Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 11/18/15

Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 11/18/15

Mat 11:25  At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Jesus spoke these words at the sunrise of His ministry.  John was in prison.  Whenever someone is in a difficult spot, it has its affect upon you.  Just hearing of the needs of Sister Terry’s mother, it has its affect upon you.  Hearing of Brother Jim and Sister Marilyn has its affect upon you.

John sent word to Jesus, “Are you the messiah?  Are you really the one that I said would come?”  Jesus said, “Go back and tell him, “The blind see.””

Mat 11:3  And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

Mat 11:4  Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

Mat 11:5  The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Mat 11:6  And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Every one of these things are twofold.  If you are praying for any individual in sin, it will take a miracle for them to see their condition and then for them to see the answer to their condition.

The blind see and the lame walk.  We live in a society today that everyone wants to be lame.  They think that being lame gives them an excuse.  They have someone to blame for being lame.  It is their mom, their dad, the stresses of life, they have something in their life that left them lame.

Every individual that we meet needs a revelation of how lame it is to be lame.  Many don’t want to take care of their family.  They are lame. 

This Wires man that has two sons:  Can you imagine being so lame?  Some might say, “His wife divorced him.” Go on with life.  He has two sons, yet he is in Kalispell in rehab.  He needs a miracle from God in more than one way. 

Some might say, “They have a step dad.”  That is not it.  They need their dad, it is the responsibility of the dad. 

Lame: Mothers don’t want to be mothers.  Dads don’t want to be dads.  Lame America will make it tough on all of us.  Those precious little ones in the school, you want to lift a good standard.  Many of them don’t have a mom or a dad that work.  They are teaching their children to be lame.

Jesus heals lame children.  If you could see the playback of my life… if I had not gotten saved, I would be a lame duck.

Jesus said, “Go tell John, the blind see and the lame walk.”  I am here to encourage faith.  If you have someone in your family that isn’t saved, then believe God, count the cost, and if you receive anything to say, then say, “I will.”

We have to count the cost.  Lepers are cleansed.  There is a cure for all sin except the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost.  We have the cure.

The deaf hear.  You talk about encouraging!  “Father I thank thee.”  We need to thank God that He has a way of revealing to men and women the need and the cure.

The dead are raised up.  Brother David requested a marvelous song.  God took Him from the shadow of death and saved him.

The poor have the gospel preached to them. 

Mat 11:6  And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Have you noticed how people get offended in Jesus?  “I have a right to my life… I have a right to be lame.”  No you don’t.

Mat 11:7  And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Mat 11:8  But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

Mat 11:9  But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

Jesus asked, “What are you looking for?  A prophet?  More than a prophet.”

When men and women realize that they have a deep need, then they begin to realize that the desire of all nations has come.  They realize, “I need Jesus.  I need a definite change.  I need something that I cannot identify with that dis past this world.  It is the desire of all nations and it is the king of kings.”

John preached the message, reproved sin, and stood for what was right against one in authority.  He was cast into prison.  John was courageous to say, “That is wrong.”  You and I need to be courageous to say when something is wrong, “That is wrong.”

I was reading of the daughter of Herod’s second wife.  She came out and danced before them and put on a show.  Clark said that it wasn’t even that good.  She went out there, did a leap, and a jump. Herod said, “Honey, what would you like?  I will give you anything you want.”  She had been instructed by her mother to say, “I would like John the Baptist’s head on a charger.”

Jesus said of all that, “Since the days of John the Baptist the kingdom of heaven is preached and suffers violence.”  If you and I are going to have praise, worship, love God, we must have it settled. When people get under conviction and don’t like truth, those that have always been nice may hold you at a distance.  They may look at you through the corner of their eyes. 

When someone gets mad will we stand? 

Mat 11:10  For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Mat 11:11  Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Mat 11:12  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Stand.  The violent take it by force.  We must have the attitude, “We want victory more than anything else.  When the enemy comes in like a flood, we are going to get violent.”  When Brother Hines came to Missoula, we were so poor that we couldn’t pay attention.  We couldn’t afford a treat.  I told Karen that we could only afford to go one night so to pick a night. 

When we were there Brother Hines preached the heavens open.  We looked at each other the next morning, “Is there any way that we can go again?”  We decided we could charge a trip.

When the enemy comes in like a flood and your flesh cries out.  When someone in the world looks at you, “We heard some things about you.”  When the enemy comes in like a flood, have it settled.  We are going to be violent.  We are going to have God first and be rejoicing first. 

Mat 11:13  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Mat 11:14  And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

Mat 11:15  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

He that has ears to hear let him hear. 

How shall I describe this generation?  There are people that no matter what you do they will not be happy with you.  God help me to get past these obstructions.

Mat 11:16  But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

Mat 11:17  And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Mat 11:18  For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

Mat 11:19  The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Jesus began to upbraid the cities where he had done most of his mighty works

Mat 11:23  And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Jesus began to pray openly in the midst of the faultfinders:  “Oh God I thank thee.”  God help us to be thankful.  When people make fun of you for believing God and trusting Him.  “I thank thee that thou hast hid these things from the wise.” 

Mat 11:25  At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Mat 11:26  Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

People that reject God are the unwise.

Mat 11:27  All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

Father I am so thankful that you have revealed Jesus and yourself to me.  To know Him!  To love Him!  To serve Him!  

Jesus’ example of being thankful: he was praying and said, “I thank thee. We are revealed to the poor.”  That is the individual that recognizes that “I really need God,” and to the humble. 

Mat 11:28  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Mat 11:29  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Mat 11:30  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Isn’t it wonderful that there is rest?  I have been so burdened for the Twete’s and the Snead’s.  I know what it is like to have something just running over in my mind.  There is a place of rest.  There is a place, “God I am giving this to you.”

He said, “Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden; I will give you rest.” Only the humble can do this: “Take my yoke upon you and learn of me.”

Jesus is thrilled when someone says, “Teach me.”  Have you tried to teach someone that knows everything?  God help us.

I am meek and lowly in heart:  isn’t it something to have the Son of God teach us?  “My yoke is easy.”  Don’t anyone try to tell my dad or me how tough it is to serve God.  He knew what it was to wake up hung over. 

Their brother Roy was the smallest and was always getting into fights.  He would have to come and get his brothers and say, “I am having trouble with the Vacura boys and there are about a dozen of them.” Aren’t you glad that you found a better way?

My yoke is easy.  I have been thinking a lot of what my life would have been like without God.  “Don’t pity me dear friend, I am richly blessed.”

My yoke is easy and my burden is light.  Whenever you try to control the yoke and tell Jesus how it is going to be, then it doesn’t work out too well.  But when you say, “You are the teacher I am the student then it works well.

Mat 11:25  At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Mat 11:26  Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.