royal priesthood, I take that to mean that we're a priesthood of kings
and in the Old Testament they obviously had kings and they had a priesthood but
obviously that's all changed in the New Testament and but I would just like to
preach to you guys tonight about the fact that you guys have a great
responsibility as being kings and priests unto the Lord and it's not like
it's just something that's coming down the pike. Like we're already kings and
priests. You know we're already in that priesthood and we should behave that way.
We should live that way and it should be something that we take very seriously
because it is a great honor to be called a king or a priest, isn't it? And let's
turn, we're gonna look at some scriptures tonight and of course you guys know I
usually go Bible heavy but I want to just show you some things out of the Old
Testament too real quick and let's go to Exodus chapter 19 there. Exodus chapter 19.
So as royal priesthoods, as kings and priests, we have a special calling unto
God and we are supposed to be separated from the world. We're supposed to, you
know, would you think that priests would pray? Yes. Priests would win souls.
Priests would sacrifice and you know in the Old Testament they they had like
specific things that they had to do as priests but it's different in the New
Testament. Like I said look at verse 5 in Exodus chapter 19 it says, now therefore
if you will obey my voice indeed, see it was it was a stipulation. They had to, it
was an if and a then. Look what it says, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep
my covenant then he shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people for
all the earth is mine. So that priesthood in the Old Testament was by stipulation.
It wasn't something that lasted forever. The Old Testament was going to end but
it is obviously picturing the believer because the nation of Israel pictures
the new nation which is all nations of the earth who are saved, right? And you
had to be in a specific family to be in the priesthood back then and you also
had to be chosen by God to be the king. And then it went to succession after
Saul and David but you know God would just set up and take down kings as he
pleased and there was a lot of wicked kings back then. Look at verse 6 it says,
and he shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and an holy nation. These are the
words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. So back then they
were supposed to be a kingdom of priests so they had the priesthood which was the
Levites but like really he wanted them to be a holy nation. He wanted them to be
a kingdom of priests but it was stipulated by if you obey my voice and
if you keep my covenant. Obviously we know that they didn't and so we're in
the New Testament now. They could not maintain what they're supposed to do. So
go ahead and turn to Revelation chapter 1. Also I'm gonna read for you Revelation
chapter 5 verse 10 where the Bible says, and has made us unto our God kings and
priests and we shall reign on the earth. There's coming a day when we will reign
on the earth. Right now you know we're kind of like downtrodden by men you know
men hate us because of the things that we preach and the things that we believe
but there's coming a day when we are gonna be the ones that are ruling this
nation ruling this world. So we should prepare now for what we're gonna have
later don't you think? I mean if we don't act princely or kingly or priest
like you know there's coming a day when we're gonna be that way and remember it
in the in the parable of the talents where you know the guy that didn't you
know that buried his talents in the ground you know he didn't get anything
right? He actually got a really bad punishment but the other people you know
Jesus would say to them you know enter into the joy of the Lord I'm gonna make
you the king over ten cities or whatever. So I believe that you know that's a
parable but obviously I think there's truth to that. That we are going to be
reigning over cities like if you're over ten cities that means you know you're
probably have people that you're gonna be or under your subjection to because
how would you be a king if you don't rule over anybody? It's called the
kingdom of God you know. So look at Revelation 1 6 it says and hath made us
kings and priests unto God and his father to him be glory and dominion
forever and ever amen. So there's two scriptures in Revelation where it
clearly says that he's made us kings and priests. And so now let's turn to
second Samuel chapter 7 verse 12 and I'll just kind of show you how in the
life of Saul and David that God showed us this picture of a kingdom that is
going to end by or the covenant that ended and then how David's is an
everlasting covenant. Look at first Samuel chapter 7 verse 12 the Bible says
and when thy days be fulfilled thou shalt sleep with thy fathers I will set
up thy seed after thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels and I will
establish his kingdom. So obviously he's talking about this kingdom of Christ and
David is obviously a king of Israel and a man after God's own heart and look
what it says in verse 13 he shall build an house for my name and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom. How long? Forever right and it says and I
will be his father and he shall be my son. Now obviously this parts talking
about David because Jesus didn't commit sin but look what it says if he
committed iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes
of the children of men. So that's kind of how God deals with his children when
they step out of line but it doesn't but we our life will never end. You know we
get punished here obviously you all know that but later on I mean we're gonna
still reign on the earth forever and ever. Now so God's saying that he's gonna
punish and chasten David here it says but my mercy shall not depart away from
him as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee. So Saul was cut off and
he obviously is the picture of the Old Testament being done away with and David
is the picture of the New Testament and obviously his seed will inherit the
earth. His seed is going to you know verse 16 says the nine house and thy
kingdom shall be established forever before thee. Thy throne shall be
established forever. So it says he's gonna build a house and the kingdom and
it'll be established forever. So the Old Testament ended New Testament that's
where we're at so I mean I'm sure all of you guys realize that but there are
there are differences obviously between the priesthood and the kingdom in the
Old Testament and the kingdom and the priesthood in the New Testament. So let's
look at Numbers chapter 3 also. Let's turn over to Numbers chapter 3. I just want to
talk to you about how what the priest's job was to do in the Old Testament. Look at
Numbers 3 3. It says and the excuse me these are the names of the sons of Aaron
the priests which were anointed whom he consecrated to minister in the priest
office. So what was the job of the priest? Well it was to minister in the priest
office. They were ordained and anointed and consecrated that means set apart to
do a certain specific to do certain specific tasks. Now look what it says in
verse 4 and Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire
before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai and they had no children and
Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests office in the sight of Aaron
their father. So the high priest was the first high priest was Aaron in the Old
Testament and his sons ministered in the office of the priest it says in the sight
of Aaron their father. So obviously Aaron is a picture of the high priest that was
going to come later which is of course the God man Jesus Christ. So there was
multiple there was multiple high priests that succeeded afterwards but the
picture was ultimately of Christ Jesus who was going to be the high priest
forever after the order of Melchizedek. Now look at verse 4 it says and Nadab and
Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in
the wilderness of Sinai and they had no children and Eleazar and Ithamar
ministered in the priests office in the sight of Aaron their father. Did I just read
that twice? I did didn't I? I'm sorry about that let's submit a double copy
paste there sorry about that. But anyway so yeah they ministered in the priests
office so what was the job and the role of the priests in the Old Testament? They
were to minister and do the office of the priests that they were ordained to
do. So you know that pictures us in the New Testament that we are all kings and
priests in the New Testament and you know you had to be in a
specific family then but you have to also be in a specific family now. You
have to be in the family of God. So the Levites were the tribe that they were
supposed to be in but of course the whole nation was you know that's what
God really desires that they would be a nation of kings and priests but you know
they fell down on the job. So now you have to be just saved to be in this
priesthood and you know so let's look back at first Peter chapter 2 back in
our text from the beginning. I was just trying to lay the groundwork a little
bit for what God expects for us. So in the Old Testament we know what they had
to do they had to take the sacrifices they had to cut them up they had to kill
them all that kind of stuff they had to roast them with fire and they had to
consecrate themselves like wash their bodies with water they had to wear
clothes that didn't have sweat like I'm sweating right now and then you know
they just they had all kinds of chores to do and it's great that as priests we
don't have to do those types of things. I mean the brisket was good yesterday
but that's a lot of work. Imagine having to do that like several times a day
right it would be pretty tough but we're supposed to be a spiritual priesthood
and it says in 1st Peter chapter 2 verse 5 it says ye also as lively stones are
built up a spiritual house. So is this the physical house it's talking about? No
it's a spiritual house. So remember in 1st Samuel where I showed you those
verses that he talked about how he would build this house well it's a
spiritual house this is what Peter's revealing to us here and it says and
holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices so praise God that we get to
just do spiritual things right and acceptable to God by Christ Jesus so by
Christ Jesus everything that we do in our Christian life should be through
Christ Jesus I mean don't try to do things in your own strength we have to
offer these spiritual sacrifices in the name of our Lord and do things for the
right reasons right so Jesus Christ is the high priest now and forever he's
never that's never going to end and our priesthood is never going to end as
believers look at Romans chapter 12 Romans chapter 12
Romans chapter 12 says and be not confused excuse me verse 1 now I beseech
thee therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a
living sacrifice so we're no longer sacrificing these animals we're
sacrificing spiritual sacrifices right holy acceptable unto God which is your
reasonable what's it say there the last word service so as men of God as kings
and priests our job is to serve the Lord and not just for part of our life
until we get our retirement and our 401ks it's for the rest of our lives
right because we're looking to eternity future and you know we should get some
good practice in before we get there like if you just do nothing with your
spiritual life at all you're gonna be a pretty poor first of all you're not
gonna get the rewards that another king or priests would get so you know when
they gives out the rewards it's by fairness by the things that we all do in
our life as Christians so look at verse 2 it says and be not conformed to this
world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind we have to constantly renew
our minds in Christ it says that you may prove what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God so we continuously have to go through this
process of waking up every day putting on the new man following after Christ
taking up our cross and fulfilling our role as a priest look at Hebrews chapter
12 Hebrews chapter 12 verse number 28 Hebrews chapter 12 verse number 28 the
Bible says wherefore we receive a kingdom which cannot be moved let us
have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear
you know God expects us to live a good life he expects us to fear him but he
also expects us to serve him so as men of God you know we got to take this
very we got to take this responsibility and and just do the best that we
possibly can in this life you know and obviously like how he was saying that he
would chasten David with the rod of men we're gonna get that same thing too if
we're not falling after Christ they were supposed to now turn over to another
just the next chapter over in verse in Hebrews 13 Hebrews 13 it says verse 15
by him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually
see see the theme here he's just constantly talking about us sacrificing
because serving God is sacrifice it really is and you're like well I just
love serving God I do too but it is it is work it is service and to go to
church three times a week might seem normal to you right now but there was a
time when it wasn't right and it is a spiritual sacrifice and sometimes it's a
fleshly sacrifice because you don't feel like going you know on those days like
Wednesday when you've worked a hard beginning of a week and you just can't
barely keep your eyes open you're just so tired but you know God looks at those
sacrifices and he loves that he loves that we love him he loves that we just
go even if it's just out of duty we still got to go so offer the sacrifice
of praise continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name
don't forget to give thanks to God's name for the things that he does and you
know he does a lot of great things for us he loads us daily with benefits that's
what the Bible says right look at verse 16 says but to do good and to
communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased don't
forget to communicate with God you know he is God he is our father and we should
be communicating with him on a regular basis and it says to do good I mean that
you know don't sin it kind of seems like one of those things like just do good
well what does that mean well you know what it means the Bible tells us what
the good things are and what the and what the wrong things are what the sin
is so we should just live a good life and you know you're gonna be more
blessed in this life the less you sin obviously guys all know that but we as
believers you know we have Jesus Christ as our high priest forever after the
order of Melchizedek and we as believers are an eternal priesthood under our high
priest which is the Lord Jesus Christ let's look at I'm just gonna read
Revelation 7 but go ahead and turn to Revelation 22 verse 3 I'm gonna read
Revelation 7 verse 15 the Bible says therefore are they before the throne of
God and serve him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth on the throne
shall dwell among them Revelation 22 verse 3 where I had to turn says and
there shall be no more curse but the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in
it and his servants shall serve him so we are gonna serve God for all eternity
get used to it now get in the habit of it now and you know as men you know it
doesn't say be priestesses and queens it says be priests and kings we are
priests and kings we're not Queens I hope there's no Queens in here hide now
but you know we should be manly we should leave our lead our families in
the right way and maybe you don't have a family yet we'll start working on it now
start getting prepared for that now so that you're ready to be a husband you're
ready to be a father you know what you're supposed to do and it's important
for us as men to lead what do Kings do they rule over people don't they what a
priest do they serve their God and you also serve you're you're the priest of
your family you're the king of your family you know have you ever heard
that saying I'm the king of my castle well that's that's literally true you
know you are the king of your castle well hopefully if your wife isn't
telling you everything to do but you know I mean sometimes they can get
uppity right you just have to like you do have to check your wife sometimes I'm
sorry ladies if you're listening but it's just true nothing's more
frustrating than going to a drive-thru window and they don't know what they
want like you had all this time you had the pre-menu on the way up I can't see
it put your glasses on you know then you get there and you're just like you know
you order your food really quick because that's what guys do and then they're
just like what's in that one is like
you're trying to be nice you know but look man we're our job is to serve our
job is to be the man our job is to rule our house and obviously be leaders in
our church and be leaders in the community you know and I'm not talking
about community organizing not talking about Barry Obama's style of you know
serving the community I'm talking about serving the community why where we go
door-to-door canvassing the real type of canvassing where we're actually getting
people saved to make it a difference in people's lives so serve the Lord as a
priest serve your home as a priest and serve your church and serve your
community it's pretty simple but doing all that like pastor Shelley kind of
said last night it's a little harder you know to do it than it is to just say
things and you know your life can last a long time and there's a lot of ups and
downs in life there's a lot of evil days that we have to endure there's a lot of
evil times in our lives that we might have to endure but we need to keep
serving God don't blame him for your problems you know sometimes it's just
because the world we live in things are tough so again in the Old Testament the
priests were not the kings though they were there was a separation between them
think about what Saul was rejected for what was he rejected for what was the
what was the main thing at first he was already mad at him and then he sat so he
sacrificed a sacrifice that he was not supposed to do Samuel he said wait for
me and he's like well you didn't get here on time so I just thought I would
do it on my own you know I mean I'm you know paraphrasing that but that was you
know he didn't obey the voice of the Lord but didn't David not obey the voice
of the Lord too so what's the difference again I think that the typology is
there that's part of the reason but also you know Saul just he started off really
good but then he ended bad we don't we want to start off good and keep doing
good we don't want to you know be that Saul type of character right so now what
are the expectations of a king I kind of went over the expectations of a priest
in the Old Testament and in the New Testament what God wants us to do he
wants us to sacrifice spiritual sacrifice offer praise for his name and
to serve him and we're gonna serve him for all eternity but what does he expect
of Kings because it says we're kings and priests right so let's look at Proverbs
31 verse 1 Proverbs 31 verse number 1 now of course we don't really know who
this King Lemuel is in the Bible but his name is in the Bible so I know that he
was a real king but he's not recorded as one of the kings of Israel so I would
just assume he's probably maybe a king of the Gentiles of some sort maybe I
don't know we just don't really know but nonetheless his mom is trying to give
him some good advice what it says in verse 1 it says the words of King Lemuel
the prophecy that his mother taught him so his mother taught him these things
what my son and what the son of my womb and what the son of my vows give not
thy strength unto women as a king in God's spiritual Kingdom our job is to
not one of the first thing the first thing is don't give your strength to
women so look I'm not saying mistreat your wife don't you know I don't want
anybody to get me wrong don't get this attitude we're like you're just mean to
your wife and you want to you know show off in front of people and show how you
can check her in front of people you're supposed to love your wife but obviously
yes there is time to correct them on things but I would say in front of a
roomful of hair-legged men that would be the wrong time to do that obviously if
it's some huge deal that's different but we're not supposed to give our strength
unto them that means don't let them be in charge don't let them be the boss
don't let them pick your church don't let them pick when you're gonna have
children when you're not going to you need to not give your strength unto
women and it says nor thy ways to that which destroyeth Kings so now she's
gonna talk she's gonna say hey don't give your strength to women and who's
right who told him this his mom so she understands it and look guys I mean we
live in a we live in a time where women kind of are dominating our society even
though they can't make a decision they don't even know what to get a Taco Bell
on the late night menu so but we live in a world where men are you know these
women get jobs and they can't even do the jobs we were talking about this
earlier like you know you work in a construction site and then there's that
one chick on the job that has like a white hat you know white hard hat her
clothes are pristine they've never seen a speck of dirt on them they have no
clue what they're doing and yet they're making the same paycheck as you it's a
hard world it's a hard life it's hard to rule your families it's harder to rule
your families today than it was back in the old times but you know there's no
new thing under the Sun you know women have been trying to take control for a
long time but they do want you to be the leader they might not even say it they
might not even know that they believe it but they do believe it because the Bible
says that there you know they'll be that they want to be towards their husband
you know they want to they do want a strong leader that can make decisions
so but it says nor thy ways to the that which destroyeth Kings you know what's
gonna destroy you look what it says it is not for Kings old Lemuel it is not
for Kings to drink wine nor for Prince's strong drink and you're like well this
is the Old Testament Pastor Thompson is it because I thought that we're supposed
to still read the Proverbs we're still supposed to sing the Psalms and a lot of
times you'll see these little books and they say New Testament Psalms and
Proverbs and it has all that there for you because you're gonna get a lot of
wisdom from reading the Proverbs but you know Proverbs has a lot of strong
verses against drinking and Pastor Shelley covered you know how foolish
drinking is to a good extent last night so but isn't that funny how it says you
know don't give your strength to women and then the next thing don't drink and
what really I thought about last night what he said about how it only takes one
time for some drunk man to smack his wife in front of their kids and you lose
all credibility and they will never forget that your wife's never gonna
forget it your kids are never gonna forget it I'm not saying if you've ever
done that that you're you know to be cast in hell or something I'm just
saying that it takes a it would take a lot to get the respect back and you know
we got to think about these things because the other good point he made
about that last night was that you're under a lot of pressure from your peers
and like we don't know what your life is that like outside of church sometimes
people just cling to their family for too long and you probably should have
severed that kind of relationship away from your family a long time ago don't
show up to the you know the family reunions where everybody's drinking
themselves drunk and then expect that you're gonna just be tough you know when
they're all they all know you they know you had a history of drinking in the
past and they're always gonna offer you a beer you know your drunk brother or
whatever they all love that guy but when you change your life they're like oh
wow he just thinks he's better than everybody whatever it's like yeah I am
better I am better because you know what I'm saved and the Bible says not to give
yourself to drinking wine are we kings or not does the Bible say we're Kings
you're like well yeah we're not kings like this guy was a king but yes we are
we are going to be kings we are kings right now and he says don't drink wine
nor princes strong drink and princes are basically equal with kings right lest
they drink and forget the law you know what you're gonna do when you drink
alcohol you're gonna forget what the Bible says because it messes with your
judgment immediately look what it says and pervert the judgment of any of the
afflicted so you're all you're all you're gonna be a pervert in judgment
right away as soon as you start drinking don't give yourself Kings as a person
would drink alcohol or let women rule over you look at Deuteronomy chapter 17
and this is actually the chapter where it really you know the kid that the
judges is the system that God set up but obviously in Deuteronomy 17 he already
knew that they're gonna ask for a king which is exactly what they did and they
were warned about not doing that and basically that was a rejection of God to
do that but God made that system for him because that's what they wanted you know
sometimes God just gives us what we deserve and look at Deuteronomy 17 verse
14 says when thou art calm unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee and
shall possess it and shall dwell therein and shall say I will set a king over me
like as the nations that are about me thou shalt in any wise set him king over
thee whom the Lord thy God shall choose so God had to choose the king right you
know what God chooses us when we choose him right he chooses us he saves us and
that's how God chooses us to be kings you know if you're are you saved you're
a king then it says one from among thy brethren so people that are saved right
shout thou set King over thee thou mayest not set a stranger over thee
which is not thy brother so it's basically I mean applying this to New
Testament these are saved people right look at verse 16 but he shall not
multiply horses to himself nor cause the people to return to Egypt so you know
don't multiply horses I would say in modern day that's probably like you
don't have to have a bunch of fancy cars because horses were like a commodity
back then that showed you know your wealth like Joe had all these cattle and
all these different things and they kind of measured their wealth by the animals
that they had because that's kind of you know how they made their money but
anyway it says so we're not supposed to just like you know just that's not what
we're here for we're not here to just multiply horses and it says nor cause
the people to return to Egypt and you know you have the power to send your
family back to Egypt you know what is that that's a picture of that's a
picture of us going back to the world that's a picture of us quitting and
going back to Pharaoh for the pleasures of sin for a season and we have the
power to keep our families that you know you know in the in the the graces of God
we have the power to lead our family but we also have the power to tear it down
wives have the power to tear it down and we don't want that to happen to our
families and let me just tell you something if you quit church if you're
just like oh I just can't do this anymore I just quit being weak all
right could be a week just lead your family because look yeah you can drop
out of church and you can be backslidden and you know you can miss prime years
that your kids are gonna get saved there's a chance that if you get out of
church your kids won't get saved your wife might turn into a whore who knows I
mean you go back to Egypt there's nothing waiting for you there that's
good there's nothing waiting for you that's why God said don't go back that
way don't go back to Egypt you know if you have your hand to the plow you're
looking back you are not worthy of him so don't go back to Egypt don't allow
your family to go back to Egypt and you know what man if you're leading that
shouldn't happen that should not happen it says to the end that he should
multiply horses for as much as the Lord has said unto you he shall henceforth
return no more that way so as a king our responsibility and the New Testament
don't let your family go back to Egypt you know and whatever that is whatever
that was to you whatever sinful life you live before maybe you're like a grew up
in a Christian home and you haven't lived that much of a sinful life I
always forget that there's people that you know maybe stealing a cookie out of
the cooker job cookie jar might be the worst thing don't go back to the cookie
jar cookie jar right I mean there there's all kinds of folks here that
some people have lived really wicked lives and some people are just wicked
enough you know but you don't want to return that way it says neither shall he
multiply wives to himself and look you have a hard time with the wife you have
right now you don't need more wives right don't multiply wives obviously we
live in a place where it's illegal to do that unless you're like a Mormon in some
pocket of Arizona or something but I think they have some like some colt
extra colty Mormons and that's what they all believe anyway they probably all
believe that they're gonna get 72 virgins or whatever like the like Islam
later on but they just you know they know that they're they're gonna get in
trouble for if they do it here on this earth but anyway it says don't multiply
wives yourself like you already have enough heart a hard enough time and
don't seek after other women don't be covetous towards other people's wives
don't say I wish I would have married this person you're married to who you're
married to and you're and look as as priests and kings it's your
responsibility to keep your marriage intact keep your marriage keep your
vows you're like well you just don't understand pastor Thompson look I'm sick
of all the excuses make it work make your family work make your look you made
a vow you're a king you're a priest keep that vow God that's what God expects out
of you you're like well I'm tired of it I'm tired of the excuses you know I just
I had somebody comment on him I had the priest's marriage sermon like four years
ago or maybe it was even longer than that and people still comment the
dumbest things on there it's like Jesus said it in Matthew chapter 5 Jesus said
it Matthew chapter 19 he didn't stutter you know except for the cause of
fornication fornication happens before the marriage vows or completed or not
before the marriage vows but before the consummation of the marriage so you know
it's like and this is the comment I got today I was just like oh my goodness so
it was like Jean Kim taught a really good sermon on this look if you're going
to your advice with Jean Kim instead of Jesus Christ you got a real big problem
Jean Kim is a total idiot Jean Kim is not saved Jesus Christ is the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords and our high priest and he said if you divorce or
remarriage you're committing adultery so don't do it it's your responsibility man
look God looks to us as the leaders he's not looking to your wife as a leader I
thought I already covered that he's looking for us to lead and you know what
we need to just put away our pride and make things work and sometimes things
are hard marriage is hard sometimes and sometimes you do have to tell your wife
no you have to tell them no have you ever when's the last time you told your
wife no about something you know maybe she doesn't give you a reason to maybe
she is submissive but you know what I found is that every marriage has its
problems with that specific you know thing where women just won't be
submissive and it's part of the the time that we're living in it's like no fault
divorces it's you know you can just do whatever you want and the you know you
didn't used to get divorced or be able to divorce as easily as you can now so I
mean obviously we have to live wise in this world but sometimes you do have to
kind of just check your wife and tell her like what you're saying is not right
you know because the Bible says when you know you're supposed to obey your
masters after the flesh and and I'm like I'm not expecting my wife to call me
master I'm not even expect her to call me Lord but you know what Sarah the
great example in the Bible you know she she called Abraham Lord in her mind she
didn't even say it out loud that's just how much she loved Abraham and how much
she respected him and it's really hard being in a world where you know wives
just want to talk back about every single thing that you tell them to do
and you know it's just it's inexcusable but again we live in this kind of world
and you married the wife you married so get it under control do your best you
know but don't give your strength to them that's what the Bible says so now
it says neither shalt thou greatly multiply silver and gold so but I'm
sorry I missed the part where it says so don't multiply wives yourself that his
heart turned not away and neither shall he greatly multiply himself silver and
gold so you know riches is not the most important thing in this world making
more money it's not the most important thing in this world you might think it
is but you know we do have to I saw this video on YouTube it says you don't have
to have a life work balance I'm like that guy's gonna get divorced you do
have to have a life work balance you do have to spend time with your wife you
know we're supposed to love them like Christ loved the church not ignore them
okay so there are times when yes you have to work extra hard or you're
working overtime or you got special projects going on but don't forget that
you have a wife don't forget you have children you need to tend to them and
you know gold and silver will lose its luster you know nobody's ever gonna say
oh man I wish I would have made more money they're gonna say I wish I would
have spent more time with my kids I wish I would have spent more time with my
wife I wish that my life was better with my wife in some of those hard years and
you know we're stubborn too men are stubborn and you know we get bitter we
get better when we feel wronged and you know we're not supposed to be bitter
with our wives you know let that stuff go if it's something you can let go just
let it go you know don't don't just hold it over their head forever or hold it in
your heart forever because you know when we get bitter we just stop talking to
them isn't that true you know because you don't want that fight to just fester
up again or whatever but you know we shouldn't be bitter just let it go and
and just you know you got the rest of your life to be with them so but
obviously there's times when you do have to kind of you know drop the hammer on
some things I'm not talking about on them like literally okay
pastor Thompson said I was supposed to drop the hammer so here it goes
but look what it says in verse 18 it says and it shall be when he sit at the
bottom of his kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law and a book
out of that which is before the priests and the Levites so it's kind of tying it
back together with the priests and Levites but I would just say this you
know if you're not gonna write out a copy of the book of the law but what's
wrong with actually doing that I mean I think it'd probably be pretty useful
maybe sometime in your life you should do that I haven't done it anybody has
anybody actually done that written out some a whole copy of the Bible it'd be
pretty hard I mean I stutter up here with just the word sometimes imagine
like you're writing with ink and it's like oh man you know I put and twice or
something scribal error but what about this why don't you just make sure that
you read it every day we got plenty of printed copies of the King James you
probably have multiple copies at home so you know why does he say to do this
they'll go to says in verse 19 and it shall be with him and he shall and he
shall read therein all the days of his life so what does God require of a king
well he requires that you read the Bible every day of your life that he may learn
to fear the Lord his God to keep all the words of this law and these statutes and
do them obviously in the New Testament we're not under the law but this God
still wants to keep his commandments is our life gonna be better when we keep
his commandments absolutely so we need to be reading the Bible all the time
every single day and it says why well look at verse 20 that is heart be not
lifted up above his brethren don't be a holier than thou so if you don't read
the Bible then that makes your heart lifted up above your brethren when you
read the Bible and you put yourself on the same level as everybody else you
know you're not going to be lifted up above your brother it's not funny how
you know you think that the holier than thou's are the people that read the
Bible a lot they're like aha I caught you doing this but that's not that's not
it because anybody that actually reads the Bible is gonna realize that they got
a lot of flaws too and that we can be forgiving with our brethren and we can
be forgiving with our brothers and sisters and not put ourselves above them
but you know some of the most wicked people I've ever dealt with in church
life are the holier than thou's some of those wicked pastors I've ever dealt
with are holier than thou's and you know you all dealt with them too and they're
the worst they're one of the worst kind of people and I'm not saying that
everybody that's a holier than thou is a bad person but a lot of the bad people
that I've dealt with are holier than thou's it's just true maybe they're just
not reading their Bible maybe they need to read their Bible so it says that he
turned out aside from the commandment you know we need to read this book all
the days of our life it says to the right hand to the left to the end that
he may prolong his days in the kingdom he and his children in the midst of
Israel so as kings you know it's showing us you know the children are a big part
of our kingdom as kings and priests in the New Testament this is a big deal we
need to command our children prolong our days in the kingdom because you know
what if you don't prolong your days in this life in the kingdom of God then
you're probably gonna lose your family you're gonna lose your kids you can lose
your wife you know God has severe punishments for breaking his commandments
and you know if you just continue to just break him and not care what he says
then maybe he's not gonna care about your marriage maybe he's not gonna care
about your kids you know I mean we got a really you know take a good look at this
and just realize hey this is this is important stuff all right so let's look
at John 13 John 13 so what does it say in Deuteronomy 17 it says not to get you
know or what what does it say in Proverbs chapter 31 not to give your
power unto women lead your home and you know the reality of letting women rule
is I mean we see what it is like in our society now there's nothing more
embarrassing when I see a grown man getting boss around by his wife in a
restaurant it's like shame shame shame or a little child screaming in a
tantrum because they want everything on the shelf and their parents are just
like that's what going back to Egypt will get you though folks your your wife
and your children ruling over you it's not what God wants don't drink strong
drink booze is for losers copy out a Bible and if you can't do that then just
make sure you read it every day and you know what teach your family the Bible if
they got questions answer them don't feel like well just ask the pastor when
you get to church no you should know your Bible you should be able to tell
them what the Bible says and you should be reading it with your children and
preparing them to be the next generation and you know teach other people you can
help other people in your own local church so as kings were supposed to rule
also by example and we by leading by example that means servant leadership
that's what Jesus taught that's what Jesus did Jesus outworked all of his
apostles you know they're still sleeping he's up on a mountain praying before it
even is light outside so Jesus showed us the way that we should go now
obviously a lot of us would fail in a lot of different things that he exceeded
that but he still set the example look at John 13 13 it says you call me
master and Lord and you say well for so I am if I then your Lord and master have
washed your feet you also ought to wash one another's feet for I've given you an
example that you should do as I have done to you I'm not advocating for
foot washing and church services okay what do you say I've given you an
example be like me lead by example love your brethren says verily verily I
stand to you the servant is not greater than his Lord neither he that is sent
greater than he that sent him so look we have an example of Christ how we should
work how we should serve how we should you know raise families he's told us all
these things and we need to be servant leaders don't you know nothing's more
annoying to me than a boss that like he's fresh out of college and he thinks
he knows more than everybody else at the works who's dealt with a guy like that
before now like these interns that come in they want to change everything they
want to reinvent the wheel they want to reinvent all the construction tools and
stuff it's like just shut up buddy and just fit in for a while and then maybe
you can be a leader it's like these pastors that go to Bible College and
they're ordained because they went to Bible College and then they come into a
church and they've never they don't even have a family they don't even have a
wife or children it's like how are you gonna lead a church full of hair-legged
men when you don't even have a wife to lead you've never led anything you've
never you know let a hot dog stand and now all of a sudden you know you're
you're telling people in the church how to live their life like it's a very big
deal the job of a pastor but it's also a big deal for us as just you know anybody
any believer it's a great responsibility for us and God holds men in great
responsibility we should be servant leaders look at Proverbs 30 verse 8 we
also should not be covetous so and in Deuteronomy 17 it kind of alluded to not
stacking silver and gold and multiplying horses you know in the way to do that
by going back to Egypt so you can and multiply horses now some guys just drop
out of church because they're loving money you know and the Bible warns us
against laboring to be rich and the great afflictions that are gonna await
you when you love money more than you love God look at Proverbs 30 verse 8
this is this should be our attitude right here remove me far excuse me
remove far from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty nor riches feed me
with food convenient for me lest I be full and deny thee and say who is the
Lord or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of my God in vain so we
don't want you know there's there's a danger in having too much having too
much of a good thing I think pastor Shelley preached a sermon about that and
you know there's a danger in that so we should just want what we can get to get
us through this life and not just try to stack silver stack horses you know you
have every single type of truck and you know all these different toys and stuff
like that those toys cost money I said this in a sermon on Wednesday if you
weren't there that I literally had a person that I was you know was a great
church member they they they went and bought a new truck and then slowly but
surely they stopped coming to church and then like one time I had a
conversation they were just like you know I just bought this truck and I
really need to work some extra shifts so I'm probably gonna be in church as much
I'm just like there it is you know we as pastors we see the road that you're
heading down and like sometimes I just want to grab people and shake them and
just say what are you doing you're gonna ruin your life you're gonna ruin your
family stop being an idiot and really I think I might just start adopting this
policy anyway because if I just get up and scream it anyway and they still
don't listen then you know maybe I should just grab them and shake it and
say what are you doing idiot you're gonna lose everything that you've worked
for when it comes to the things of the Lord it's better to be a king and a
priest under God than some rich idiot that loses their family lose it their
children lose their souls because church wasn't important enough for you you walk
in every once in a while on a Sunday morning you know and people you know I
love it when people come back but I always think well I'll see them again in
three weeks that ought not to be us so give me neither poverty nor wealth right
feed me with the things that are convenient for me don't multiply horses
don't multiply wives be content with such things as you have don't be
covetous you know Moses when he was picking people to help him to give some
of the workload to them he was one of the things that they were not supposed
to be was covetous covetousness will just ruin your life also so be content
with the things that you have look you know I remember a long time ago I turned
on a supervisor job and I know this is a dump this is a dumb story but this it
really did like work to like make me not do it I was gonna have to work nights
and my kids were young still and I remember thinking by seniority I might
not ever get off this shift and I'm gonna be making a lot more money I'm
gonna have a lot more clout or whatever you know a lot more respect at work
whatever I mean it's a good career path to go down and that song cats in the
cradle in the silver spoon started playing on the mic or on the on the
speaker system I was just like man what a dumb way to get me to turn I should
have it should have been God's Word telling me don't do this idiot but I
still I I decided not to you know take this job because I would just you know I
was supposed to start coaching my or help coach my son in football now and I
would start missing because they just started putting me on the shift just to
cover for it and I just turned it down you know what because what who cares if
you gain the whole world to lose your kids is soul working nights I mean that
obviously some people have to work nights I've done my share and if it's a
temporary thing cool but if you're just gonna be a shift worker for your whole
life it's gonna take a toll on your family and to be there with your kids
when they're growing up you know if you establish that relationship with them
you know you're gonna have a good relationship with them later on so and
as men we should be the ones that are in the battles here's another thing in in
modern day society where women have not been on the battlefield traditionally
I'm talking about in like real wars and things like that and I watched this
video where this let this lady she's in the military you guys have probably seen
it has a Shelley put it on his show the other night and she's like standing here
with one of those things where you fight with the sticks or whatever and it has
like the things on the end and this guy's like commentating on how stupid
this lady is the guy just runs across just like hits her and just then he's
just like starts ground-and-pounder with her and all the people are having to
pull her off look women are not meant to be on a battlefield men are supposed to
go forth to battle the Kings are supposed to go forth to battle and even
the priests in the Old Testament were supposed to go forth and battle look at
second Samuel chapter 11 verse 1 second Samuel chapter 11 verse 1 but that video
is so funny because like it just shows I mean think about if you're on a real
battlefield and that girl's next to you I mean talk about just your heart
melting in fear you know and like even with like fire department jobs like they
had to make the test way easier in order for them to pass and they can
still barely do it and like I think Vancouver Washington was the first
all-women's fire department you know they have these crews it was all women
they're just like putting it on the internet like they're all huh well how
would you like to be the one that your house is burning down and all the same
things that they had they they could test slower on because they're women and
weak and they can't lift the body out of a burning building by themselves as a
man you have to be able to do that so you want to be the the house that's you
know all sudden the women are showing up and you're like would you hurry up and
like hook up the hose and like it takes like five women to drag the hose over
there you have to be able to pull hoses up up storage you know stories and
levels and there's just a lot of things that women can't do physically and you
know when men are the one are supposed to go out and battle right so look at
second Samuel chapter 11 verse 1 it says and it came to pass after the year was
expired at the time when Kings go forth to battle does it say Kings and Queens
no it doesn't says Kings right that David sent Joab and his servants with
him and all Israel they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabah but
David tarried still at Jerusalem don't Terry still at Jerusalem because you
know what the next thing that happens is David is caught being idle doing you
know walking around on building tops that the you know at eventide in the
evening while his people are fighting and his men are fighting he's just like
hey I think we'll just go for a walk and he's like sees Bathsheba and then you
know David is David is a great man of God a man after God's own heart but
there's still that stigma about him what's the stigma about David what's the
Bible say anybody know huh yeah so you know it mentions that he was like did
all these great things that it says except for the case of your right of the
head tight it's just always gonna follow him and right now he might be in heaven
just be like man I got to mention it one more time but when we sin a great sin
that can be the effect of it and we need to be men that are willing to go out and
battle don't stay by with the wives and the children on a hot day while all the
other men are out soloing go out to the battle we should be willing to get into
the fight get behind your pastor and I'm not saying to do anything to anybody or
anything like that physically I'm talking about spiritually be behind him
praying for him you know and I know that that steadfast and pure words are you
guys the soldiers are in this room and a lot of things have changed since
pastor Shelley became the pastor of these you know steadfast and obviously
pure words and there's a great group of guys here you guys are all awesome and
you know but think about what the church was like before he came you know he had
a lot of battles didn't he are you still battling right now he's always in a
battle but you know what you guys got to get his back don't start complaining
about the long hard battle get in and help him fight whatever that means and
I'm not talking about physically okay that'll be twisted against me somehow
say he's calling for violence no I'm not just saying the men are the one are
supposed to be in the battles you know in real war and in the war of the
spiritual war that we're in so you know are you being a royal priest is that
what you're doing right now is that where your life is headed right now are
you like the king of lazy don't be the king of lazy be the king of you know man
of activity are you the king of not attending church services nobody wants
to be that king you're like well you know sometimes I just have to quit
making excuses all right don't take jobs that are gonna keep you out of church
God's gonna bless you even though you're making less at another job if you're
just gonna say I'm gonna serve you Lord yeah and are you the king of not
reading your Bible like I don't even know what you're talking about pastor
I've never even seen these verses well maybe you need to read your Bible are
you the king of bad husbands I mean that's not a kingdom that we want to be
the king of being a king of bad husbands or the king of bad fathers that what your
title is the king of bad fathers you know we need to be the kings that God
made us to be and we got to fulfill those roles and they're big shoes to
fill there's a lot of responsibility you know God's not gonna he's not gonna say
oh your wife you know I'm just gonna give you an excuse because your wife was
just bad or whatever it's just like no he holds the husband the man of the
house responsible did he hold Eve responsible or did he hold Adam Adam
alright that he's the husband obviously she screwed up and made a big mistake
and but yeah like that show he said last night he didn't she didn't have to give
it to him she could have just died and then let somebody else be formed over
his other rib you know she really loved him that much right but by one man sin
entered in the world and death by sin so death passed upon all men for that all
have sinned that's the reason God held him responsible and you know what he's
gonna hold you responsible quit making excuses that you know my wife this and
that will just make her better help her you know and wives need to help their
husbands you know instead of just fighting us on every single thing maybe
they should just get on board and help us out be the help meet that God made
them to be it didn't say that man was made for woman though but the woman was
made for the man you know and that hair lips a lot of people it gets people
really upset especially you know these feminists green-haired freaks with all
the earrings in their face it makes them mad but it make you know but because of
just how society is it makes Christian women mad too you're like well what are
you saying that we're just worthless I'm not saying that you know people like you
just hate women I love women I'm married to one you know I love women I
love my daughters I love my granddaughters I got seven
granddaughters and I love them all and one grandson you know and he's he's the
prodigy right now but he's gonna be the king of all the grandkids for a while
but anyway I'm just kidding but on earth we were given a David like figure to
follow and that's through your pastor and I just want to talk about that for
just a few more minutes and then I'll be done here pretty quickly so it's not
gonna be an hour and a half sermon I hope you guys like it's almost an hour
okay quit whining I've never preached till midnight that's a fact so anyway
you need to get behind your pastor and rally around them you know realize your
pastor is not perfect for sinless and you know what sometimes he's gonna make
mistakes and people just kind of get this idea that pastors can never make a
mistake their kids can never make a mistake anybody in their family can
ever make a mistake that's just not true that's not what the Bible says it
doesn't say that pastors are sinless does it does it say their children are
sinless no it doesn't say that because you know what nobody's sinless obviously
we're supposed to rule our family well and all that stuff but you know we're
not sinless pastor Shelley's gonna make mistakes but instead of just saying you
know it's funny how people just be like they'll follow a pastor follow them and
then they make one mistake and they're like I can't follow this guy anymore it's
like what about all the stupid mistakes that you make all the time you make a
lot more mistakes too you know and and then when you're in leadership you're on
a spotlight and you know and rightly so God wants us you know he wants us to be
a cut above and a lot of different things but all the things that are
qualifications of pastors should be all the things that you guys are supposed to
be doing too in reality but maybe just not being a pastor not everybody's
called to be a pastor not everybody has the qualifications but get behind the
one you have and quit trying to act like you know he's got to be perfect
sinlessly perfect or his family because that's not what the Bible says says to
have your family in subjection that means when you drop the hammer and tell
them what to do they're gonna do what you say right but people just get this
weird idea that pastors kids are sinless I've noticed a lot of bad people attack
the pastor's wife a lot of bad people attack the pastor's kids and it's just
it's just something I knew going into the ministry and it's something I've
experienced and it's something I've seen other people do to other pastors and
it's wicked you know once you look at your the perfect law of liberty not the
not the dumb Baptist Church yeah pastored by that idiot Adam Fannin I'm
talking about the Bible look in the perfect law of liberty and quit being
double-minded in all your ways look at what it says and and what you're
supposed to get is the reflection of what you're supposed to be and if your
life isn't matching up to that then work on it but don't you know you know try to
knock on the neighbor's door and make sure that their life's in order that's
what holier than I was like to do oh I didn't hear it shut up get your life
together get your act together first anyway look at Proverbs chapter 25 verse
23
and and just also you know sometimes people like to talk crap about the
pastor behind their back to other people in the church but you know if you're
receiving that accusation or receiving the things that they say about him maybe
just walk that person over to pastor and say here pastor Shelley this this guy
has a problem with you in this area and I guarantee you they'll never do that to
you again I guarantee you
you'll super sand but anyway Proverbs 25 verse 23 says the north wind drive with
the way rain so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue just
just look at them like you know just give them a just give them a fierce
countenance look and they'll stop you know sometimes people just need to be
told what they're doing is wrong I think that sometimes as Christians we're
always trying to be so nice and yes you should be nice but there's times when
you need to rebuke people and when they're talking crap about your pastor
or your pastor's wife or your pastor's kids you should check them and if it's
just giving them a stern look or just walking over with them to go no no no
come on no you want to talk about pastor Shelley why don't you say to his face
because you know you're not supposed to receive an accusation against an elder
except for by two or three witnesses so when they're doing that they're doing
something wicked and it needs to be checked look at Hebrews chapter 13 verse
7 Hebrews chapter 13 verse 7 I love Hebrews chapter 13 verse 7 I think it's
it's got three I mean there's a lot of great scriptures in here but there's
three great ones about pastors and it says in verse 7 remember them that have
the rule over you who have spoken unto you the Word of God obviously it's
talking about a pastor whose faith follow considering the end of their
conversation so pastor Shelley was talking about about people that you know
you need to find someone to follow well why don't you follow your pastor you
know he's doing great works Paul said follow me as I follow Christ well right
here is saying whose faith follow who's it talking about here it's talking about
your pastor and I realized today there's a lot of pastors are not worth
following but you know that one is and he's worth following and consider the
end of their conversation was that talking about their lifestyle how's he
living his life well consider those things but follow his faith you know and
obviously we don't have to follow every single thing that they do but follow
them you know they're setting an example for you as the pastor follow them and it
says remember them what does that mean well once you pray for your pastor you
know because this being a pastor in a church like this with you know a lot of
great spiritual things going on and you know a lot of spiritual warfare going on
you know he could use your prayers you're you know you remember other
people remember your pastor that's what the Bible says right verse 17 obey them
that have the rule over you don't go to advice to pastor Shelley and then just
completely ignore everything he just said quit shopping for advice you know
you ask the pastor then you'll call some other pastor like well what do you think
about this it's like you're just trying to get the answer that you want so if
they say if you go to your pastor for advice be prepared to listen to what the
advice is and do it you know we don't just like I don't just dream for people
like okay I really wish this person would come to me for counsel you know
not that I don't want to give counsel but it's just like I got a lot of things
to do and wasting my time isn't one of them so if you're gonna just come to me
and and you're not gonna listen what I have to say don't waste my time just do
what you're gonna do and don't try to make me the blame for what you're doing
that's what another thing that people like to do with pastors is they wait for
the thing that they don't like them doing and they're like I'm quitting the
church and this happens a lot it's never because they suck it's never because
they're idiots it's never because they just couldn't cut the mustard it's
because pastor Shelley said a bad word or whatever
who cares like you're perverting children as your children share the
perverted meme or whatever that they're saying and then put the put the whole
word so everybody can say and then share it to other people it's just like people
are such hypocrites but anyway it says and submit yourselves so obey them and
submit yourselves to the to the who the person that's the pastor right and it
says for they watch for your souls as they might or excuse me as they that
must give account and they may do it with joy and not with grief so that is
unprofitable for you so there's nothing worse than having to deal with bozos as
a pastor it's it sucks because it's like they're not giving you enough to kick
them out you know they're a bozo but and they're just a pain in your neck but
some people are just you know they're saved and they and they you know are a
pain in our neck so don't be a pain in the neck to your pastor you know be a
big good priest be a good king and you know pastor Shelley is basically the
king of the church I guess if you want to call it that he's the one that's in
charge he's the one that's ruling over you know like it's it's not what kind of
car you're gonna buy it's not what color to paint your house it's not what
job to take necessarily you know he's trying to he's the ruler of the house of
God and to make sure that everything is going the way it's supposed to go
everything's decently in an order the service is in order the preaching is in
order the singing is in order that's his job and also to kind of correct the
people that just never seem to want to be corrected it's like hey please quit
letting your kids run around the church the next like five minutes later their
kids your kids are running around the church hey when he's we don't just make
up rules just to make up rules hey quit running the church just because we don't
like kids to have fun is that why you think we make that rule or is it because
they're gonna knock some old person over that they can't see some little kid
knocking into them it's like you know yeah it's an accident but isn't it an
accident when you keep letting them do something that you ask them not to do
right and listen I know that this is a popular thing with guys sometimes that
you never watch your kids but you both have kids together and if your wife
isn't watching them or maybe you have some set agreement whatever you're the
king of your house you do what you want but I'm just saying maybe help your wife
out every once in a while instead of just continuing your conversation as
your kids just you know tearing the church to pieces or something so anyway
I know it's getting quiet in here but they don't want to have to be your
pastor with grief we don't want to have to be your pastor with grief just it
says obey them you know the law came because of transgressions when church
rules are made you know why they're made because of transgressions you know the
church gets bigger and then you know it's it's hard you know it's hard
sometimes because the kids are like there they got a lot of energy and all
that stuff but you know find something else for them to do they don't have to
run around the church and terrorize people right and he didn't tell me to
preach this I'm just saying that every pastor deals with this okay like you
gotta put like a rule book a second the second law
Deuteronomy we gotta put a new law you know you're under this law and we don't
like to have to do that but you know one bad apple you know spoils the bunch
so all it takes is one person doing the one dumb thing that we haven't said
there's a rule about and then there's a rule about it you know so don't be that
guy but you're and and here's the other thing we're gonna says the verse 24 it
says salute all them that have the rule over you you know it's okay to just say
hi to your pastor and shake his hand yeah I think it's weird when people
avoid me I'm like why are they avoiding me because I don't avoid them well it's
like you had a problem that's something you want to say to me but you're too
scared they always say they're always tough when they leave to like yeah they
do this and they do that it's like well why don't you come to me and talk to me
about it then you coward you spineless coward this all past it's all
bastard Thompson's fall cuz we left it's like no it's your fault because you're
weak it's your fault because you let your wife tell you what to do it's your
fault because you're covetous it's your fault because you don't show up for
church it's your fault because you don't read the Bible it's your fault because
you just suck as a Christian it says sucking as a Christian why don't you
just get better I quit trying to blame the pastor for all your problems
everything changed when I came to this church no maybe you should have changed
when you came to this church and maybe your life would be better your pastor
shouldn't have to track you down every week to find out where you're at I mean
yeah we are under shepherds and shepherds are supposed to try to bring
the fold back in yeah and I do that and I do want to do that but we shouldn't
have to turn you know there shouldn't be have to we wrangle you one week and then
you cut your faithful for a few weeks and then we have to wrangle you again
just show up to church dummy that's your responsibility that God gave you and all
you're doing is teaching your kids to forsake Church all you're doing is
teaching your kids to not be spiritual it shouldn't even be an option just go
to church get up and go to church quit being lazy oh I don't feel good I'm
sorry shut up man that's so weak no I really am tired everybody else is tired
everybody else is busy you're not busier than everybody else and if you're too
busy to serve God then maybe you need to stop being so busy be busy about the
right things be busy about the things that God's called us to do instead of
worried about Egypt and worried about your horses and worried about stacking
up gold and silver and worried about somebody else's wife you know and as
pastor Shelley said last night some other training on the Internet I mean
was that yeah see it's still it's still hitting hard right from last night
there was some real quiet times after they said that so anyway again we're not
called to be priestesses and queens it's priests and kings get it right be
manly and you know as Christians we should always be the best single men we
should be the best husbands we should be the best fathers we should be the
best and most obedient workers we should be the most spiritual and we should be
faithful in all of our Christian duties and let me just tell you the real easy
ones I covered them the other night but let me tell you again be free to thrive
pray read your Bible go soul winning be a separated Christian no you notice when
he said that their priests there's you know they're sanctified holy separated
you know we're supposed to be different than other people that's what being set
apart is all about so and then stay that way don't quit don't go back to the
heathen don't be like the heathen and you know I mean obviously the new IFB is
just like we're a loosely or maybe not loosely but we're associated with each
other because we have a lot of the same beliefs you know we're friends with
other churches that believe like us I'm friends with other pastors that believe
like me that's the natural order of things what am I supposed to be friends
with the Pentecostals or something or the old life be church church pastors
that don't even have kids or a wife like what do I have in common with someone
it's not even qualified so as new IFB type believers we shouldn't be known as
the least spiritual of all the churches we shouldn't be the worst examples you
know we're the ones that are getting the hard preaching so we shouldn't be the
ones that are all the worst we don't want to be the worst of the worst we
want to be the best of the best when people you know say something bad about
us it's our doctrine the things that we believe they don't agree with that but
it shouldn't be what we live like that they say oh they're the worst there they
cuss or whatever they think hell's a cuss word though so they think dams a
customer they think bastard and piss or cuss words so you can't help that I mean
people are just going to be done but they shouldn't people shouldn't look at
us and think they're the meanest nastiest and you know they're the worst
Christians their church is filled with fornication that should not be said
among us we're the ones that kick people out but obviously we can't control what
everybody does in secret you know God roots those people out on his own or
allows us to come to the knowledge of it let's turn to one last verse and we'll
be done 1st Corinthians 16 you know people should say when they see men in
our churches they should say these guys are solid on everything even if they
don't like some of the things we believe at least they know that we have
character at least they know that we have morals at least they know that we
actually believe the Bible we read the Bible we go soul winning and you know
they get envious of things like that because they're not doing them and so
they just try to hate on us but let it not be our examples in our daily lives
don't let them judge us based upon the things that we're doing in our daily
lives and say look that's the fruit of the new IFP so don't don't let that be
you 1st Corinthians 16 verse 13 watch ye stand fast in the faith quit you like
men be strong you think the Apostle Paul was a weenie I mean every time he walked
into a place he's like am I gonna get beaten with rods this time or someone
gonna throw rocks at me you know what's gonna happen they're gonna throw me in
jail beat me some more he was a man's man you know he was probably a small guy
his name was Paul and that means little but he wasn't little in courage he
wasn't little in faith and he was definitely watching out for other people
watching out for other churches watching for the Lord Jesus Christ leading and
that's the way we should be as men too it says let all your things be done
with charity I beseech you brethren you know the house of Stephanus that is the
first fruits of a Kia and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of
the Saints pastor Shelley talked a lot about addiction to alcohol last night
well why don't we get some addicts to the ministry I only have some people
that are addicted to coming to church addicted to reading their Bible addicted
to going soul winning you're like that those are some good addictions you know
they say that when you're addicted to something that you replace it with
something else you know people that smoke go to chew or they go to you know
people go to alcohol go to whatever you know it's just people that have
addictive personalities will go to the next addiction but why don't you instead
replace it with something great replace it with the ministry replace it and
fulfill your roles as priests and kings under the Lord let's pray order thank
you so much for the fact that you count on us and that you love us and that you
want us to be priests and kings unto you and Lord I pray that we would just take
that ministry that you've given us Lord and that we would take it seriously we
would lead our families would be leaders in our church and that we would follow
you all the days of our lives as we know that in eternity we're gonna be
following you and serving you anyway but you just help us in our in our families
help us to be great leaders Lord if we're lacking wisdom I pray that we'd
ask for it and that we would listen to what you have to say in your book pray
these things in Jesus name amen