Brother Gary Sunday Morning 11/24/13

Brother Gary Sunday Morning 11/24/13

We have been bringing thoughts of Hezekiah when he brought the letter from the enemy and spread it out before God.  We appreciate the thought of being able to bring anything and spread it out before God.

David made the expression of how he had been delivered from the horrible pit and the sounds of the pit.  God has delivered us from the horrible pit and thank God for the washing of the Word of God that takes the miry clay away so that we don’t have to go back to that. 

David had the testimony that God set his feet upon a rock.  This means a lot to us.  Not only are we delivered from the groans and the echoes of condemnation from the pit but we are out of it with our feet settled on the solid rock and our goings established by God.

I felt I was in the will of God and called upon a man that I love that is in the courts of Babylon.  I’m not sure how good my visit was to him but I did not even get out of the door before I was thanking God that I am out of the miry clay and my ways have been established daily to the throne of grace.

I was thanking God that Grandma Decker was burdened to bring the gospel to Plains.  How grateful I am.  I doubt I will have the opportunity to preach in Libby but it came from the roots of an elderly lady that desired to see a church in a small community.  She saved the money from a little retirement of her husband’s to help see a little church established. 

My mother had a brother that died whose name was buddy.  They asked a church of God preacher to preach this funeral for my mother’s brother.  From that she was invited to a revival meeting. 

The one thing that she could remember that the preacher said was that the burden of sin could be rolled away.  How wonderful that my mother sought after God and that there was someone that had a burden for truth and preached bible salvation. 

In the process of time she gained the understanding of bible sanctification and began to preach it.  Thank God there were those before us that were delivered from the miry clay and got their goings established. 

David left this testimony and Jesus left this testimony, “I delight to do thy will and thy Law is in my heart.”

This is a wonderful page of the heart of David, of the heart of Christ and of my heart.

Heb 10:1  For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Heb 10:2  For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

Heb 10:3  But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

Heb 10:4  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

We look back at the Old Testament and the sacrifice for sins that was made.  It was a shadow.  It was not that good of an image.  What we have is so much better than anything that we can grasp that is recorded in the Old Testament.

It is so awesome what was written on the heart and soul of Christ when He came into this world.

Heb 10:5  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Heb 10:6  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Heb 10:7  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

One of the pages of Jesus Christ when he came was that He knew that God had something better than the old covenant for dealing with the sin issue.  It is wonderful that Jesus knew and had it within His heart.  Jesus had no nature to sin.  It was in his heart from His childhood that He wanted to do the will of God. 

We came into the world with the nature to choose our own way.  It can be termed carnal nature, self will, inherited sin.  Yet in the heart of every person, child and adult, God has placed something there to identify with God.  Some have chosen to close that door but thank God for everyone that has chosen to open the door.

Jesus said, “Not my will but Thy will be done.”

Heb 10:8  Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Heb 10:9  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

It is wonderful that God did not find pleasure in the sacrifice of all those animals but knew that that just represented something better to come.

If Brother Rick decides to draw up the design of a new guitar, draws it and then chooses particular woods that he thinks will cause it to have sound and performance that is really something.  Perhaps he is designing this one for Brother Gary Peters and decides to inlay bibles into the neck.  He decides to buy special strings that come from only Germany. 

Then he tells me, “I’m going to put frets on it and I’m going to put a picture on the fret-board that represents the water of life.  He exercises his mind and imagination and you are so impressed as you look upon the plans. 

You say, that is going to be so beautiful and wonderful and I can just sense brother Peters strumming the guitar.  Brother Rick in all soberness says, this is just the plan wait until you see the guitar.

This is even more wonderful:  Jesus’ plan takes what has been ruined by sin, has been spent, and gives beauty for ashes.  Jesus takes a life that the enemy had desired to sift as wheat and use up in the world. 

It may have been in the entertainment world:  I have a real issue in the state of Montana with this brewery thing that has been going on.  How the enemy wants to waste minds with casinos.  How the enemy wants to mess up children’s lives. 

The children would not be having a hard time in the holidays if the parents were praying, “Not my will but Thy will be done.”  Jesus prayed more earnestly after he submitted to God. 

I challenge you to pray more earnestly.  I say this because the enemy is bidding so high for souls.  Jesus when He knew the will of God chose, “Not my will but thine.”  And then He chose to pray more earnestly. 

This is a beautiful page of Jesus’ life.  It is not a shadow but it is the written Word of God.  He prayed more earnestly.

In Isaiah 53 it shows that Jesus would suffer and that the Lord would bruise him so that men and women could be made right before God.

Heb 10:10  By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

This new offering cleanses from sin and cleanses from all sin.  When we come repenting He cleanses from sin and then we come back and He sanctifies us wholly.

Bible salvation is becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus, believing, being delivered from the miry clay, and having our feet set upon a rock.  I wouldn’t challenge you to talk to 6 Babylonians this next week, one is enough.  They have no idea what they came from, what they came to or where they are headed.

All the foundations of the earth are out of course.  If you want to see this, look at the sinner, he doesn’t know where he is headed.  Look at Babylon, they don’t have a clue where they are headed, what the Spirit of God is, who God is, or how to get a hold of Him.

Heb 10:11  And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

Heb 10:12  But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

The old Covenant made a sacrifice for sin so to speak but there was always the thought, “I’m going to go back to sin and be back here doing the same thing.”  But listen to this:

Heb 10:12  But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Heb 10:13  From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

It is wonderful that you and I can understand that under the New Covenant Jesus paid the price for sin and that everyone that came to Him repenting, confessing, and turning from their sin would be made no longer his enemy but his resting place.  It is wonderful that God can rest in the lives of individuals that have given their lives to Him.

Heb 10:14  For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Heb 10:15  Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

Heb 10:16  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

God has a way of writing on our heart.  Every one of us needs to remember that there are pages in our heart.  We can have the wonderful privilege of having His Word written on our hearts.  The Word of God always points forward and always points to a challenge.

The natural man and people without God and truth are always thinking, “I just wish it were the good old days.”  Remember this: in the good old days the people were always looking for something better. 

Whenever you got married, saved or whenever whatever was that you were happy and thankful on that day, let me help you.  If you follow God He will write His way on your heart and He will always point forward.

I know that there are folks saying, “The golden years are not golden.”  We need to work to make the golden days golden.  It probably will not happen that someone takes you in on those days unless it is Jesus. 

We want to sew a lot of good seed in our golden years.  We want to do our best to prepare for today and lay up good treasure for tomorrow.  We all want to reach the golden years.  We want to prepare for them.  You may not want to get old, but do you want to die? 

Get the pages of your heart before God.  He knows what He is doing.  Get the pages there and say, “Search me and try me, o God.” 

You are here to prosper, measure, be an example, and make deposits in the hearts of men and women each day.  We are here to preach, teach, learn, and to measure.  If you are not receiving very much it is because you are not giving out enough. 

I want my pockets empty but I want to give out the love of God and give out kindness.

I will put the Word of God in their minds.  When you have problems with your mind then get before God and say, I want your Word on my mind.  I need something real from God today.

If you know that you are blessed man, woman, child, or grandparent it is because you are before God.

Heb 10:17  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Heb 10:18  Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Heb 10:19  Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Heb 10:20  By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

We want to have boldness to enter into the holiest of holies and take every page of your heart.  Take the page that says, “I am so glad to be here.” and enter with all boldness because the Son shed the blood, suffered and carried the cross.

It could be there are times when our burdens are a cross.  “This is quite a burden and ‘cross’ to bear.”  There is one thing that I am sure of if I can get into the holiest of holies and lay my page before God…  You can, you can get in there boldly. 

It is good to be burdened but we must know what to do with the burden.  The answer is to have boldness to enter the holiest of holies.  Be burdened.  Seek God for those burdens.  If you want to get into the holiest of holies you will only get there with a most perfect attitude.  You will get in there broken and contrite.  Not with the attitude, “They did this and that.” 

“God I want to enter the holiest of holies with you and pray.”  You will not get there with any bad attitudes.  “God I want to pray more earnestly and I don’t care who you use.  You can use anyone in the body of Christ to work with this one that I am burdened for If only that he would be saved.”

Heb 10:21  And having an high priest over the house of God;

Heb 10:22  Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

With the pages of your soul and heart, draw near to God with a true heart of full assurance.  God’s way is best.  His will is best.  Whatever He chooses for you this week is best. 

There could be people that want to take charge of your life.  We have counselors without pay that want to tell you what you ought to do. 

Have full assurance, our hearts and conscience has been sprinkled and we have been washed with the pure teaching of the Word of God.  Let us hold fast.

Heb 10:23  Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Heb 10:24  And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

My wife feels heavily convicted that no one ought to come to any service without a greeting.  The Bible says to encourage one another.  Let us get this on a page of our heart.  God help me to be a source of encouragement to the players on instruments. 

Brother Bill encouraged my heart this morning, He read a song.  Get your page before God, “God, what can I do to encourage the saints of God?”

We have this Sunday morning to make an expression to everyone that is here how much we love and appreciate them.  You may not have next Sunday morning, and they may not be here.

Heb 10:25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

I want to encourage you to plan your schedules as best you can to be in the house of God.  When we are in the house of God we are edifying and we are edified. 

Heb 10:26  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Heb 10:27  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Heb 10:28  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Heb 10:29  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Those that choose sin over God: if you feel that you need to be sobered up then read Hebrews 10: 26-29 will sober you up. 

Paul leaves a serious thought, “God has dealt with them so He has fulfilled His responsibility to them.”

Heb 10:30  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Heb 10:31  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The reason that some people that backslide act so peculiar is there is a certain fearful looking of judgment and fiery indignation.

We are first warned to not depart from God but when people leave God then something else begins to take place and they wonder what will happen in their life since they have rebelled against God.

The reason that some people act so strange and have such a big bluff is because what is going on in their ears and heart.  They realize that they are lost and it could end up in fiery indignation.  That is the reason that Jesus said to pray more earnestly.

You get around people that have left God, you get around people that have sinned and refuse to admit their sin, and they act fearful for a reason.

I want to live the rest of my days for God.  I want to live the dark days that people say are not so golden and I want to live to make heaven and I know that you do too.

God is faithful.  When we began to walk with God there were those that questioned if we would stay true or not.  Have it settled and keep it settled.

Let us draw near with a heart full of assurance and faith.  Keep it before yourself and before God.  “God this is your will for the day.  I’m believing you for this need and for this burden.  Don’t look at the visible.  Look at God.

Matt 11:28 come to me all that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.

The heaviest burden we were ever under was the burden of sin.  He said, “Come to me all that labor and are heavily laden.  I will give you rest.”

There are other burdens.  Some may say, “I am filled with a burden of wanting my own way and with self will.”  It is better to give up your life and take His than to have your way and what you would choose.

If you are burdened with weights and cares and problems the bible tells us to lay aside all the weights.  If you feel that your prayers are consumed with your weights there is a place for them.  It may be someone close to you: your son, your daughter, the one you love that is so close.  He did not say to forget them but to lay them on Him.

Ps 68 19 blessed be the Lord that loadeth us daily with benefits.

In one commentary I read it told me that one translation puts it, “Blessed be the lord that carried all our burdens.”  You will notice that Paul instructed us to lay aside the weights after giving Hebrews 11 the faith chapter.

The burden of my soul I can bring in full assurance to him.  It is alright to be burdened for yourself, “More than anything else I want to make it.”

The burden for the family of God.  What a wonderful thing to draw close to God in full assurance.  You may never have been to Cuba and still be burdened to do what you can to help.

They cannot come here and I cannot go there but we can go to God.  They probably will not have a turkey Thursday, they probably don’t have a car, they don’t have a computer, but they are my brother.

The burden for our country.  We need to pray earnestly.  We appreciate what God has given us.  We are glad to have a place to worship and that the electricity or water is never turned off.  Don’t think that it cannot happen here; it happened in Cuba.

The burden for worship and a place to worship.  If you want entertainment there are places that you can turn to on your computer.  If you want souls, then prepare something for worship.  If you are not able to bring it then it will still be good to you.  It will not rot or decompose.

Blessed be the Lord that daily loadeth you with benefits.

We can have an altar call without music but we cannot have a service without prayer.  We can sing without a song leader but we cannot survive without prayer. 

Jesus prayed more earnestly.  Jesus prayed more earnestly.