Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 5/23/12

Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 5/23/12

Jud 1:20  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

Everyone in this audience that has been saved a while has encountered unbelief.  It is a terrible spirit that is loosed in the world.  But we have an answer and that is: “Building yourself up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.” 

There is very little praying in the Holy Ghost today.  There is a lot of selfish, carnal praying.  It is different when an individual comes before God and says, “I don’t want this coming up from the selfish side of me; I want to pray in the Holy Ghost.  I want to have God on the scene.”

Jud 1:21  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

We are each challenged to keep our self in the love of God.  There are many things that will come into our life that would be an exit from the Love of God.  We don’t want to go that way.

The Holy Ghost wants to move on your heart with a way to work with a soul.  We got a clear picture of Babylon in the thought of the double walls.  If one is to be rescued from Babylon we must pray in the Holy Ghost.  We need God to lay a burden on our hearts to pray for someone in Babylon.

Jud 1:22  And of some have compassion, making a difference:

Many in Babylon would want you to pray for them when they are in trouble.  There is something about God burdening us to see some delivered out of Babylon.  It is a strong hold of bondage.  Some seem to have an understanding of salvation and sanctification and yet they are bound by Babylon.  They will even talk about their organization and what a mean bunch they are and yet they are captives of Babylon.

When my parents were alive we were in Oklahoma and there are a lot of faith and victory people there.  One of them was in the services and Brother Turnbow told him, “This message is for you.”  The dear brother heard and accepted the message and came out of the faith and victory movement.  Brother Turnbow knew that God had given him a message from God to help a brother get out of Babylon.

Jud 1:23  And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Many times we are praying for a soul and a godly fear comes upon our soul that they are going to go out too far.  It is hard for us to understand, but a soul can get so far away from God that they don’t know how to get back to God.  My sister, Joann, told me when I told her that she needed to pray that she had forgotten how to pray.  She was raised in the same family as I was.  It seems amazing that people can get so far off that they forget how to get back to God or to pray. 

It is so important that you and I pray in the Holy Ghost so that we have a godly hatred towards even the garments spotted by the flesh.  There are some things that must be a revelation from God before they are real to us.  You can know that people have needs but there is something about you praying in the Holy Ghost and Him revealing needs to us.

Men and women choose to be worldly and live in the flesh; we need to pray in the Holy Ghost until we have a godly hatred for those garments.

Jud 1:24  Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

The enemy loves to war on a precious saint of God to say, “You are not going to make it.”  This scripture is a promise to you.  You don’t have to go astray.  You don’t have to backslide.  You don’t have to yield to the world, the flesh, or carnality and get your garments all spotted up. 

He is able to present you faultless.  We are blessed to have that wonderful privilege of communicating with God, “God however you want to lead and guide, I want to obey you.”  Having God lead and guide works to ‘build up yourself in your most holy faith’. 

Jud 1:25  To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

I understand and you understand being faithful.  There is faithfulness in devotions:  we meet with God in the hour of devotions; we pray and have responsibilities to meet.  There is also that time where God moves upon us that we need to come away from the hurried schedule of life.  There is not one in this audience that is not busy.  Everyone’s plate is full.  But we are instructed to pray in the Holy Ghost.  It takes you and me spending time alone with God and bearing our heart to God.

Those that say a sanctified individual doesn’t have to labor to pray in the Holy Ghost doesn’t know how my mind is.  I get down to pray and, (a figure of speech), a dozen things come to take my mind.  I think, “I need to work my way through this because I need to pray in the Holy Ghost.”

We must keep the robes on; we don’t want to walk naked.  We must keep on the garments of praise and the robes of salvation.

The Holy Spirit gives compassion for Babylonians but not just for them.  He can move with compassion on whomsoever that He would desire whether it would be to get saved or to be delivered out of Babylon.  There is a world of difference between having a kind loving heart and having the thought of “God has laid a burden on my heart for a soul.”

We live among heathens today.  Don’t assume that people have a Bible or know where to find the plan of salvation.  It is hard to believe that people don’t even know the plan of salvation.  They have gathered religious gabble from TV or various people and say, “We pray.”  Yet they don’t know anything.

If you have a heavy burden for one soul, don’t beat yourself up; keep praying.  Pray in the Holy Ghost and keep praying. 

Others save with fear:  You are praying in the Holy Ghost and while you are praying, God sees everything.  You are burdened for a soul, but God knows what is going on with that soul.  God sees the decisions that they are about to make. 

You and I know that one wrong decision can cause a soul to be lost forever.  The thought is not that God would not have mercy, but the domino affect begins to take place. This happens then that and pretty soon they are way out to sea.

The Holy Spirit moving upon us with the fear of God:  We are blessed to have God move upon us with the fear of God.  We can believe that, when God moves upon our soul with the fear of God and in humility and tears we reach out to a soul, God has worked with that soul.

Hating the garments spotted by the flesh.  The flesh is an ugly thing.  God is able to keep us from falling.  Pray in the Holy Ghost.  He is able to keep you from falling, and is able to present you faultless.

Jud 1:25  To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

There is something about praying in the Holy Ghost that causes us to want to give glory to God.  When God meets with man we want to say, all of the glory and honor goes back to you.  We are nothing; we are just a blade of grass.  We are nothing.

Dominion – there is such a value in saying, “God I want you to have total rule.  I’m going to submit everything to God.”  There is no one here that doesn’t have a personality and opinions.  It is wonderful to take our personality, preferences, and opinions and say, “God I want you to have the dominion, whatever that you see would be best, not just for me but for the whole scope of family, friends, and everyone else.”

There is a place to come back to God and say, “God I thank you for the power that you’ve given me but it all belongs to you.”  We don’t have any power on our own.

Give to God the glory, the power, and the dominion now and of course it is His in eternity.