Bless now the going forth of your word
to our hearts and father, we pray that
we would leave this Wednesday night More in
love with Jesus more on fire in an
age and in a nation that needs a
true witness of Christ Lord make us Revolutionaries
as it were for the kingdom of God
it is time Lord That America father be
revived and that's not going to happen unless
your people are revived And Lord, we know
that you're the God of revival You love
doing it So father we're asking you right
now to do it in our lives start
right here as an epicenter of revival Lord
start in this corner of this continent in
Southern California and Lord cause an earthquake in
the spirit to ripple across this nation Start
with us father.
We pray in Jesus name and all God's
people said amen What church grab your Bibles
this evening and turn if you would to
two places as we Normally do on Wednesday
nights and that is Matthew chapter 28 Matthew
chapter 28 and we'll read it there in
a moment and lamentations Chapter 3 lamentations.
It's just after the book of Jeremiah and
just before the book of Ezekiel Just after
Jeremiah and just before Ezekiel is the book
of lamentations written by Jeremiah the prophet Lamentations,
but first first Matthew chapter 28 tonight we're
looking at the discipline of Dependability, what does
that mean as we go through this special
series on Wednesday nights about the disciplines of
life?
What does it mean to be?
dependable What is God's definition of it?
And what does it mean?
And what does it look like in our
lives?
We're gonna talk about that tonight and Lord
willing learn of that tonight So Matthew chapter
28 Regarding the disciplines of life.
Jesus said all authority has been given to
me in heaven and on earth Go therefore
and make disciples of all nations Baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit teaching
them to observe all things that I've commanded
you and Behold, and I love this.
I am with you always Even to the
end of the world now lamentations chapter 3
verse 27 the discipline of dependability It is
good for a man to bear the yoke
in his youth Let him sit alone and
keep silent Because God has laid it on
him Let him put his mouth to the
dust and there may yet be hope What
a strong word It is good for a
man to bear the yoke in his youth
Who and what you and I are and
what we become listen church is formed and
shaped in our early years It's interesting to
me that Karl Marx Joseph Stalin Fidel Castro
Have all announced throughout the careers of their
tyranny that if we can just get the
youth of a culture Then we'll get the
future that is the future is the youth
when you can control the youth you will
control the future America has a brand new
future That's happening right before our eyes because
the youth now are growing up and they're
voters and they're in The economy and they're
in the neighborhood and they have now Advanced
and there's a whole nother generation coming behind
them.
That's the way it has always been That's
the way it shall be until the Lord
comes back, but keep this in mind the
person that you are today The life that
you live is very much formed by your
early years The struggles that you and I
go through in our own private life The
the things that we need to get victory
over how much of what you and I
struggle with as Christians are things that are
What we'll call residuals of our lives How
much of that is something that Controls us
versus something that through the power of God
is able to be overcome I would say
this that no matter who we are in
Christ as we'll see by The end of
this message that no matter what kind of
upbringing that you've ever had in your life
No matter how dark the painting or picture
can be that the Bible says through Christ
We are more than conquerors and that's very
good news The Bible says in the book
of Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 1 It says
remember now your creator in the days of
your youth check this out Before the difficult
days come and the years draw near when
you say I have no pleasure in them
Think of that as you're young remember now
the days Remember the Creator your God in
the days of your youth Listen church family
as we are young people gathered around here
right now as we as young people That
doesn't matter what age you are right now.
If you've got some years to live you're
younger now than you will be later Right
and what I'm talking about is we need
to remember the Lord our God in the
days of our youth Because there are days
coming when the scripture says we will have
no pleasure in those days Now for some
that are older and getting on in years
or maybe it's sickness or disease or ailment
life is a burden Life is difficult Life
gets hard.
It's a struggle to get out of bed
for some people when in earlier years it
was something that they never thought about and
God says you remember me in your youth
There is no reason why our young people
today in America or for that matter in
the world Should have some sort of an
excuse as to why they can't follow Jesus
because they're young Oh, no, it's the other
way around because they are young.
They should be following Jesus absolutely 100%
crazy for God This nation this world needs
to see kids crazy for God once again
kids that are alive for Christ and there's
certain laws by the way and all of
nature that you and I obey every day
the The laws that take place in nature
gravity's working on us all right there's entropy
Which is the second law of thermodynamics?
Entropy declares that everything and in the scientific
world and the observable universe is going from
an ordered state To a chaotic state.
Did you know that?
That's what the Bible says too, by the
way, that's what science is everything's going from
a perfect state to a disastrous state things
are Unwinding we know that this the the
burn rate of the Sun for example is
Diminishing it's losing strength you and I as
humans are losing strength.
We know from Philosophy and also from science
at the moment a child is born that
a child begins to die Even at its
young age why because it started that downward
progression of life.
It's going to Against the clock the clock
is as it were Against life and it
doesn't matter what you and I do in
all of this life There's not enough Botox
or saline or our corrective surgery or whatever
that it's going to make That change there
are laws that God has established and one
of those things is how you and I
listen are Disciplining our lives as believers and
I'm gonna say some things tonight that need
to be said Things that parents need to
be listening to and If they're not gonna
listen to it, then you young people tonight
you tune in and listen and be better
off for it Remember listen, I'm not your
parent.
I'm not your dad so I get to
tell you stuff that I really really value
and You can you can choose to take
it and live it out or not That's
your choice, but I hope you do take
it before we get into this jot down
2nd Corinthians 416 2nd Corinthians 416 says therefore
we do not lose heart even though our
outward man is perishing Yet our inward man
is being renewed day by day That's the
last thing in a young person's mind This
evening is my outward man's perishing because when
you're young you're deceived by how you feel
you feel so good And I want to
challenge you because listen us old people now
we would say man, I remember I was
reading them Benjamin Franklin and he was talking
to Thomas Jefferson and The conversation went this
way that somebody's age was stated and the
guy was 70 years old I'm 70 years
old today and Benjamin Franklin who was well
into his 80s turned to Jefferson and said
Oh to be 70 again Well think about
that for a moment I'm 52 Oh to
be 32 again Why because I know more
now than I did then But now I
don't have the energy to pull off what
I know, which is the right thing to
do If I had life you've heard this
before if I had life to live all
over again I would do it this way
or I do it that way.
Where does that come from based upon life's
experience lived in Light of God and then
to look back and say you see young
people you go Don't do that and they
think what do you know you old-timer?
You know and then they their car blows
up or they run into the glass wall
and you say I told you and there's
some bit of pleasure by the way for
us old people watching you do that, but
But when you're young you need to be
focused more on God than ever before Because
what you're sowing to in your youth will
matter later on in life The things that
you and I are enjoying right now as
older believers is because we invested and the
things of God early on in life I'm
so grateful for my spiritual heritage and That
Christ saved me young in life at the
age of 19 now if I had to
do it my way I guess I would
have said I wish I would have been
grown up in a Christian home, but God
knows his plan but these influences that you
and I have had in our lives have
caused you and I to have certain disciplines
in our life and These disciplines become our
lifestyle.
So here we go.
Number one is this the discipline of dependability
is this That we are to be training
our new hearts we had jot that down
as a Christian tonight You've been granted a
brand new heart my friends listen, do not
think for a moment that you can come
into religion and just carry your old world
into some Preconceived notion that you've just added
religion onto your life.
No you and I have been given as
a believer Christian a new heart.
That's what that's one of the great hallmarks
of God's work in our lives We don't
become religious we become new people We've been
given a new heart and we've got to
train that new heart Instructed in the things
of God.
It's been well said that the heart is
the great Fundamental isn't a great statement.
The heart is the great Fundamental Noah Webster
and his 1828 dictionary says that dependability is
the act of loyalty reliability steadfastness Weber Webster
adds as in a dependable friend, isn't that
a beautiful thing to him?
He writes That dependability is that which is
found like it is in a dependable friend
loyalty Reliability steadfastness That's a strong word.
Jesus said it this way and Matthew 5
8 regarding the heart blessed are the pure
in Heart for they shall see God have
you ever thought about that for a minute?
Think about that.
This is not the study I want to
give right now, but let me put this
in front of you blessed are the pure
in heart For they shall see God you
want to freak out for a moment God
is Father Son Holy Spirit In eternity By
the way the pure in heart there's not
gonna be a section in in heaven where
the pure in heart sit Did you know
that?
Well, I'll be a peacemaker.
I'll be over here.
No, you're not No, no those in heaven
Will have all of those things because the
true believer in Their heart right now you
right here this evening.
You're you long to be a peacemaker You
long to be pure in heart, don't you?
The four of us do right here Pure
in heart see what does that mean?
They shall see God how how are we
gonna see the Holy Spirit in heaven?
I don't know, but we're gonna It says
God you will see God How are we
gonna see God the Father when the Bible
tells us that no man can look upon
him because you will be glorified You will
be in your glorified state.
You will be in your absolute total redeemed
state Wow Obviously we can really relate and
associate and so we should with Jesus Christ
But to see the Holy Spirit to see
the Father to see the Son Blessed are
the pure in heart for they shall see
God that is going to be an awesome
moment and when we talk about the disciplines
of Dependability we're talking about something that is
installed in the character of a believer a
brand new hearts been given to us Now,
why do we need a new heart?
Because the Bible says in Jeremiah 17 9
now watch the doors.
This is where people leave Watch this Cameras
get ready follow them out all the way
Because nobody wants to hear this if they're
deceived but if you're honest with yourself, you'll
say wow the Bible like looks down into
my soul Jeremiah 17 9 says this is
God speaking.
The heart is deceitful above all things It's
desperately wicked Who can know it if you
keep reading verse 10 God says I know
it God knows You know that the hearts
wicked says the Bible.
It's deceitful It needs to be renewed.
It needs to be changed I should say
a new heart and that heart needs to
be trained in the things of God that's
being born again Jesus said in Psalm 14
1 the Bible says I love this go
out tonight.
It's gonna be crystal clear Look at the
stars.
It's been beautiful at night for the last
10 months The fool has said in his
heart.
There is no God Look up at those
stars because the Bible says the heavens declare
the glory of God You think of that
boy this morning?
I was outside early.
It was beautiful and it was dark and
the sky was so brilliant and you think
about the heavens declare the glory of God
and sometimes when I'm looking at the heavens
and You're thinking about that.
It's almost as though as the scripture says
that Day and today night and night and
tonight and day and today they utter their
speech and there's no place Where their voice
is not heard.
It means that the heavens are shouting to
a world.
That's looking on God is right real But
the fool says in his heart.
No God, there's no God.
There's no God.
There's no God Wow Well, listen This is
the very reason why as Jesus said we
must be born again to enter the kingdom
of heaven We need a brand new heart
in the moment that we come to Christ
that heart needs to be trained in the
things of God Ezekiel 36 26 says that
God speaks to the believer and he says
I will give you a new heart and
I will put my spirit within You a
brand new life in 2nd Corinthians 5 you
got to write these down fast I have
a lot of verses in 2nd Corinthians 5
16 The Bible says therefore from now on
we regard no one according to the flesh.
I quote this verse often.
I love it We don't look at each
other any longer according to the flesh even
though we have known Christ according to the
flesh Yet now we know him thus no
longer.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ He is
a new creation all things have passed away
behold all things have become New do we
believe that tonight's?
Listen, have you had a rough life has
the input into your life been very bad
Have you had horrible parents or horrible grandparents
or did somebody raise you were you raised
by a pack of wolves in the wilderness?
Whatever that was listen, you are not an
animal you have been created in the image
of God You're not an angel.
You're redeemable angels are not You are God's
treasure so much.
So he says I've sent my son To
die on the cross for your sins and
to not only pay the price that you
and I couldn't pay for our sin He
did that Washing away the sin of yours
and mine, but on top of it giving
us a brand new start in life All
the stuff that mark it down in your
head.
Just think for a moment.
All the stuff that we would say is
against us Is it life somebody might say
life's not fair.
Let me tell you something.
Absolutely not Life's not fair.
It's not supposed to be fair Where do
we get that concept?
Well, it was not fair For you to
say that life's not fair is for you
to immediately admit that there is something better
and To assume that what's difficult must be
bad Somebody I was talking to someone yesterday
at the hospital and they said well the
worst thing that can happen is and They
said what they said and I said, but
is that really the worst thing that could
happen?
Yeah, yeah, actually that's yeah.
That's what they said.
Is it really the worst thing that could
happen?
That this person real life ends in death
Not for the believer.
That's not the worst thing that can happen
See we get this concept and let me
tell you something right now.
We need to rejoice.
God is not fair regarding salvation either You
don't want God fair regarding salvation Fair is
all the super nice good people get to
go to heaven where the rest of us
gonna go Jesus died for the entire world
He died for the sins of all humanity
at the cross and that's an awesome thing.
That's a wonderful thing so the newness of
Life that he gives us listen is Observable
in this area of God working in you
dependability and Man, I got it.
I feel like a salmon right now swimming
upstream with what I'm about to say our
culture Is all but lost Because Somewhere along
the line our kids have been sold the
bill of goods Just get by don't excel
Don't be The star student don't get all
happy faces.
Don't get straight A's you'll make everybody else
feel bad Don't be Innovative don't be listen
We have been sold down the river of
Just getting by in life and now we
come listen, there's something there's something to suffering
there is something to Duty, there is something
to Having to be dependable mom dad if
you think having junior at Eight years of
age learn how to take the trash cans
out even the trash even though the trash
cans taller than him You think that's evil
because you've been sold an absolutely insane way
of thinking listen Do you understand that when
you're training jr.
To take the trash can out you are
building in his life character.
I Want you to mow the lawn the
lawnmower might be too big for him But
put him put her in situations where they
need to sweat and learn and try and
try again We have a culture that says
if it's too hard quit and It's wrong
because you know what it translates into life
and you have a bunch of people walking
around in life They're not dependable, but they're
holding their hand out saying give me give
me give me it's mine.
It's mine I don't need to earn it
hand it to me and Yet every great
achievement in the world for that matter in
America has been because people have put their
blood sweat and tears You see what does
that have to do with what we're talking
about?
Because in spiritual matters too many young people
did air brought up saying well, you know
what whatever and When I read my Bible,
I see young people pursuing hungering.
Can I say?
lusting after God Passionate for him the Bible
says in 1st Corinthians 1557 but thanks be
to God who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ stop right there He
gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
So what does that mean?
Well, I guess we just sit around and
wait for the cake to arrive No We
are to war in the things of the
Spirit, right?
We are to put on the armor of
God the victories been given thus we go
to war and the things of God Therefore
my beloved brethren be here's that word dependable
steadfast Immovable always abounding in the work of
the Lord knowing that your labor your what?
Can I hear that again?
Your labor is not in vain in the
Lord.
Are we teaching our young people today?
Do our junior hires and high schoolers know
that they were to be laboring than the
things of God.
It's hard.
It's difficult It's tough Because you know what
life is hard difficult and tough So tomorrow
night we'll have a three-time gold medalist
speaking to us.
And how do you think that happened?
You think they just walked up there in
Greece or in Australia and handed her the
gold medals It's a ego looks good on
you Kind of goes with your skin tone,
you know a life was devoted to that
and As believers is eternity as heaven is
Christ So important to us that we will
absolutely be sold out for him.
Oh I'm telling you it's the only way
to live and it's the only way that
we're gonna have life There is no life
lived in some mediocre state and Maybe we're
too old to hear this message tonight, but
there might be a young person listening That
might be the next person who either Takes
the pulpit for Billy Graham or I don't
know what Becomes the next president.
The Lord knows we need a new governor
right Dependability is proven through difficult times in
life 2nd Corinthians 1 5 1-7 says
and our hope for you is Steadfast because
we know that as you are partakers of
the sufferings So also you will be partaker
of the consolation.
That is the comfort Heart maintenance is required
daily as a Christian We're to train our
hearts up in the things of God and
to understand that what I'm embarking upon is
gonna be difficult Don't raise your hand tonight,
please.
But are you not a Christian tonight?
Well, let me tell you something right now
your friend may have brought you here tonight,
they bought you dinner maybe and Brought you
here and Well, I want to be the
first to tell you being a Christian is
the hardest thing in this world to be.
Oh Great.
Thanks.
Now.
My friend's not gonna come to Christ.
Oh, no.
No, listen You can sleep in and snooze
and dream Daydream your whole life away.
Anybody can do that But the moment you
become a Christian for real I'm talking real
Z's I'm talking a real Christian I'm not
talking about a Sunday Christian world's full of
Sunday Christians.
I'm talking about a real Christian.
I'm talking like a Wednesday night Christian And
a Monday and a Tuesday, right It will
be hard because what we are living for
the one that we're living for and what
we're doing in this world is Real and
everlasting and isn't it amazing?
I was thinking about this as we were
praying before the service started how I mean
we have we've come into our age Think
about it.
We have arrived.
You see what I mean?
Everything I'm watching on the news this evening
has to do with faith Okay, some state
just ruled the cross Oh, Utah no more
crosses signifying a place of death or Where
somebody was in an accident that crop because
they said it promotes one particular religion No
crosses take them down remove them And so
the cross is under attack the Ten Commandments
are an attack all this and it has
everything to do with my Christianity This is
an awesome time He's a man.
I don't want to get involved in that
then don't But I got to tell you
something This is an amazing time because everything
that the Lord has put in his word
and what was once great of this nation
is under attack In fact right now Oh
Nancy Pelosi is now petitioning to launch an
investigation on people who are against the New
York mosque Nancy Pelosi Nancy, are you listening
Nancy?
Are you there?
Call me call me?
Call me Nancy Pelosi There's a whole lot
of people here that would love to be
investigated Regarding this issue here Are you kidding
me?
This is amazing Just for fun just for
fun We should go to New York and
we should pull a permit to build a
ground zero church And see what happens.
Do you know what would happen?
There would be a riot That can't happen
separation of church and state What am I
saying as a believer?
It is amazing thing to realize that what
we're fighting for is truth We are on
the side of God We're not asking God
to get on our side.
That's a bad Ronald Reagan said don't ask
God to be on our side We better
be on God's side.
There's a big difference.
We need to make sure that we're on
God's side And so that's tremendous and Hebrews
314 the Bible says for We have become
partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning
of our confidence steadfast to the end We're
Christians before we're Americans.
We're Christians before we're Californians.
We're Christians above all things Because he is
steadfast we get to be steadfast Hebrews 6
18 says know this that by two Immutable
things God is immutable.
There's No one else is immutable.
That is he is perfect in which it
is impossible for God to lie We might
have strong Consolation who have fled for refuge
to lay hold of the hope set before
us this hope We have here it is
as an anchor of the soul Don't you
need an anchor for your soul?
I do Both sure and steadfast, that's that
word dependable and which enters the presence Behind
the veil, that's Jesus Our confidence is in
Christ as an anchor of the soul both
sure and steadfast That's our Jesus and you
and I need an anchor in the storms
of life an anchor Okay, listen, I want
you to jot this down before we move
on to the next point How do I
train my heart isn't that you're asking anyway,
okay Jack so you say I need to
have my heart trained How do I do
it?
Here you go.
Ten things you get it, right?
I'm down this piece of paper right in
front of the seat there in front of
you Begin these disciplines for your life starting
now number one.
Make sure that you have a heart Make
sure you have one That is a new
one.
Are you born again?
John chapter 3 verse 3.
Are you born again?
Jesus said you ain't going to heaven Unless
you're born again.
The word born again in English is actually
the word born from above in Greek to
be born from above It flies in the
face of having been born of the earth
we've all been born of the earth We
are children of Adam and Eve Jesus said
to enter the kingdom of heaven.
You need to be born by the Spirit
which comes from above John chapter 3 Okay,
the second thing is do everything you can
to feed it The Bible your heart feeds
on nothing.
I let me rephrase Your new heart feeds
on nothing but the Bible It doesn't have
an appetite for anything else and I'm gonna
prove it to you right now who are
born again When your heart invest in things
that are not of the Spirit you might
have fun You might be entertained it might
be exciting but when it's over You know
that this was of no eternal value, you
know, I'm talking about It's like going to
a movie you go to a movie get
popcorn.
You watch this thing.
What are you doing?
And honestly, here's the way I think you
don't want to go to a movie with
me first of all Lisa hates to go
to a movie with me because when I
go to a movie if I I sit
down and with if I can figure that
movie out in three minutes and five minutes.
I'm gone, baby I'm out of there money
back.
I try to figure out the movie and
If I can figure out a movie in
three to five minutes, it's not worthy of
my time And you eat the popcorn and
all that and what's happened?
You've wasted three hours So Jack man, calm
down back off.
Take a chill pill.
What is the deal?
But Your your new heart walks around thinking
how do I redeem the time and So
we'll go and do something or do whatever
and and is it a value now now
just so you don't think I'm some sort
of a creep You can go to the
beach and enjoy the whole day and totally
be walking or laying out in the will
of God You could be Sabbath thing thinking
about him Thanking him for the sand thanking
him for the shore thanking him for the
dolphins or whatever it is.
I don't know But So often we get
involved in things that that don't matter eternally
So that's important number three teach it.
That is your heart to praise and worship
my friend You and I have to nurture
our hearts to worship Don't ever think The
way some people think well, you know what
we can make we can do we can
get the church they're just singing now a
born-again heart cannot think like that a
Born-again heart says I don't care what
Jack says.
I gotta get there before the worship begins
Because that's my offering to him.
That's my time with him in a corporate
setting in a convocation That's my moment Teach
your heart to praise and worship.
Do you know the difference between praise and
worship?
Some people get all been out of shape
It should only be praise or it should
only be worship.
No, the Bible says that we are to
praise and worship Worship is more like those
times when we're singing and it's kind of
melodic and it's kind of meditative You know
what I'm talking about?
And it's kind of like this and that's
a wonderful and then praise is more of
the time where it's like this God You're
awesome and God you're great Both are biblical
Both we are to do for number four
except the man or woman He has made
you or made you in to be Your
heart needs to understand this your new heart
you're born-again art God listen, in fact
Esther aren't we reading didn't we read about
Esther today?
She's gonna come to the conclusion soon in
our daily Bible reading That she's come into
the kingdom she's gonna hear this from Mordecai
for such a time as this Guess what?
Are you alive right now?
Yep.
Are you born again?
Mm-hmm.
Are you listening?
Yep You've been appointed right now for such
a time as this by the hand of
God You understand something now whatever your life
has been previously to this moment if you're
a Christian today Whatever hardship difficulty in life
you've had it is to the making and
building of your Christian character Did you have
a rough this or a good that or
whatsoever?
It's for your character Except the person who
you are in Christ and get up and
go don't look around us They I wish
I was like her.
I wish I was like him You're not
them.
You're not supposed to be her get up
and go Here's the cool thing are you
ready for this?
I've only had about three original thoughts in
my entire life and this is one of
them It's very hard to have an original
thought.
I Remember 30 years ago really struggling with
God.
Why'd you save me?
I'm so stupid.
Why argue with him?
Just say thank you very much.
No, I'm gonna get in a debate with
them Why'd you save me anyway?
And the Lord instilled in my heart this
Because I wanted to be somebody else it's
like, you know, I don't want to be
me and God says Jack I didn't die
for your personality.
I Died for your sins I Made you
who you are because I like you That's
freaky weird, huh?
The sin issue he died for the sin
issue He thinks that you know how you
know that stuff in your life that You're
kind of quirky about God thinks that's cool
with you.
We it drives us nuts, but he likes
that in you It's absolutely amazing number five
fellowship with those That are stronger than you
in the faith that you can you can't
read stronger, but that's stronger their fellowship What
fellowship with those that are stranger?
Is that say stranger?
No, it says stronger Fellowship with those that
are stronger than you are in the faith
You always want to hang out with people
that are gonna challenge your walk.
Don't hang out with people that don't challenge
your walk That's a serious thing pick your
friends prayerfully Very important next one.
There's ten of them Do this faithfully Do
it faithfully number seven guard your heart with
all diligence as the scripture watch out your
heart is like a ginormous backstop And it
catches things You need to maintain your heart
Number eight find a quiet place to listen
to God every day I'm not joking about
this find a quiet place To listen to
God he will bless your life Number nine
learn to meditate in his word talk This
is my form of meditation.
This is what I mean by that.
This is personal.
Maybe this doesn't work for you I'll just
do Bible roulette here for a second.
Okay?
There was a space in front of the
gate chambers one cubit on this side and
one Cuban on that side No, wait a
minute.
The gate chambers were six cubits on this
side and six cubits on that side.
I know what that's about That's about God
that's about that's about assembling the Tabernacle in
the wilderness which would eventually lead to the
building of the temple because the temple was
built after the model of the tabernacle But
I know something about the tabernacle.
It was built after the model which is
or the accurate one which is in heaven
above so Lord This verse right here.
I pray that my life Would be patterned
after the master's life Jesus that every step
I take every direction I move everything I
see everything I go that you give me
discerning eyes discerning hands and feet God that
I would walk in the spirit walk in
the power that I would not fulfill the
lust of my Flesh and Lord God that
you would just do that in my life
until I am in your heavenly temple Forever
with you in Jesus name.
Amen.
That's meditating on his word You pray the
scripture into your life Number ten pray into
your heart What he's teaching you day by
day, did you get a flat tire today?
Lord, what's with the flat tire?
Talk to me about it.
Something's going on.
Was did the triple-a man need to
hear about Jesus?
What went on in your life today that
to you was a setback?
Personally those interruptions that I don't really like
I find out later Sometimes I miss them
completely and the Lord taps me on the
shoulder and says I was in that thing
Jack and you missed it You made that
wrong turn and you went over there and
that thing and then right there.
I was I was in that I was
in the wrong turn Very important number two.
Oh, we're in trouble number two Exercise listen
to this the discipline of dependability is exercise
in our new body.
This is kind of fun I got to
go through this one quickly, but this is
kind of fun.
See what I mean our new body Well,
this one that's gonna take a stretch of
faith.
We can understand a new heart We even
see that in action, but our body our
bodies are pretty amazing things you guys According
to the Lord, they're perfect tools for what
he wants to accomplish in this world These
bodies the Bible says in listen Bible says
in 1st Corinthians 924.
This is heavy stuff my body The scripture
says is the dwelling place of the Holy
Spirit That is pure scripture Paul says do
you not know that those who run in
a race?
All run but one receives the prize run
in such a way that you may obtain
it and Everyone who competes for the prize
is temperate in all things Has control of
his body Now that now they do it
for to obtain a perishable crown, but we
for an imperishable crown Therefore I run thus
not with uncertainty.
He doesn't run like Forrest Gump Okay, he
knows where he's going thus I fight not
as one who beats the air Paul is
saying man and my Christianity I look at
it as a boxer and the boxers not
going like this like he's a swimmer out
of water I don't I'm not flailing here.
I Don't beat the air He says but
I discipline my body and bring it into
subjection lest when I have preached to others
I myself should become disqualified the spiritual aspects
of our body I Think sometimes we're a
little bit Gnostic in the way that we
live our lives and that's wrong Well, you
know in heaven it's all gonna be good
then but right now I'm just a rotten
stinking sinner.
So oh well That's terrible The spirit leads
our life and so our body should be
in obedience how much of our physical being
is in Relation to the our spirit being
I'm gonna say 100% You may disagree
with that.
I understand that I'm not saying you have
to believe this But I personally am based
upon first Thessalonians 523 the Bible says that
may the Lord now sanctify you completely body
soul and spirit We are a trichotomy When
I live as a Christian, I'm living for
God in my body soul and spirit Soul
is the word suki where we get psychology
the head My thoughts that's one aspect.
Another aspect is my new born-again state
the spirit I'm born.
I'm alive my life has been as the
scriptures is quickened by the Spirit of God
made alive and My body is Now the
apparatus by which I execute the will of
God for my life You want to know
how important it is to God?
This is pretty disgusting picture First Corinthians 615.
Do you not know that your bodies are
the members of Christ?
Shall I then take the members of Christ
and make the members of a harlot?
Certainly not or do you not know that
he who is joined to a harlot is
one body with her For the two says
the scripture shall become one flesh But he
who is joined to the Lord is one
spirit with him flea sexual immorality Listen to
this every sin that a man does is
outside the body But he who commits sexual
immorality sins against his own body Sexual sin
is different from all other types of sin.
That's powerful, isn't it?
And it's so spirit your body is such
a spiritual machine for the work of God
in this element in this world that the
Bible says if you're if You were to
join yourself to someone outside of marriage.
You're joining Christ to them.
That's a horrible picture It's supposed to be
that's why Paul used it Galatians 6 verse
15 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or
uncircumcision avails anything but a new creation and
As many as walk according to this rule
peace and mercy be upon them and upon
the Israel of God From now on let
no one trouble me for I bear in
my body the marks the word in Greek
is stigma The stigma of the Lord Jesus
the word stigma here means scars bruises wounds
disfigurements by the way The word also means
the recognition of ownership Paul had scars all
over his body and he could say you
see this one I don't think I have
a scar anywhere I don't think I even
bruised my I'm I'm not even sure if
I cut my finger before but I'm such
a wimp I'm looking for something.
I have a mosquito bite.
Maybe right there.
I'm not sure Paul would say you see
this one.
I got that and I got that in
Cappadocia when I got Beat up there and
then this one.
Oh, yeah, you see these scars here my
cheek.
That's what they beat me up When I
was in that area of Turkey and My
back he put up his shirt.
Oh my goodness Paul's back must have been
Horrible to look at He had been beaten
so many times Several times he received the
Roman 39 slash lashes 39 lashes which often
killed people.
Can you imagine his back the scar tissue?
The disfigurement of Paul Paul says, okay.
Oh, yeah, you think who are you?
I'm Paul.
Oh, yeah, you big Christian Man, well, I
don't know about that, but I bears I
bear the stigma of Christ in my body.
I don't My faith's for real Wow, can
I give you ten things?
We're out of time.
Can I give you ten things?
I'll go fast.
Just write them down Exercise in our new
body remind your body that it's remind your
body of its proper place.
It ain't God Okay, so stop treating it
like God or a God it's your body
it's a tool Number two, don't be so
quick to obey its first impulses It screams
all the time.
It's always yelling at you three You will
not die if you don't get that thing
For take physical care of yourself for him
He wants to use your body.
You can't go around the world preaching the
gospel If you're abusing your body Five Enslave
your body to the things of God Enslave
your body to the things of God Six
do that thing faithfully Seven receive his virginity
for your body.
I should say receive His virginity for your
body again.
Are you single?
and You think you've blown it.
You're not a virgin now.
You're saying you're Christian.
It's oh my goodness.
I'm I'm wasted goods I'm damaged goods.
No, you're not Listen whole world.
Listen to this Only Jesus lets you become
a virgin again Only Jesus lets you start
over again That's awesome And body soul and
spirit you can start brand new again with
your body.
It's amazing Only through Jesus, isn't it?
Great.
That's wonderful number nine expose yourself to godly
environments If Jesus delivered you from a life
of drinking then don't go to the bar
to get a glass of water Okay, if
you have a hard time with pornography do
not use what is it the 60 freeway
Don't go there take the 10 or the
91 you have a problem with temper Then
then don't watch extreme fight night stuff Be
wise 10 keep a watchful eye out for
snares Things that will trip you up Snares
number three point number three.
We're so over.
Let's just keep going to the sunrise Number
three is this ordering our new life We
need to order our new life.
How do we do that?
Personally for me, this is the big deal.
This is the this is ordering the new
life as a christian This is the biggest
thing in my life personally And it means
this the the new structure of the born
-again life The discipline of dependability is creating
now in ordering a new life I have
so many scriptures that I can't read Maybe
they can just flash them up on the
screens and let them go down starting with
colossians 3 you guys can write them down
As he puts them up colossians 3 verses
2 through 5.
This is your homework roman 7 21 To
chapter 8 verse 1.
That's a great one galatians 6 verses 5
through 8 about reaping and sowing in life
Second corinthians 9 6 through 7 is regarding
spiritual matters in the kingdom of god be
very very extravagant With your devotion to god
and james 5 verses 7 through 9 be
patient Establish your hearts James ends in verse
9 saying do not complain against brothers and
sisters By the way, did you know something
you're not going to want to hear this
but the more a christian complains It is
proof positive of their distance from their walk
with god You cannot be a whiner a
grumbler and a complainer and be near to
the lord when you hear a christian griping
and grumbling about this thing and about that
thing and about It's because you've lost or
they've lost the picture of him on his
throne And there's no fear of god in
that when we gripe and complain I don't
know why and I help in this thing
and I boy I and it's and wow
and That i'm saying you know what?
I mean and all that stuff You're far
from god You're far from god you're in
the desert And so And so we're at
we're out of time.
Oh, and I have 10 more things I
have these 10 things I have these 10
things regarding Regarding this it's it's important.
Um Our new life number one You guys
already know this one put them on the
screens you guys it's what you've been doing
now, right?
Wake up early I wish I had like
a military outfit on right now Wake up
early Make uncomfortable changes in your life Make
uncomfortable changes get out of the comfort zone.
The comfort zone will kill you Okay, three
No bible No prayer, then you don't get
to eat any food Every day get up
If you don't read your bible if you
don't pray then you don't get to eat
He's are you crazy?
I am absolutely Totally right on Make a
deal with god god.
I will not eat any food in the
morning Until i've read my bible and prayed
Let me tell you something you will read
your bible and you will pray because you
want that grand slam For ask yourself, how
will this affect my walk with god?
Hey jack, come on you want to go
Wait, how will this affect my walk with
god?
Five present yourself to him for whatever he
wants Six That's romans 12 lord here I
am What's the next one?
Do that thing faithfully.
Did you notice that's in all three of
those?
Seven establish yourself in righteousness do the right
thing Don't do the thing that you want
to do Can remember the first impulse?
Hey Back off Usually the thing that comes
first Is usually the wrong thing Calm down
slow down rethink it pray Then watch what
happens establish yourself in righteousness number eight obey
what you know If in doubt obey the
word Nine trust him for the outcome rest
And number ten thank him and everything We'll
end with this Thank him and everything You
cannot the probably the greatest sin in a
family in my opinion when it comes to
i'm talking somewhat normal family Is when a
child is ungrateful There's nothing you can do
about it mom dad, you know painfully there's
nothing you can do To make your child
be grateful And it comes right now back
to where we started young people today I
mean this with all love You need to
know what it's like to work hard plot
along You need to know listen you need
to know how to deal with defeat so
You master that And you long for victory
you need to know what it's like to
have to be dependent upon And isn't that
not true you say yeah jack you tell
those young people that's all i'm gonna get
this tape for those young people Listen god
is saying to all of us You'll never
Have deep character in the things of god
without a consistent dependable ongoing steadfast life And
every one of us as believers tonight need
to be embarked on a journey where people
are dependent upon us church Did you hear
me?
This is vital Look around your christian life
and ask yourself this question In the family
of god Who depends upon me If you
don't know you must change that now pray
and change that Father we thank you for
your word Lord we ask in jesus name
That you would make us incredible awesome faithful
dependable steadfast christians That love you above all
things That are fearless In our faith no
longer timid But lord out front being point
men For the kingdom of god to stand
for righteousness to expose injustice To look around
this world to look around lord our lives
And say lord here I am send me
Father I pray now that as we worship
you in closing may we bless you By
making this song a prayer from our hearts
out of our lips to your throne Even
now church, let's stand and let's bless him
in this closing song together