Sunday Service 8am 12/9/18

That we might have a right to the tree of life. Thank you for the church than yourself and with this Blood. Thank you for our Holy Spirit Church Dallas leadership who provides us? App that we can brag about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you for all brothers that has gone before me to prepare a horse for the message on this morning. the scripture with red until you hear Revelations Chapter 2 verses 5 through 7 end of run that topic from from those scriptures. I want to talk about on this morning the church then God is calling today. I would like to reference points. Number one. I want you to see that the victory has already been what I don't know what to I want you to see that God is preserving the church to Jesus comes back to take it with him. When we look into the history of the Church of the lodge church. We come to a spiritual understanding of what to expect from the leadership of the Lord's Church. Not during this time that John to the seven churches in Asia. None, of course history tells us that there were more than seven established throughout a seven churches that were that John wrote messages to these messages are applicable to the current Churches of Christ that are exist in existence on today these messages exposed to strength and or the disease which can be found within the body of Christ today. These messages were written by John between 94 and 96 ad. The church was a little over 60 years old the church had experienced tremendous.

Great, despite the persecution that the Christians were going through in that time to that extent. Jesus gave his in time playing via the messages to the seven churches. Now took not only did the churches receive the messages but to those churches here and keep the words contained in this prophecy goes with a churches who would receive pronounce blessed. Jesus wanted these churches to know that he saw that good work. The faithfulness and their patience in the face of persecution. He also wanted them to know that he saw apostasy indifference and he also saw lukewarmness what Jesus most wanted them to know as well as us on today is that despite persecution from without and Corruption from within he is in the midst as a mighty conqueror and then as well as him and overcome. Not his problem is was and is still used today. He'll never leave us nor forsake us. We as children of the most high forever be empowered as well as be encouraged as a body of overcoming the enemy. The purpose of God's word is to raise up his people we are to let everyone know that we are the light of the world. We are body of Believers and wherever we go, wherever we are we should let our light shine. So when we do that glorify Our Father, which is in heaven. Which should reminder that the victory has already been won and knowing this fact should make us stronger and faithful in our Christian Journey. I'll wait has already been made free and clear will being prepared for the coming of our groom. Let me give you some examples from the scriptures of what I mean. By the way of the victory is already won and I'll send the school lesson. We started in Fall quote about Joshua. Now we read how with the help of almighty God With God on Joshua's side. He led the Israelites to Victory. But the one that stands out the most for me come from Joshua 10 the battle when Joshua led the Israelites to a system to give me on when the five Kings of the amorites got together to give you a night. That was several grade-point brought out in this particular Varadero. But the one point that stands out for me was when Joshua prayed to the Lord to ask that the Sun and the Moon stand still till the end of your life secure the victory the Bible says and Joshua 10 and 14 that that was the only the one and only time they've got it heated to the voice of a man. Just think about how space how Steph are the man of God had to be for God to Listen and Obey. I mean, he took and Alton nature. He calls the sun to stand still he calls the moon down in the valley the shine so that he could overtake the enemy that was trying to beseech them. What a mighty God.

Let us turn to Psalms 34 and I want to take particular attention to vs. 15 Vs. 19.

The Bible reads the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears open until their cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil to cut off remembrance of them from the Earth. The righteous cry and the Lord hear it and delivered them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and save it such as be of a contrite spirit. Many afflictions many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Not for another example want to talk about Paul. From his conversion from Saul to Paul the Apostle of God suffered many persecution for the cause of Christ. But there's one there's a couple thing that sticks out to me in the book of Philippians first being in Philippians Street. And if we know, how old is Philippians 3 beginning at first seven the Bible tells us this But what day is Paul said what game to me. Ozark County law for cry? Ye and I kind of things but love for the Excellence of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord. He just wanted to know him. Knowing Christ to know him is to love it and when you love him claim you as his friend, but he said if you love me, you'll keep my command, and that's where you'll find your blessing. For whom I have suffered the loss of all things possible and do count them, but dumb that I may win Christ. And be found in him not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is true the Faith of Christ the righteousness, which is of god by faith. Why Paul that I might know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings being made conformable unto death. But if by any means I might not as though I had already attained. Either we're already perfect, but I follow app. if that I might apprehend, but that was y'all so I am

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Brethren I count not myself to have apprehended. But this one thing I do forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things, which are before Paul says, I know I press toward the mark for the prize of the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus. Doom in Philippians chapter 4 starting at verse 6 The Bible reads this dust be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. I just shared what happened when the man of God praise when anyone praise to the Lord and you are faithful servant. Your prayers will be answered even already told long long ago. I'll never leave nor forsake.

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Brethren whatsoever. Things are true. Whatsoever. Things are honest whatsoever. Things are just whatsoever. Things are pure whatsoever. Things are lovely whatsoever. Things are of a if there be any virtue and if there be any praise think on these things, Those things which you have both learned and received and heard and seen in me you do that. And the God of Peace shall be with you now if anyone. Heather desire a true desire to spend eternity with the Trinity the godhead one has to follow the prescribed plan written in the Book of Life. Which is the Bible the word of God just as a medical doctor write a prescription for the Cure ailments within your body or bringing trouble body. God Almighty has a prescription for your soul. Now your souls going to go either one or two places. to hell for eternity Or spend eternity with the godhead and the saint. This day you shall see someone I read in the Bible says as for me and my house. We are going to serve the Lord cuz we don't want to go to the barbecue. I'm headed to the feast and I've heard a preacher that I know and love very well stay. On a day you hear the trucks and you look it up in the air at me. I can't help you. It's nothing I can do for you for the Bible tells us there where you are. That's where you going to spend eternity if you are out of Table with died at that particular time, then he'll will be your home. But if you done according to the scriptures and you live a life a Godly life, then you shall make Heaven your home.

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Bring this to a close. I want you to look at Colossians chapter 3.

Colossians chapter 3 The second verse tells me to set your affections on things above. Not on things on the Earth. When you do that you not this month that is also in Christ Jesus. Be transformed as according to the scriptures that they declare that your mind will continually before the song price and those things that are above for that the only way you can reach and make Heaven your home. Worth Street houses for ye are dead. And your life is hid with Christ in God. That means I'll old sinful nature and water baptism in a blood of Christ Quicken. Emulating our resurrected from the dead which makes us New Creation in Christ Jesus. Nicole verse tells us when Christ who is our life shall appear then she'll also appear with him in glory. This means that these are the belief that make up the church God is preserving for the return of Jesus Christ all of us who shall live Godly. And because of that British 5 fails at the mortified death your members, which are upon the Earth. Fornication unclaimed inordinate affection evil concupiscence, which is erotic desires and covered which is idolatry these things. Done in time past now. We need to ensure we as Believers on a daily basis. Barry do you stain which are the lust of the eyes the lust of the Flesh and the pride of life? From the Inception in the garden of sin. This is caused man to be beset and cause great distance between us and God. Those three things the lust of the eyes the lust of the Flesh and the pride of life. You remember the story about it. She was told Adam was told by God. Adam Foley there was not supposed to eat from the tree in the midst of the garden. There are. But that old slippery serpent.

Game and beguiled and told her if she just just touch it. She lost it after this. Can you put your hands on dinner party life? Cause you to taste and not only the shooter and told him to taste. He had the command of not and he had the choice not to eat. God made us all he's not going to make us Irving. He's going to provide a platform in a way that we can enter in the scripture tells us. To knock and the door shall be opened the way for us. He gave us 66 books to read in line and know who our God is our God has all power. We read you a few examples examples throughout this book that will tell you how God takes care of his people when you acknowledge who his son is. And when you do what the Bible commands us to do as long as we do that.

If you remember doing our winner gospel meeting the preacher came and told us the standard of righteousness righteousness is where we are all going to be judged by God. By what we do in this life. Not all of us are going to stand before the Judgment seat of God one day and you going to give account whether it's good or bad for the deeds done within this body. Don't you want to go to see heaven? don't you want to live with the Saints and I spoke about earlier to joke sometime and I call it a barbecue but That's one barbecue. You don't want no part of. That will be moaning and gnashing of teeth. You're going to be forever in torment when you don't follow the prescription that God has prescribed for our souls you get a headache. If you don't already have some you going to one of these drug stores and purchase some Tylenol and ibuprofen or something to get rid of that headache.

He has a chill for you or whatever is I remember once I did a lesson a few months ago. It was entitled look in the book. When you look in this book. For whatever is plaguing your life. Whether it's in your mind, whether it's in your body or was there send your spirit he has a cure for it. But if you are not associated with the church that he died and purchased with his own blood and body then you can't be privy to be stained. God's word is an activator. Those of us who are young enough to remember the days of Jerry curl? You know, we we went where they can't you don't you here so you wouldn't put some chemicals in that hair you're trying to relax it. And if you wanted to clear that you had to spray some activated when you went in the folks houses. No, I'm pretty much told you to make yourself, But what the point I'm trying to make is beta cause your hair to be curly and relax. It was called a Jerry curl. This book is the activator which activate your spirit which causes you to live a Godly life which in turn if you live a Godly life, you will obtain that righteousness what God is calling for at the end of time. If you hear this morning and you do not share in our religious conviction that one must become a member of the Lord's church. This is the church that price built the first thing you must do you must hear the word and that word is simply the death the burial and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Once you've heard that you must believe it. Then once you have the leaves on the word, then you have to repent of your past and once you repented of those must fetch price before meth if you would confess him before men, if you would tell everyone that, you know, I'm coming contact with he's the only one that can save you from the fact that Al brother put a sin in the Garden of Eden. Ben wants you to confess Christ before men. Then he will confess you before his father, which is in heaven. Then you are a candidate for baptism where you'll be baptized on this morning. We do not have the authority to put off unless you do not understand that you're being baptized for you be baptized according to the scripture. According to Acts 2 & 38 then you rise from the watery grave of baptism Creations in Christ Jesus. Then you live a faithful life according to the scriptures and one day heaven will be your home. According to Revelations 2 Anniversary is 10, but if you already are Christian, and you have generated an unhealthy between you and you must repent of those things fill out a prayer request card is We Stand same song, June Carter.

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