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00:04 [MUSIC] 00:09 [MUSIC] 00:14 [MUSIC] 00:19 [MUSIC] 00:24 [MUSIC] 00:27 >> Welcome to 3 ABN Hall coming camp meeting coming to you from 00:34 the Thompsonville Seven-day Adventist Church and that 3ABN 00:37 worship center. This has been a blessing of a camp. Many how 00:41 many would use amen to that 00:44 and praise the Lord. We're so glad that you hear and I am 00:48 glad to have the privilege. My name is John didn't see. 00:51 I have the favorites. Introduce our speaker for this hour. 00:54 It is Pastor Ryan Day 00:58 and he will be presenting a 01:00 topic that is very important because it is one of those 01:05 sneaky things. They gets into people's lives. The devil is 01:10 very deceptive and liberalism can be a part of you. You may 01:16 not be aware of it. 01:18 And so they title for the message is overcoming 01:20 liberalism. 01:22 We do have some music that we like to share with you in a 01:25 moment. But let me tell you about our speaker for this 01:28 hour. 01:29 Pastor Ryan Day grew up a Christian, a Christian home in 01:33 northeast Arkansas. 01:35 He was helping the spouse. How to say that 01:38 one foot in the church and the other in the world. Ryan was a 01:43 Christian by day 01:45 notice laws 01:47 a Christian by day and a musical performer and 01:50 professional disc jockey by night 01:53 after college. He and his wife Stephanie had a genuine 01:58 experience with Christ, which led them to commit their lives 02:01 to full-time evangelism with amazing facts, TV ministry. 02:07 And then he is now with 3ABN and is blessed to serve as 02:12 general manager of the 3ABN praise him music network. 02:18 So we're glad that he's here and he's been praying, 02:23 ready vessel to be used by the Holy Spirit. 02:27 We're going to go to the Lord in prayer. And I ask you to 02:29 join me in prayer as we asked the Lord for his blessing, 02:34 our loving Heavenly father. 02:36 We come before your throne of grace in Jesus name 02:42 and father. 02:43 We thank you that we can study your holy scriptures that are 02:48 able to make us twice on to salvation. 02:51 We ask it to blast past to Ryan Day with your Holy Spirit. 02:55 Use him Lord, 02:57 to help us understand this message that you have put in 03:00 his heart. 03:02 We ask you to bless each and every person here 03:05 and every person joining us wherever they may be in this 03:08 world. We ask you in the Holy 03:11 and bless it. Name of Jesus. A mat 03:15 before pass to Ryan Day shares this message. I like to invite 03:20 sister Selous teen victims to come and share with us. She has 03:24 a message in song to share with us. It is entitled My Life is 03:30 in your hands. And then immediately after that, you'll 03:35 hear that message presented by Pastor Ryan Day overcoming 03:39 liberalism. May God bless. 03:40 [MUSIC] 03:45 [MUSIC] 03:50 >> I can be. So 03:55 I be so 03:59 no. What each team will bring to a new 04:08 sometimes room. 04:13 And sometimes I can see 04:17 they're not want to come smile when you 04:25 [MUSIC] 04:30 [MUSIC] 04:31 Montes nor too knew who we are all home. Not in my view. 04:41 2 news will too. 04:44 >> I love you too. 04:49 When you go. 04:51 [MUSIC] 04:54 >> I will. Love was dancing. 04:58 >> We are not. 05:01 [MUSIC] 05:06 [MUSIC] 05:11 [MUSIC] 05:17 >> These fool to not be full. 05:23 >> To I know he's not healed. 05:30 >> Will it be to? 05:35 >> We 05:39 not to mind my team 05:43 knowing that you. 05:46 >> My every need to. 05:50 [MUSIC] 05:55 [MUSIC] 05:58 >> To to do we solve 06:05 not with Mike. You too. 06:08 [MUSIC] 06:12 We'll 06:15 I'm go like that. 06:18 [MUSIC] 06:22 >> My voice and sing. 06:24 >> Once young, 06:27 [MUSIC] 06:32 [MUSIC] 06:37 [MUSIC] 06:38 I'm on my way to slow, you know, we need to 06:47 maestro is Lord 06:51 [MUSIC] 06:56 [MUSIC] 07:01 [MUSIC] 07:06 [MUSIC] 07:11 [MUSIC] 07:16 [MUSIC] 07:19 [MUSIC] 07:24 [MUSIC] 07:25 1.9 c. 07:27 [MUSIC] 07:32 [MUSIC] 07:37 [MUSIC] 07:41 [MUSIC] 07:46 [MUSIC] 07:48 >> Hugh? 07:49 [MUSIC] 07:54 [MUSIC] 07:59 [MUSIC] 08:04 [MUSIC] 08:10 >> Silverstein, thank you. My sister for that saw my 08:14 sister from another Mister. 08:18 >> She has a beautiful voice, a good, dear friend of mine 08:22 and I love that song because my mother used to sing that song. 08:26 Beautiful, Beautiful. 08:28 >> We awake at 03:00PM in the afternoon. Then this is usually 08:33 when we when we we go home, we take our you know, we do our 08:37 lay activities. 08:39 >> You know what I'm talking about. Somebody all take a hike 08:42 to the springs. 08:44 The bad spring. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. Hopefully 08:49 we're awake and ready to hear the word of the Lord. 08:52 >> I'm excited. So excited. Be able to present this topic. 08:55 >> And to be chosen to be able to speak in front of you today 08:58 and to all of you around the world. 09:00 We have lots to discuss in such a short time. And I would like 09:03 to get right to it before before we get into the word of 09:05 God, which we always do and let us pray. My friends, 09:11 our father in heaven, 09:13 we humble ourselves and your presence. 09:17 We do not even question 09:20 whether or not you are here because we believe 09:23 and the word of the Lord where it says were 2 or 3 or more 09:27 gathered 09:28 in your name. 09:30 There you are in the midst 09:32 fathers we take on this most important topic 09:35 of overcoming liberalism. 09:38 I pray lord that you will empower me to only speak your 09:41 words if there's a foreign idea, lord that I had planned 09:45 to say that comes into my mind, that 09:49 is not according to your will or according to what you would 09:52 want presented here today. I pray that you will s**** it 09:54 out of my brain and that only the words and only the thoughts 09:58 and actions of Jesus will be presented here today. 10:01 Rain down your spirit in this room. Fill our hearts and draws 10:04 to Jesus Christ. 10:06 This powerful word we have to ask in his holy name. Amen. 10:10 Amen. Amen. 10:12 Overcoming liberalism. 10:15 You look, I'm just telling you straight up, my friends. 10:18 If you came here today for a political sermon, you're going 10:21 to be very, very upset. 10:24 We're not talking about Democrats. We're not talking 10:26 about Republicans left or right in the political arena will 10:30 leave all that garbage out there. We're here to talk about 10:33 the word of God and its importance. And we're going to 10:35 be looking today and I know that, you know, we're talking 10:38 about we talk in terms of turn terminology and meetings and 10:41 definitions. You know, we can get a little sketchy on some of 10:43 those things. But we're looking at this from a theological 10:45 perspective, speaking a theological liberalism. And 10:49 we're going to find that in just a few moments. But I want 10:52 to jump right into defining just the word liberalism. 10:55 And I went to several different sources to grab a few terms 10:58 just to bring those together to give us an idea as to what 11:02 we're talking about. We're speaking of liberalism and then 11:05 we're going to again a shape and mold that into a and even 11:09 more in depth topic as we continue one but defining 11:14 liberalism. So usually when I start just a simple definition 11:18 research, I go to good OL Google 11:22 and this is what Google put out their willingness to respect 11:27 or except behavior or opinions different from one's own 11:31 openness to new ideas, 11:34 not necessarily bad in and of itself, but that's Google's 11:37 definition which of the Miriam's Webster Dictionary and 11:41 it had multiple definitions. But just trying to stick to the 11:43 theological subject we're talking about today and in the 11:47 context of the church, this is what Merriam-Webster's 11:50 dictionary had to say in defining liberalism. It says a 11:53 movement in modern Protestantism emphasizing 11:57 intellectual liberty and the spiritual and ethnic content of 12:01 Christianity. 12:04 Emphasizing intellectual liberties 12:08 went to the Collins Dictionary. This is what Collins dictionary 12:11 had to say. It is a belief that people should have a lot of 12:15 political and individual freedom. 12:19 Cambridge dictionary, 12:21 that's a smart dictionary 12:23 straight from Cambridge. 12:26 And it says an attitude of respecting and allowing many 12:30 different types or believes or behaviors just allowing them 12:35 again, the freedom, the liberty of just allowing. 12:40 And then I went to a few other sources and kind of gathered 12:42 and pick here and there and gathered a few others. Some 12:44 other sources said stuff like lacking moral restraint, 12:49 not strict but loose. 12:54 Another source said not bound by authoritarianism orthodoxy 12:59 or traditional forms. 13:02 And as I often have opportunities to get into some 13:07 interesting conversations with people through, you know, 13:10 my online sources or in person or whatever the conversation 13:14 may lead to as recently as just within the last week or 2 13:18 ahead, a couple of people express their liberal thought 13:20 in this way. One person told me, please don't shove your 13:23 blatantly disrespectful, frankly, disgusting and 13:26 outdated opinions about me. 13:31 >> As they were. 13:32 >> They work. They work categorizing me as a legal list 13:35 or an ultraconservative. 13:38 Another person recently said to me, I have better things to do 13:41 than to debate someone who still lives in 1950, 13:44 [MUSIC] 13:47 my friends. I'm going to tell you, I have and I'm sure us 13:50 every one of us is as experienced this before, 13:52 especially myself being in the public spotlight, you know, 13:56 having the wonderful privilege of expressing what I believe to 13:58 be the truth of God's word. I have been categorized not 14:01 have been labeled as both a liberal and a conservative. 14:04 I have been told and I'm are very, extremely liberal and 14:07 some of my views and I've been told that on to alter 14:10 conservative into the point, I haven't been allowed to be 14:12 invited to certain churches are certain places to speak. 14:16 But, you know, I've learned in Archer. So just go with me for 14:19 just a moment. This isn't just for adventurism like 7th Day 14:22 Adventists. This is for Advent his in general. Now, let's 14:25 define administers just a moment. Pace. We forgotten what 14:28 is an Adventist 14:32 and Adventist. You can be anyone who believes in the 14:36 promise of God's word that refers to Jesus coming back, 14:40 returning to get his people. In other words, an ad minister, 14:43 someone who believes in that promise and is looking forward 14:46 to the second ad that or the return the soon return of Jesus 14:50 Christ. 14:51 So you can be a Baptist and be an advent strike. We call them 14:55 that a bet of interest or however you want to say that 14:59 you could be a Methodist Christian and B and advocates. 15:02 We might call my thought of interest. I don't know. 15:06 You can be you could be a Pentecostal and believe in the 15:10 end of the imminent return of Jesus Christ. And and we might 15:12 call you a hint of interest or an Adventist hospital or 15:15 something. I don't know. The point I'm getting at is 15:18 that you can be from whatever denomination, if you believe in 15:20 the truth of God's word pertaining to the soon return 15:23 and you're looking forward to the soon return of Jesus. 15:25 You are an advent us now. Let's nail this down. The 15:28 reason want to find that is because Advent his more of the 15:32 concept of an Adventist is universal across many different 15:35 nominations, even though we are 7 today. Add that to some that 15:38 name is very special, right to come straight from God. We want 15:41 to be very clear that there are other Adventist out there, 15:44 right? 15:45 And so I've learned in my studies 15:49 that there are 4 major Adventist groups in every 15:53 church. 16:00 We're told that there's going to be a great shaking in the 16:03 last day is right. And what I believe we're living. We're 16:06 seeing some effects of that already in our church. 16:11 I don't think we've seen the biggest affection. I think 16:14 there's an even greater church quake coming 16:18 in which the non genuine are going to be very quickly sifted 16:22 out from and separate from the genuine the sheep and the goats 16:25 the week and the tears. 16:27 But I've learned that among all the different combinations, 16:30 there's 4 different types of that dentist. Now the one that 16:33 I want to strive to become and by the way, everything I'm 16:36 about to say it's within the context of the sermon that I'm 16:39 going present today. So just stick with me for a moment. 16:41 The 4 types of admin is the first one is the group that I 16:44 by God's grace. And I got spirit want to strive to be. 16:47 And I hope that you also want to strive to be. And that is 16:52 ago Adventist 16:53 [MUSIC] 16:56 ago Adventist. 16:58 Are you glad 17:00 to be an Adventist? 17:02 Are you glad to be a child of God? Are you glad to be a child 17:08 of the word? Are you happy about your relationship with 17:11 Jesus? Are you happy to be a servant of the most high God, 17:15 then tell your face about right. And the best Whitley 17:19 said, haha, 17:21 we want to be glad it is not what I strive to be. I want to 17:25 be happy in the spirit. That's one thing I can say. We can 17:27 learn from the Pentecostals. We need to learn a bit more joy 17:31 in the spirit. I'm not talking about running around gyrating, 17:33 shaken, doing cartwheels and battling often false stories 17:36 about talking about all that. I'm talking about being happy 17:39 and joyful and expressive in your joy to be a child of God, 17:45 a glad benches. That's what I want to strive to be a home. 17:47 That's what you want to strive to be. But there's 3 of the 17:49 groups that cause friction among the churches. 17:54 The next group is thus Adventist. 17:59 You know who the 7 to start. 18:03 We're talking about the ones 18:05 who might pertain to the group that Shelley just got to 18:07 speaking about in a sense. 18:10 But they're just that you never see any joy in the face when 18:13 they come and they sing hymns, but they're not happy about it. 18:16 I was at a church a few weeks ago at the church. And I was 18:19 was couple of months ago, actually, and I was preparing 18:22 to speak. I was sitting up on the rostrum and we were 18:24 singing. Guess what song we were seeing? 18:27 >> Is now suing the city needs to. 18:32 >> Is good. 18:34 [MUSIC] 18:37 >> Him on that. It's the spirit. 18:41 >> Looking out. 18:49 >> We're singing about or in the press and the spirit of the 18:53 look with a spirit of God's presence here. 18:56 You know, the next line of the song is 19:00 >> is soon we. 19:03 >> An expression except that's not what I saw. 19:09 >> The soon we rendition. 19:13 >> I want to stand up and say, yeah, 19:17 do you know what I was saying about white goat? 19:20 >> We had a bunch of sadness to that group that day. They need 19:24 the love and the joy, the happiness of the Holy Spirit. 19:26 There's a 3rd check. What would like to be able to break each 19:29 one of these down a little more in depth but don't have enough 19:31 time. 3rd group, everyone knows a good Adventist. 19:35 [MUSIC] 19:37 You know what I'm talking about, 19:40 you know, those ones that always go around with a 19:42 magnifying glass 19:45 to tell you just about how everything that is is in line 19:49 is a sin. They're mad at the church. 19:54 >> And they're mad at the way things are going and they're 19:56 mad at everyone around them and they never have anything 20:00 positive to say Adventist 20:02 most of them fall into the camp that Shelley just spoke about. 20:05 [MUSIC] 20:07 But the group I came to talk to you about today 20:12 as a group, I like to call the beds interest. 20:14 [MUSIC] 20:17 In fact, if I was going to rename 20:19 the sermon 20:21 overcoming liberalism, I would entitle it overcoming bad. 20:24 Been to some. 20:29 There's a lot of that dentist among us 20:32 who need freedom 20:35 from this liberal mindset. 20:39 First Corinthians chapter 4 verse it. You got your Bibles. 20:43 Let's go to first Corinthian Chapter 4 verse 6, 1, marching 20:46 through this and show you were going to take a take a sticker 20:49 selves on a journey through scripture 20:51 and my friends, there were so many different as I was 20:53 preparing for the sermon. I thought my goodness, there 20:55 was so much it was it could have easily turned into a 10 20:58 part series 21:00 as a just a spider web effect turned. I could have so many 21:03 different angles in ways that I can take the sermon. But the 21:06 Lord convicted Vincent Ryan keep it simple and preach the 21:10 word. And I thought, Brooke, yes, Lord, it's exactly what 21:13 I'm going to do. And that's what we're going today. First, 21:15 Corinthians chapter 4. 21:17 >> Merced. 63 there. Say a man. Alright. Notice with the word 21:20 of God says First Corinthians chapter 4 verse 6. 21:23 >> Now these things, brother an 21:26 I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your 21:30 say. 21:31 >> That you may learn in us not to think beyond what is 21:37 written. 21:40 >> But none of you may be popped up on behalf 21:43 well of one against the other. 21:46 Well, let's just focus in on what this Texas a great thing. 21:49 Text year. Great, great thesis statement for this entire 21:53 presentation that you may learn in us not to think beyond what 21:59 is written if we were going to properly identify liberalism 22:02 with all of the information that we were we have we have 22:05 learned so far that we've read and that we've we've gathered, 22:08 it's simply this liberalism can be defined in the short 22:11 sentence. It is taking the liberties and freedoms beyond 22:15 what God's word authorizes very simply put 22:21 when we get to the point where we think we have the liberties 22:24 and freedoms to think beyond what the word of God 22:27 authorizes, in other words to think beyond what is written. 22:33 >> What did Jesus say? 22:37 What do we say to the devil when he was being tempted to 22:40 now? It's not written. But let me tell you, 22:44 is that what he said? It's not in there, but this is what I 22:48 want to share with you. You know, he said it is written. 22:57 Let's talk about 22:58 the attitude of liberalism. 23:02 >> So I did a lot of research to try to pull this stuff 23:04 together, even though there is so much more, I could say on 23:06 this, 23:07 it really for a liberal minded thinker, it really doesn't come 23:11 down to one issue. In other words, a person does not adopt 23:16 a liberal thinking mentality based on once significant 23:20 issue. It literally is a mindset. It's a state of mind. 23:24 It's a particular lives in which they view scripture in 23:27 other subjects. And by the way, this ain't many of the same 23:30 principles apply for legal is or what we might be missed. 23:34 Ultraconservative is OK, and I want to try to stay within 23:37 those terms as much as I can. But at the same time, that's 23:40 what we often use to to label someone's particular a 23:44 theological ideas or mindset pertained to how they see your 23:47 view, the scripture. We have our our our Conservatives and 23:51 we have are liberals and that's how we view people. And you 23:54 know what, on either side, there's many people that are 23:57 proud to be labeled that line the conservative and they're 24:00 fine with that in little on the liberal and unhappy with that. 24:03 At the end of the day, my friends, I don't necessarily 24:05 want to be labeled as a conservative or liberal. 24:07 I want to be labeled as the Bible Christian because as a 24:11 Christian, the root word being priced. I want to be a true 24:14 genuine follower of Jesus Christ not want to find my 24:17 beliefs and everything that I represent to be in line and in 24:21 harmony with the word of God. We know how you decide to label 24:25 me. That's up to you. But I want to be a Bible Christian 24:29 end of summer into the story. 24:31 But a little mind to think or it's a state of mind to 24:34 particular limbs that they look through and how they see your 24:38 view things or interpret things. For instance, a liberal 24:41 think I say, you know what, I'm the word of God is not 24:44 necessarily the only a 40 foot. 24:48 Yes, it's a great book. And I read it. My study done on Jesus 24:51 was a great person and Jesus toss some great things. And but 24:55 you know of there's some great aspects of the Koran as well. 24:59 If you've studied Buddhism there, some great pervert, 25:02 proverbs and and the Buddhist belief or the Hindu a stick 25:05 structure. And so the idea is, you know, there might be other 25:08 books, other writings out there that also we can glean and we 25:11 can learn from 25:15 the Bible Authority is not the only authority. 25:19 Here's here's one that here's here's what we're talking 25:21 about. The attitude of liberalism, if the Bible 25:23 doesn't say not to do it, but it's OK, 25:27 you know, you run into someone like this. Well, hey, brother, 25:29 look at the Bible. Doesn't say I can't do it 25:32 so because it doesn't say I shouldn't. Then you know that 25:35 it's OK, the Bible doesn't talk about smoking weed. Such should 25:38 be okay, right? 25:40 The news people to think like this or or or because the Bible 25:45 doesn't say to do it, then I don't have to. 25:53 Here's another one. 25:54 God's grace doesn't demand exacting obedience. 25:57 [MUSIC] 26:01 >> The spirit of the law versus the letter of the law. 26:04 Well, Ryan, we hear what you're saying about the commandments 26:07 and hear what you're saying about these other general 26:08 principles of Christianity. But you know what? We really 26:11 can't keep all of that, 26:13 you know, God and saved by grace through faith, not by 26:16 works. So the idea is that I can't keep the commandments so 26:20 because I can't keep the Commandments within God's not 26:23 going to hold that against me. If I occasionally continue to 26:26 fall and soon, you know, his grace and just overwhelms that 26:30 Sen. 26:32 In other words, Wisconsin is I keep sending. God just keeps 26:34 pouring on his grace. It's a manipulation of the latter 26:37 versus of Romans. 5 26:44 in a liberal mindset. 26:47 There are very few essential Ys 26:50 when it comes to living as a Christian. In other words, 26:53 very few essentials. All you got to do is just believe in 26:56 Jesus. 26:57 >> That's also why do you legal is keep putting all these 27:00 commandments in all this? Well, the stuff, you know, 27:02 these dietary recommendations and why do you talk about 27:05 keeping the Sabbath? And this is not certain hours of the day 27:08 and what day it is. What does it matter if it's this there 27:10 that day or whatever, just keep a 7th. In other words is 27:13 there's very few essentials. Don't put all of your your 27:16 rules and regulations just simply love all of you and be 27:20 loved. It just received the grace and mercy in love and 27:24 believe in Jesus. That's that simply it's those those few 27:27 essentials right there, 27:29 John. 3.16, 27:31 that's it. That's all we need. According to a liberal might. 27:38 Here's another one. 27:39 The end, the end justifies the means. 27:43 >> Oh, oh, oh. 27:46 >> You know, it's interesting when you know, you just, 27:48 you know, you starting to to really preach and metal. 27:50 One people are silent. 27:54 >> I can feel the tension in the room, everybody just like 27:56 what you will see next. 27:59 The end justifies the means. In other words, you know what, 28:02 whatever we got it, we our goal is to win people to Christ, 28:06 right. Our goal is to win people jurors when people to 28:08 Christ and so by whatever means necessary that we need to do to 28:13 adopt to get that person in, you know, the end justifies the 28:17 means. In other words, if that if we're trying to obtain that 28:20 good thing over there than whatever we've got to do along 28:23 the way to to obtain that good thing. Well, that's what we're 28:26 more capable and allowed to do that. We have the freedoms and 28:29 the liberties to do that. And therefore, because that 28:32 anything is good, what we're obtaining than what we're doing 28:34 to obtain, that also must be good. If we've got to put on a 28:39 circus to bring people to Jesus than so be it. We've got to 28:43 have a rock concert that brings people to Jesus, then so be it. 28:47 If we've got to have across the smaller, a catfish, try to get 28:50 people in to come to church. And, you know, that's perfectly 28:53 fine. If I've got to take someone out to eat on the 28:55 Sabbath, to get the man to bring them to Jesus and my son, 28:59 you guys say these anyhow, here's some of you. But you 29:04 know what? There's people in absenteeism with these beliefs. 29:09 I just heard the other day 29:12 my brother was telling a story about someone that he knew from 29:15 his previous after class that attended a particular has been 29:17 a church where he's he said rather little. My pastor stood 29:21 up in church and said, hey, guys, go enjoy the sound of 29:24 good grub, a bite to eat enough. You'll bring your 29:26 receipts back over to a refund you the money. 29:29 [MUSIC] 29:34 [MUSIC] 29:35 Here's another one. True is progressive. 29:40 It's relative to its objective. 29:44 You have your truth. I have my truth. Don't push your truth. 29:48 And in a bit, 29:50 let me be free. 29:52 >> To work out my salvation by myself having to have some 29:56 interesting how people use the word of God to manipulate their 29:58 own beliefs. They're on their own ways. Everyone needs to 30:01 work out their own salvation. Well, that's true. 30:04 But yet when a person within the church is practicing open 30:07 Sen 30:09 and causing the stumbling block upon others, 30:12 we have a responsibility in a loving way. 30:15 It's a brother, a sister. 30:18 We love you. 30:20 We've got to 30:21 top. 30:24 >> True to it and a liberal. My truth is progressive. 30:28 It's relatively got him in a written liberal minds that 30:30 we've got a monitor. Nice if it. And let me tell you 30:33 something. I'm I'm a young not and I love working with our 30:36 youth and on all about using tactics and methods that are 30:41 appropriate and even modern to reach out to to our young 30:45 people. As long as that does not 30:48 violate the principles of God's word. As long as we're not 30:51 compromising the truth of God's word, I'm all about using new 30:54 methods and new tactics and creative tactics in order to 30:58 properly evangelize improperly share Jesus with others. 31:01 I'm not against modernizing things as long as we keep them 31:04 within the confines within the confines of the word of God. 31:07 But yet the liberal minded person, a liberal think it 31:09 would say truth is progressive its relative. You've got your 31:12 truth. I've got my truth and all all that stuff that mom and 31:16 daddy and grandma and grandpa believe that's all outdated. 31:20 >> Yeah, it's outdated beliefs. It's it's it's in fact, it will 31:27 lead them to think eventually 31:30 that the Bible 31:32 is all old. 31:35 >> It's just it's just so 31:39 it's just so 67 BC. 31:45 [MUSIC] 31:50 [MUSIC] 31:53 >> When it breaks my heart, when I'm trying my best to 31:56 generally share 31:58 the truthful principles of God word which by the way. 32:00 >> Never changes God's word. Never change. It got doesn't 32:05 change. His were never changes. And so in a loving, creative 32:08 way out, try to reach out to some people. But yet to receive 32:11 feedback. I'm with you what it's just you know. 32:14 >> It's so old. 32:17 >> This what my grandma, really, you know where we live 32:21 in the 21st century, too. You know? 32:25 So the idea is to compromise these truth to dress, do the 32:29 gradually drift away from them to modernize things so that 32:33 Christianity appears popular with the world. 32:40 >> My friends, I want to I want to be balanced here. Some of 32:43 us. We don't have to compromise the word of God to step up a 32:48 little. 32:49 >> And I would say some of us probably need to leave 18 50 32:53 behind. Okay. I'm just being honest here. Some of us 32:57 probably need to leave 18 50 behind with obviously without 33:03 compromising God's truth. And his word, 33:05 you know, what's very popular among liberal minded thinkers. 33:08 And by the way, 33:10 even alter conservative Christians have this is well, 33:13 did you know they have their own version of the Bible 33:17 just about every one of us does. 33:19 He didn't know about it. Did you 33:22 the it's the S RV, 33:29 the self revised version. 33:31 [MUSIC] 33:34 You know what makes the srb special? Do you know seeing the 33:37 original Bible there? 66 books, 33:39 but in the S RV, which by the way, most people have a copy of 33:43 and they go there frequently. It has 2 extra added books that 33:46 they like to spend quite a bit of time in especially liberal 33:49 minded thinker. And that's the books, the first and second 33:52 opinions. 33:56 That's why when I hear a brother-sister say, well, 33:58 you know, this is what I believe in. This is what I 34:01 believe Christianity to be. And I know for a fact that's 34:03 not expressed in the Bible and say we must the ball that went 34:06 from first to second opinion because I'm a lottery that 34:08 anywhere and my Bible, 34:10 I'm just saying not trying to be disrespectful. I'm saying at 34:13 the end of the day, my friends we have to stick to of thus 34:16 saith the Lord and this truth is trans generational. Yeah, 34:22 it is. It has. It has stood the test of time got never changes. 34:28 His word never changes. And we must also adopt the fact that 34:31 yes, while we live in a modern world and we don't have to live 34:34 in 18, 50 or 1950, by some particulars, the terms we 34:38 certainly need to also make sure that our life is in 34:41 harmony with God's word which never changes. Let's talk about 34:45 the scent of liberalism for just a moment to give you some 34:47 biblical examples because we think that liberalism is a 34:50 modern think oftentimes we think will, you know, you know, 34:54 we'll use examples. I will, you know, back in and, you know, 34:57 in the 50's when I was growing up, that never happened. 34:59 And so the idea is will we were we were accordance to the word 35:02 of God. We were conservative. Now these people are really 35:05 liberal. So liberalism seems to be a many people's mind modern 35:09 thing, a new thing. But really it's not 35:13 kind of give you some biblical examples of liberalism. 35:21 Cain was a liberal thinker. 35:24 Got his word was what 35:27 Kane able bring me this particular offering. This is 35:31 how want you to worship me what it can do. We all knew, 35:38 but 35:41 he put liberties and freedoms beyond what the word of God 35:44 authorized to. 35:46 What about data by the sons of error 35:50 with some liberal brothers. 35:53 But it does tend to read the story. What do they do? 36:00 You know, their their idea was, you know, God didn't say that 36:03 we couldn't bring our own fight 36:05 [MUSIC] 36:07 when people use this all the time, especially when it comes 36:09 to worship. 36:11 Well, you know, the Bible doesn't specifically say that 36:13 we can't. And so we must be able to that was made evident 36:17 by whose standards? Well, because God didn't necessarily 36:20 say we couldn't. You know what, we've got this special kind of 36:23 fire that we want to use it. So the Bible says they brought 36:26 in strange fire before the Lord and what happened to that 36:28 liberal moment that they had, what it cost them their lives. 36:33 What about number 16? We made 3 people by the name of Korra Day 36:37 Fund and the bureau. 36:39 Remember those brothers and sisters? Yeah. They came to 36:42 Moses and their way. 36:44 Who do you think you only 36:47 what? He's got only speak to use a certainly God speaks to 36:50 us to, you know, they were you really distraught that, you 36:52 know, got Moses was getting all the attention. And so, you 36:55 know, you know, they were trying to take liberties and 36:57 freedoms beyond what God told them to do and what happened to 36:59 them. Remember the story 37:02 hot opened up the ground and it's one of them, 37:08 you know, if that happened more often these days. 37:10 [MUSIC] 37:15 [MUSIC] 37:19 Well, I'm gonna give you one. Sometimes we may. You know, 37:22 here's the thing. Some of y'all conservatives have. 37:27 >> Liberal moments like I'm going to see a name here and 37:31 you would never associated with a liberal thinker. Moses. 37:40 What's most is a liberal. 37:43 He would have labeled him that. 37:45 The Bible says he was the most humble man of his time. 37:50 But yet Moses had a liberal moment, too. 37:53 >> You see you can be you could you could have it. You know, 37:56 she tracked down tight 37:59 and have a liberal mold. 38:01 And Moses had one of those we read about in numbers 20 38:05 got is a Moses. You know, most people out there, there's no 38:09 water or the first to death. Gotta look, Moses speak to that 38:12 rocking telling to to bring forth water. Moses was so angry 38:16 with these other people who are doubting God's word and out. 38:19 He had just had that up with it. He took the staff and what 38:21 did he do? What a lot. 38:25 He had a liberal moment. He took liberties and freedoms 38:27 beyond what God's word authorized. 38:31 >> Here's another one to make. This one fits. The bill is 38:34 real. 38:36 [MUSIC] 38:38 You say which Israel? 38:40 [MUSIC] 38:43 >> In Samuel you to simulate verse new chapter 8 38:47 up to that point. God was 13. He was their leader. But these 38:52 brothers and sisters come to the prophet went into that. 38:55 We do not working anymore. We want to win. 38:58 We don't want God to lead a city where we know we don't 39:00 want any will judge it. We just want we just want a man to 39:03 judge over us and we are keen. And so, you know, Santa was 39:07 distraught. He goes back to what I do know that we're 39:09 looking at. They're not rejecting you. They're 39:10 rejecting me. He says that go back and want to let them know 39:14 that them that what they're doing. It's not my plan. 39:17 It's not my will. Because what's about to happen is if 39:19 they have a king over them, he's going to take their sons 39:22 from them. 39:24 He's going to take their daughters from them. He's going 39:26 to steal their land, is going to forcefully take the 39:29 resources and their cattle and all their goods and he's going 39:31 to tax the mess out of them. 39:33 Are you sure that's what you want. He takes the report back. 39:36 The people still say we'd rather have rather than God. 39:41 >> They had a liberal moment. The cost 39:46 did David have any liberal moment? 39:51 We'll just leave that right there. 39:55 >> Here's one. What about Solomon? Haha. This all would 39:59 have any live. He had about 100 right 1000. 40:03 There you go. 40:06 But I'm going to give you probably an example of some of 40:10 the biggest liberals that you never would imagine. Are you 40:13 ready for this one? Are you ready for this one? The 40:16 pharisees 40:21 somebody ought to what he Farah season from conservative 40:27 brothers 40:29 with the pharisees 40:31 with a legal mistake. They were illegal estate. They were legal 40:35 estate. Really legalism is not good any but they were legal 40:38 listing for the wrong things. They weren't legal listed for 40:41 the law of God. 40:43 They really listen for their own traditional manmade laws 40:45 that they push. And that's why when you get to Matthew Chapter 40:49 15 where Jesus say to them. 40:52 >> He said he said, you honor me with your lips. Put you off. 40:56 Hart is far from even a Matthew. 23 says you're like 41:00 white watch tools. 41:02 >> You look all nice, fine. And and the only outside. 41:05 But inside you, a valley of dry bones. And why was that? 41:08 He said all too well. 41:11 You push your tradition of men, 41:14 you put, you kill you keep your tradition of men who uphold the 41:17 tradition of man but full. Well, you reject the 41:20 commandment of the Lord. 41:24 >> Because they took liberties and freedoms they misuse and 41:27 abuse of authority and that led them to disobey God. 41:32 >> Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse to we've read it many times. 41:36 Let me remind you what the Bible says. My friends, you 41:39 shall not add to the word which I commanded you 41:44 nor take from it 41:46 that you may keep the commandments of the Lord, 41:48 your God, which I commanded you 41:52 do we have the right in the authority to think beyond. 41:57 Here's another one. You'll hear some Christians say just think 42:00 outside the box. 42:03 And you know, that in and of itself is not necessarily a bad 42:05 thing. I'm certainly not saying we shouldn't be thinkers and 42:08 then we shouldn't, you know, try to expand our knowledge and 42:11 understanding of God's will and God's plan. But when you start 42:14 thinking outside the box, make sure that that boxes really 42:18 closely tied to the world of dot 42:20 because what often happens is when we start thinking outside 42:23 the box, it leads us to think beyond the word and 42:28 for the nation chapter, 22 versus 18 to 19 Frey testify to 42:32 everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book. 42:34 If anyone has to these things, God will add to him the plagues 42:38 that are written in this book. 42:39 >> And if anyone takes away the word from the words of this 42:42 book at this prophecy got shall take away his part from the 42:45 book of Life, from the Holy City and from the things which 42:49 are written in this book, My Friends, this is a life or 42:51 death situation. This is a very, very important subject. 42:55 And we need to really, really 42:56 hone in on this and make sure we understand it 43:01 because I'm all about freedoms. 43:04 Praise God. We live in a nation where we can think freely speak 43:07 freely worship freely. He's got at least for now. 43:12 We praise God for that. 43:14 >> I'm all about some freedoms. You know, we serve a God of 43:17 freedom. He wants to grant us freedoms. 43:23 But when we abuse 43:25 that freedom, 43:27 in fact, a servant of the Lord uses the words pertaining to 43:30 Satan. 43:32 Lucifer, 43:33 the first chapter of patriarchs and prophets. He said he 43:36 preferred ID the freedom it was granted to him. You see when 43:41 you provoke that freedom and you start thinking beyond the 43:44 take liberties and freedoms beyond on God's will and God's 43:48 plan for your life. Will God let you? 43:51 Yes, because he loves you. God is love and true. Love 43:55 requires freedom of will. 44:00 But the Bible makes it very clear that God's will. His word 44:04 change is not. 44:08 That's why today 44:11 as we heard this morning, you can't talk about certain things 44:15 without feeling like you're going to be mauled by a wild 44:18 bear 44:25 because we live in a day and age when you speak truth 44:30 from the word of God, 44:32 life principles from the word of God, it's backwards from the 44:35 culture we live in. And therefore that leads it bleeds. 44:39 It leads for every single person to make a decision in 44:41 their mind. 44:42 If you get a they're going to make the decisions they will. 44:45 I want to be able to live in a society and not feel like a 44:47 complete w*****. So then that leads people to take on those 44:52 freedoms and those liberties to think beyond the word of God or 44:55 to find loopholes. We love the some loopholes 45:00 and that's what gets us in trouble, 45:03 taking liberties and freedoms beyond with the word of cut off 45:06 arises. So let's talk about over coming liberalism. We can 45:11 identify. We talked about it. We talked about the attitude of 45:14 liberalism. We've talked about the sin of liberalism, but 45:16 let's talk about 45:18 how we overcome it 45:21 because that's the title of the message. 45:25 Would you like me to give you one word 45:28 as the answer to overcome that? 45:32 >> Some of your like, yes, please. And then praying in 45:34 this 45:37 one word. Here it is. 45:39 And by the way, the supplies for the other side as well. 45:42 The legal just 45:44 humility. 45:46 [MUSIC] 45:48 We do 45:50 humility 45:53 to meet these words. Some familiar 45:57 let this 45:59 only said 2 words. How did you know it was coming next? 46:02 [MUSIC] 46:05 >> Let this mine being you, which was also in Christ, 46:10 Jesus, who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery 46:15 to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation taking 46:19 the form of the Bonn servant and coming in the likeness of 46:22 men and being found in the in appearance as a man noticed 46:26 this, he home bold himself 46:31 and became 46:34 free to do what he wants. 46:37 >> Zoetis as 46:41 it says he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of 46:46 death. Even the death of the cross. Do you did you know that 46:50 not even Jesus himself 46:53 could speak on his own authority? 46:56 >> You would say that of all the people in the cosmos 47:01 that had the right to I think the honor to or to act beyond 47:06 on his own liberty and freedom, it would be the son of dot 47:10 the king of the universe. 47:12 >> But Jesus, as in John Chapter 4, he says mine meet my 47:16 food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his 47:21 work. 47:22 >> But then in John Chapter 12 verse 49 to 56 for I have not 47:26 spoken on my own authority, 47:30 but the father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say 47:34 and what I should speak. And I know that his command is 47:37 everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the 47:40 father has told me, so I speak some of us need to learn 47:46 some of us need to take this scripture and put it on a frame 47:50 in our house, make multiple copies, put it in every room 47:54 and remind ourselves. 47:56 >> But when we think we have reached a point where we need 47:59 to take the liberties and freedoms to think outside the 48:02 box or to misinterpret or interpret a particular text or 48:05 a particular principal or something, you know, to fit our 48:08 own personal agenda, just remember that not even the king 48:11 of the universe would speak on his own authority and he was 48:14 humble enough 48:17 to take 48:18 his father's command seriously team 48:22 as Jesus, our example. 48:27 So here we go going to give you 5 really quick ways to overcome 48:32 liberalism and all of this is under the banner of what was 48:34 that one word I shared with you humility. Okay. Now some of 48:39 these may seem very elementary is saying they were just like 48:42 you got to do that is and yeah, we know we know we should do 48:45 this. But, you know, it's interesting that we know these 48:47 things, but oftentimes we don't take them seriously. 48:51 Remember everything about the shares under the banner of 48:53 Humility Christ Homewood himself. Christ is our example. 48:58 And if you're going to overcome legalism, if you're going to 49:00 overcome liberalism or any other kind of is that's not in 49:04 accordance with God's word. The first step is for you to 49:07 humble yourself. 49:11 Number one, 49:12 humble yourself to pray. 49:16 You don't have 49:19 the streets 49:21 and the ability to continue on in your own women in your power 49:24 to overcome anything. That's wind Second chronicles chapter 49:28 7 verse 14. It's as if 49:32 my people who are called by my name will handle themselves and 49:38 pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways. Then I 49:41 will hear from heaven and I will forgive their sin and heal 49:44 their land. You know, Seaver step is that we have to humble 49:48 ourselves to pray. 49:49 >> We have to appear before dawn humbly say, Lord, I don't 49:52 have this figured out. 49:54 I thought I did. I sometimes think that I'm smart enough. 49:57 Intelligent enough to get through. 49:59 >> On my own will on my own ideas on my own perception. 50:02 Is that more apparent, Leon, not bother. Please 50:07 give me the strength and give me the intelligence to pray 50:11 what it is that I need to pray for you to do your work in me 50:14 to bring the in harmony with your will humble yourself. 50:18 Dupre number 2. 50:20 Pray for humility 50:25 for humanity. I love someone. 39 verse. 23. 24 what is David 50:29 say? 50:30 >> Search me o God and know my heart. Try me and know my 50:34 anxieties and see if there was any wicked way in me and leave 50:38 me in the way all of everlasting righteousness, 50:41 search meal to see some of us need to play that for more 50:44 often. 50:46 >> Missy, we do pray because we don't think there's any thing 50:49 in us that needs to be searched and some of us don't pray it 50:54 because we're scared. They got all show us exactly what we 50:57 don't want to see. 51:00 >> Search me 51:05 make me humble. 51:07 Here's the Piers. A hard prayer Lord. Humble me. 51:16 Number 3, 51:18 humble yourself to acknowledge the prop 51:24 humble yourself to acknowledge the problem. Matthew 13, 51:27 what do you say? 51:29 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled which says 51:32 hearing you will hear and should not understand and 51:35 seeing you will see a not perceive for the hearts of 51:37 this. People have grown, don't 51:41 their ears or hard of hearing and their eyes. They have 51:44 closed list. They should see what their eyes and hear what 51:46 the ears let's they should understand with their hearts 51:48 and turn so that I should heal them. Me tell you why people 51:53 cannot see the truth for what it really is because they've 51:56 hardened their hearts. 51:59 They think liberally, they think beyond what the word of 52:02 God says. And they think that while doing that, they're still 52:04 Christian, but they're deceived while they deceive because they 52:07 harden their hearts. They have eyes they can see and ears that 52:11 can here. That's why have people coming all the time. 52:13 >> Brother, how can these people not see the plain truth? 52:17 It's in God's word. It's because they don't have eyes to 52:21 see 52:24 >> they have. Here's what they came here. 52:27 They have in mind that they can get spiritual. We discern what 52:31 the spirit is saying to them because they harden their 52:33 hearts. Your prayer should be lord humble me and maybe a 52:37 humble person. And then once the Holy Spirit has revealed to 52:40 you what your problem is, it's not your job to acknowledge the 52:44 man. I got a name I need to receive this. I love someone. 52:49 Some 51. When David had messed up when Nathan came to him 52:53 noticed they didn't play the game. He didn't go as it. 52:57 What what are you talking about? Me is not best Siebel. 52:59 Who then? I'm even what are you talking? No, no. He says for AI 53:03 and not something he won first ran for 5 knowledge. My 53:06 transgression and my son is always before me against you. 53:11 You only have ice in and do this evil in your sight. 53:15 Even Isaiah when he had a run in an encounter with gods, 53:19 right? Just as what did he say? Woe is me 53:25 for I am undone. 53:26 >> Because I am a man, all unclean lips. And by the way, 53:31 Lord these other breweries, other brothers and sisters, 53:33 they got some feel the amounts to. He told his son in the 53:38 Senate as brothers and sisters. You see when you would not have 53:43 when you see it and acknowledge it, it does something to you 53:46 because now you've got to deal with it. 53:49 Which leads us to number 4 53:51 humbly address the problem. 53:55 How do you address the problem? Liberalism 53:59 once you acknowledge what the problem is, you address it. 54:02 You find the solution. 54:04 You see the problem with liberalism are the problem with 54:06 a liberal a stick thinking person or liberal thinking 54:08 person is that they find it OK to freely thing can take 54:13 liberties beyond what the word of God authorizes. So what 54:18 would be the solution to that? 54:23 I don't know. Let me share with you. 54:26 We go. Are you ready? 54:30 Paul says in, by the way, I don't have time to read this 54:33 whole passage. But if you have time to reach Second, Timothy 54:35 Chapter 4, 54:37 she's the second Timothy Chapter 3 verse is 10 to 17 54:40 start their second, Timothy Chapter 3 versus 10 to 17 54:43 because verse 16 17. We know the scriptures. It's just all 54:47 all scripture is given by inspiration of God. It is 54:50 profitable for doctrine for approved for correction, 54:53 for instruction and righteousness. 54:55 >> That the man of God may be complete. 54:58 >> Certainly equipped for every good work. What's the answer? 55:01 All scripture? 55:03 That's that's the solution. What's interesting is if you 55:05 keep on reading as many people would stop right there at the 55:08 last Verse of Chapter 3, if you keep reading over into for 55:11 guess what he says, you get on the first 2. And Paul says to 55:14 Timothy breach the ward 55:17 be ready in season or instant in season and out of season, 55:20 Reprove review could start with all long suffering in doctrine. 55:23 But according notice, he says, but for the time will calm 55:26 notice when they will not in dual or 55:30 sound doctrine. We live in those times, 55:34 but according to their own desires because they have 55:37 teaching years they will keep for themselves teachers, 55:40 but then they turn their eyes away from the truth. And he 55:44 turned aside to fables. But you he says be watchful and all 55:47 things endure. Afflictions do the work of evangelist and 55:50 fulfill your ministry. My friends, what's the solution? 55:54 The word of God acknowledge that you need to bring your 55:57 life in harmony Tuesday into the subjection to the word of 56:00 God. 56:01 And then, of course, number 5, here it is. Humbly follow 56:04 through in faith and obedience. Oh, man, go read. I don't have 56:09 time to read this whole passage. But Ezekiel Chapter, 56:11 22 versus 26 through the 2 0st 28. He talks about how her 56:16 priest have violated my law violated my sabbaths. 56:21 They're like ravening wolves tearing the prey. But what gets 56:24 me is the last verse he reversed. 28 her profits. 56:26 Plaster them with untempered mordor seeing false visions and 56:30 giving lives for them saying you're it is bust saith the 56:33 Lord God when the Lord hath not spoken. 56:40 >> The answer is to build your house on the rock of Jesus 56:44 Christ and his word. 56:47 >> It's that simple. Sometimes we want to we want to build up 56:50 some big, elaborate answer like, oh, come on, give it to 56:53 me. How do I it's simple 56:57 to the plate in build your house up on Jesus Christ and 57:03 his were. And when you lean on that stone, 57:08 he will humble you. But if that stone comes and leans on you, 57:11 we will grind you to powder. A man. Let us pray as we close 57:17 father in heaven, 57:18 give a church spirit. Lord, 57:21 teach us humility. 57:24 Provide us with your humble spirit in lead us in the path 57:27 of righteousness. 57:28 We lead us back to you were done may be over home of the 57:31 power of your work 57:33 that Supreme Court. 57:35 Thank you for your love. Grayson, yours. 57:37 >> We ask us in Jesus Cooler. 57:41 I wish my friends 57:43 [MUSIC] 57:48 [MUSIC] 57:53 [MUSIC] 57:58 [MUSIC] |
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