SUNDAY SERMON
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Psalm 87:2
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Roy’s report Exposed!- Mike Bickle- 12-23-23 [Yesterday]
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Ecclesiastes 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
ON VIDEO-
.Dietrich Bonhoeffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
.Wealth building?
.Monopoly money
.Practical advice for living
.One Body
.He spoke in tongues
.King James bible and Billy Graham story
.Prophecies of Christ in Matthew 2
.Quick Understanding
.What is the local church [according to the bible]
.The globe’s
.Let your life count
Isaiah 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Teaching [Past posts below]
This Sunday I went to Real Life Corpus- and talked about some of the verses that Pastor Micah spoke on as well as the verses from the Sunday Mass.
I noticed the readings from the priest [on the radio] were a little different from what I read-
but I taught from both either way.
Pastor Micah spoke from James-
The brevity of our lives
James 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Do we really live with this mindset?
The only lasting thing is the Word of the Lord- and the people who believe in the Word- the gospel- will live forever.
Yes- most of us ‘realize’ this- but do we live our lives with the conscious thought that the stuff around us doesn’t really count for much?
I had an ‘impression’ the other day- I thought what would happen if we died- and then ‘woke up’ and saw all the things we did in this life- the buying and selling and getting gain- what if our eyes were opened and in a moment of time we realized it was all Monopoly money.
Yes- the time spent in making it- teaching others how to make it- maybe an entire life focused around it- and then at the end- it was actually just Monopoly money.
In reality that’s really about as lasting as the real stuff- those who plan their lives around living in this life only-
That’s the context of the verses above-
A few verses down James says it like this-
James 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
James 5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
That’s the context.
One of the verses from the mass was found in the writings of Paul-
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
I actually tried to teach the entire chapter- the verses from the Mass focused more on the end of the chapter-
But the portion above fits in with today’s theme-
Our life here is a vapor- but our life with God- that’s the one that counts.
And if we believe- then we are indeed joined to him now- we are ‘risen with him’ and united with him now.
If so- then we set our affection- our purpose- our mindset on things above, on things that have eternal value.
Paul goes on to contrast the works of the the flesh with the life of the Spirit-
Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him
I talked about community on the video- how if we really see our selves as members of each other- as a true brotherhood in the faith-
Then this will impact the way we see one another in the Christian community.
The ‘local Church’ are indeed the other Christians around you right now-
The believers in your city are part of the Christian community- these were the ‘churches’ Paul penned his letters to.
So we are committed to one another by virtue of the reality that you and I are part of the christian family-
He speaks of this concept in the above passage as well as his other writings-
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
We are all the Bride of Christ- and as in natural marriage- we have become one flesh- so in this spiritual community we are one Body.
If we truly love one another- we will not harm the other-
Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
I talked more on community than I had planned- but it fit in with the theme of this day.
If we give priority to the kingdom of God- to seek first the kingdom of God-
Then we will live for others more than ourselves.
If we see our brothers and sisters as more important than ourselves- then we will truly fulfil the law of love- the ‘Golden rule’ –
The Golden Rule
12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
English Standard Version (ESV)
Matt 7:12
Paul teaches this in many of his writings- having the mind of Christ-
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Phil. 2
I’ll add my past teachings below that relate to this theme- and also the other verses that I mentioned today.
Real Life Corpus is one of the churches that I visit on these Sunday meetings- they are a good church- as well as the others you see me talk about on the Sunday Sermon posts-
I encourage all of you to get involved- whatever church you attend on Sunday-
See yourself as a vital member of the Body of Christ in your community-
Not just a church member who gives to the good causes your church is involved in-
But as a believer who plays an active role in the Kingdom of God-
Prioritizing your life around the Kingdom first mentality-
That’s what we should be about- all of us. [More new notes below]
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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