Misuse of Power, Privilege and Position

A wonderful and glorious opportunity and privilege that we have right now at this point in time to be able to come to this place and worship our great God in heaven in spirit and in truth, if you're visiting our service we want you to know that you are on it. Yes. Thank you for coming and worshipping here today. We are a friendly church. We are a church which we say that is filled with real people with real problems and real solutions in Christ. You going to get the truth here you not we not going to sugarcoat it. I might try to smooth it over just a little but you know what the Bible tells us that the word of God is quick and Powerful it says sharper than any two-edged sword. Dividing asunder says the soul and spirit and joints and Mara and it is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. They said the word of God is like a sword it is designed to cut us is designed to correct Us in the design a x you constrain us is design at the right time to motivate us. We need to look at God's word believe what God is telling us and move forward in appropriate fashion again, if you're visiting we just thank you for coming will have an opportunity to really I have you introduce yourself and after the after the sermon they are some special guests and I don't know you can't find them in here. There's some special guests that we have and I I mean there are really special to me and I have grown to love them and to really respect what they are doing what they are trying to do. They have been involved in the Lord's work for many years great experience. They are also a part of the the Solomon foundation and we know that the Solomon Foundation did the board members of the Solomon foundation and we know how much we love them and they are appreciate them that their mission to restoring Christian Christianity and they are with us and we have John and Sue Wilson Dr. Nancy Wilson who we have Mike and Karen Nave. Let's give them a round of applause. psyche

I told you this story a number of times. And I was sitting down with Don. And he's you know, he's he's he's a very strategic thinker not even when you when you talk to him. You going to find out he don't cut nothing.

And he says, how are you planning to grow? that body of believers

without first of all, he said, you know in the African American Community, you know, he said that music he says music is send your soul. He says he says that every time Mesa I know that and that he said music is in your soul e said you don't you all don't have any instruments.

That's that's in that's what I wonder where you going with this.

He said um, so how do you plan to reach?

Those people in the community. around you when you don't have any instruments if you know something about this congregation everybody knows. About brother Bell over there. He's our only conservative.

straight down the Right Down the Line and when we were just singing he was over there Rock. I saw you better bail. I saw you.

I said what we going to do is we going to elevate acapella. We would have Elevate acapella. I'm going to sing it hopefully like no one has ever sung it before and we are learning to do that because we believe what the Bible teaches that singing is a Teaching Ministry Colossians chapter 3 and verse number 16, and we want nothing to in compass or to be an obstacle to that. Today we are going to continue our study on new self power and we are actually going to conclude this series of lessons or new self power today and we're going to take our texts out of Romans Romans the fourth chapter, which was reading to you here. I am verse number 7 through 9, but what I want to say about Romans is that in the Book of Romans as you read it's going to be too much for my lesson today, but I want you to go back. I want you to read Romans chapter number 1 2 3 and 4 because Paul here is building an argument to the Jews to the God's people who are God's people under the old Covenant and he is trying to get them to see that God is the God of all people and not Just the Jews and he's trying to get them to understand this principle that you know, even though you were chosen to bring enter birth. The Messiah through you are not the only ones that God is concerned about the Bible teaches us that and John the third chapter verse number 16. It says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life and again in 1st Timothy the second chapter and verse number for says God. He says God who desires he says, oh man. Oh, man. To be safe and come to a knowledge of the true God and ask the 17th chapter and verse number 30 that at that time that's Tom be past time before God winked at us repenting and not coming. He says he kind of like charges head. But now he says he commanded tall man everywhere to repent. I want you to understand that God's message is for everybody in this is what Paul is trying to get in and trying to get through. to the Jews as a matter of fact in the first chapter of Romans and the versus number 16. He says I'm not ashamed. gospel He said I'm not ashamed of the Gospel it says for it. Is it the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone everyone. Google it says for their men. Is the righteousness of God revealed from Faith to Faith as it is written he says but just shall live by faith faith, but I want to go back because I asked if something salvation to everyone who believes and he said to the Jew first.

and also To the great this lesson got so many ends. I got so much material course. I'm not going to be able to fulfill it. But when it says we're going to look at it. Is this whole term about Jews and Greeks or gentiles? circumcision uncircumcision

uncircumcised circumcised and uncircumcised. Let's just read out text. First of all, I text inverse number 7 of Romans chapter number 4 and verse number 7 and Romans chapter number for It says blessed are those whose Lawless Deeds are forgiven? And whose sins are covered blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute. Send send. Calculate it should not.

Should not you should not account. Send. baby s a question He says best business blessedness then come upon the circumcised and my friends are circumsized is juice. The Jewish people are identified as being the circumcised as God's chosen people in the Old Testament. They were the ones who God said that he was going to bring forth the Messiah the Christ from and he is a circumcised they did this not only as a part of Faith, but they did it as an all-time an outward display an outward sign Miss some of you know what I'm talkin about. Where you talk about circumcised? They didn't die. That's a part 2 as an outward sign to show that I am a part of God's people. He says is this a pain that they circumcise only or upon be circumcised size is usually reference as those who are not God's people God's chosen people to bring the Messiah through who are any Nation any ethnicity outside of juice. Anyone outside of a Jew was considered uncircumcised. All right. And so I want you to forget that he says does this blessedness then come up on the circle only or a pun? be uncircumcised also Now, this is a question. Because Paul was Fed Up. posted up because they were moving forth. as if they had

a a they were preeminent. not only were they saying that we

Are the only shows of God.

It was saying it's you really? Don't even rate.

And in so many words Paul when it's a deal. With this false power this for this false provision that now prevail. in the New Testament

measure question Have any of you ever. Had to be under had to work with. What directed by somebody who? Was an abuser of their power.

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of their privilege think about it anybody ever anybody has ever. Have you ever anybody have to work under somebody ever that was a power-monger And they abused. That's right. Come on. You're busy. I'll get an answer. I know I see you shaking. Cuz I know that some of you have been under and I know that some of you are.

Sometime we all do. But God is giving us. As a matter of fact in the service. Was in the service they have a term in the service. Do you have to slide is called?

Dereliction of Duty that I want you to get since this is a we got a lot of millennial see it get going and get your get your Google.

Get your Google that special look at somebody. Give me a turn. What does dereliction of Duty? There's anybody come on y'all should be faster than that the jacket open the Bible the scripture y'all supposed to have to have your devices, huh? Yes. What? Neglect. I want you to sell that that's part of neglect. You been in service to Grant you you were tired than you. Use in the service. Apollo dereliction of Duty

is neglect

what do you do when you know something that you need to do? You've got the resources to do it. You got the intellect to do it. You got the everything else to do it and you don't do it. Gooseneck Brett.

But we're going to make the spiritual application y'all. You saved as many of us. We're introduced in new about the gospel in about what God wanted us to do. before we actually done it or did it. If some of us are still in that situation. neglect Anybody to the definition for dereliction of Duty? Yes, where do you got? The shameful what the state of having been abandoned? Yes and become dilapidated dilapidated. That's Google. That's alright. That's okay. That's alright. That's alright. That's alright.

You can abused the pop the power that God has given you. Bonnie Grant

my topic for this morning, by the way.

newsouth power misuse of power privilege and position misuse of power privilege and position

we're going to continue. in Romans the 4th chapter And the verse now we're adverse number 7 and we're going to read through first number 9 Romans the 4th chapter. inverse Numbers verse number 7 saying blessed are they giving these are forgiven whose sins are covered and whose sins are covered blessed is the man to hold on now, hold on. Go to chapter number 2. Go to chapter number 2.

and a chapter number two

look with Paul presents them with here and verse number one. He says therefore you are inexcusable old man. Whoever you are a judge same topic near same topic for in whatever you judge another he says you condemn yourself.

This is for you who practice who judge practice the same thing he says but we know that the Judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such thing. And do you think this old man? You who judge those practicing such thing and doing the same that you will escape the judgement of God. You're not so good. That you can do some things. But then hold others accountable and in bondage for doing the same thing does not sound like something the church today. Are we going to get into this asking other people? Why don't you come the worship service and we see you once a month.

Come on now. Come on. I said he said, you know, we got to be consistent and what we doing the power that God has given us through understanding the gospel of Christ to be understanding what we need to do as far as our responsibility and accountability to God and yet don't do it you are in the election of Duty you have missed. You used your power Your Privilege and your position in Christ.

Always going to go out. That's right. It's hot. Oh, yeah, it's it's going to get hot.

In chapter 3 he's still on the same topic and I miss the whole bunch believe me and chopping number one. We missed a whole bunch.

I want you to see a go back and read this.

in chapter 3

This is what advantage did.

How did you?

He is saying then you may ask the question.

We were God's chosen. And now you're telling us that it's for everybody. Chinese that he's posing a question for he says what band what advantage did Hazard do or what is the profit? if circumcision

Any set alarm? marching everywhere you just much. He says chiefly. because to you the circumcision to them we're committed. the oracles

of God What are you saying? send you your people through the Old Testament and we

we had inspired men. Who wrote down the word of Truth you had Google or you understood all of God's directives first-hand?

That's what he says. Salvation was to the Jew first. and also to the Gentile you knew You understood?

These people really really didn't know.

They didn't know about it, but we can go to talk about them as well.

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Converse number nine What Ben of all of Romans the third chapter? What Bend? Are we better than day? Read it all he says. We are free Risley charged both Jews and Greeks that everyone of us are what? Oh wow. He says we all.

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this abuse of power goes a long way. I'm sorry, brother Belknap to talk about your guy.

we have At least two out of three branches of government. better right now in dereliction of Duty

we have one that has abused power.

And we have one that has neglected. bear responsibility we have probably the greatest system of government in the world. It is based upon a system of checks and balances.

I want you to not want you too. That's care enough. You may never ever get it.

That's the way similar to my friend. That's the way son works. pictures of you are we are all Henderson and inverse number 10. He says there is a known person by their is none righteous. He said no not one. There is none who understand there is none who seeks after God they have all turned aside. I have together become unprofitable. There is none who does good? No, not one. That's right. He says is an open Sepulchre or what their tongues they have practice deceit. He said the poison of asps is under their lips whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness bare feet are Swift to shed blood the structure and he says and misery are in their way. He says in the way of peace, they have not known and there is no fear. of God before their eyes

Nano 7 verse 19 we know that whatever the law says it says that those who are under the law. but every mouth may be stopped and that the whole world may become guilty before God therefore he says, Bubba dilley's of avalor

Show no flesh. This is I know your loss. I understand. What you're feeling because I was a Pharisee. He said hi real Paul told him I was a Pharisee. I know he also talked about in the strictest set of all religion and I believe that's 26 what I need someone to get that the strictest set of our religion Paul understood what the law meant to the Jewish people what he's telling them at this point. Now since price has come and die. He says that no flesh ever real no flesh. Is justified by the Deeds. of the law he says but now and birth 21. the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed being witnessed by the law and Prophets even the righteousness of God through faith. Where in Jesus to all and on all who believe he says for there is no difference because all have sinned and come short of the glory.

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so as we go to our I'll text him chapter 4.

as we go through our texts and chapter 4

we answering he's going to answer this question.

He asked. inverse 90 does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only or upon the uncircumcised also? But we say that Faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. He says how then was it. accountant Call Ben was it? accountant

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how Ben was it accounting? How did God County? He says in this is so important.

He says wow. He was circumcised. or uncircumcised

Was it accounted for him? faith and righteousness

wow, he was circumcised meaning God's people

She's All That the chosen Was it accountant? to him while he was uncircumcised Now, this is a question. That he poses, but I was supposed to you.

when will you most impact it? when Misha Lee impact it to your salvation if in fact you have been saved. Was it?

before you were baptized or After you were baptized. And the answer.

The pulse question is going to be the same. for yours

we always discount what God was doing with you. Wow, you are out there partying drinking. Rivoli doing everything you needed to do didn't have God in your mind at all many times 7 when you knew what God talked about. Do you know that God was still there? But God loves you so much that he did not give up on you baby kept in the world in front of you so much. You didn't see it. You didn't appreciate it. You didn't even want every time somebody for you as we said somebody came and Chuck dinner with you some of these people you don't even like them. Alone, you keep telling me about this Jesus. Why do you tell me about monster?

You discount God's power. Discounted now at the church sometime because we don't go out and help those who God is really trying we don't do our part we have until election sometime. I'm doing it because God is giving you the tools. He's giving you the knowledge. He's giving you my understanding but you don't go out and you don't help people.

Is talking to somebody right now? Borders and trying to move somebody right now. He's trying to get you to see do you remember when you were in that spot but you you even know which way to go that guy had picked you up or something and have you lost each other?

I was there don't forget that.

Don't forget that. I was right there.

If you don't do something about what you what God is doing with you this morning. You've got a dereliction of Duty.

Do something with your life? How old is Paul you? He is calling he says where two or three are gathered together in my name. He's just there I am in the midst. Okay, where are the shop? It supposed to cut. We can start talking about those things that God has saved you from.

Paul talked about in Corinthians 1st Corinthians 6 and 9. He says and such and such. OU, what is it say, they're not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God be there to see you before you were what were you aware of our thoughts.

Let's look at Abraham then before we answer this question he said worth it before. circumcision

What does look at Abraham because he's in the Hall of Fame?

Hebrew that's a good Hebrews XI chapter and verse number 8 Hebrews 11:8 You say you look at Abraham. Let's just look at some of the next look at what he did to record when he was called to go out into a place called to go out what happened after receiving an inheritance obeyed and when he was called to go out to a place which even received an inheritance. He went out what you know, babe. I only went out not knowing whether he went not know it.

Not know where he went to say some of us. We need to know too much.

Sometimes we need to know too much about I need to learn a little bit more.

I need to understand a little bit more.

I want you to see. the gospel of Christ works

You know enough. Just this past week. We had two new by the two new soles added to the body of Christ added to the body of Christ.

That's right, Aaron and Courtney they like that. If I didn't hear this morning said don't put your head down Courtney gray. That's right. That's right. Absolutely. Absolutely. Praise God.

Some of us need to know too much.

You wouldn't even understand the answer if he gave it to you. Where where did God come from? Where did God come from? You wouldn't understand what he's talking about?

Hey, what up, not knowing where we going in my face and 12th in the land of promise as a foreign country. Do I live in tents with Isaac and Jacob and The Heirs with by the same of Promise free? Will you look for a city? He says he looked for a city, which I found not only hear that but it says his wife when she was past age because because she didn't trust him faithful faithful have promised. Who's the first 12 there for spring they're even of 1 and him as good as dead. So many as the stars of the Skies multitude in that the sandwiches by the seashore. I'm going to multiply you see. to the guard see this. I think this. Did he why did he do it? Was it after he came or was it while he was uncircumcised? What's the question?

looking for 17 17219 of Hebrews 11 chapter. What is the Bible say about faith Abraham when he was tried tested and he that he received an offer up his only begotten son today are which house are you receiving a figure as him up from the he said he got you said offering I'm offer. The god in them offered but he had counted him as if he did he gave him the credit credit. as if he did

what does God want to give you credit for? What do you want to give you credit for right now? What do you have to put your faith in God for right now? What is it that's holding you back from doing and being and Obey you right now. What is it? What is it that you use? What is it? Just do go ahead my face. You look hard enough already to obey God this morning.

You've heard enough to change right now because you know that God is here and God has been with you. Not much. You going to just make back the power that God has demonstrated in your life.

Inverse 10 of Romans 4 as we close.

How then was it accounted while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? Matt Wile circumcised

Not wow. he was hold on quote The Chosen. Not while he was God's people because you see Abraham. Through his line through his son came the chosen people. Abraham what's an uncircumcised? in the Bible says

But well, I'm circumcised and he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith. Rich he had wow still. uncircumcised

What was this supposed to gather? You see God calls you out of Darkness. And Into The Marvelous Light of Christ. He calls you from Darkness. That mean God is extending his call his his call goes way to where you are. He says he can save to the uttermost. He's gone. He's there. He's calling you doesn't he says he's not willing that any should perish 2nd Peter chapter. I think it's 3 and verse 9 not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repent. He's calling. Are you in here at all? Holy.

God's calling you. Don't forget that he called you.

And when you come into the body of Christ don't look at those who are outside with the stain and looking down on them because you have found your way.

Jesus said go into all the Earth's going to the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He wants us to do our job. Some of us have gotten to the body of Christ and we've gotten comfortable. Forgetting from where we come from forgetting who we had to wait for entrusted.

Brings him. He's bringing.

He's talking to somebody this morning. Somebody here needs to obey the gospel of Christ and the thief the initial process of obedient. He's called he's done his job. You've heard the message. Do you believe it? He says without faith. It is impossible to please him Hebrews 11 and 6, but he that comes to God you are coming to God for he that comes to God must believe that he is to them that diligently seek him. He is calling you he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. You have to believe it. If you're willing to turn and repent say I tell you nothing except you repent you shall all likewise perish. He said you got to turn come to me this morning. I need you to get up and come to Christ. He's want you to know babe. And that's an issue.

Conclude in baptism where he put you into the body of Christ will baptize you this morning right now right now.

Galatians chapter 3 first number 24 says we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus for as many of us has been baptized into Christ.

I was baptized into his death we have put on Christ. Place at 324th and 27. You've heard the gospel. If you believe it if you're willing to change God is God is calling you God is calling you. He says you're my voice. trust my voice He says you should know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Why don't you come forth just come and just walk just walk. Remember Abraham? Remember Abraham? He says he went out. He says he didn't know where he was going. He was just trusting God. Why don't you trust God this morning? That's what I like. That's the type of faith that it takes. That's what he's talkin about. Why don't you come? I know there's someone here I know there is why don't you come forth as we stand and sing the hymn of invitation.