Brother Gary Sunday Morning 9/6/15

Brother Gary Sunday Morning 9/6/15

Gen 2:7  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

I think the potter that Karen and I visited is a master potter; she did a fine job on these butter crocks.  They are made of clay from Medicine Hat Alberta.  It is shipped from there to Helena Montana, and goes through a process, then it gets to McCrae Road on Sand Hill. 

She told Karen that not everything that she tries to make is a success.  With the wheel and the tools that she has, it just doesn’t work.  She can really make these butter dishes.  You fill the top part with butter and put water in the bottom container and then you place the butter upside down in the water and it is kept safe and fresh until it is all gone.  I change the water every day. 

She is a good earthly potter, I want to talk to you about the master potter.  He took of the dust of the earth.  You and I need to remember that we came from the dust of the earth and we will return to the dust of the earth, but our soul will return to the Potter who made it.

God created Adam.  He did a fine job creating this earthen vessel; He had made a human being.  Then He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. 

Gen 1:27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Before Adam and Eve sinned, they were created in the image of God. 

There is a lot of heresy and false doctrine in the world today.  I have been taught and believe it to be true, “Study the genuine and then you will know the counterfeit.”  I am not encouraging you to study what everyone out there believes; I am encouraging you to study the Word of God and follow what it says. 

God breathed into the nostrils of Adam and he became a living soul.  Paul taught that there is a natural body that we can see and there is a spiritual body, the inward man that we cannot see.

What happened to Adam and Eve in Genesis three?  Are we living in a day that is worse than the days of Noah or the days of Sodom and Gomorrah? 

One thing that I have found in the scripture is that since the beginning of time God has taken journeys to visit mankind.  God visited Noah.  We know that He did because the bible says that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 

What happened to Adam and Eve in Genesis three?  I have thirteen emphasis on this subject.

Gen 3:1  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

The serpent had a voice and he spoke to Eve. 

The ear of Eve:  Maybe tonight or Wednesday or next Sunday night, I will speak on this. 

I have been trying to think of things that I really hate.  I am thinking of smells that are really offensive.  You have a sense off hearing.  Some of us have gotten deaf through the years that doesn’t mean that our spiritual hearing needs to be in the least bit calloused. 

Most of us are sensitive to hearing the alarm going off.  Whenever the ambulance, the fire truck, or a law officer goes through Paradise with their sirens going then we sense there is an accident somewhere. 

If you have received an unwanted phone call and there was a voice on the other end that made you uncomfortable, if they have caused you heartache, sleepless nights, or threats that are dangerous, your hearing would immediately respond, “I hate to hear that voice.”

The saints are open to call any hour of the day that they need to.  But there are those calls that come; I remember one morning that I woke to a phone call.  Karen was up and getting ready to go to work.  Brother Roy and Sister Margaret said, “Bridgette has been killed on the interstate.”  There are some calls that come in that are alarming calls.

There is one voice that everyone in this audience needs to hate and that is the voice of the serpent.  It is the voice of unbelief and it is the voice of a liar.  Unbelief is one of the most dangerous things that is visiting mankind today. 

It visited Eve.  She was created in the image of God and yet she listened to that voice.  As beautiful as she was and as much as she was loved by Adam, she listened to that voice. 

The serpent said, “You shall not surely die.”  We could spend until midnight tonight from six o’clock in our evening service telling where unbelief has taken souls.  We have to be careful for it has taken individuals to such terrible estates that they ask the question, “How did I get here?  How do I find myself in such deplorable condition?”

The enemy spoke, “You will not die if you transgress the commandment of God.”  God had already given the commandment. 

Gen 3:2  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Gen 3:3  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Gen 3:4  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Gen 3:5  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Gen 3:6  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Before sin the voice of unbelief spoke to Eve and influenced her husband.  The voice of unbelief is not out to just influence the single person, but to influence the single and then work as leaven and go as far as it can.

There was a temptation to disobey God.  This message is not to bring fear, a cloud over you, or to beat anyone down.  My thought is that we want to know the consequence to what we are doing. 

You want to listen and realize, “Do I want to hear what this voice is trying to convince me of?”  There is a great consequence of doing anything that the voice of the serpent and the voice of unbelief would indicate. 

She found it was a tree to be desired to make one wise.  It is interesting how unbelief works.  It promises pleasures.  What is so amazing to me is how sad the pleasures of sin make people, the consequence of the pleasure of sin. 

God created us to be happy.  We had the song, “I’ll follow Him with Rejoicing.”  God has a way of making us happy.

Brother Bob read to us from Matthew about the blessing.  We are promised righteousness, peace, and joy in this life.  Yet the enemy convinced Eve that taking of the fruit would make her wise.  Her husband took of the fruit also.

The spirit of unbelief makes it easy to disobey God.  It is among the spirits that we want to keep at bay.  When we sense unbelief is speaking to us we need to realize that, “This is a voice that I need to be alarmed at rather than listen to.”

Gen 3:7  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Gen 3:8  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

After we reach a certain age, we become aware of the difference of right from wrong.  We realize that we need to obey our parents, our teachers, the signs that direct traffic...  When we reach that age of accountability for a marvelous season, we hear the voice of God.  We never want that season to end.  It is wonderful to hear God’s voice. 

I have been so convicted and enjoyed hearing God’s voice speaking to me.  I have been very blessed.  It was as God was going to visit Sodom that he stopped by Abraham.  “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am going to do?”

He knew he could trust Abraham.  He knew because He could trust him to lead his children.  Always trust and follow God. 

After Abraham entertained God and the angels, they started off.  Abraham walked along with God and the angels and then God stopped and the angels went on.  Abraham stood there before God.  One of the greatest blessings is to stand before God. 

I don’t under estimate the tangible things of life.  All of us that have enjoyed holding our grandchildren, we are so blessed. 

Maybe because my wife is a nurse and I visit her, I visit the rest-home, and maybe it is because I am a minister.  Every night I thank God that we have a home.  Every night I thank God that I know that no one else is in the house.  Can you imagine a stranger walking into where you are sleeping?  I want to be kind about this, but I understand why some of those dear people need something to put them to sleep at night. 

The greatest privilege that I ever had was God coming by my way.  This faithful God comes by.  He has just since September first while you have been having your devotions.  He has as you set that time aside to go to church, while you hold the world at bay, the voice of unbelief, and the voice of cares. 

We all have that voice.  It doesn’t just visit your house.  As I counsel, many times someone says, “I don’t think you realize all I have to do.”  Yes, I do.  I look at my own list.

Abraham was standing there before God.  The angels had gone on.  Abraham knew some things.  He knew that those angels were going to a city where his nephew Lot and his wife and daughters, married and unmarried, were.  He knew that they were down there and he loved them.

He stood before God and God just stood there.  Have you ever found yourself being in the presence of God and God just standing there?  Abraham didn’t wait for God to come and put his arms around him, he drew near to God and he began to intercede.

Isn’t it wonderful to have the voice of God come by?  If you are in spiritual trouble and say, “I would like to know God, I want to know God, to love God, and to serve him.”  Let me help you.  As it was with Adam and Eve, they were visited by God and they heard the voice of God walking in the Garden. 

Listen close for the voice of God coming to you.  The voice of God came to Adam and Eve.  This is what the voice of God said, “Where art thou Adam?”  Adam began to explain how they fell in sin.  God already knew.

Gen 3:9  And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Gen 3:10  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

Gen 3:11  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Gen 3:12  And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Gen 3:13  And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

God placed a curse on the serpent.

Gen 3:14  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Gen 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

The prophecy that there would be a savior was given.  God left a promise of Jesus. 

The consequences of sin for Eve and all the sisters:

Gen 3:16  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy Gen 3:16  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.  desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

The consequences to Adam and the brothers:

Gen 3:17  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Gen 3:18  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Gen 3:19  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

The consequence that God took care of:

Gen 3:20  And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Gen 3:21  Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Only God can pay the price for sin.  There had to be a blood sacrifice to pay the price for sin.

Gen 3:22  And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Gen 3:23  Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Gen 3:24  So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

The saddest thing in Genesis three is that because of sin they were sent from the Garden of Eden. 

Adam and Eve:

Gen 5:1  This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Gen 5:2  Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Gen 5:3  And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

You may wonder, “Why am I where I am?  I want to be an earthen vessel, a vessel that God can fill.  I want my life all cleaned up.”  There is a way to be forgiven of sin, but we see in the spiritual realm that we are born with a seed to sin.  That is the reason that men and women sin it is because they have a seed to sin. 

The spirit of unbelief makes people think that serving God is so rigid, so straight and narrow and without happiness.  That is the voice of the serpent and it is out of the pits of hell.  Jesus said, His yoke is easy and his burden is light.

If you are in this audience and say, “I really want to serve God.”  I know that God came by this morning.  Your earthen vessel can be cleaned up from all sin this morning.  Your earthen vessel can be purged from the carnal nature. 

If you have things in your life that you force people to accept because that is just you, you are carnal and there is a cleansing for that carnality.

God is a God that wants to fill earthen vessels.  He doesn’t want you just an individual that is saved and sanctified and carries a little flag, “I am saved, I am happy.”  God wants to fill you. 

God wants us to be in shape to receive His gift.  The church needs men and women not only saved, sanctified, and bearing the fruits of the Spirit, but it needs men and women that have His gift laid upon them that causes His church to go forth conquering and to conquer.

A vessel of honor saved, sanctified, meet for the Master’s use and prepared to every good work.