Did you enjoy your church sermon today?

[jesusandliberty]

21 hours ago, com7fy8 said:

I have been feeding on a sermon in Spanish. I go through parts at a time. It can be interesting to hear what a pastor is saying to Hispanics in Central America, I think it is.

I am not always sure if he is saying what I get  But I seem to get some good things >

We can't have the peace of Jesus without knowing Him.

There is no peace of Jesus, without going through trials which bring the character of Christ which is where we have this peace.

If we stay in weakness of ungodly character while wishing and crying for peace, this will not work. We must be changed to know Christ so we know His peace.

The word of the Lord is more sure than the heavens and the earth.

Humans wear the clothes which fit with their work and activities; wear Jesus and His humility and do His works.

Right while this evil world does its thing, we have Jesus and His peace. So, having peace does not depend on first changing this evil world!

People are spiritually weak because they do not feed on Jesus.

What you think about is what can stir your appetite!!

We have peace in knowing You will not leave nor forsake us.

 

Great message!

[com7fy8]

On 8/13/2023 at 6:26 PM, jesusandliberty said:

I always enjoy when we talk about the importance of turning from sin and preparing yourself to do good work for the Lord, 

The message I get can be different and maybe even better than what the preacher is saying.

For example, ones might rightly say a certain lifestyle is wrong. But I can be getting how there are things I myself need to stop doing.

"For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?" (1 Peter 4:17)

So, I can be getting how I myself need evaluation and attention "first" . . . more than ones getting so much public criticism when they are not children of God and are not the ones getting God's judgment "first"!

There are sins which help to maintain us in wrong living. 

Philippians 2:13-16 > Arguing and complaining can help people into murder and adultery and other more obvious sinning.

Complaining against God's blessing of rain, calling His bless "bad" weather . . . this can be way of not being "thankful" (Romans 1:21, Colossians 3:15), so we reap dismal time and depression, even, when we could be enjoying God and how He is providing us rain so essential for us to have life on this planet

God is no respecter of persons, but many people favor more beautiful and handsome actors and musicians and newscasters, and even discriminate about who they marry, based on beauty discrimination. And this can spoil us from how Jesus has us loving any and all people. Note how the LORD dealt with Jacob because he discriminated against Leah who was less beautiful than Rachel > Genesis 29:31.

And love discrimination can also include loving those who love us > Jesus warns and encourages us >

"If you love those who love you, what reward have you?" (in Matthew 5:46)

And there is food abuse which helps maintain a person in weakness for pleasure so he or she is weak also to keep on suffering in various personality and emotional trouble. Romans 13:14 > put on the Lord Jesus so we share with Him in His self control against dominating and dictatorial demands and lusts for pleasure and so instead we are pleasing God Himself!!!

Mark 11:25, Ephesians 4:31-32 > And, of course, unforgiveness can help maintain a person in deep weakness of what is not God's love, so a person can keep suffering and be desperate for different sorts of wrong and selfish pleasures.

So, such sins, even of church culture, can be helping people stay in their wrong lifestyles and be desperate for their pleasure preferences, trying to keep from feeling the pain and misery which their deep weakness makes them able to suffer. Desperation for pleasure is not a problem for only certain groups of people.

And these problems in supposedly Christian households have helped children to grow up weak so ones of them could break down into doing the things we see, today . . . including all the divorces which are having a way of sneaking by without getting attention.

Ones have used beauty discrimination in choosing whom they marry, then have used arguing and complaining and other abuse to enforce their getting things their way. And in their weakness of this they have broken down into adultery and divorce and murder . . . while public attention is steered elsewhere to ones who are not being judged "first".

Ones can aim the blame elsewhere.

So, while I am hearing so much talk about certain groups ruining America, inside myself is coming the message of how my own bad example can be helping produce the trouble we see today. But God is able to change me into a genuinely loving and caring person who has hope for anyone in my prayer > love "hopes all things" (in 1 Corinthians 13:7). And God uses example that is good in His sight > an example of this is in 1 Peter 3:1-4.

And obedience works. Because Abraham obeyed God's voice, here is what the LORD said to Abraham >

"'In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'" (Genesis 22:18)

Abraham was surrounded by pagan people, and their anti-God culture. Yet, God guaranteed how Abraham's obedience would get all nations "blessed". One man in the midst of such evil was able to be so used by God, because he obeyed God's voice - - - not only for one nation, but for "all the nations of the earth".

But ones love only their own countries and independence and rights. Yet, God's obedient are getting His all-loving results > 1 Corinthians 15:58.

 

 

[backontrack]

On 8/13/2023 at 5:26 PM, jesusandliberty said:

Did you all enjoy church this morning? My pastor preached on "being a good vessel." I always enjoy when we talk about the importance of turning from sin and preparing yourself to do good work for the Lord, I don't think it happens enougerh in the American church.

 

What about y'all?!

Yes i did james river church

[jesusandliberty]

57 minutes ago, backontrack said:

Yes i did james river church

I've seen some of his sermons on angels and demons. Good stuff!

[farouk]

On 8/16/2023 at 8:01 AM, jesusandliberty said:

Indeed. I think for me the lesson was being careful what I consume because in order for God to use me as a vessel for good work (which I have been asking Him to do) I need to be holy, and ready, and useful to do so. So I have been trying to be more careful in the media I consume. 

@jesusandliberty I do think we all need to spend more wholesome time in the Word rather than in vexing ourselves with a lot of stuff from the media. (I myself am not even in the US.)

[farouk]

On 8/16/2023 at 8:02 AM, jesusandliberty said:

Great message!

@jesusandliberty Philippians 4 is a great chapter for the peace of God, for the believer.

Philippians 4.7: 'the peace of God'

Hebrews 13.20: 'the God of peace'.

[Neighbor]

Thinking upon the title of the thread: Perhaps it is best for me when I do not especially enjoy "the Sermon" least not for the "style", or entertaining personality of a shepherd/elder/pastor.

Perhaps it is best when I receive an awakening later on, and then think back to a  talk that was scripture reading heavy  along with application that I may put to good use for today.

Yes, I do think that is the best of moments, those ah ah times of  gee I was wrongheaded  to not have appreciated that sharing /teaching  at the time.

The thank you Lord, for giving me that second chance to get it might be the best times of all. For that  is when I have realized the Holy Spirit has been at work in the providence of my sovereign God over all matters, even the brief in time vapors of a moment out of eternity that is my own life. How very awesome and cool that is. God cares, God is sovereign.

[backontrack]

17 hours ago, farouk said:

@jesusandliberty I do think we all need to spend more wholesome time in the Word rather than in vexing ourselves with a lot of stuff from the media. (I myself am not even in the US.)

what country

[farouk]

9 minutes ago, backontrack said:

what country

North of you guys.......