Sister Brenda Sunday Evening 10/2/11
Sister Dianna Barreto at Carmichael: Friday night’s service.
She got saved at 15 and spoke to the young people that from the time they are young, they need to make their decisions in the Lord and in the fear of God, to serve God when they are young. Early in their marriage they sought counsel in their decisions. God will bless your life if you will serve Him and take counsel.
The vertical part of the cross is our relationship with God and the horizontal part is our relationship with others. Her main thought was living a crucified life.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
A cross would not be a cross if there was just the vertical part. The horizontal part is held up by the vertical beam. The first and utmost important thing in our life is our relationship with God. In this relationship we build the foundation for everything that happens in our life.
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
This first commandment is the vertical beam. We must first of all love God with all our heart, all our soul and all our mind. He is the foundation for every relationship in our life we give Him all our heart and he gives us the love for others. If we have the right relationship with Him He will give us a right relationship with others.
If we have God in first place then it will take care of a lot of things in our lives and in our relationships with others. Our relationship with others will not work if we don’t have a relationship with God.
Many are just building their lives on the horizontal beam. Without God they are just building on the horizontal beam with no security and no direction and nothing to hold up their decisions. They put all their love, their ambitions in a mortal, a person and end up with a broken heart.
When we have the vertical beam right then we can treat others by the golden rule and love thy neighbor as our self. We can talk to others and treat others just as we would want to be treated. In every decision we want to consider what God would think. The world teaches you to just take care of yourself and look out for yourself. We need to have God first, others next. Where does that put us?
It leaves us on the cross, crucified.
2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
This is where we are today. We see it all around us all the time.
I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live. This is the good life; this is the place to be: crucified to self. Having your own way and always seeking after the flesh and your own way will never satisfy. Being crucified will allow us to face everything that life will bring us.
Eph 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Eph 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
In the second half of the message she was teaching the church to know how to deal with the problems among each other. Don’t make troubles for your pastor. The pastor has a lot dealing with the administration of the church: The weddings, the funerals, the financial decisions, etc. There are a lot of things that you can take care of yourself before they get big.
The bible teaches you that if you have a problem with a brother or a sister to go to them. Many times it is a situation that something was misunderstood. Don’t just look at the other person, look at yourself too. Many times you could have done better too.
Be determined that it will not be hard for you to be humble and apologize. Take care of a problem quickly, don’t let it fester and brew. Don’t give place to the devil. God can help us to say something that will defeat the enemy and not allow him to bring discord.
Mat 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Mat 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Mat 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
If thy brother has ought against you. It doesn’t say that, if you have ought against your brother. Since you are the one bringing your gift to the altar, you may be more established spiritually. They may be young in the faith you need to take the step and go to them and get it straightened out.
It may be hard for us to go to one when you don’t think that you have done wrong. We want to do everything that we can to keep the unity and the flow in the congregation. We should never have to settle things with the courts. Two people that are saved should be able to work out their differences. Go to the person, be prayed up and have seasoned words, get things straightened out without going to the law.
Mat 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Don’t do it in front of other people and embarrass your brother, be humble and go to them.
The secret of solving a lot of problems is just to be quiet and not to talk to other people about it. Just deal with the person that the problem is with.
Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Sometimes we need to just put up with some things. Have grace. Grace takes care of a lot of things. We don’t know what a day will hold, what will hurt us or be unfair. The grace of God will take care of a lot of things. Sometimes we need to give people a benefit of the doubt and just forgive.
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