Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 6/11/14

Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 6/11/14

Psa 4:2  O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

I believe B.E. Warren wrote the song, “My soul is satisfied.”  That is a rare condition today.  It is an old problem of loving vanity.  It is so sad when people try to find fulfillment from anything other than God.

If we have God then we don’t have to try to satisfy ourselves with whatever it may be that is out there.  The vanity of David’s day is different than what there is in 2014 but the result is the same.  The soul is left empty.

Seek after leasing, means enjoying lies, hypocrisy and those types of things. 

Selah means stop and consider, pause.  It is good to stop and consider, “Lord where am I hoping for my springs to come from?  What am I hoping will be my satisfaction and my joy?

1Pe 1:22  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Isn’t it wonderful that we can purify our souls by obeying the truth?

It is so very important that we make the love of the brethren a standard in our life, to have genuine love for one another.

Love one another with a pure heart fervently.

Rom 5:5  And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

You may be a loving person.  If you are then you have already found out that you are at times a loving person.  Salvation positions us to have the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. 

In less than 24 hours we will see little children from different walks of life.  We will probably not try to discern whether they have good or bad parents.  Sometimes you don’t want to know those things; not because you don’t want to pray, but you don’t want to position yourselves where you shouldn’t be. 

We hope to see the Word of God sown in the hearts of the children, to see the seed of the Word of God planted in the hearts of the children. 

There are religious people in St Regis.  The vast difference between us and Babylon is that we love God.  Not that we love people, but that we love souls.  You and I cannot do it. 

I thought as we came to church tonight, “Wouldn’t it be nice to break forth into singing?”  Karen must have thought the same thing, she got it ready. 

The vast difference between us and Babylon is that we love God and love truth.  It is our desire to do the will of God.  Unless we do the will of God then we will never know the truth. 

If any man will do the will of the Father then he shall know the doctrine.  God knows how to work.  The vast difference is that we must have God and the love of God.  Only God can shed it abroad on our heart. 

Wherever you are in loving people verses walking to your own band and not caring what others do, the one thing we must have is a love for souls.  The only way for that to happen is to have the Love of God shed abroad in our heart.

Mark recorded about the young man that came to Jesus, a fine young man.  It doesn’t sound like he messed his life and mind up with sin.  Yet he loved vanity.  He was very rich. 

The Bible teaches us that Jesus looked upon him and loved him.  Because He loved him, he gave him the answer to the great need of his life.

It is unfortunate for the young man that he didn’t take heed.  You and I know that.  He had great possessions but he thought it would cost him too much to follow Christ. 

The reality is that it costs way too much to not follow Christ. 

We have a wealth of riches.

Eph 1:18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Eph 1:19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

The riches of the glory that the saints of God enjoy!  Fear may come but there is a resource, it is faith in God.  Heartache comes, there is a healer.  Isn’t that absolutely wonderful? 

The wealth of the riches:  we have a friend that sticks closer than a brother.  He is someone to turn to 24-7. 

We have the reality of having fellowship.  The saints are hungry for fellowship.  We like to see people that are saved and love God.  It is a part of our inheritance.

Remember when the disciples were tired and Jesus said, “We need to go in the boat and come apart and rest a while.”  I don’t know where Jesus took the disciples and they were going to rest.  It wasn’t long and a whole lot of people showed up.  He had compassion on the multitude.

Matt 16 what will a man give in exchange for his soul?  What does this world have to offer that is worth wandering away? 

Babylon loves that song, “Prone to wander.”  If I understand right, the man that wrote that song wandered away and never got back.  My Bible doesn’t teach wandering but keeping focused and pressing to the goal.

What will a man give in exchange for his soul?