Sunday 10/6 AM
Matthew chapter 8 There I hope so. Bringing your own Bible to church a man. Just because we have the verses. Bible marking and highlighting some of you all of you but John
play Rising yourself with your own copy of the word of God. Matthew chapter 8 we're going to read this morning just for versus I had actually prepared the Bible Lesson to cover these two miracles in Matthew 8 the the leper. Servant.
I guess I got long-winded in my study. Like I sometimes do get in full-fat with the first miracle. So we're just going to look at it this morning Matthew chapter 1 Bible says when he had come down from the mountain great altitudes followed him a great multitude sought to follow Jesus and praise the Lord great multitude still do follow him today. All these many years later. I wouldn't say
Getting in line. Amen. Jesus playing follow-the-leader following serving and obeying him and did what? Worship if you were willing you can make me clean.
You touched him saying I am willing.
Immediately is leprosy and Jesus said that offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony. to them Father get Glory. I pray to yourself this morning. Will this passage during this time? For Your Glory we pray these things in Jesus name. Amen. The Lord and the leper Lord in the laughter. I think that's most of you are familiar. all of you fairy tale story and some folks thinks that that's what the Bible is fairy tales as good as the stories of the Bible story of our Redemption Jesus Christ give his life for us. Make himself a sacrifice substitute for our sins to save us Well Wing of the holy spirit of God to live with us will ever after Story.
There was a fairytale story of The Princess and the Frog.
Where was The Princess and the Frog somebody raise your hand so I can sell it?
Drake real real simple little fairy tale story that you know, the princess she comes across this frog and does to terribly surprised. He's talking to her. That's probably as far as the story starts talking to me.
but she comes across a talking frog that's made for those of you who are at the
Target sausage frog and the Frog insists that if she would kiss him. turn into a friend and so this frog
Naturally, the frog is not especially attractive.
Call the frog the princess into kissing him and suddenly the frog is transformed into a print.
Probably similar to the Mets trying to get Lori to kiss me for the first time.
frog in this princess There's a transformation.
today's story is similarly a story of transformation Her story as we read you read with me. This is a leper. Lord
I've been trying to call you for all this morning. sore tan But if you come to Jesus. You will be transformed. Your life will never be the same. I hope you will believe that. Let's look at this encounter between the Lord in this leper. I want you to notice that first thing. This lever does is what?
He worships says behold. I left her I supposed to say. Put myself out there to do that whenever you're reading especially. The sections of the Bible where there's there's a NOAA story that you can picture in your mind to do so just picture it in your mind and try to place yourself there put yourself in that will help you to get the most from what to buy was trying to teach us. You say be home a leopard comes in and I suspect you couldn't have the leper when he came. Because it would appear that he's a senior store.
He makes a bit of a scene comes and he begins to worship. Jesus I believe it be okay. For us to make just a little bit of a seat here and there every once in awhile and give God the credit and glory and the honor that he is due in our lives even her keys in her Pagan peoples. It wouldn't hurt for you to sing Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a Wretch like Me right in your workplace.
Jehovah song your heart be singing about Jesus. It wouldn't hurt for you wherever you're at. Whoever you're along to give thanks to God, Amen. I remember talking to a young person once about how Over his meal at school. I mean the question came up. What if someone notices And I said to him exactly what if someone notices.
Yeah, someone might notice that you're giving thanks to The Giver of all good things and I believe that that's all together procrit and be great testimony for that matter. So you at home you and your family you pray over your meal, but you never really done that at school because
I say to you. Yeah, what if someone notices it might be a good thing?
Encourage you not to be ashamed to worship.
Don't you be ashamed?
We made together here specially there's no reason for you to be ashamed to Worship. In fact, I would suggest you that I would be ashamed of the house of God Sunday morning worship worship. That's what I be ashamed.
Hey, man, I mean folks that's what we're here for, you know, the high school the Dickson County Senior High Homecoming this week and my wife. She's the prowling homecoming pep rally every year and you know, she gets all into that cheerleaders. Part of that, you know inciting people to Riot support. Yes.
But my wife she's made of a ritual or a habit. to go to the pep rally
I don't go to Hawaii. Don't go.
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embarrassed Just Lose It in the chaos, you know. I can just see the video camera local Pastor, you know. It's a little crazy at homecoming. I just love him Beres you and I shouldn't be as I suspect. You know, wherever you are. I guess you should just be all there, but I just little do you know?
But you know it when we come to church and worship.
I should hope that the same people would not come to the house of God during worship staying with her arms crossed.
and their lips pierced first yes purse
say well, I don't know that song.
We sang three horses. You don't know on the first verse you do on the second.
We are on the Shaymin live worship. God let me just tell you this if the guy that you know and serve is not worthy of your working. And you don't know and serve the same God that I know answer.
He is worthy of our worship and we ought to. Worship now, I do get it. If you're one of those people says I can watch with a handle. I sort of get that and I don't know what my question to you is except at least in your spirit. I've got it. This is not in my notes. I just came up with this. if you're that person and you just can't carry a tune in a bucket and you know that you trying to would really You know interfere with those next you trying to worship if that's you.
May we not be guilty of not worshipping. got whoever he knows how to approach.
This is how we worship before him if it's if we don't.
The proper way to approach God is in a spirit of worship. Not just casually approaching God or or with our List of Demands, right?
Nearly out of a sense of Duty or responsibility certainly just posturing. Because God knows the heart.
Bible says of John chapter 4 That those who would Worship in spirit and in truth. You can't fake worship.
Because he knows the heart and that verse goes on to say the father is seeking to worship Him. What's this? Who is it that God speaking to worship him it is so she will worship Him in spirit. And in truth. That is it's not a food on its not fake. It's not a joke. It's the real deal because in our hearts we love and admire and we stand in awe of God for who he is and what he is doing in our heart worship. God help us a man. to Worship in spirit and in truth
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because it's the right thing to do and it's the wrong thing to do.
Calls Jesus. I think it's worth taking a minute recognizing thinking about it. What does he call him?
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it says a verse number to remember who it is. It is the maker of all things the maker of the daffodils and the Big Dipper. That's The Well of all knowledge in the source of all Tower
the Lord Jesus Eternal Transcendent Almighty who loves men and who saves Souls
No More Than This leopard you from our perspective
Leprechaun worshiping how much more hooks? We worship. Can I suggest you that? Let me just say it really.
same situation
My wife informed me that she don't like it when I call myself being preacher. generally say
but I would suggest you. If in church is the only time you worship.
You probably don't have a church. If in church is the only time that you worship I would have to wonder. If you are in fact a child of God.
Are you just playing a game called Church?
For whatever it's worth.
In the text are they?
You say that Jesus. Is there a Wonder of our day and time?
Not just when we're in church. In fact people.
issues in the church to deal with where you need to put
all the time and so they're not in church hear about this leprechaun and he worship It worships him and he calls him Lord.
I've already said a couple things fairly harshly this morning.
Dear, I can't stand being mean Pritchard all service. And you might think that he's on a roll this morning, but no receipt doesn't refer to Jesus as the man upstairs.
He doesn't call him big guy in the sky.
I'm not going to suggest that it's always wrong to use it some expressions like that. Really. Just trying to make a greater point. That that's God. is
God damn
and when we pray to him and when we walk before him and when we worship him with our requests, we come to the Lord Jesus. There is no other Jesus. There is no other Jesus, but the Lord Jesus you cannot. What movie portrays choose which Jesus you're going to pray to? There's no such thing as baby Jesus.
Right, we pray. The one Jesus is the Lord Jesus at the one is coming back on a white horse. One day. It's the one who never will be spat upon again. It's the one who is is done with the crucifixion. What's for all he was sacrificed and that's history.
He was Lord of life and he was Lord of the Grave. He went down to the town and he came up Victorious because even death could not hold. He is war. And this leper comes recognizing Jesus for who he is and he called to him and he says to him warm.
And look at it this way.
He refers to.
He says Lord if you are willing. You can stop right there. with or without the rest of this verse what a tremendous statement and then Lord you can Oh, that's God's people. believe like this
UK or you can make me clean leave like that Or you can make me clean. I know you can do it.
That's the lepers face that you're saying here. I believe this I believe.
What's the answer?
You're just left for demonstrates great faith by coming. Calling Jesus Lord and saying if you are willing you can make me whole just real quickly say something about this you're willing expression because I'm not among those.
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because you need to believe God can.
Are you going to be ashamed?
as long as it's his will ashamed about friends things that are his will just start scratching some things off your prayer list.
He's on his way.
Hey, man.
Go there. This morning. But he comes in faith a call Jesus Lord. He says if you are willing.
Rewards I hope you believe that the Bible is very clear about that Hebrews.
That those who would come to God must believe that he is naturally.
You must believe more than that. That he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Case that was too wordy for you be strip it down believe that God is a rewarder.
He rewards face. E rewards those who believe God rewards those who believe we're in the next healing next week. But God rewards faith and this leopard demonstrates his faith that God is Jesus who it is and that he is a rewarder believe.
SM of you What is Speck Oliver's?
Have received less than we probably could have in life that our face then what it was.
I suspect many of us. haven't receive some miracle. Because we believe support.
But let me say to those of you who are here today, and you're not safe.
perhaps the reason that you're not saved is because
you don't believe you can live the Christian Life.
I hear people who tell me that quite regularly. I want to translate that for you to what it really means.
You don't believe God can change you.
The God can make you a new creature.
That God can do the miraculous. again, we must The outrageous the miraculous he can do better and more than we could.
Because faith is what God Rewards. God is pleased.
And God is not pleased when we believe for a little or don't believe that all. Their folks you this morning. You simply are not safe because
do you believe that God can get the job done? You're really.
It's when you believe that God can get the job done that he can't do it that he can transform you that you can be born against that he will come live inside of you, but he can change your life. affect your heart But he can direct you from within its when you begin to bleed these kinds of things that you got that fake level that that permits you to me say.
And Junior believe that God is that powerful powerful got to change your life that you you don't have.
What if you're willing and what was Jesus answer? Willie he is willing folks. I will fight this fight. How are you now as most of you because this is the fight your body. denomination in religious right now Not really a gospel that not everyone can be saved only got that got his only chosen certain ones randomly and it really it's not up to you whether you're saved or not. You just have to help your fortune lucky enough to be one of those who got hit.
God has chosen. He's chosen to have a people he's chosen to ridhima people. He's chosen that Jesus Christ would be that means and he's chosen to say whosoever believeth on him.
Peter Piper this way God is not willing that anyone should perish. But it all.
God willing I understand some things you brought you got a wondrous God willing. It's healthy to wonder that, you know, again we want his will to be done.
But if it's God's will. Are you to get your heart, right? It's God. Will it's God's will for you to make a decision. Debate Kim.
You're not need to come to a place where we make a decision. that we're surrendering the heart that already really belongs to for he made it.
Avant You and I and me to make a decision.
Just sitting on the throne of our hearts where he belong. To get right with God repent of our sins and Trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior. If you would be willing to do that is willing to save you.
Similarly in our text Jesus was willing to heal this leper. cuz he can I believe that he will.
I could cause the sun to stand still believe that God can move mountains. God can heal leopards. God can raise the Dead.
dark cat And if the question this morning, is he willing I'm saying to you. I lost by The Authority given to me by the word of God that God is willing.
You with you?
Surrendering to come up under the lordship of Jesus Christ. King
You bleed.
He's going to say who so ever quickly. Don't you back?
The text says that Jesus put hours.
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they all that's sweet house more than sweet.
It was taboo.
InTouch levers back and say Had the privilege of going to a leper colony when this amazing Church missionaries in China.
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Amy's got a picture drawn by one of those lepers in The Colony.
That is just sweet Garth at leper colony.
to live alone fear and I guess maybe Once upon a time. Maybe it was more dangerous to be around.
What a beautiful thing. It was to share Jesus with us. Mercy in the context of this passage, it was completely
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and so when Jesus reached out to touch the left trying to put yourself there. That cause head turns that cost people start whisper medieval people.
Jesus is afraid to touch the unclean.
back, that's the only way anybody ever gets a you don't come to Jesus clean.
You don't come to Jesus.
If you don't understand that.
It's when you understand that.
You come Disease by sin. Send that like leprosy slowly as riding.
This leprechaun worship.
you can make
Jesus reaches out of touch
says I am willing.
Where's the text say?
Jesus
Grace this morning
pray that one day God.
I remember the day Jesus touched me.
Got to make the rest of you jealous while maybe just a little bit. But I'm so thankful. You just touch me.
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something wonderful happened
never forget to say Jesus touched me. I assure you this leopard never forgot.
Never forgot this day. Do you know what the leopard?
right now
He way he will because he will but Jesus has some other directives for him first so Jesus.
city of your way show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony to them. For this morning.
The leopard clearly left a changed man. His life was changed forever. Jesus saved him and then he sent him look where he If you think I'm stretching here, I sure you here. I'm not. He sent him the church.
Where does it say Church in Troy?
Set Free Church. Church furthermore
It's always been the case. Today say you don't have to go to church. Don't worry about whatever even though they don't worship under the tree. Say that again. God's people in the church always been that way. They've always had you know, the Tabernacle the the temple the sanctuaries God's people meet together for church. Jesus sends him Church Jesus.
It just excuse me for a moment, but I'm going to extol the role of ministry. You need a pastor because it's God's plan for your life. You need teachers. I would suggest to you that you need a Sunday school teacher. It's God's plan for for his word. He called pastors and teachers and such for the for the building up of the church for the edifying of the states to the work of the ministry teaching on this right now in Ephesians on Wednesday nights, and you're missing it. You're not there.
God has ordained to work Under Shepherd. your life noticed next to the word of God
free to offer the gift that who commanded
Moses commanded what's he talking about? He's talking about the Old Testament law. If you're a Christian, you need to be in the word of God to understand what does require or expect of you are you if you want to
You send them to the word of God says go Moses and the word of God. sense to give back
he sent them to give back. He says offer the gift that Moses required.
I got a real problem with people who say they're saved, but don't ever want to give anything back to God.
Zip or maybe just save so God so we can just get a bunch of good stuff from God. God sent this man to get back. and I Believe Christian people who give to God and get to the work of God and just give
because we perceive so much.
God is a giver and I believe he makes his people. givers
and then he sent him to be a testimony.
go to the three offer the gift that Moses commanded in the as a testimony
Do you know that Jesus now he wants to save you but he wants to make a testimony out of you. How to get Glory from your life God wants you to give him praise. God wants you to reply.
We ought to see little lights. reflecting the Great
Who is Jesus?
If you get saved.
tell somebody
you ought to want to tell somebody. And in fact you are commanded to do so.
Jesus said If you deny me before man, I'll deny you before the father.
Jesus said repent and be what?
Make a public profession of your faith in Jesus. Jesus wants you to be a testimony. Burial resurrection of Jesus Christ that you have been raised to walk in newness of life.
I asked you this morning. Are you a testimony or are you willing to be a testimony even today? Would you be willing to come down and I'll From God's people today take a preacher's hands. receiving Jesus as my Lord and Savior
publicly
because I have faith to believe today that God loves me that he's not willing that I should perish.
I believe God to change my heart.
I believe. rescue
What is privacy? live in your heart
We're going to say. Be asking the Lord to do what he's going to do in your heart this morning. Father we love you. We thank you. Yes God that you will be done.
Thank you in advance for whatever you're doing right now. women children
bring your precious name the name of Jesus.