1 00:00:00,630 --> 00:00:03,030 Welcome to from the pulpit and classic sermons 2 00:00:03,030 --> 00:00:05,210 each week We bring you a different message 3 00:00:05,210 --> 00:00:07,310 from some of today's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:07,310 --> 00:00:10,090 Christian faith and powerful sermons for modern preachers, 5 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:12,190 too This week we have George Verver with 6 00:00:12,190 --> 00:00:14,790 part two of his message discipline Can begin 7 00:00:14,790 --> 00:00:17,390 talking with someone else about this and saying 8 00:00:17,390 --> 00:00:18,890 can you give me some help on this? 9 00:00:18,950 --> 00:00:20,210 I can't figure out just where to use 10 00:00:20,210 --> 00:00:22,830 so-and-so and see me maybe here's 11 00:00:22,830 --> 00:00:25,550 so many things wrong with him This is 12 00:00:25,550 --> 00:00:28,290 how Satan gets you just with the tongue 13 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:31,189 Tearing us down, but I think there's another 14 00:00:31,189 --> 00:00:33,210 area that's even greater and that's foolish talking 15 00:00:33,210 --> 00:00:38,730 and Worthless talking talking about so many things 16 00:00:38,730 --> 00:00:40,790 that that means so little in the light 17 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:43,850 of eternity And I think every one of 18 00:00:43,850 --> 00:00:46,550 us Stand condemned this morning. 19 00:00:46,930 --> 00:00:49,630 I certainly do for the many times that 20 00:00:49,630 --> 00:00:51,910 I've said words that have had no power 21 00:00:51,910 --> 00:00:54,110 It hasn't edified someone else. 22 00:00:54,330 --> 00:00:57,910 It hasn't been a loving encouragement to another 23 00:00:57,910 --> 00:01:00,750 brother It hasn't been perhaps an exhortation or 24 00:01:00,750 --> 00:01:02,550 rebuke in the spirit of love to another 25 00:01:02,550 --> 00:01:08,210 person, but it's just been about nothing We 26 00:01:08,210 --> 00:01:10,210 mention it and then we mention it 15 27 00:01:10,210 --> 00:01:12,890 more times when once would have been enough. 28 00:01:15,940 --> 00:01:17,760 Oh How easy it is just to get 29 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:23,020 occupied with trivialities While we can find ourselves 30 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:24,900 talking all day long just about the food 31 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:28,500 and planning menus We said about the Lord 32 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:31,180 and we get to meal time and we 33 00:01:31,180 --> 00:01:32,820 joke and we banter and we do everything 34 00:01:32,820 --> 00:01:35,140 else But really talk about the Lord Jesus 35 00:01:35,140 --> 00:01:37,920 Christ Why is it it's so difficult. 36 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,420 Oh Yes in a service we talk about 37 00:01:40,420 --> 00:01:40,820 the Lord. 38 00:01:41,020 --> 00:01:42,440 But why is it then when we eat 39 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:43,840 it's so hard to talk about the Lord 40 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,360 Jesus Christ Why is it when we're out 41 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:46,660 working? 42 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:47,960 We don't seem to want to talk about 43 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,640 the Lord Jesus Christ so much And I 44 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,600 knew this back in Bible school I talked 45 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,420 with some fellas and they said we're afraid 46 00:01:55,420 --> 00:01:57,580 to talk about spiritual things because they'll blame 47 00:01:57,580 --> 00:01:59,620 us as a holy Joe and a hypocrite 48 00:02:00,340 --> 00:02:03,320 in a Bible school in United States, I 49 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,600 heard them say this How tragic it is 50 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,160 when we as Christians can't get together and 51 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,080 talk about the thing that is to mean 52 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,220 the most in our lives. 53 00:02:14,460 --> 00:02:16,260 Oh Yes, we can get together and especially 54 00:02:16,260 --> 00:02:16,640 around here. 55 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:18,060 We can talk vehicles can't we? 56 00:02:19,020 --> 00:02:21,240 Why we can talk about vans and motors 57 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,700 and problems that come up with vehicles we 58 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,380 can talk about that all day long But 59 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:27,820 it's another thing just to talk about the 60 00:02:27,820 --> 00:02:31,880 Lord Jesus Christ Instead of just vehicles Or 61 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,400 we can talk about the tent and think 62 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,800 of how we praise God for the way 63 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,420 he supplied it But then we can spend 64 00:02:36,420 --> 00:02:38,900 the next half hour talking about this tent 65 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:42,060 and just how it should be When it's 66 00:02:42,060 --> 00:02:44,920 already up And it should be done and 67 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:48,100 over with In other words things which really 68 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:49,240 don't count for eternity. 69 00:02:50,060 --> 00:02:54,140 Oh may God search our hearts May God 70 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:55,420 control our tongues. 71 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,680 This is discipline a Tongue that speaks to 72 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,960 the praise of his Lord a tongue that 73 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,320 edifies let your speech be seasoned with salt 74 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:10,360 Does your speech edify one another Tell me 75 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,540 or rather. 76 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,100 Let's tell God or ask ourselves Has everything 77 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:18,980 we've said in the last two days really 78 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:23,800 been to the glory of God Every word 79 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,440 we've uttered Has it really been for some 80 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,580 real purpose Or has it been foolish talking 81 00:03:32,580 --> 00:03:35,060 or senseless chatter? 82 00:03:38,650 --> 00:03:40,530 James says that if you control the tongue 83 00:03:40,530 --> 00:03:43,130 you control the body And if you can 84 00:03:43,130 --> 00:03:46,590 control your tongue by God's power you're doing 85 00:03:46,590 --> 00:03:50,410 something that mankind cannot do You're doing something 86 00:03:50,410 --> 00:03:54,170 that's far greater Because mankind can control in 87 00:03:54,170 --> 00:03:56,770 so many ways nature man has taken the 88 00:03:56,770 --> 00:04:00,270 powers of nature They've taken the atomic power 89 00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:03,190 and they can they don't always do it 90 00:04:03,190 --> 00:04:05,550 But they can use it for good purposes 91 00:04:05,550 --> 00:04:08,410 and they can take it and harness it 92 00:04:08,410 --> 00:04:11,270 and control it But they can't control the 93 00:04:11,270 --> 00:04:19,709 time Therefore let us yield our tongues as 94 00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:24,720 members of righteousness Unto God as we are 95 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:33,820 commanded to do so in Romans 6 Well, 96 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:38,180 there are other areas too To talk about 97 00:04:38,180 --> 00:04:42,000 the body The natural desires of our body 98 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,720 in all how we need to have this 99 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,800 under the control of the Spirit of God 100 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:52,040 The desire for food it's a good one, 101 00:04:52,140 --> 00:04:52,720 isn't it? 102 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,940 But how we need to have it controlled 103 00:04:55,940 --> 00:04:58,460 so that we try to eat what's good 104 00:04:58,460 --> 00:05:01,680 for us So we try to drink what's 105 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,020 good for us So that we eat and 106 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:07,320 drink to the glory of God So that 107 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,340 our bodies might be the strongest possible Some 108 00:05:10,340 --> 00:05:12,100 of us especially those of us who sit 109 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:14,900 behind the desk need to exercise I'll be 110 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:15,160 frank. 111 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:16,740 I don't like doing push-ups. 112 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:19,980 I don't like doing setups But it's good 113 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:22,020 for me in all how I need to 114 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:27,340 discipline myself to exercise my body I Went 115 00:05:27,340 --> 00:05:29,140 out for a bicycle ride about a week 116 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:29,460 ago. 117 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:34,840 I came back pooped My legs are weak, 118 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,140 of course, I was cycling with someone that 119 00:05:36,140 --> 00:05:38,420 used to be a cyclist that didn't help 120 00:05:38,420 --> 00:05:41,480 matters, but He set a pretty good pace. 121 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:44,080 Well, maybe it wasn't too fast It was 122 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,600 for me when I hadn't been on a 123 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,900 bicycle for some time But all how we 124 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:49,840 let our bodies just get out of shape 125 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,220 We let our bodies just go to pot 126 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:54,660 and yet they're the temple of the Holy 127 00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:57,840 Spirit of God And we are not our 128 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,760 own this body isn't ours that means my 129 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,840 little finger is to be God It means 130 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:06,080 my hair is to be God and it's 131 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,400 to be treated as such Of course we 132 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,380 could talk about our sexual desires, too And 133 00:06:14,380 --> 00:06:16,520 probably this is one of the realms where 134 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,180 Satan hits Christians harder than any other We 135 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:21,160 all know it don't we? 136 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,220 The desire for a wife or the desire 137 00:06:24,220 --> 00:06:29,040 for a husband It's in us all Seek 138 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,860 ye first the kingdom of God and his 139 00:06:30,860 --> 00:06:34,080 righteousness I've said this sometimes in a joking 140 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,940 way and yet I think there's a lot 141 00:06:35,940 --> 00:06:38,060 of truth in it Fellas are good and 142 00:06:38,060 --> 00:06:38,640 girls are good. 143 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:44,880 But when you get them together Unless they're 144 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,420 brought together by God and Only then Does 145 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:51,220 it become something that's really of glory to 146 00:06:51,220 --> 00:06:51,480 God? 147 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,560 when God brings two together and unites them 148 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,580 in Jesus Christ And they're meant for each 149 00:06:58,580 --> 00:06:58,780 other. 150 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,320 Then it becomes a great thing and a 151 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,120 wonderful thing I'm speaking not from personal experience, 152 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:11,500 but from observation of other Christians And I've 153 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:14,980 lived in enough homes with married couples to 154 00:07:14,980 --> 00:07:16,920 know that unless God gives me a wife 155 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,840 Who has only one passion and that's for 156 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,480 Jesus Christ. 157 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,260 Well, I don't want to be married Because 158 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:25,200 it isn't too happy a scene in a 159 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,980 lot of homes It's just heartache and grief 160 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,020 and I've met too many people that have 161 00:07:30,020 --> 00:07:32,780 come from broken homes or unhappy homes And 162 00:07:32,780 --> 00:07:35,220 I see the problems it's caused And I 163 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:36,660 tell you just to show you what it's 164 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:38,640 like here in Britain of the 30 or 165 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,280 so who have been working here at Chigwell 166 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,040 I don't think there's more than three or 167 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,100 four that have a full Christian home of 168 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:45,560 both the mother and dad who are Christians 169 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:48,600 All the rest either one is dead or 170 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,260 they're divorced or they don't even know where 171 00:07:50,260 --> 00:07:52,200 they are or they're not Christians or they 172 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:58,960 hate them chaos And all we can't afford 173 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,200 it and if you read the history of 174 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,080 missions and if you If you read about 175 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,260 Christian workers, you know, how many times whole 176 00:08:07,260 --> 00:08:09,760 works of God have just been plowed under 177 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:15,140 because of sex because of lust And I'm 178 00:08:15,140 --> 00:08:17,800 speaking because I believe this is a real 179 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,340 danger In each one of our lives take 180 00:08:21,340 --> 00:08:26,060 heed lest ye fall That's why God says 181 00:08:26,060 --> 00:08:29,040 not only pray but watch and pray And 182 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,740 I'd like to give an illustration from Scripture 183 00:08:30,740 --> 00:08:34,159 and the man is Joseph I was really 184 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:36,179 struck by this if you remember the story 185 00:08:36,179 --> 00:08:38,539 of Joseph when he was working for Potiphar 186 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,940 You remember how he was tempted by Potiphar's 187 00:08:41,940 --> 00:08:46,080 wife To commit immorality and you remember how 188 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,020 he didn't fall but he fled from her 189 00:08:49,020 --> 00:08:55,620 presence but before that She had tried to 190 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:58,860 tempt Joseph before and she had tried to 191 00:08:58,860 --> 00:09:05,140 rule him to commit fornication and He refused 192 00:09:05,140 --> 00:09:08,860 and we read a little phrase Over in 193 00:09:08,860 --> 00:09:10,220 let me read it for you. 194 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:20,940 It's in Genesis chapter 39 Verse 195 00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:24,320 10 Now notice this and it came to 196 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,280 pass as she that's Potiphar's wife Spoke to 197 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,320 Joseph day by day that he hearkened not 198 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,100 unto her And to hearken means to hear 199 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:35,920 and do he hearkened not unto her to 200 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,080 lie by her or to be with her 201 00:09:39,860 --> 00:09:41,940 and he refused even to be in her 202 00:09:41,940 --> 00:09:45,380 presence and I believe that's the reason he 203 00:09:45,380 --> 00:09:48,260 had the victory of a while later When 204 00:09:48,260 --> 00:09:50,160 he was caught unawares and it was something 205 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,920 he couldn't help He was in her presence 206 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:53,720 and he couldn't help it. 207 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,340 But then was the time that he fled 208 00:09:55,340 --> 00:09:57,180 But you see if you give in a 209 00:09:57,180 --> 00:09:59,520 little bit If you give in a little 210 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,780 bit in the realm of thoughts, you're gonna 211 00:10:01,780 --> 00:10:06,820 fall sooner or later in action And that's 212 00:10:06,820 --> 00:10:09,700 the way it works Satan gets you to 213 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:11,340 do it first in your mind and then 214 00:10:11,340 --> 00:10:14,040 you do it in action But you see 215 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,480 Joseph took the steps before and he refused 216 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,940 to be caught in her presence And then 217 00:10:19,940 --> 00:10:22,400 when the great crisis came he was able 218 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,320 to get out of there There are some 219 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,000 times when the Bible says we're to stand 220 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,820 and resist the devil But boy, there's a 221 00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:30,120 lot of times when it says to just 222 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,220 get running and get out of it And 223 00:10:33,220 --> 00:10:34,640 I don't mean as some people have said 224 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,520 some men run from temptation hoping it's going 225 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,540 to catch up with them And you know 226 00:10:38,540 --> 00:10:40,620 that happens a lot we run but we 227 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:43,520 still have that secret desire Hurry up and 228 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:44,280 catch up with me. 229 00:10:44,740 --> 00:10:49,300 No, but to flee Oh If we would 230 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:51,420 have that same zeal that Dave Prosser had 231 00:10:51,420 --> 00:10:53,860 for planting corn and in getting those crops 232 00:10:53,860 --> 00:10:55,880 if we'd have that same zeal for a 233 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,180 holy life and for a pure mind And 234 00:10:59,180 --> 00:11:01,680 to be utterly rich of sin in our 235 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:06,240 lives and to flee temptation We have the 236 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,180 promise that no temptation has taken us but 237 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:14,100 such as is common to everybody else But 238 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:16,760 God is faithful he'll first not suffer you 239 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,400 to be tempted above that you're able but 240 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,220 will with the temptation Also made make a 241 00:11:21,220 --> 00:11:21,900 way to escape. 242 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:24,100 You know, I found that sometimes I just 243 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,360 don't want to take the way of escape 244 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:30,320 And that's why I may fall Simply I 245 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,520 know the way of escape is there So 246 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,860 it's because I don't want to take it 247 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,840 You see we actually do like to sin 248 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,900 though It's our nature to desire that's why 249 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:44,180 the mind and the attitude needs to be 250 00:11:44,180 --> 00:11:50,640 renewed and Changed from ourselves to God from 251 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:55,020 the world to Jesus Christ And so we 252 00:11:55,020 --> 00:11:58,740 need to have bodies that are disciplined another 253 00:11:58,740 --> 00:11:58,900 thing. 254 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,880 I found that Discipline in one area helps 255 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,160 you discipline in another area. 256 00:12:07,380 --> 00:12:21,920 I Discipline 257 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:30,840 in one area helps you discipline in another 258 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:37,560 area helps you discipline in another area helps 259 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:38,080 you discipline in one area helps you discipline 260 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:38,180 in another area helps you discipline in another 261 00:12:38,180 --> 00:12:38,280 area helps you discipline in another area helps 262 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:38,380 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 263 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:38,480 in another area helps you discipline in another 264 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:38,580 area helps you discipline in another area helps 265 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:38,680 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 266 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:38,780 in another area helps you discipline in another 267 00:12:38,780 --> 00:12:38,880 area helps you discipline in another area helps 268 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:38,980 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 269 00:12:38,980 --> 00:12:39,080 in another area helps you discipline in another 270 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:39,180 area helps you discipline in another area helps 271 00:12:39,180 --> 00:12:39,280 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 272 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:39,380 in another area helps you discipline in another 273 00:12:39,380 --> 00:12:39,480 area helps you discipline in another area helps 274 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:39,580 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 275 00:12:39,580 --> 00:12:39,680 in another area helps you discipline in another 276 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:39,780 area helps you discipline in another area helps 277 00:12:39,780 --> 00:12:39,880 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 278 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:39,980 in another area helps you discipline in another 279 00:12:39,980 --> 00:12:40,080 area helps you discipline in another area helps 280 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:40,180 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 281 00:12:40,180 --> 00:12:40,280 in another area helps you discipline in another 282 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:40,380 area helps you discipline in another area helps 283 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:40,480 you discipline in another area helps you discipline 284 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:40,580 in another discipline in time more discipline in 285 00:12:40,580 --> 00:12:45,500 my own bodily desires in natural appetites and 286 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,280 I think we'll find that if we're disciplined 287 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,180 in the realm of food it'll help us 288 00:12:49,180 --> 00:12:50,720 to be disciplined in the realm of sex 289 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,220 and if we're disciplined in the realm of 290 00:12:52,220 --> 00:12:54,120 sex it'll help us be disciplined in other 291 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,120 realms you see they all get tied in 292 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,520 together and so even if it's a little 293 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,520 thing I suggested to our group here one 294 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,280 day last week something that came to me 295 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,560 that during this day choose something that you 296 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:07,960 know is good but you don't want to 297 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,500 do it and do it something that perhaps 298 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,100 you don't ordinarily do but you know it's 299 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:14,040 a good thing but do it just for 300 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,700 the sake of discipline not something that's just 301 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:18,200 kind of neutral but something that you know 302 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,020 is good and on the other hand don't 303 00:13:21,020 --> 00:13:23,060 do something that you know really isn't the 304 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:24,240 best for you even though you like to 305 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:28,980 do it I think it helps you discipline 306 00:13:28,980 --> 00:13:34,460 our whole lives wholly disciplined or controlled by 307 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:40,880 God himself then there's the discipline of actions 308 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,360 and of course this could be amplified I 309 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,000 mentioned so I mentioned study study to show 310 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,260 thyself approved unto God give all diligence were 311 00:13:50,260 --> 00:13:52,480 to meditate upon the Word of God day 312 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,540 and night and it's a discipline if you 313 00:13:56,540 --> 00:13:59,600 wait until you have just a great desire 314 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,040 to go and study the Word of God 315 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,500 you probably won't get in it too much 316 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,580 praise God he does give us that hunger 317 00:14:05,580 --> 00:14:07,880 and thirst doesn't but sometimes you know we 318 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:09,340 have to go because we know it's good 319 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:11,600 for us and as we study then our 320 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,880 thirst and our hunger is built up it's 321 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,020 that way with eating sometimes perhaps you don't 322 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:21,680 feel like eating probably not very often but 323 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,220 yet you eat anyway because you know you 324 00:14:24,220 --> 00:14:27,780 need it it's good for you there's the 325 00:14:27,780 --> 00:14:33,200 discipline of prayer this is a lot of 326 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,920 it a lot of times we don't pray 327 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,760 because of an undisciplined life we know we 328 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,900 should pray we know we should get along 329 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,620 with God but somehow well there's people to 330 00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:44,280 see there's decisions to be made there's little 331 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,420 items to take care of and people have 332 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:48,640 told me that instead of saying in my 333 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,000 office I should go off and feel where 334 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,120 people can't reach me but I insist on 335 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:53,220 saying the office and therefore I get a 336 00:14:53,220 --> 00:14:56,400 lot of interruptions it's just this is not 337 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,280 common sense it's not discipline sometimes you have 338 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,020 to just walk out of everything and get 339 00:15:02,020 --> 00:15:04,560 clear away then people can't call you then 340 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:05,820 if the phone rings and it's the Queen 341 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:07,760 of England you can't answer it because they 342 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,620 don't know where you are and it's a 343 00:15:10,620 --> 00:15:13,320 help to get clear away from it this 344 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,360 is what I need this is perhaps what 345 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,280 you need you just have to walk completely 346 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,680 out of it and discipline your life to 347 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:24,780 get along with God denial of self this 348 00:15:24,780 --> 00:15:27,080 is another thing we have some desire we 349 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,700 realize it's selfish deny it cut it out 350 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:32,960 even though perhaps it's not really so bad 351 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:38,620 after all there's a lot of things that 352 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,000 I wish I could get kind of a 353 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,680 group of men together I'd like to call 354 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,480 I really would like to have tiny snow 355 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,440 and Dave Hunt come up here for all 356 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:46,980 the drivers and boy I'd love to give 357 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,540 them turn them loose for about two hours 358 00:15:48,540 --> 00:15:50,040 and tell you how you should be disciplined 359 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:55,800 as a driver on OM I'd love for 360 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,160 us to take a long time just to 361 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,560 discuss how we can be practical after all 362 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,020 what good is a great time of worship 363 00:16:02,020 --> 00:16:04,340 with God if it isn't evidenced in our 364 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:08,100 daily lives what good is meeting together before 365 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,000 God and having a great sense of his 366 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,260 presence if it never makes any difference in 367 00:16:12,260 --> 00:16:16,440 the way we live and so we need 368 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,500 to be disciplined we need to every morning 369 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:21,000 before you go out and drive a van 370 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,720 you need to check the water in the 371 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,920 oil and I'm so ignorant I don't I 372 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,300 don't know what all you're supposed to check 373 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:31,220 that's why I need to be disciplined that's 374 00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:32,660 why I get other people to drive because 375 00:16:32,660 --> 00:16:33,780 I know I'm not that good a driver 376 00:16:33,780 --> 00:16:37,800 myself how we need to to use our 377 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,580 heads in these little things let me just 378 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:44,540 quote some examples we have a car over 379 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:49,400 in Chateau we hope that it might be 380 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,280 repaired but somebody left the water in it 381 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,060 over the winter it's got a cracked block 382 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:58,900 and needs a new engine now beside another 383 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:02,420 example here there's a comer down there now 384 00:17:02,420 --> 00:17:04,319 we're hoping that we can get it fixed 385 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:07,280 but somebody left water there and it cracked 386 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,540 the block slightly there are other times when 387 00:17:11,540 --> 00:17:13,920 engines get blown up because somebody doesn't think 388 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,260 and they aren't disciplined in the way they 389 00:17:16,260 --> 00:17:20,980 drive other times perhaps an accident occurs now 390 00:17:20,980 --> 00:17:23,440 I had one last summer and it was 391 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,240 simply because I was careless I came out 392 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,920 of the road Avenue de Ligue you that 393 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,740 were in Chateau and I thought the fellow 394 00:17:31,740 --> 00:17:33,120 was going to go straight but he turned 395 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:36,220 and I didn't wait to see far enough 396 00:17:36,220 --> 00:17:38,580 and so I smacked up his front door 397 00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:40,820 see it's just a little thing like that 398 00:17:40,820 --> 00:17:44,380 another time I remember tell you all my 399 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:45,920 accidents you never want me to drive again 400 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,800 when I was out in Montana while I 401 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,720 was on the way to Montana and I 402 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,460 was driving it was about midnight I'd had 403 00:17:55,460 --> 00:17:57,240 about two hours sleep the night before about 404 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,460 four the night before that and I went 405 00:18:00,460 --> 00:18:03,240 to sleep cost me $100 about 30 pounds 406 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,120 because I knocked a windshield out hit a 407 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:12,940 mailbox don't know where the mailbox went if 408 00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:15,060 I had been sensible I would have turned 409 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:16,320 it over a lot sooner than that to 410 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,560 someone who was awake and I remember driving 411 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,720 up from Spain you see God's going to 412 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,100 teach me this lesson I don't drive when 413 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:24,840 you're sleepy it's worse than driving when you're 414 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:29,280 drunk and I was sleepy so I said 415 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,200 I can't drive someone else drove a little 416 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:32,400 bit and they were sleepy and all of 417 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,000 us were sleepy and so I went to 418 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,800 sleep stayed by the side of the road 419 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,520 and then when we were awake enough then 420 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,000 we went on and it's a lot smarter 421 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,800 than having about six dead bodies in the 422 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,720 ditch and I was telling some people just 423 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,580 think just think of what people would think 424 00:18:47,580 --> 00:18:49,800 of OM and all our transport system if 425 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,320 one of those vans cracked up and yet 426 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,740 about 15 people who are wounded and dying 427 00:18:53,740 --> 00:18:57,000 along a highway I can't think of any 428 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,640 faster way to see OM go right out 429 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,000 the window than to see a van crack 430 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,300 up like that now fortunately if you hit 431 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:07,560 a little car with a van the van 432 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,180 doesn't get hurt quite so much but you 433 00:19:10,180 --> 00:19:12,620 can get into real trouble with whoever's in 434 00:19:12,620 --> 00:19:17,720 the other little car but it's actually just 435 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,060 discipline always obeying the orders given to you 436 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:24,600 if you're told not to drive over 40 437 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,600 miles per hour don't drive over 40 miles 438 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,280 per hour and obeying the speed limits if 439 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,000 it says 20 miles per hour then go 440 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,420 20 miles per hour if it says don't 441 00:19:34,420 --> 00:19:39,340 pass don't pass and if it's raining again 442 00:19:39,340 --> 00:19:45,200 extra precaution discipline in driving now for you 443 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,300 that ride in the back of the van 444 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:47,740 of course you need to be disciplined too 445 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:54,300 and not always keep bothering the driver now 446 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:55,520 it's good to have one person to keep 447 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,240 the driver awake but if everybody's chattering and 448 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,480 you know another thing it's good not to 449 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:01,740 jump around in the back of a van 450 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:04,920 somebody shared with me that one of the 451 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,800 vans down there what all's wrong with it 452 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,280 Lou give us the word this is important 453 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:21,830 it's inside oh 454 00:20:21,830 --> 00:20:24,310 in other words the whole inside is quite 455 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:26,850 a quite a quite a mess and I 456 00:20:26,850 --> 00:20:28,970 think it's not only on the seats that 457 00:20:28,970 --> 00:20:30,590 we put in not only the top part 458 00:20:30,590 --> 00:20:32,250 not only the top boards are broken with 459 00:20:32,250 --> 00:20:35,070 some of the two by two inch beams 460 00:20:35,070 --> 00:20:36,370 that we put in to hold up the 461 00:20:36,370 --> 00:20:38,490 seats were broken I don't know what somebody 462 00:20:38,490 --> 00:20:40,930 was doing I don't I haven't seen any 463 00:20:40,930 --> 00:20:46,350 people that heavy here yet but discipline it's 464 00:20:46,350 --> 00:20:49,050 so easy to treat God's property as nobody's 465 00:20:49,050 --> 00:20:50,450 property and so we don't take care of 466 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:53,950 it oh that's an OM van so what 467 00:20:53,950 --> 00:20:57,410 and so we don't take care of it 468 00:20:57,410 --> 00:21:02,430 and we waste God's money we probably spend 469 00:21:02,430 --> 00:21:06,930 more money in OM on correcting mistakes that 470 00:21:06,930 --> 00:21:08,810 have been made then we do feeding the 471 00:21:08,810 --> 00:21:12,650 whole lot sometimes I wonder I think we 472 00:21:12,650 --> 00:21:16,150 pay more money on vans just correcting careless 473 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:18,470 mistakes that have been made then we paid 474 00:21:18,470 --> 00:21:21,270 for the vans to begin with because we're 475 00:21:21,270 --> 00:21:23,690 not disciplined we don't know what how to 476 00:21:23,690 --> 00:21:27,910 do as we're told there's so many little 477 00:21:27,910 --> 00:21:29,950 things I would say this learn to be 478 00:21:29,950 --> 00:21:33,090 neat learn to pick up after yourself and 479 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:34,770 learn to pick up after other people too 480 00:21:34,770 --> 00:21:37,050 you know if everybody took it upon their 481 00:21:37,050 --> 00:21:38,910 responsibility to pick up stray paper that was 482 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:42,230 around you'd have a clean campground instead of 483 00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:43,750 walking down and seeing everything in a big 484 00:21:43,750 --> 00:21:46,530 mess if everybody took it upon themselves not 485 00:21:46,530 --> 00:21:47,970 only take their own plates but any other 486 00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:49,970 plates they saw laying around you wouldn't see 487 00:21:49,970 --> 00:21:52,410 anything around the campground but you go in 488 00:21:52,410 --> 00:21:54,190 the registration office and see three cups of 489 00:21:54,190 --> 00:21:56,450 coffee you can go another place and you 490 00:21:56,450 --> 00:21:58,690 see a plate you can see rubbish here 491 00:21:58,690 --> 00:22:00,830 and rubbish there now fortunately most people put 492 00:22:00,830 --> 00:22:02,850 it in the boxes now but it's so 493 00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:04,470 easy just to think well it doesn't matter 494 00:22:04,470 --> 00:22:08,070 these things aren't important but it is I 495 00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:09,450 tell you you live in a van for 496 00:22:09,450 --> 00:22:11,850 a month and you live sloppily and you 497 00:22:11,850 --> 00:22:13,270 just see what it's like to live in 498 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:16,470 that some of these vans after one night 499 00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:22,130 it's like a pig pen now we're trying 500 00:22:22,130 --> 00:22:24,990 to take some steps to correct this and 501 00:22:24,990 --> 00:22:28,390 some good healthy reminders but all how we 502 00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:30,550 need to be disciplined just in the everyday 503 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:34,410 realm of these things little things well there's 504 00:22:34,410 --> 00:22:35,930 other things that we'll be learning as we 505 00:22:35,930 --> 00:22:38,830 go along but if we've been told once 506 00:22:38,830 --> 00:22:40,570 let's learn it let's not have to learn 507 00:22:40,570 --> 00:22:43,490 the same lesson fifty dozen times that's the 508 00:22:43,490 --> 00:22:46,970 tragedy if you make one mistake and confess 509 00:22:46,970 --> 00:22:49,110 it and learn from it that shows wisdom 510 00:22:49,110 --> 00:22:50,490 but boy if you make it the same 511 00:22:50,490 --> 00:22:52,590 mistake another five times then we begin to 512 00:22:52,590 --> 00:22:56,290 wonder what's happening and begin to wonder what's 513 00:22:56,290 --> 00:22:58,030 happened to us either the teachers bad or 514 00:22:58,030 --> 00:23:01,730 the pupils bad one of the two speaking 515 00:23:01,730 --> 00:23:03,290 about the mind maybe we should say it's 516 00:23:03,290 --> 00:23:05,690 good to have a mind to work you 517 00:23:05,690 --> 00:23:07,450 know the scriptures full of this this discipline 518 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:11,290 of working some of you have never done 519 00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:13,690 door-to-door work I want to tell 520 00:23:13,690 --> 00:23:17,750 you it's hard I have to confess that 521 00:23:17,750 --> 00:23:20,230 it wasn't much fun going door-to- 522 00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:23,950 Mexico with only 20 phrases and in my 523 00:23:23,950 --> 00:23:26,050 broken Spanish and they gave me some argument 524 00:23:26,050 --> 00:23:27,430 all I could do was come out and 525 00:23:27,430 --> 00:23:30,270 was repeat my little my few phrases again 526 00:23:30,270 --> 00:23:35,070 and it was hard it got hot and 527 00:23:35,070 --> 00:23:36,770 the book bag got heavy as George mentioned 528 00:23:36,770 --> 00:23:44,450 yesterday very heavy and a lot of times 529 00:23:44,450 --> 00:23:47,190 people didn't sell didn't didn't buy and many 530 00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:52,070 times well they just weren't too friendly sometimes 531 00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:53,750 they tore track right up in your face 532 00:23:53,750 --> 00:23:58,610 it wasn't it wasn't a pleasant experience wasn't 533 00:23:58,610 --> 00:24:00,450 pleasant at all it's just plain old hard 534 00:24:00,450 --> 00:24:04,510 work boy I tell you that's when you 535 00:24:04,510 --> 00:24:06,270 begin to find out if you're steadfast or 536 00:24:06,270 --> 00:24:09,470 not then you find out whether you've been 537 00:24:09,470 --> 00:24:13,250 blessed with the perseverance or not after 50 538 00:24:13,250 --> 00:24:14,530 doors turn you down to go to the 539 00:24:14,530 --> 00:24:20,590 51st one and keep going we read about 540 00:24:20,590 --> 00:24:23,010 the people the children of Israel and Moses 541 00:24:23,010 --> 00:24:24,750 day when they built the tabernacle that they 542 00:24:24,750 --> 00:24:27,450 had a mind to work and in Nehemiah's 543 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:29,030 day the people had a mind to work 544 00:24:29,030 --> 00:24:32,970 and tremendous things were accomplished they had more 545 00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:34,270 than enough it's the first time I've ever 546 00:24:34,270 --> 00:24:35,690 heard of an offering being given where they 547 00:24:35,690 --> 00:24:36,870 had to give it back to the people 548 00:24:36,870 --> 00:24:38,750 but when the people gave for the tabernacle 549 00:24:38,750 --> 00:24:40,250 because they have such a mind to work 550 00:24:40,250 --> 00:24:41,790 in a mind to give they had too 551 00:24:41,790 --> 00:24:42,910 much and they had to give it back 552 00:24:42,910 --> 00:24:49,530 you ever heard of that today no a 553 00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:55,290 mind to work yes this is what we 554 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:59,030 need God says let him that stole steal 555 00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:02,050 no more but rather let him labor working 556 00:25:02,050 --> 00:25:04,210 with his hands why that he may give 557 00:25:04,210 --> 00:25:06,930 to those that don't have and this is 558 00:25:06,930 --> 00:25:09,210 the whole purpose of working whether it's in 559 00:25:09,210 --> 00:25:11,250 a secular job or a so-called sacred 560 00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:15,370 job is that we might give to others 561 00:25:15,370 --> 00:25:17,650 either maybe we're giving directly of our work 562 00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:19,470 or we work and we give directly of 563 00:25:19,470 --> 00:25:22,310 what we make from our work but that's 564 00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:23,950 how we need to do it's for a 565 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:26,270 purpose you see this brings me to another 566 00:25:26,270 --> 00:25:28,590 point that I feel is so important is 567 00:25:28,590 --> 00:25:32,430 discipline in purpose because if there's no overall 568 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:36,490 purpose how can you have discipline if we 569 00:25:36,490 --> 00:25:39,830 have this great purpose of glorifying Christ then 570 00:25:39,830 --> 00:25:41,610 this affects everything we do and we can 571 00:25:41,610 --> 00:25:45,070 be disciplined but why be disciplined if life 572 00:25:45,070 --> 00:25:47,110 doesn't matter if I have nothing to live 573 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:48,850 for well why should I mess around exercising 574 00:25:48,850 --> 00:25:50,690 my body let me sit in the chair 575 00:25:50,690 --> 00:25:54,630 and die there it doesn't make any difference 576 00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:56,870 unless there's a real purpose there's no point 577 00:25:56,870 --> 00:26:01,130 for discipline but when we've got a purpose 578 00:26:01,130 --> 00:26:04,130 such as we have in Jesus Christ there's 579 00:26:04,130 --> 00:26:09,510 all every reason in eternity to live discipline 580 00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:13,090 and this is what we need discipline of 581 00:26:13,090 --> 00:26:16,550 purpose think of Jesus Christ we read in 582 00:26:16,550 --> 00:26:18,310 Isaiah that he set his face like a 583 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:20,750 pin we read that he set his face 584 00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:24,870 steadfastly towards Jerusalem now don't tell me that 585 00:26:24,870 --> 00:26:27,070 he really felt by going to the cross 586 00:26:27,070 --> 00:26:32,070 we don't go by feelings but he went 587 00:26:32,070 --> 00:26:34,810 because he loved because he knew this was 588 00:26:34,810 --> 00:26:39,630 right and he had this great purpose and 589 00:26:39,630 --> 00:26:43,530 he accomplished it and we too have a 590 00:26:43,530 --> 00:26:46,770 great purpose and how we need to discipline 591 00:26:46,770 --> 00:26:53,250 our bodies our minds our thoughts every imagination 592 00:26:53,250 --> 00:26:58,450 all that we have we need to discipline 593 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:04,330 towards this great purpose of first knowing Christ 594 00:27:04,330 --> 00:27:08,210 himself in our own lives pleasing him and 595 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:09,790 making him known to the ends of the 596 00:27:09,790 --> 00:27:14,150 earth as he's commanded us you see there's 597 00:27:14,150 --> 00:27:16,470 a purpose for discipline it's not just to 598 00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:18,590 go around saying I'm a disciplined one no 599 00:27:18,590 --> 00:27:21,470 but it's that we might accomplish the purpose 600 00:27:21,470 --> 00:27:23,830 and if we aren't disciplined we're not going 601 00:27:23,830 --> 00:27:26,230 to see the purpose accomplished this summer if 602 00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:27,890 we aren't disciplined in the back of vans 603 00:27:27,890 --> 00:27:29,690 we're going to have chaos and you won't 604 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:32,450 get the job done instead of seeing 250 605 00:27:32,450 --> 00:27:34,390 tons of literature be given forth you'll see 606 00:27:34,390 --> 00:27:35,750 a hundred tons of it wrecked in the 607 00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:37,630 back of vans camped on and torn up 608 00:27:37,630 --> 00:27:39,330 and gotten dirty and thrown in mud puddles 609 00:27:39,330 --> 00:27:41,670 and hundreds of pounds worth of literature just 610 00:27:41,670 --> 00:27:43,850 thrown down the drains because we don't know 611 00:27:43,850 --> 00:27:48,390 how to take care of literature it wasn't 612 00:27:48,390 --> 00:27:50,110 quite so bad last year with just trash 613 00:27:50,110 --> 00:27:52,370 but when you come with two books they 614 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:55,470 cost a little more money oh how we 615 00:27:55,470 --> 00:27:56,750 need to be disciplined in the way we 616 00:27:56,750 --> 00:27:59,730 treat literature instead of taking a book and 617 00:27:59,730 --> 00:28:01,610 just jumping it up like this on a 618 00:28:01,610 --> 00:28:03,870 table we fold it and take good care 619 00:28:03,870 --> 00:28:05,850 of it now you're looking at my Bible 620 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:09,030 it's a poor binding it's been used for 621 00:28:09,030 --> 00:28:11,350 two or three years now so it's beginning 622 00:28:11,350 --> 00:28:13,350 to wear out but how we need to 623 00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:17,090 treat with respect books in my family I 624 00:28:17,090 --> 00:28:18,590 was brought up right from the ground up 625 00:28:18,590 --> 00:28:20,350 to to treat a book with great respect 626 00:28:20,350 --> 00:28:22,110 not to worship it but to treat it 627 00:28:22,110 --> 00:28:25,030 as something valuable my parents didn't have enough 628 00:28:25,030 --> 00:28:26,110 money just go out and buy me a 629 00:28:26,110 --> 00:28:28,110 new copy of the book every time and 630 00:28:28,110 --> 00:28:29,930 we were to take care of it and 631 00:28:29,930 --> 00:28:32,270 take good care and oh I pray that 632 00:28:32,270 --> 00:28:33,750 God will give you a real vision for 633 00:28:33,750 --> 00:28:35,310 learning how to take care of literature this 634 00:28:35,310 --> 00:28:39,130 summer because it's the Word of God it's 635 00:28:39,130 --> 00:28:42,590 the message of God and it needs to 636 00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:45,230 be treated right and preserved so that might 637 00:28:45,230 --> 00:28:49,970 reach hungry hearts we have a real discipline 638 00:28:49,970 --> 00:28:52,030 and purpose we'll have a discipline and perseverance 639 00:28:52,030 --> 00:28:56,430 then that we might reach that purpose therefore 640 00:28:56,430 --> 00:29:04,070 my beloved brethren be steadfast unmovable always abounding 641 00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:07,270 in the work of the Lord why because 642 00:29:07,270 --> 00:29:08,870 you know your labor is not in vain 643 00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:11,390 in the Lord see there's your purpose therefore 644 00:29:11,390 --> 00:29:16,830 be steadfast unmovable always abounding discipline and perseverance 645 00:29:16,830 --> 00:29:20,190 oh this is so important I tell you 646 00:29:20,190 --> 00:29:22,970 this is I think of all the truth 647 00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:25,110 maybe I shouldn't say of all but one 648 00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:26,990 of the greatest truths that keeps me going 649 00:29:26,990 --> 00:29:30,070 is this matter of don't give up don't 650 00:29:30,070 --> 00:29:31,650 be a quitter put your hand to the 651 00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:34,330 plow and don't look back but keep on 652 00:29:34,330 --> 00:29:35,590 what do you feel like it or not 653 00:29:35,590 --> 00:29:38,070 when the problems come and you wonder well 654 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:40,190 how everything's gonna work out don't give up 655 00:29:40,190 --> 00:29:45,470 but keep going on and I believe that 656 00:29:45,470 --> 00:29:50,050 God wants us to be persevering saints yes 657 00:29:50,050 --> 00:29:51,930 we have all the promises of God at 658 00:29:51,930 --> 00:29:55,090 our disposal but we need to act upon 659 00:29:55,090 --> 00:29:57,530 them and trust them but we need to 660 00:29:57,530 --> 00:29:59,690 take heed and watch at the same time 661 00:29:59,690 --> 00:30:03,350 lest we fall I'd like to close with 662 00:30:03,350 --> 00:30:06,770 five vows that were written by A.W. 663 00:30:06,910 --> 00:30:09,470 Tozer I don't know if they tie in 664 00:30:09,470 --> 00:30:11,470 exactly with discipline but I think they do 665 00:30:11,470 --> 00:30:14,530 he says these are five vows that will 666 00:30:14,530 --> 00:30:18,070 really make your spiritual life something in the 667 00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:23,230 practical realm I like to read them the 668 00:30:23,230 --> 00:30:25,590 first one he says is deal thoroughly with 669 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:33,490 sin for undisciplined it's sin deal thoroughly with 670 00:30:33,490 --> 00:30:38,910 sin confess it and forsake it the next 671 00:30:38,910 --> 00:30:45,480 one is never own anything if all that 672 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:46,980 we have is God's and we don't own 673 00:30:46,980 --> 00:30:49,040 it then if something happens to it how 674 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,920 can we get upset it's not ours it's 675 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,640 God's and how can we take care of 676 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,320 what we wear better than we take care 677 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,240 of someone else's because it's not ours never 678 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:08,220 own anything number three never defend yourself 679 00:31:08,220 --> 00:31:17,380 never defend yourself oh you never defend 680 00:31:17,380 --> 00:31:23,600 yourself really help a lot wouldn't it the 681 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:28,140 fourth one never pass anything on about anybody 682 00:31:28,140 --> 00:31:31,720 else that would hurt them never pass anything 683 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:36,240 on about anybody else that would hurt them 684 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:41,320 and the last one never accept any glory 685 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:47,760 it all belongs to God never accept one 686 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:52,080 ounce of glory it belongs only to God 687 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,660 and if we take it we're robbing God 688 00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:58,220 if we take too much time we're robbing 689 00:31:58,220 --> 00:32:00,860 God if we misuse what God has given 690 00:32:00,860 --> 00:32:04,560 us we're robbing God and one of the 691 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,720 great commandments is thou shalt not steal and 692 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,280 so it really boils down again discipline is 693 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,360 simply obedience to the Word of God yes 694 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,740 we need the faith oh how we need 695 00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:20,740 it we need believing hearts and at the 696 00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:22,680 same time we need hearts that will obey 697 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:29,760 they go together trust and obey you've got 698 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,180 to have both and discipline is simply obedience 699 00:32:33,180 --> 00:32:36,440 to the Word of God oh that God 700 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,420 will enable us for it's not by might 701 00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:42,040 it's not by power it's not by our 702 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,960 feelings it's not by our emotions it's not 703 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,380 just by our desires it's not by our 704 00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:52,200 striving but it's by my spirit sayeth the 705 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,080 Lord God is the one who has to 706 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,620 discipline our lives it may take rebuking it 707 00:32:57,620 --> 00:33:00,540 may take chastising but oh I pray that 708 00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:03,180 in my own life God will bring whatever 709 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:06,600 it takes to make me disciplined for him 710 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:11,620 that the world might hear let's pray oh 711 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:15,560 father we have to confess our undisciplined lives 712 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,160 Lord we lay them before thee and we 713 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:23,740 realize that we cannot we cannot remember what 714 00:33:23,740 --> 00:33:26,340 you taught us we cannot do the things 715 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:29,200 you've told us to do but we're glad 716 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,220 that you've said it's not by might or 717 00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:34,960 by power but it's by thy Holy Spirit 718 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,300 who indwells us and so Lord we believe 719 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:42,860 thee that you'll enable us to obey thee 720 00:33:42,860 --> 00:33:46,480 in everything you tell us to do oh 721 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:51,200 God discipline our lives not for our sake 722 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,400 but for your sake because you died that 723 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,000 we might be disciplined for Jesus Christ we 724 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,180 ask it in your name you've been listening 725 00:34:00,180 --> 00:34:02,160 to from the pulpit and classic sermon series 726 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,560 this week you heard George Berwer part two 727 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,280 of his message discipline tune in next week 728 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,440 to hear John Piper talk about are you 729 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,560 wasting your life I'm from the pulpit and 730 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:12,300 classic sermons