Participants: Chris Shelton &, Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000019
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00:41 Hello friends, and thank you
00:43 for joining us for another Behold The Lambs 00:46 presents program, I'm Chris Shelton your 00:48 host and today we've an interesting message 00:51 entitled do right because it is right. 00:55 You know many of us are parents and if not it's a 00:58 good possibility that you'll become one in one 01:01 form or another. As a mom thinking 01:04 back to the many times I had to instruct my 01:06 children to do things that on their own they 01:09 simply didn't want to do, I recall often hearing 01:12 that we don't know why? Why do I have to 01:15 keep my room clean? Why do I have to be 01:17 in at a certain time, why can't I get to 01:20 do some of the activities the other 01:22 kids are involved in? Ensure to stop and 01:26 give answers to some otherwise were good 01:28 times to teach me that lessons, 01:30 but most of the times as parents we expect our 01:34 children to trust in our judgment, 01:36 and do as we ask just because we asked. 01:40 And hopefully because doing what we ask is 01:43 the right thing to do as well. 01:45 A beautiful thing about serving our 01:47 heavenly Father is that we can trust 01:50 him to never ask us to do something 01:53 that is not right. The problem comes 01:56 when we discover that our habits, 02:00 our desires and customs that we had 02:03 developed over the years don't line up with 02:07 a thus saith the Lord and self begins to be 02:11 involved in a spiritual tug of war with God 02:15 pulling at one direction and self and perhaps 02:18 even your friends pulling you in totally 02:20 opposite direction. You know what 02:23 are we to do, are we to, 02:25 how are we to handle these situations and 02:28 really, really doesn't make a difference if we 02:30 choose our own way over God's way, 02:33 it means just once in a while. 02:35 I believe that these questions and their 02:38 answers and many more will be answered 02:40 today in today's message with 02:43 Pastor Kenny Shelton as he addresses our 02:46 we doing right because it is right. 02:49 But first lets listen to a song entitled 02:57 He forgives and forgets, as sung by Tammy Chance 02:58 at 3ABN's worship centre. 03:20 It's so easy to say I forgive you, 03:27 But forgetting is the hardest thing to do, 03:36 Though my mind can comprehend 03:40 That He could be that kind of friend 03:45 On the cross He took my place 03:48 So my sin He could erase He forgives and forgets 04:00 I stand before Him holy He consoled my tense 04:10 That day at Calvary 04:15 Now I'm, justified, just as He refines every sin 04:23 And yet He not only forgives, 04:28 He forgives and forgets 04:34 The mercies of Lord are ever lasting 04:41 He forgives my sins and remembers them your more 04:50 Though its hard for me to guess 04:55 How far the east is from the west 05:00 On the cross he took my place 05:04 So my sins he could erase 05:10 He forgives and forgets I stand before Him holy 05:21 He consoled my tense That day at Calvary 05:31 Now I'm, justified, just as He refines every sin 05:38 And yet He not only forgives, 05:42 He forgives and forgets 05:48 When you look at me 05:51 You may see me just as I'm 05:56 But when He looks at me 06:00 He only sees the pride of the lamb of the lamb 06:10 He forgives and forgets I stand before Him holy 06:20 He consoled my tense That day at Calvary 06:30 Now I'm, justified, just as He refines every sin 06:37 And yet He not only forgives, 06:42 He forgives and forgets 06:47 When you look at me 06:50 You may see me just as I'm He not only forgives 07:02 He not only forgives All my sins He forgets 07:29 Thank you for joining us here 07:30 Behold the Lamb once again. 07:31 Oh! What a privilege to be able to study 07:32 God's word together. I hope that you are 07:35 making sure that we do this consistently. 07:39 God has a lot of good messages for us, 07:40 His word is powerful and its true and as 07:44 we study together, I pray its not only 07:45 preparing you but preparing me all of us 07:47 for the soon coming of Jesus Christ. 07:49 Our subject for today is 07:51 "do right because it is right". 07:54 How does that take place, 07:56 and how do we bring our lives into that 07:58 kind of order. Well we're gonna 07:59 find out when we study the word together, 08:01 but before we do, as always you know we, 08:03 we need to go to God in prayer don't we. 08:06 A prayer is such a very, 08:07 very important part of as we get 08:10 into God's word, so why don't we kneel 08:12 together and seek God's praise. 08:15 Now when we do this remember were you 08:17 can you kneel with me. There will be many of 08:19 you who cannot do it but you're gonna promise 08:21 that you're gonna pray with me, 08:22 what do you see. Let's pray for the 08:24 power of the Holy Spirit. 08:29 Kind loving heavenly Father, 08:30 we thank you for the privilege of prayer. 08:33 We thank you that you're our Father in heaven, 08:35 and you want us as we study to show 08:37 ourselves approved under God. 08:40 We pray for the out pouring of 08:41 thy Holy Spirit. Pray that you'll 08:43 take this pour mind of mine that we will 08:45 illuminate it with power of thy Spirit 08:48 that we may hear from heaven and what we hear 08:51 from heaven may some how come across 08:54 to your power to the ears and hearts 08:56 and minds of all of us, your people around the 08:59 world that we may be drawn closer to Jesus. 09:02 Oh! What a pleasant privilege this is, 09:04 thank you for sending your 09:05 Holy Spirit in Jesus name. Amen. 09:11 Once again as we study the word as we 09:14 get into the God's word we find that it is 09:16 sharper than any what, two edged sword and 09:20 so its gonna rightly divide, separate, 09:22 its gonna do some cutting. Today if he does 09:24 some cutting, praise God it's 09:25 alright because God allow nothing to be cut 09:27 from your life it doesn't need to be. 09:30 We're gonna be talking about do 09:32 right because it is right, 09:35 well that sounds like we are gonna be 09:36 operating from principle rather than policy. 09:41 The Bible is real clear 1 John 3:7, 09:43 you've your Bibles turn over to jott it 09:45 down 1 John 3:7, its start out and 09:48 says little children, let no man deceive you: 09:52 little children, let no man deceive you: 09:53 he that doeth righteousness 09:56 is righteous, even as 09:59 he is righteous. You realize 10:02 how powerful this scripture is, 10:07 the Bible says that he that 10:08 doeth righteousness, righteousness here 10:12 in the Greek is mean he that is 10:16 innocent toward God, he that is just 10:19 before God, he that is right, 10:22 that's what righteousness right doing and it 10:25 says he is righteous, and even as he 10:28 is righteous. Oh! How wonderful 10:31 the God's plan for us that we can be 10:34 righteous because of Jesus Christ. 10:36 So, there is a thing that we're going to call 10:38 here in our study that we need to do 10:40 right because it is right, and when you talk 10:43 about right, you automatically 10:45 think of what, wrong. Good and evil, 10:49 so as we study this lesson I think 10:50 that you know, in fact I heard 10:53 it many times say just, just do the right thing. 10:57 I think I heard that when I was growing up, 10:58 can he just do the right thing. 11:01 Have you ever heard that as you were at home, 11:04 mom try to tell just do the right thing? 11:06 I'll tell you little story, 11:09 true story when I was growing up my dad 11:11 would give me a job to do and you know, 11:14 as soon as he, soon as he asks me, 11:17 Kenny I need you to do this for me, 11:19 my first, why? Why you asking me, 11:26 you know I was very well aware that you 11:28 know brother Danny was around and brother Ronnie 11:30 was around and Tommy was around and it seem 11:32 like that I did the last job that need to be 11:35 done around the house, seem like I was 11:37 the busy one, so you know it 11:40 seem like well, so quickly out 11:42 of my mouth would come why? 11:44 But dad, why only me won't you tell 11:45 these other guys. Well I guess I 11:51 really didn't care which one of them he chose 11:53 just as long as it wasn't me as long as 11:56 somebody else I didn't want to bother with 11:57 it but his answer was pretty much 12:00 always the same, thank full for a 12:03 consistent parents we really need to be that 12:05 as parents, set a good example 12:07 for our children. And here's what he 12:09 would say I say dad why me? 12:12 He say first of all Kenny because I told you. 12:16 Some people don't like it oh! 12:17 That's not the good, that's a pretty good 12:19 answer at least it was for me. 12:21 He said first of all is because I asked 12:23 you to do it, not your brothers, 12:28 well, and if I pressed him just a little bit 12:32 further he might explain something like 12:36 Kenny were you were gone the other boys they 12:38 had some other things to do, 12:40 so its your turn. 12:45 Interesting if I pressed him a little bit more, 12:47 you've be careful about pressing your 12:48 parents sometime too. I pressed him a little 12:50 bit more because I was trying to get 12:51 out of doing the job and I would say well 12:56 you know why is that I need to 13:00 do this thing, why is that me? 13:04 And he would say look Kenny I tell you 13:08 what here's what gonna happen, 13:10 here's what happen if you do, 13:12 here's what's going to happen if you don't. 13:14 Well it sound like I had an option there, 13:17 this is what will happen if you do and this 13:19 is what's gonna happen if you don't do it. 13:22 So, I had to contemplate those things and most 13:25 generally I would accept the first option, 13:27 first option you see wasn't too bad, 13:29 I just, you know everything will 13:30 be alright if I just go and do what he 13:32 asked me to do, but if I choose 13:34 that second option sometime I find it very 13:37 difficult to sit down for quite a while because 13:41 you know he had a voice of correcting us and so, 13:45 I guess that the thing that really got to me 13:47 more than anything was this and I want 13:49 you pay attention to this, 13:50 thing I really got to me the most when he 13:52 said well I want you to do this and 13:53 don't worry about what your brothers and so 13:55 on so forth, you just, 13:56 you just do it I ask you to do it so just 13:58 do it and the thing that really got to me after 14:01 it was already settled and I decided that I 14:03 probably should go ahead and do it. 14:05 He said and while you're doing the job act 14:07 like you like it. 14:11 Wow, that was more painful than the job, 14:15 what do you mean act like you like it. 14:18 You see he was one who didn't tolerate 14:20 that when he gave you something to do 14:21 that you could just act up anyway 14:23 you wanted to, like some children do, 14:25 you ask them do something they 14:26 don't like they go out of house and they slam 14:28 the door muttering underneath our breath, 14:30 we weren't allowed to mutter underneath 14:32 our breath, it was really 14:33 under our breath where he didn't hear it. 14:37 We won't allow it you know close the cabinet 14:39 door how often we've been corrected, 14:40 slam any door even act like we were upset. 14:44 So, he says now you're doing the job go 14:45 act like you are happy. 14:48 Oh! Man, and so I thinks the thing that 14:50 comes back to me Kenny just do right because 14:55 it is right. Based upon 14:57 this Commandment says Honor thy father 15:01 and thy mother. Do it Kenny 15:04 because it's a right thing to do, 15:06 right doing is pleasing to God. 15:10 If we do the right thing, you remember this 15:12 passage of scripture found in 2 Peter 1:17, 15:17 2 Peter 1:17 says that God was speaking about 15:21 Jesus he said: This is my beloved son, 15:26 in whom I am well pleased. 15:28 Good right doing is pleasing to God. 15:33 This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. 15:38 We need to be pleasing God rather than 15:40 pleasing our self, doing the right 15:42 thing because it is right. 15:46 How many of us really do, how many really work 15:48 from that kind of principle. 15:51 The Bible in 1 Thessalonians 2:4 15:53 scripture says: even so we speak; 15:57 not as pleasing men, but God, 16:02 which trieth out hearts. So we're not to worry 16:06 about pleasing men only, but we are to worry 16:09 about pleasing God because he is the one 16:13 that tries the what, the heart, 16:15 he knows the heart, why are you doing, 16:17 what you're doing. Why are you doing it, 16:20 because it's right because it needs to be done, 16:22 because you are convicted of it, 16:24 because maybe its required of you, 16:27 or people won't think you are Christian if 16:28 you don't do that. See it's not, 16:31 it's always easy to do the right thing is it. 16:35 1st John says 3:22: And whatsoever we ask, 16:39 we shall what? we receive of him, 16:43 because we keep his commandments, 16:47 and do those things that are pleasing 16:50 in his sight. Keep focusing 16:52 with me about pleasing doing the right thing. 16:56 I have people that'll quote the first 16:58 part of that, whatsoever we ask 17:00 we're going to receive of him and they just 17:02 dance around with this thought. 17:04 Whatever we ask he is going to give us, oh! 17:06 Why don't you just go ahead and read 17:09 the last part, he says 17:10 you can have these things if you whatsoever you 17:14 ask you shall receive because we keep 17:18 his commandments. It's conditional you 17:21 ask he is going to give you if you 17:23 are doing what, by God's grace if 17:25 we keep his commandments, and do those things 17:28 that please him. Don't expect he 17:32 answers to prayer, don't expect 17:33 these things, whatever thing you have, 17:35 if you're not being pleasing to him, 17:39 its conditional. We've shown 17:42 just a few little of passage of 17:43 scripture here, man must meet 17:46 God's requirements. And there are times 17:50 that we are challenged to just simply do 17:53 right because it is right. How many times have 17:57 you ever been challenged with that? 18:00 As I mentioned while ago its not, 18:01 its not always easy to do the right thing. 18:06 Many times its such a 18:07 challenge it's a denial of our self. 18:14 How many times have you been confronted 18:16 with this issue? Lets give you an example, 18:19 you may try to correct a bad habit, 18:24 you just let in gonna work, 18:25 I want to correct this bad habit and we think 18:27 if we correct this bad habit this is the way 18:29 to become a Christian. Is this really the way 18:35 that we become a Christian? 18:39 If we could become a Christian we've to begin 18:41 at the right place. Where would you begin? 18:45 You wanna something you don't, 18:47 maybe you never accepted the Lord as 18:49 your personal savior. Today you wanna do 18:53 that and you're thinking I need to 18:54 start somewhere, I want to do right 18:55 because it is a right thing to do but I'm 18:58 not sure where to begin or where to even start. 19:03 And I think if I just get rid of this habit or 19:05 that habit then I'll become a Christian. 19:06 No there is a place to begin and it's 19:08 important that we understand where 19:10 we begin this walk with Jesus. 19:13 We must begin in the right place and where 19:15 does it begin, it begins in good 19:17 you are thinking the heart. 19:19 The heart has to be changed. 19:23 Psalm 95:10, notice it says that it is a 19:27 people that do err in their heart, 19:31 it is that people that what, 19:33 that do err in their heart why because they have 19:36 not know my ways. People err when they 19:42 don't know the way of the Lord. 19:46 The heart has to change somewhere in our 19:49 walk as if they were born as a baby and we 19:53 begin to grow up, begin to understand 19:56 right and wrong, there comes a point, 19:59 a time where every man, woman, child doesn't 20:02 matter who it is, the human race 20:05 somewhere along the line that heart 20:06 needs to change. We need to give 20:08 our heart which is interchangable with 20:10 mind to God. It needs to 20:13 be converted, see our natural 20:16 tendency is do the wrong thing, 20:19 and we need some help. And many times its 20:22 hard for us to decide what all is wrong and 20:24 what all is right, but we understand what we 20:26 need to do so say God this is the right thing to 20:29 do help me to do because it's a right thing. 20:34 You need to understand God's word, 20:35 we begin in the heart, the people that do 20:38 err in their heart, they err, 20:39 we err because what we don't know God, 20:44 and we want to get our life and something 20:45 you want to get your life squared away, 20:48 so the heart needs to be changed, 20:51 the heart needs to be converted, 20:53 the heart needs to be sanctified, 20:55 set apart, it needs to be holy, 20:59 heart, mind, soul, body, and so God wants 21:02 to begin to do some heart surgery on you 21:03 and on me and I praise he is doing it right now 21:06 on some people around the world. 21:09 Somehow today is the day; 21:10 the day is salvation for you. 21:13 Today you had enough of the world and things 21:15 of the world; you've been 21:16 looking for a way out. He is the way out; 21:19 He's prepared a way for you and for me. 21:23 The Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9, 21:26 and when I say heart I have people come 21:28 with this response and this is what the 21:30 Bible does say, the Bible says: 21:32 the heart is what good deceitful 21:34 above all things. 21:38 But it say okay we need a heart change, 21:39 that's why we need a heart change because 21:41 the heart is what, the heart is emotional, 21:44 heart and mind, it is emotional 21:45 sometime and we work on emotions and feelings 21:48 and how we feel for the day and what's 21:49 happen in our life for the day, 21:51 God says no, no, no you can't 21:52 work on emotions, you got to do the 21:54 right thing because its right. 21:56 Do the right thing, even when you don't 21:59 feel like doing the right thing. 22:01 You do it because it's right, 22:02 you work from principle. 22:04 Bible says the heart is deceitful above all, 22:07 that's it, that's it, that's a word when 22:09 you talk about this deceitful, 22:11 deceitful here in the Hebrew simply 22:16 means it's crooked. The heart is crooked, 22:21 deceitful, it's crooked, it also says the heart 22:25 listen carefully some of you is fraudulent. 22:28 You know I meet some people who seem their 22:30 life is pretty fraudulent; you heard them say 22:33 they are fraud, it's because their 22:38 heart hasn't changed, their heart is fraudulent, 22:42 it's crooked. The word also means 22:46 it's polluted, to have a polluted 22:51 heart means it's not right, 22:53 it's not pure, it's not clean and its stinking 22:55 and acting in a way that's not Christ like. 23:01 Here we see that there is a real change that 23:02 needs to be in your life and in mine. 23:06 I give you an example that everybody or 23:09 at least most people realize that what we, 23:11 you know, we need to have a knowledge 23:13 of the truth, okay, 23:15 so yeah I need to have knowledge of the truth 23:18 But that knowledge of the truth doesn't 23:20 necessarily change our thoughts. 23:24 You've a knowledge what of the truth but it 23:26 doesn't change your thoughts, 23:29 and if it doesn't change your thoughts 23:30 after you've a knowledge of the truth is because 23:33 your heart has not been changed. 23:37 Oh! Sure that makes sense, 23:40 little something else to think about. 23:42 People will say okay a person may attempt and 23:45 we've just a lot deal with, 23:47 person is going to attempt to keep all the 23:49 commandments of God, because he feels 23:54 he has to. Okay, I have to do it and 23:58 I'll say I want to keep all the 24:00 commandments okay, I'm gonna keep all 24:01 the pentacle I've to in order to get to heaven, 24:04 I guess I'm gonna have to keep the commandments, 24:08 he thinks wow its an obligation, 24:12 its an obligation, so I guess I better do it. 24:18 But here's what I found out when God's 24:21 requirements are a burden this is not true what? 24:26 This is not true obedience; 24:28 we are talking about true obedience here. 24:32 If it's burdensome, is serving God a 24:35 burden to you, then there is 24:37 something wrong, your heart has 24:38 not been changed, if it is a burden. 24:40 You get up everyday and say oh! I can't go here, 24:43 I can't go do that, I can't run here, 24:44 I can't run there, I can't buy that, 24:46 I can't eat this, I can't do that yes 24:48 your Christian is a burden, 24:50 your heart has not been changed, 24:52 to serve Jesus is a joy, it's a privilege. 24:54 Never takes anything away from you that's 24:55 good for you or for me. 24:59 Matthew 11 verse 30 interesting in scripture, 25:02 Jesus says my burden is light, 25:10 He says my burden is light. 25:11 Oh! Why is it that you say my burden is heavy 25:13 because you are fighting against God, 25:15 that's why? You think God 25:18 didn't know what he is talking about 25:19 yes he does, when he said 25:20 my burden is light, yoke up with me 25:22 its light come on, and you keep oh! 25:25 It's so heavy I can't get that, 25:26 it's a bunch of do's and a bunch of don'ts, 25:29 your heart has not been changed. 25:32 Really we need to change your heart. 25:36 Psalm 55 you will be really reading this 25:37 Psalms 55:22 says: Cast thy burden 25:41 upon the Lord, and he shall 25:44 sustain thee: cast your burden 25:47 upon what? Upon the Lord 25:48 and he'll sustain you. Are you casting that 25:51 burden today, its too heavy for you, 25:54 you can't just, you can't continue on. 25:57 If your religion is a burden today it simply 26:01 that's not true obedience. 26:03 Its not truly converted heart, 26:04 some changes need to take place. 26:09 If you love Jesus you gonna find that 26:12 the its natural, the out working 26:15 of a principle within, it comes naturally 26:20 when you love Jesus with all your heart. 26:23 Serving him is not a burden, 26:25 its just normal the things that will come out, 26:29 and springs from a love of righteousness 26:31 or from right doing. I want you to notice 26:35 the passage with me here because I hear 26:37 people all the time saying oh obedience, 26:40 obey, oh you don't have to obey, 26:42 are they just really offended by this word 26:44 when you say obedience or obey. 26:47 Have you ever met someone like that, 26:48 as soon as you say you know we need to be 26:50 obedient to God, oh they just 26:52 puff up they just really, 26:53 let me make a big statement, 26:56 are you ready for a big statement. 26:58 If you're serving the devil you've to be 27:01 obedient to him, if you're serving God 27:05 you need to be obedient to him. 27:09 You notice the words obedient. 27:12 I am gonna read you a passage of scripture 27:13 to substantiate that. Roman's chapter 27:16 6 verse 16, yeah you know what it says: 27:20 know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves 27:23 servants to obey, his servants ye 27:27 are to whom ye obey. So whoever what, 27:30 whoever you obey again obey is 27:33 obedience is in there, so if you're serving 27:36 the devil today you are obedient to the devil, 27:38 so obedience still plays a part did you get it. 27:41 We obey God or we obey what? 27:43 The devil, the Bible says whether of sin, 27:46 so that means we've to be obedient to the 27:48 devil the sin or unto death, 27:51 or by obedience unto righteousness? 27:55 You just can't get passed that 27:57 word can you, I can't get pass 27:59 that word we tried, trust and obey for 28:02 there is no other way, obey don't be offended 28:07 by praise God a test, we need test in 28:11 these hours in which we live. 28:13 God's testing and trying his people. 28:17 Now if you're determined to do right, 28:19 let me ask you a question, 28:20 if you really determined to do right does 28:22 it really matter where you start, you say, 28:25 well that's a may be a little tricky question 28:28 but does it matter how you start or maybe 28:30 when you start. I'll just read you 28:33 a passage of scripture in 28:35 Hebrews chapter 3 verse 14, 28:38 Hebrews chapter 3 verse 14, 28:39 the Bible says: For we are made partakers 28:42 of Christ, notice this, 28:45 if we are made partakers of Christ, 28:49 if we hold the beginning of our 28:51 confidence stedfast unto the end. 28:55 What was the question, does it really make a 28:57 difference how we start and the Bible comes back 29:00 and it says as we start from where, 29:02 from the beginning of our walk with Jesus it does 29:05 make a difference how we begin. 29:08 It says here that if we are partakers 29:11 of Christ, if we become 29:13 part of the family of God we've to hold the 29:17 beginning of our confidence. 29:20 The beginning of our confidence, 29:21 that means we need to, 29:22 beginning means we need to, 29:23 confidence stay under, we need to be 29:26 connected to. There are conditions 29:30 we need to be under those conditions that we 29:32 first made that commitment to 29:34 Jesus Christ, not get away 29:35 from them but to stay. How did you feel when 29:39 you first gave your life to Jesus Christ, 29:41 the commitments that you made to him? 29:44 Does it make a difference how we start? 29:47 I'll read a little book, it had one line I 29:49 thought was very good called My Life Today, 29:52 page 122 and the question was asked does it make 29:55 a difference how we start in our relationship 29:58 with Christ and you know what the answer said, 30:00 oh this is interesting. It says be careful how 30:04 you start, start right 30:06 and then keep quietly on, 30:14 wow, that's awesome when you think about it. 30:19 It simply says you be careful to start right, 30:22 start right and then keep quietly on. 30:27 You will be tooting your horns just 30:29 quietly continue on, I may ask 30:31 another question, and have a question, 30:33 comment put together here but the 30:35 question is how, does it make a 30:37 difference how you run the 100 yard dash, 30:39 when I was going to school we run 30:40 a 100 yard dash does it make a difference 30:43 how you start putting ahead, 30:45 it definitely made a difference because it 30:47 was a matter of few seconds race and if you 30:50 got a bad start you didn't win the race and 30:53 those who got a good start or a good jump 30:55 would they would win. So, yes it made a 30:58 difference but yet in the Christian race its 31:03 not exactly how you start but how you what, 31:06 how you end up. But as we've that 31:10 opportunity start for Christ, 31:11 let's do it positively, let's do right because 31:13 it is right. I've had some 31:17 people who say way you know I wanna 31:18 do the right thing but there is going to 31:23 be a price to pay. You've made changes 31:27 in your life and you know you had to make 31:30 somethings right and you knew there is gonna 31:34 be a price, may cost you friendship, 31:39 may cost you position, may be job but you want 31:43 to do the right thing and then they say, 31:45 why should I do? What kind of counsel 31:48 can you give to anyone? When they say I wanna 31:53 do the right thing what should I do but 31:54 it's gonna cost me. 31:57 You come to that point I was reading a 31:59 Great Controversy page 460 paragraph is 32:01 very interesting, whatever may be 32:04 their profession, it is only those 32:08 who are world servers at heart that act from 32:13 policy rather than principle in 32:16 religious things. We should choose 32:19 right because it is right, 32:24 and leave the consequences with God. 32:27 In other words it may cost you in this life 32:30 but leave the consequences with God. 32:32 Do the right thing because it is 32:33 right and you leave the consequences with God. 32:37 God will bless you for it, 32:39 yes it might cost you in this life but you gotta 32:42 set things in order, you've to got to 32:43 get your house ready. Do right, right, 32:48 righteous, righteousness, its always based upon 32:55 scripture always, no exception, 32:58 it is not based on circumstances, 33:01 it is not based on situations, 33:05 its based on the, the word of God. 33:08 And let me say friend it is dangerous to depart 33:12 even for the very first time from principle. 33:16 It can cause a world of hurt for you, 33:20 maybe a situation you can never 33:22 reverse in this life, one departure from 33:28 the truth and what you know is right. 33:32 Well I was thinking about a man, 33:37 a man in the Bible his name was Aaron, 33:41 Exodus chapter 30 just you get time you read 33:44 all of this but here is a man who had a 33:48 departure from doing the right things at time. 33:51 He never acted from principle and it cost, 33:55 oh did it ever cost. We hear lot about Moses 34:00 and sometime Aaron but wow, 34:03 Aaron was a Godly man, he was a human but 34:06 he was a Godly man, in fact he was, 34:09 Aaron was the high priest, Aaron was a prophet, 34:12 listen Aaron was a type of Christ. 34:18 Heard lot about Moses very little about Aaron 34:20 at times you know Aaron was in Gods presence 34:24 on the mount. God choose him 34:29 and his sons to minister for him. 34:34 Aaron performed miracles and yet what could 34:39 have taken place, you may remember 34:45 that Moses was up in the mount, 34:48 Moses stayed with the people, 34:50 you know in Moses absence, Aaron was incharge, 34:55 that's Exodus 19, no time to read that. 34:58 Aaron was left incharge the people were camped 35:01 around the base of the mount. 35:03 It wasn't very long they became restless. 35:08 They wanted to party, they had a lot of energy, 35:14 the little reveling, a little excitement, 35:17 little merry making, a little noise, 35:20 a little festivity, you know what 35:23 would it hurt. They wanna just 35:26 you know do somethings they are waiting for Moses 35:29 to comeback down and so they go to the leader, 35:31 but there was two things that Israel didn't 35:33 need in the camp, and there are two 35:35 things that the church doesn't need in its pews. 35:38 It doesn't need it in the movement, 35:41 and sometime we get little carried away. 35:43 I'll just mention those two things, 35:46 the wrong spirit to have for those who are 35:49 waiting for Jesus to come reveling, 35:55 you say well that's kind of a different world, 35:56 I don't know about the spirit of reveling 35:58 that means people who want to become too noisy, 36:02 people who want to be too festive, 36:05 they are getting carried away, 36:07 it has to do with reveling. 36:12 That we don't need to be carried away right 36:13 now we need to be ground and firm and deep. 36:16 The only noise we need to make is a noise that we 36:18 are telling about the coming of Jesus Christ 36:20 in the clouds of glory. We don't need to be 36:22 too festive right now, we will have an 36:24 opportunity when we see Jesus, 36:27 we've a work to do right now. 36:30 Why? Because reveling as it did to the children 36:33 of Israel led them from a departure from God. 36:38 You've ever noticed that someone since around 36:41 something a house you get oh we are having 36:43 a party at Joe's house, wow mark on the calendar, 36:48 we need to go to that party. 36:49 Same day you get an another advertisement 36:52 you know well we are having a meeting 36:53 at the church. No we don't even talk 36:54 about that, you know we 36:55 can't attend the meeting boy there is a party, 36:58 there is a big fellowship launch, 37:00 there is a big bash somewhere, 37:02 there is a birthday party, there is a shower, 37:05 there is a baby shower, all of these things maybe 37:08 not bad within themselves, but we wouldn't miss 37:10 one of those but we can't find our way to church. 37:13 We can't find our way to do the right thing but 37:17 we like to party, we like noise, 37:19 we like to be around laughter, 37:21 we like to be around games, 37:26 are you getting the point? 37:29 I am talking about a failure on the 37:30 people part, God's people of Israel, 37:34 when Moses was getting the Ten Commandments, 37:38 and they came to Moses it led to a complete, 37:43 because they listen, because they just 37:45 wanted to party. they wanted to party 37:49 around a little bit, they sound surely 37:51 they say its harmless, just have a few laughs 37:55 but before its over they completely 37:57 departed from God, this is how it starts, 38:00 it starts in the home, starts in the family, 38:02 starts in the school. Sometime we say oh 38:05 its just harmless, its not all, 38:06 complete departure. These things were written 38:09 for admonition, some of you say no 38:12 there is no way, you need to wake up. 38:18 The Bible is clear of these illustrations. 38:21 Remember the Bible says in 1 Corinthians, 38:23 in that the Bible is written for 38:24 our what admonition, 1 Corinthians chapter 38:28 10 you read that somewhere around 10, 11 38:32 said this is for our what? Our example, 38:36 to see what happened to God's people when they 38:38 were disobedient, and when they 38:40 were obedient. See there is 38:42 a word obey again, disobedient, 38:45 you still obeying one spirit or the other 38:47 aren't you. And so 38:51 this spirit of what reveling, 38:53 the spirit is always wanting to party and 38:55 to go out and have a good time, 38:57 be with everybody, complete departure 39:02 from God it led to. The second thing was 39:06 very interesting to me the spirit of commonness, 39:13 common, you know Isaiah 5 talks about here, 39:17 I can't spend much time its fling the common 39:20 is it says we as a people we begin to call good 39:24 evil and evil good. See we can, 39:29 there is not a difference between that 39:30 which is common and that which is holy. 39:34 See we forget that in the sanctuary of the church 39:36 we've common thought going on its holy ground. 39:42 Common thoughts, its holy ground and 39:49 study someone this right here and say 39:51 Kenny God helped me to make better choices and 39:53 better decisions because this is one 39:56 thing that common is that we don't understand 39:58 what is common and that which holy, 40:00 they say this thought God hates commonness. 40:06 Spirit of Prophecy that's exact word God hates. 40:11 wow, and that simply means there is 40:14 no boundaries, there is really no 40:17 difference in what we do, and what we say 40:20 or where we're at, it just its all of the 40:22 same thing and the other word was I thought 40:25 interesting we are too familiar, 40:27 commonness is to familiar. 40:30 Do we get too familiar, you remember Aaron sons, 40:39 Nadav and Avihu, remember them, 40:42 their sense abilities were so numbed, 40:45 they know, made no 40:46 difference between what, the sacred and the 40:50 common what happened they lost their life. 40:55 They lost their life from doing the 40:56 wrong thing, they did 40:58 not act from principle, please stay with me. 41:02 Don't worry about the phone ringing, 41:03 don't worry about anything its going on, 41:04 this is very, very important 41:05 when I'm talking about because there is too much 41:07 foolishness going on in the sanctuaries today, 41:09 if God is present there dear friends you must 41:13 conduct ourselves as soul, but because of their 41:17 conduct Aaron son, the high priest conduct 41:23 Aaron wasn't even allowed to mourn over the death 41:27 of his two sons. God wanted 41:32 no sympathy, he shown up what 41:34 they were doing because they couldn't make 41:37 a difference between common. 41:38 I said when you've things in ministry that 41:40 belong to God, they are holy. 41:43 They should not be used for secular things. 41:47 God holds us accountable for those things. 41:51 Spirit of commonness, when you know what 41:53 a commonness is, I've seen this 41:55 common practice in the ministries and churches 41:59 today when the pastor has your edacity to get 42:02 up in the pulp, but he has got 42:03 a pair of tennis shoes on, 42:04 some tight fitting jeans, and his shirt button 42:07 all half way down his chest and he is 42:09 sitting there suppose to be representing 42:11 Jesus Christ. He is representing, 42:13 he is supposed to be setting something a 42:15 higher standard for the people to see, 42:17 others may not be able to afford anything 42:19 better and they are doing the best they can, 42:21 but he can, he should know 42:22 the difference. If he wants to 42:24 dress like that, that's a party 42:25 time and he needs to go out somewhere else. 42:27 He thinks he is gonna reach people, 42:29 and they are gonna accept it. 42:30 No, they need a higher standard, 42:31 they need to see that God is holy, 42:33 that Jesus is holy, he demands a holy people, 42:36 we should conduct ourselves as such. 42:42 Oh! We've lost it, we've lost it because 42:43 of the commonness, too familiar in our dress, 42:49 the way we dress, in the way that we talk. 42:53 Some of you ladies are dressing in the church 42:55 call itself last day moment people you 42:57 love Jesus you show way too much up here and 43:00 way too much down here, dress like Christian men 43:05 and women, it's a man too, too familiar. 43:10 I want to look at several ways and I'm not gonna 43:12 have a lot of times that Aaron showed his 43:14 weakness and lack of principle, 43:17 and lack of doing right because it was right, 43:21 it cost, oh friend it cost, 43:27 commonness too familiar. I've got to spend some 43:31 time on whether I get done or not. 43:33 I've got to spend some time on this because 43:36 you know what this commonness and this 43:38 too familiar with one and another, 43:41 see to me, men and women 43:42 are too familiar with one another, 43:44 and the more familiar you get the more problems 43:46 it can cause, because this familiar 43:48 errata can cause un Christ like behavior, 43:56 in words and in actions. See the enemy uses 44:01 this commonness and this familiar spirit such as 44:05 in flattering statements. You know praise, 44:14 let me just to say when I'm really on this 44:17 you know men in the church you've no right 44:20 going up to another women whether you are 44:22 married or not and tell her that she looks 44:23 beautiful today, that's not your wife, 44:26 you need to stop it. People in church 44:29 comes down, a woman comes 44:30 in I actually married men, 44:32 married women look a them and say oh 44:34 that's a very pretty dress you've, 44:36 because you shouldn't be noticing somebody's 44:38 else dress. We can 44:40 detect that's something nice 44:41 or they are neatly done as they come 44:43 into the church, oh your hair is 44:45 beautiful oh I just love your hair, 44:46 oh I just love your eyes, 44:47 you brother had stepped out of bounds. 44:51 You've no right to do that and the 44:52 women who was addressed and familiar as 44:54 commonness right there needs to say that 44:57 thank you and just move on, 44:58 say nothing about just move on. 44:59 Do not accept because that is from the enemy. 45:04 Man has no right to do that, 45:06 you haven't studied these things where you need 45:07 to be in Gods word. You need to be 45:08 in the sprit of prophecy, you see exactly what 45:10 I'm talking about. In fact we'll run 45:13 over really quickly, it says simply 45:14 when some body flatters you, 45:15 its flattery it is of the devil, 45:19 do not receive. Now if another 45:20 woman comes up to another women said 45:22 you look good, a man says it 45:23 is a nice suite, but between opposites 45:26 there stop it, stop it, stop it. 45:30 It's not pleasing to God, 45:32 you say you are preparing for heaven, 45:34 don't receive flattery, Christ never 45:38 used flattery, beware of giving 45:42 flattery to our youth, the little children. 45:45 Oh! They're so cute, 45:46 oh! They are saying the sweetest thing, 45:47 honey say what you said to her, 45:48 there goes the head, care how they do 45:51 with them little later on in the life, 45:53 they got the big head. 45:55 It's okay to commend them, and encourage them 45:57 but be careful not flattery, 46:01 inspiration says women should never give me 46:03 flattery and vice versa. 46:09 Its deceiving, its infatuating, 46:13 and you know what these very words what 46:15 you're loosely going around giving to others 46:17 you'll meet those words in the judgment. 46:23 Do you want to? Need to make it right 46:25 while you can? In fact flattery, 46:31 Spirit of Prophecy says that Satan uses 46:32 to destroy souls, see how we got 46:36 so common now that everything there no 46:38 really thing holy that will need, 46:39 that we don't understand what 46:41 I'm talking about up here like all 46:43 that so silly. No, its not, 46:45 the world is in a mess because of it today. 46:50 Spirit of Prophecy wants us and needs 46:51 be though undo familiarity between 46:53 boys and girls be careful, God condemns it. 47:01 God condemns it dear friends, 47:02 we need to condemn it don't you think. 47:06 Over familiarity leads to in fact it causes 47:11 sin to a peerless sinful, 47:14 the more familiar you are, 47:15 sin doesn't seem quite to be so sinful. 47:19 Its less repulsive then what it is 47:22 because we are too familiar, 47:24 we can't call sin by its right name. 47:27 Satan uses familiarity the commonness to 47:29 educate the mind. One act, 47:34 just one act of familiarity, 47:37 one act of familiarity may jeopardize the soul 47:41 for eternity. Read that in 47:44 Adventist Home by the way 404, 47:47 and these warnings may I just reading it 47:48 now a right now I'm gonna get into 47:49 trouble anyway, I might so just 47:51 take good one. 47:55 And I'm not talking about being too familiar, 47:57 I'm talking about talking about positions, 47:59 I'm talking about nurses, 48:02 I'm talking about school teachers, 48:03 I'm talking about pastors, 48:04 leaders, people who work with you 48:07 know other folks, and this may 48:10 I go ahead a say the women you need not 48:12 confine about your home life with another man, 48:15 vice versa. It leads to 48:17 all kind of trouble, it leads down to 48:19 wrong path. Did we say 48:21 do right because it is right. 48:27 Oh! That's an awful lot to chew on 48:29 isn't it makes us cough a little bit say wow, 48:32 man that's too much, he's gone to Medley. 48:35 Now that's the word of God the 48:37 world in a crises right now, 48:39 in the work places because it's too familiar 48:42 with one another, men are too familiar 48:45 with women and vice versa and it leads 48:47 to undo wrong actions and thoughts. 48:56 Aaron he was weak, was a weak leader, 48:57 his weaknesses, that's just name 48:58 them quickly we get few minutes left, 49:00 we're gonna name some of his weaknesses. 49:02 He didn't stand firmly against the people 49:05 as they reveal that they wanted to party. 49:08 Here was his first mistake, 49:09 when the people come to a leader you are the 49:12 pastor of the church, you're a leader or 49:13 whatever in a ministry, and the people come and 49:15 say you know I think we all to do this and 49:17 we all to do that, you need to stand 49:18 for right principle, right then right there, 49:21 shut it off. Aaron did not do that, 49:28 he let them have their way. 49:33 We've to scorch it when something comes that's 49:36 wrong and we know you scouted it immediately. 49:39 Anything out of harmony with the Bible see 49:41 if Aaron have done this it would saved Israel 49:45 from the mess that they had they 49:46 went through. He had that 49:48 authority to do, he did not use that 49:50 authority because he was a weak link, 49:53 a weak link with his children, 49:55 weak link in the home. He didn't like it make his 49:57 children obey him. Oh! You can study 50:00 and read about some of this thing you know was 50:01 meant God used in miraculous way. 50:03 There were some weaknesses here that 50:05 we can learn from. When you know this 50:08 wrong somebody comes in church say well 50:09 we need a, I want to 50:12 say directly; you know we 50:13 just pastor, you know we 50:14 want to a Halloween party in the church say no. 50:17 We're not having a Halloween party 50:18 in our church. We are not going 50:19 to be worshiping the devil, 50:21 stop it, scorch it, stop on it, don't ask well 50:25 we need to vote on it, we got to need to call 50:26 another meeting and see what the people want 50:28 to do about it, say no, 50:30 we are not going to have it. 50:31 Put it down, keep it down, 50:32 you know chock it out. This is what stops it 50:38 that Aaron could not do that. 50:39 Number two, he didn't exercise 50:41 his authority, remember he was weak, 50:45 he didn't stand firm against the people as they 50:47 said we want to do this first. 50:49 Number two is he didn't exercise his God given 50:52 authority with the people. 50:54 He could have kept the people in check because 50:56 they recognize that he was a leader and he 50:58 could have said no, we are not going 50:59 to do that thing. They knew that God had 51:02 appointed him, he could have 51:04 stopped this apostasy, he did not do that. 51:07 Hebrews 13:17 the Bible says obey them that 51:11 have the rule over you, and submit yourselves. 51:17 You guys have little submitting there is 51:19 in the church now day they, 51:20 there is no respect for the pastor and the 51:21 elders and the deacons anymore. 51:23 Doesn't mean they are better than any of us, 51:25 but they have a position and it is a 51:26 God given position, the Bible says here that 51:28 you obey them that have the rule over you, 51:31 you submit to them. You say well that's 51:34 not good enough. How about Titus 2:15 51:36 the Bible says speak and exhort and to rebuke 51:40 with all authority. He is talking about 51:42 elders of the church, with all what? 51:45 With all authority, do the right thing 51:50 because what its right. Three he had a 51:55 desire to please the people, 51:57 he was a people pleaser and I find many of those 51:59 in the movement today. You are people pleaser 52:03 even have to sacrifice the principle, 52:05 you just want to please somebody. 52:08 Wow, men pleasers, Ephesians 6:6 says: 52:12 Not with eyeservice as menpleasers but as 52:16 a servant of Christ. What does it mean, 52:18 not with the eyeservice? It says we be careful 52:23 because these menpleasers you 52:24 know trying to please men the eyeservice 52:26 here we've to what, there is someone 52:28 who needs watching. You need to watch 52:30 these kind of people that's trying to 52:31 please men all the time, 52:33 and they are not trying to, 52:34 they are not pleasing God. 52:37 And I looked up there what I thought was hatred, 52:39 they said one who man courts, 52:43 man courting, you are courting 52:46 your fellow men you know you're just trying to 52:48 give kind a what they want, 52:49 you're trying to be pleasing and kind of some 52:50 of you do with the woman you marry. 52:54 Well open your eyes the Bible said 52:56 we need to open, we need to remember 52:59 last couple of minutes here his no, 53:01 Aaron's no, even as a father 53:04 he failed because he would not 53:06 correct his children. He didn't trained them 53:09 when they were young and self control. 53:12 Self control led to self indulgence, 53:14 they were not taught to respect 53:16 authority of their father. They didn't realize 53:19 the necessity of strict obedience, 53:21 and they fell short, he lost his sons 53:23 they lost eternal life death, 53:28 why because he didn't want to 53:30 correct his children. He didn't want to 53:34 correct his children, they need correcting. 53:38 Aaron lacked the firmness of a 53:41 right and he neglected discipline. 53:44 When he disciplined in the home regards of 53:47 what the world says I'm talking about abuse, 53:48 I'm talking about discipline. 53:51 Five, he lost control of the people the church, 53:53 as soon as he gave permission the very 53:55 first time that allowed the people to go 53:58 against God's word, he lost control. 54:01 Let me say this quickly Adam and Eve the 54:04 first time that they submitted to the will 54:10 outside of the will of God they lost control. 54:15 Wow, they lost control, yeah lost control 54:20 of their self, they lost control 54:21 of the world, when they went 54:23 contrary to Gods word and we can 54:24 do the same thing. I wanna pray for you 54:26 today as we close. You know we need 54:29 some changes in the home, we need some changes 54:31 in the church, we need changes 54:32 in the world. They can only 54:35 come by beholding him by studying his word 54:37 and seeing what he has for us and saying 54:39 God help me to do right because it is right. 54:42 Even the midst of the quicken and 54:44 perverse word lot I want to do right, 54:46 I don't want to sacrifice principle ever. 54:51 And I'm gonna pray right now, 54:52 you pray with me, the God will help us 54:54 get us Holy Spirit power. We might be prepared 54:56 to meet him when he come. Let's pray together. 54:59 Kind loving heavenly Father, 55:00 we thank you for your word, 55:02 we thank you. We realized that 55:04 message today is straight testimony, 55:06 and as straight testimony comes 55:08 to your people we pray that we will heed that 55:10 calling and we'll so prepare our hearts and 55:12 our lives in the Jesus when he shall come. 55:15 We need to be obedient unto the very and 55:17 obedient everywhere that proceeds out of 55:19 the mouth of God. Thank for hearing, 55:21 thanking for answering prayer. 55:22 Thank you for those who have made that 55:23 decision for Jesus Christ in his name we pray 55:26 and for His sake. Amen. 55:32 Well once again as we always say we are 55:34 so very grateful and thankful that we've the 55:36 opportunity to come into your home and we look 55:39 forward to this time and set aside. 55:41 We love you, God bless you, 55:42 we'll see you next time. 55:47 Doing right because it is right, 55:50 is a lesson that we all need to learn. 55:53 Truly it may cut right across our 55:55 brains at times but that is a pass that's 55:58 just a part of the process of our 56:01 refinement for the kingdom of heaven. 56:04 Our Godly principles brothers and sisters, 56:06 we are never, never to waiver 56:09 just think of all the misery and heartache 56:12 that would have been avoided in our lives 56:14 if we had only followed the teaching of Gods 56:18 word and listen to his voice. 56:21 How much better life would have been 56:23 for all of us in the past? As Christian we are 56:26 to reflect the character of Christ and we know 56:29 from scriptures that Christ lived a life 56:32 of always doing what was right even, 56:34 even when it meant the loss of his life. 56:38 We too need our daily prayer for the power; 56:41 we need to pray daily for the power to do what 56:44 is right and every decision of our life. 56:48 We need to come to the point that we would 56:50 rather die than sin, that's a heavy thought 56:53 I want you to think about it. 56:54 We would rather die than sin. 56:57 This is the type of faith that will only 57:00 come with a strong connection with Christ. 57:03 So, won't you make Him first and last 57:06 and everything in your life today and for 57:09 ever you'll be so thankful that you did. 57:12 And in closing we hope that you call and ask 57:14 for your very own copy of today's message, 57:17 doing right because it is right. 57:20 We are making this message available to 57:22 you for just a love gift of $8 and more. 57:26 So, won't you write us today, 57:27 you may write us at 57:28 Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:30 P.O Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948 57:35 or call us at Central Standard Time 57:38 here in the United States at 618-942-5044, 57:43 emails, BeholdTheLamb Ministries@Yahoo.com 57:48 or as always visit us on the web, 57:50 BeholdTheLamb Ministries.com. 57:53 May our precious Lord continue to 57:56 richly bless you and yours so long for now. |
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