Seven Chosen to Serve

Can say you need me I'm going to be there. But if you think because you told Brother sewing so and that's their job to get everybody to church to know about it.

Because my main job. Is to continue in prayer and studying the word of God so I can teach you. Plus I have an obligation as a follower of Christ to personally witness. I know that's far in the most. But I'mma tell you if your pastor Jay and you can't if you haven't let anybody or spoke to anyone about the Lord this week.

all I can say Hey man, I'm a preacher. I'm a preacher. I had so many people and then they're so mean-spirited and have never let anybody in the world.

But yet they want the mic and they want to do they want to get up and try to act like mother. Thank God there's only one. Come on, it's a man a man a man. I believe wherever you go you all to witness people say why aren't you going to want you want to be winning big preachers apply on the play? No, I don't want to play my like going I like going through the airport cuz I'm witness the people tell people about Jesus. Cuz if we're on a 5-hour flight, you're stuck sitting next to me glory to God.

It said to give but they will give ourselves continues to player inverse floor and to the ministry of the word and saying please the whole multitude and they told Steven A Man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit and Philip, and I'm not going to butcher those other words. Who made sent before the Apostle and when they had prayed they laid hands on them and when the word of and then the word of God then the word of God because I did this then the word of God spread and the number beside Bulls multiplied greatly in Jerusalem and a great many priests were obedient to the face. I don't know a lot about this passage that you need to get. First of all I want you to see that the number was increased here in was there are two prime leadership roles in the church. That's of the elders that means preachers evangelist. the spirit of a problem all that spirit

and it's important that you understand that is the one that supposed to give vision and lead the elders the pastor's the pastor. They can only be one pastor of a church. You can have many pastors that help execute the office of a bishop but there's got to be somebody at the lead if any if you got to remember anything with two heads is what

Cuz you never pull in the same direction always I don't care if you say your married. You never pulled his name Drake's always somebody gets mad at somebody then you got a mess. And then there's the office of deacons now this Greek word here means it does not for Deacon means to serve. the minister

we see this guy over a hundred times in the New Testament this Greek words the three words that they use their for that and a to hear that we see in this passage has to sir. I want you to see this three responsibilities of deacons one meeting the needs according to the world. Hey there arises specific circumstances that we need to call leadership to that doesn't take the pastor away. From his duties but continues to grow the church. So the church grows. Let me tell you that church is not here to minister to your little needs and so you can take him suck your thumb when you get mad and cry about it with your own agenda. It's not my agenda is Jesus going to finish the Great Commission and I've seen people getting saved from All Nations and it's also seeing that become Disciples of Jesus Christ. That's the mission of the church if you're here for any other reason you need to get a ride with dog.

If you're more worried about whether you get the teacher class and how many people are in it or not right with?

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And if it's only you you're not riding with you. because there is no one in t or no, I And I think as a pastor I try. The model that with the other pastors we have wisdom Great Soul winning pastors hear people that really win people to Christ. I'm honored to serve with them. But we need for the Bible tells us we need people in Pacific things come up like you see in Acts 6:1 Mountain day when they were number of the disciples were multiplying when Church Groves. You're going to have issues you're going to have conflict if you bro, you're going to have issues with people around you. You're going to have conflict when someone called me. What is the South Carolina and Anna text me and they were talking to me about conflict in a life. And then they just didn't know what to do. You know, I started laughing. The reason I started laughing is because I've been watching them growing Jesus baby, I was getting all excited. I was a shopping praising God that they were coming. God was trying to show him some just hold on. Don't leave the set the anchor in yourself down to the brown baby. God put you here for a reason you are a gift and the Holy Spirit of God won't stay in cup of shoe. He wants to empower you and he wants you to be great for him and he gets all the glory So just hold out. You may be the only one that can reach him cuz Bubba and his loudmouth can't reach. No, I'm compassionate. I believe this.

Show me the rise of specific circumstances that we call people that are full of the Holy Ghost that have proven themselves. They look we've got this issue. We need you to do this. This is what this passage is here in six one. It's saying they're Rose this knee are not all of the widows were getting of the Hebrew speaking with those were getting fed. But the greek-speaking widows Jewish widows were not getting their supplies not getting what the daily needs that they were not being met. So they're froze as this church Pro and they said about that. I'm told about 25,000 disciples. 7 for 25,000 get this. did this

place a call at 7 just to do this and what it was it was 7 just to do this.

There were four good report came one preacher that preached the word of God and told the truth. And that was Stephen and out of that seven. There was another evangelist named Philip. out of the deacons that were that day there came to preachers out of that dick and body not all of them, but two

I want you to know that damn you see that accountability for for civic commands don't you know in the Old Testament it said to take care of the widows that it was a dog and to take care of the what?

widows and Orphans of fatherless another words Deacons If you're here, you're waiting on tables. Your job is to is a help me take care of the widows and make sure they're taking care of and also to take care of the fatherless. If there is not a father in the home you stand up and you help us raise these children, so they have a good anchor. Parody skit take him for ice cream. Look at their report card. That's the way to do it. Now. I know we're in 2019 and I know everybody gets ripped out the free my husband's going over too. Well, you get your little rear end up in the car and you go to

Because you're supposed to be one flesh. A man and if you can't trust your husband at your side you got the problem.

Give me the dick into this church sale to be trustworthy. But you should not ever be by yourself. I never over 20 years of preaching. I have never I started 20 years ago because brother Gene taught me that hey look you have somebody with you all the time. I've never met with the opposite sex or a child alone in the Last 5 Years or 7 years. I've never met with a man alone in my office. And the reason for that is because now you can bury building so I'm not even getting it. Amen.

I got to protect the pulpit. Amen B, you got to support the ministry of the word mellow the 12 summons. The multitude of disciples is what the word of God says in 6 to show it was not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. This is a partnership. I have never had an issue with a freaking body here. I have had an issue before with a deacon cussing me and I brought him across the four foot table 8 foot by 4 foot the hard way by his collar because baby you remember on map from Virginia from South Carolina. You cussed me or say something about my mama and that's fighting words, baby. But I wanted him to understand that I was a man and not some little sissy that they were going to put a ring through this Bull's nose, but I was I am not a steer.

They need to be men of God to stand up. Come on, you might as well say men some of you need to.

Prime now, you don't know who's in charge of the house anymore or the kids the wife the man maybe?

Your Deacon or your right with God? You're the man you ought to be in charge your house you say my wife don't like that. That's bull your wife a love you more if you're in charge of the house by a pretty dress and send her flowers.

I'm not even going to

acts 6:4 we will give ourselves continually to prayer to the ministry of the word and that is an effort. That's a team effort baby. It's not Bubba doing it by itself. If you're a deacon in this church, you are a team member. You are a team member the culture out there says what you know, we just need to fight we need to be who's going to be in charge or the deacons somebody lied to an engine. I don't know when but send your over the preacher. I had a gay who won time and South Carolina. So we need to see your Pulpit. We do see your new your sermons.

You know how to write my sermons, right?

Pizza how can you preach release I think of the Lord gives it to me first. And I located with him. Go lay down. But I had them one cuz I said your two wild people get upset.

search Praise God, I was acting like Billy Graham preaching hard. Like I normally do hold my Bible and the next thing I went like this and when I went like this the Bible flew out of my hands and hit my head Deacon, right all my mail getting started laughing at him. I said, that's what you get.

No, I didn't mean to do that. So I meant to hit you if it wouldn't have been with a Bible, baby. Come on a man. But God got him. He got the attention. You know how I mean, I've never had that issue. So I don't understand when they try that mess with me. I'm like, you know, like okay. I'm still called to preach and I'm preaching.

They never run me off a place so far.

But I've been asked not to come back the other places. I don't know what they meant. They just didn't like the word. I guess. I don't know. look at we need to support the ministry of the word. We need to guess we need to look at Social. Meeting the needs according to the word. We need to look at social justice as we need to be all that but we can't be so big on social justice. We forget the hold loyal to what the Bible. To the ministry of the word. We need to Proclaim it strong. We need to protect the gospel. We need we need to stand up for what's right. Do you agree with my church? We need to preach the word in season and out of season. I don't care whether you're Baptist Methodist Pentecostal catholic. Whatever if you believe the word of God today, I'm telling you you need to get saved you need to get born again. You need to ask Jesus Christ to forgive you of your sins and repent because Jesus says I am the way the truth the life and no man come to the father, but by me. We stand on that but we also take care of the poor. We also go. We're getting ready in June to go and we pay for all the food in the hot dog and we go down to digstown and shrimp and we will feed people hot dogs in in in in popcorn and snow cones and drinks and we're going to do all of that again. We do that every year been doing it for over 11 years.

And we pay for all the food. So nobody tells you can get a hot dog. Come on a man. We believe in that why because we believe in taking the word of God to every living creature on the face of the Earth that youman we take the word of God to them. Jesus Christ died for all nations all people no matter the color their language or whatever economical standard. They have God. He sent his son to die on the cross for all of them. And if you're a bigot today, you can't be saved because you're saying God, you know better than that. And they're white biggest black biggest yellow biggest red biggest Congress.

Here it is deacons are to leave their in partnership with the with the Elder.

When these pastors get together, they won't talk about digging cjad. I don't understand that because one I believe you all to be man enough to stop a mess.

Come on. Well, I'm scared. They're going to move you. Don't get your paycheck.

How much they pay is it really worth it.

I'm going back Make It BBQ fall that starts I make good money, but do a barbecue and tell me all who come and eat amen, and then we'll go start a prayer group right next door. And come back and buy the property $4 cuz you'll need somebody to take over to know. You understand what I'm saying? Why would anyone put up with that say I don't understand that why deacons and pastors can't get off. I mean, he's my dad. It is why?

Miss Royce, that's Mom have we had differences? Yes, why because we're family.

If you going to hold everything against everybody and what are you doing man you about you don't love like Jesus. How can you hate people while they did me wrong? I did them wrong name. Me wrong. We last week right about it. We've heard about it. We fussed about it. We hump each other's back in the day when I come in. I love you. I love you, too. That's Mom and Dad you mess with him. You're going to mess with me. Come on a man. The older ladies are to be treated like Mom the older man ought to be treated like that. Y'all remember that when I get old.

Thought I want take care of you cuz I want to set the record straight. I'm going to be there one day, huh? Then they all go get mad at me.

Then the deacons also the other thing responsibility Deacon is the edify the body around the word another word for a growing Church. People are going to get upset. People who get mad. I need the deacons to come and help me conflict this good if you handle it, right? Come on, if you handle it, right conflict is good cuz we can grow at a conflict if we sit and talk about it and handle it, right if your husband and wife instead of blowing up like a full rack change if you will sit and talk and shut your mess and take control of your faculties. Not be a hothead and listen to a matter fact my grandfather's I'm not married. My grandfather told me if Mama's not happy nobody's happy. So I'm looking at you men, like when you come off if you tell me that I mean you're dumb.

You are two brain cells. or two french fries short of a Happy Meal Come on, a man and woman Rumi. You can lie to somebody else.

Could you see? In those days and first one it says there was a conflict a complaint. So somebody needs to handle that. I tell you what Steve Kelly / wave told me one time is good for he's a good brother. I love Steve. Let me tell you what he told me. He said Bubba. He said I'm slow to get involved in anything and this was the best piece of advice. Not what she told me this 11 years ago. Cuz I disable myself a lot of skin. If I met Steve Kelly 11 years ago missing what he told me. He says I'm slow to get involved in anything because you ask Pastor once I get involved in it. There's no recourse. The people either got it like what I say or they leave.

There's no recourse if the Deacon body handles the conflict and gets it's all just like here it got solved and what did it say? It got solved in what? What did it say? It said that the church grew. 4766 and 7 in in Pune set before the apostles and when they had prayed and laid hands on them verse 7 and then the word of God spread in the number for seiple and but multiply greatly in Jerusalem and a great many priests. Obedient to the faith because of deacons character was christ-like and they did what God had the apostles had set them apart to do in appointing them juice and they didn't without arguing and bickering see if we don't have a job description for Deacons.

But we have qualifications.

You see over in 1st Timothy 3:8 and 13. There's a lot more of you that can be Deacons. On the sound of my voice matter fact, we're all servants if your Deacon your servant and you need to be a certain that some ladies and I'm going to call on that time because they're going to be a complaint or a conflict arise up and I'm going to need some Godly ladies to help me and I'm going to come to you and give you a power to be able to help settle the conflict.

And it should go to Deacon's wife first likewise. It says the 1st Timothy 3 8 through 13 likewise deacons must be reverent not double tongue not given to much wine. Not greedy for money. View thinking about how to figure your pocket up your greedy for money.

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. But let these also first be tested then let them serve as deacons being found blameless likewise likewise bear walks must be rev-match slanderers faithful in all things. there was What deacons be the husbands of one wife ruling their children and their own house? Well? For those who have served well as deacons of changing themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith, which is in Jesus Christ. I mean no girlfriends.

No for Five Wives anybody want to do that? I don't understand. I don't know why if I want four five girlfriends, how can you afford that? Give me that money. I'll spend it wisely for you.

dumb and what you see there is you don't see it telling a job description what you see it's about not about of Duty but it's about a about character christ-like character. It is the mission mindset a disciple of making disciples that the number one Mission you don't want to make the seiples. Somebody said they ought to be after teach. That's not what the Bible says. bear some digging that may not be able to teach if I wouldn't say they ought to be at the teacher deacons that can teach all to be able to teach Bunnell Elder all to be at Petit you call yourself a preacher who can't teach we got problem. Come on. Amen. Amen drink. So where can I get them mixed up? Let me tell you today all of you under the sound of my voice male or female or Servants of God and all to be able to be called on in a time of need. A time of Crisis a time of hurt we need to Jung ladies the stand up. We need you to get involved. We need to have a place to where young ladies can come and that they can be loved on in love right when they're hurting and when the pain comes and misery comes in our life. We need a Ministry. We need people that have been divorced to stand up and say you have a god of second third and fourth and he can give you a family like you've never had before but what happened yesterday is yesterday. Today's a new day Baby Don't Take Me Back In The Weeds because I don't want them pics on me. I want to get them bloodsuckers on me and Emily. Just honey. Let him suck the blood out of somebody else. I'm worried about today. And tomorrow's not here yet. What are you today on prepare the ground for tomorrow? And that's what you ought to be worried about. You know I did this or I wasn't a good day. What about today? What are you doing today? Yeah, now what? Look at this. Great many priests they were obedient to the faith because of these men living their life for Christ with a christ-like nature. I mean, how could this church change? There's enough people there's some of you that went to know couple of you that went to the wave Women's Conference. I hope they may come on.

I'll get mad at both of you. I love you both. You keep going forward now do women get together in the end? And then there's going to be a David Jeremiah 35 tickets get with Ren Della get you a ticket and come on and be blessed. But you know, we just got to do it here. Oh, shut up.

You staying these four walls and never get out these four walls and experienced anything else and we never get no new people. But all we do is doing the preaching. We're a bunch of hogs and remember pigs grow up to be Hogs and Hogs go to slaughter.

You understand? We've got the loud people to come in and three life on to the people. We need to monitor it.

But we need other people to come into I don't need to preach every holiday. Artifact I'm not you preaching Mother's Day. You preaching Father's Day tag, you're it. Play man on preaching a matter fact, this is the first Easter. I'm going to preach in 7 years. Cuz normally I've got the dentist feathers here for Easter.

Nanny nanny boo boo. You think that you didn't think Bubba knew that day? And we can say what can women be deacons and all I'm going to tell you is I'm not getting in fight. The answer is either yes or no, it's whatever you believe.

Can women be Elders the answer is either yes or no to whatever you believe all I can tell you the husband should be the head of the house. So the senior pastor of a church all to be the head of the house. You understand me and I'm just to go by the Bible. That doesn't mean it's wrong for a woman to preach that doesn't mean it's wrong for a woman to to give the word to teach. I don't believe that. We've got one she does a good job. I kind of like listening to her. I kind of like you almost as good as ice cream, by the way.

So now what what am I asking you to do now? What? When I ask you to do this to identify one step that you can take today. To fully develop the character of a sermon in the church not getting your own way. But how can I be a part? Do you love this family? If you're watching over the Internet, how can you be a part you watch every Sunday? How can you be a bar first you go to the website or go to push pee and you can join in by supporting the work so we can breed. We need more lights up here so we can bring this to you. We need to pay some people so we can get more people up here in a band that can play Good Life so we can get more.

It takes money to do all that. Come on a man. I thought was not asking for a pay raise. I didn't ask for pay raise. I'm asking you to take care of the flock. Amen. And that if that's the way you can give give pray for us. Let us know send us a line saying hey, I'm praying give money. No, I'm preaching about a servant a deacon should be a person with it being a cheerful giver and should be a sacrificial giving not just money. But time. Yes, you say what my life's busy will baby. Guess what? My life's busy to I work two jobs. sometimes three cuz I'm on the road preaching to and I get hung up somewhere and want and thank God I've got this team right here that can take over from me. I praise God for you that you stand up here and you and I can't we can always hold this. I know I do a lot of it. But y'all got to step up to date will be times. I'm going to be gone. Plus we need to get new people come in everyone. So I meant what can you identify in your life today that you can do to help fully develop the character christ-like nature you second of all. to identify one step that you can take

To more fully obey the command to be a servant in the church. You're the worst. Just show up on Sunday mornings. All you can do is show up on Sunday mornings. I don't need you.

Why and I don't mean to be mean but listen to me. Are you serving? And this is what I'm saying to you if you only showing up on Sunday mornings is God getting the glory out of what you do. I know some of us have to work and you can't be here. I understand that. I understand that but what I'm telling you is don't be happy just sitting in a church pew but get off your church pew And off your chair and get involved so you can see something greater and you can experience a fulfilled life in Christ Jesus.

Get info. You say how can your young lady stand up Cindy?

You go to her if you're young lady you go to her and there is tank. He's getting old and and and and Achieve them on Wednesday nights. They have praise and worship. If you're a couple in need don't stand up. I want you to see him cuz I don't want something. I don't know who they are Andrew and Pastor Pam see him if you're going down a road or you're starting to me and you're starting to get married. Are you thinking about getting serious or somebody you got problems see him? You want to get music up Debbie summer mark? Marx over the band. Amen. Come on, if you play an instrument come see if you say I can't play that good marks got a deal for you. He'll give you a discount and teach you out of place.

I said a discount I didn't say for free.

You don't know how to balance a checkbook and wheatley's right back there.

And Carla can show you how to balance a checkbook.

I got people that do that for me.

You need to know how to buy a car. You need to invest you got Mama Nancy. Oh there she has a little bit about that. Angela knows a little bit about that help you out.

Jim Stafford today We've got a lot of servants here and what I'm asking you to do is you to commit today and make a commitment not just to be here on Sunday morning. But hey, we're getting ready to start Revelation on Wednesday night. And guess what will give you a deal $5 for dinner? And you won't get a good dinner. You got a chef back there cooking for you a man. He is going to be come and eat Do you learn about revelation?

Tuesday night's you need to get out the house? You don't need to get Cabin Fever. How about getting involved in the choir? How about talking to Mark about the band? You say? I can't sing good baby. I'll give you a buck at you got nothing to worry about. You ain't going to be the first one that ever steps up there that can halfway sing. It won't be the last. Amen, it is not about performance about praise. Amen. And when you know that understand that you don't care about those cuz Enquirer Blends together and makes one voice not 20 different one. So get involved. Don't just sit here on Sunday morning get involved. I'm telling you in the family and feel the love of this church. And guess what if you come and start loving on people and praying for their problem and you get people praying for your problem. You will forget about your brother. And you going to feel 100% better you won't need Prozac anymore.

Should have said that somebody can get mad. It's the truth.

You get you get off of your stuff and you start helping somebody else bearing. Somebody else's burden. You're going to feel good about yourself cuz you're going to see you don't have it so bad. Chad get the ball.

Get involved chances. I am involved. He does he have to cut the grass. He does a lot of things to buy. Amen, and I appreciate you and I love you. Steve I love you get involved. I want to see you one day. I want I want to lay hands on that beautiful haircut of yours and kiss you on the top of that head and tell as a deacon and ordained use a deep in one day.

a man

Tater I want you to be the very best that you can be I want you to get everything you can get but get involved.

Getting ball choir come Martin get me out of here. I've been gone over. Look here. Can you what can you do what does decision you can make today to be a servant of God?

What can you do in your life? You know you life. What can you do one step that you can take the day to be a better servant. Yes. It takes commitment.

I'm asking you to be committed to your family.

T family cuz I miss you when you're not here.

Because I love you. Fact not fiction Heavenly Father we come before you today and I thank you for the family that's gathered here. I pray if there's one that doesn't know you as Lord and Savior the day that they'll do exactly what your word says you say that if y'all shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead dial shall be saved and you say for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved and I pray right now. If there's one in this room that doesn't know you was Lord they'll call on you right now and ask you to be the Lord of their life and ask that you forgive them of their sent and we give you the praise the honor the glory for all that you're going to do in Jesus name. Amen. Maybe you need to come forward today and say Lord. I just want to lead and be all that you want me to be. Maybe you need to come to the Salt.

Maybe you need to come just get on this altar with your mate and just thank God for him. Thank God.

Y'all pray for Miss Rita. Y'all pray for her.

She can hardly walk and in pain and she wants to serve God.

Amen, will you stand to your feet this Alters open? If you need prayer you come forward right now, please you want to join the church and never going to church now is the time.

Farm but, you know, it's nice to be a part of a family and you know, and the deacons we don't want to take that lightly because we're all servants and their me time to ruin call on so many people in our congregation help us in the time of need and so we can be screwed to the word of God video because one of these days we're going to have Calvary you to where we're going to be teaching and the pastor's are going to be busy teaching courses in the Bible. Is David cows. Are you a men in leadership? Amen? So I'm looking forward to that aren't you like amen? It's it's awesome the growth that we're having and I'm just thank God for every bit of an amen. God bless you. Amen Pastor. I know you can close this and prayer you have anything to say. I love you dude. Thank you.

Only thing I have to say is this we just sang it. We have a good good father and we praise and give him honor and Glory don't we and not just now but let's do that everyday praise and give him glory because he is good. His goodness is such that if it was not for his goodness. None of us would be here today A man that is spray father. We thank you and we cannot thank you enough. We acknowledge that. We thank you Lord that you initiated all you sent your son and glory be to your name father. We thank you for sending this sun. And so far the right. Now I pray that you would just watch over our family. Watch over us all Lord. Lord. There is Need for healing, you know, where they are that your healing virtue flow to those that need healing Lord. There's need for encouragement father. So we pray Lord of your Holy Spirit to go and bring joy and those Dark Places Lord of discouragement and we can ask this one asked you to be with us. Each and every moment every day and Lord, maybe I should pray it like this help us to remember that you are with us that you promised never to leave us nor forsake us and that you are with us every moment of every day until we meet again in the precious name of Jesus, Amen.