Don't Kill John - 2/16/2020 - Evening

the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the son of God as it is written in the prophets behold. I send my messenger. Before thy face which shall prepare that way before thee. the voice of the wind crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths.

John did baptize in the wilderness and the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins and their went out onto him all the land. Name of Jerusalem and we're all baptized of him in the river of Jordan confessing their sins. John was closed with camels with a girdle of skin about his loins. He did eat locusts and wild, honey.

He preached saying. They're come cometh one mightier than I asked. Laxative whose shoes? I am not worthy to stoop down. and I know

there comes one mightier than I after the last use of the shoes. I am not worthy to stoop down and I tie-dye pretry plainly to you. Don't kill John. don't kill John Lord we love you. We thank you for your spirit for your present that we feel here in the service guy. Heading your way again. I behind every way we're talk to your perfect. Lord let your spirit of Liberty in Hartsville our minds, but our thoughts be held captive by you than everybody said in Jesus name. You all can be seated.

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John what's the profit? It was prophesied in the Old Testament. Malachi 3 and 1/2 Claire's behold, I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way for me this very Spirit of the Lord speaking through the prophet Malachi to make the sin sided statement this folk nation of the person in the Bible behold. I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me Isaiah the prophet likewise in the chapter and third verse of his book said the voice of him the highest in the wilderness prepare. Ye the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a highway for our God. We find in the pages of the New Testament the Fulfillment of these prophecies in the first sentence of John the Baptist.

Was indeed a forerunner of Christ. He was indeed one that went out and all the land of Judea and the surrounding areas preaching Christ preaching is he was unworthy to talk. Would be coming John was born to zakarius a priest in the temple and Elizabeth. Je'caryous was executing or Zacharias was executing the priest office before God as was his custom in the temple. He was in the Templar routine things with water filled with clean water in her and make sure that the oil pots would not run out to the golden candlesticks in Zechariah. Was executing in the temple 17 record appeared on zacarias an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. One of the other duties that Zacharias had to fulfill making sure that the author of Romaine Brooks punished.

Prayer is heard in my wife Elizabeth Shelby name.

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How many of the children of Israel shall he turn the Lord your God you shall go before him? He shall go before the Lord their God in the spirit and power of the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the chest and to make ready a people prepared. the Lord

entire Ministry was to prepare people for the coming of

the entirety this ministry was the entirety of his purpose summed up in just a few words of John John's Ministry. Play purpose by God to bring the children of Israel to replace of repentance. We've talked several times throughout this year about how the children of Israel had to come Wayward and how they strayed from God and how they were no longer lining up according to the purpose that God had called them for and so died after a series of time after what is known as the 400 years of Silence between the Old Testament in the in the New Testament beginning. God had decided that now was the time and so has a child's Act of Zacharias and Elizabeth in the form of John. The Baptist sends a child to marry into Joseph in the form of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ himself and John sole purpose was to go out into the Wilderness into the highways and the byways and Proclaim that people needed to begin to prepare for the coming of their Messiah that much anticipate Coming of their Messiah. It was John sole purpose to remind alinta to inform them that are the ones that we have been looking for his tongue shall reign and his uncle prepare the way of the Lord and make straight now the past Free in one says that it was in the year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar and the word of God came under John the son of Zacharias in the fire Ministry was about to head that first and primary physical things in the lives of the children of Israel. It was the necessity of repair in the lives of the people the religious people of that day because he Father's day before us.

We are doing and what we are being with the word of God because we have to prepare our hearts now for tile ground portal ground because the Lord is coming right now every single one of you send John preached repentance and it was a wild man clothes with cameltoe with the skin of an animal around as long as you know, he had to be a man wear a leather bertil constantly wet being rubbed with friction, you know, he had to be a manly man and that is if that wasn't enough of a testament to his Manliness.

Vagabond today he was a man was not as comely appearance a man's man.

He was a man that had been anointed by God to preach to a people with heart and heart and with dead in the ears. His ministry successfully in the way of the Lord spread throughout all of the land. No, John's Ministry was very personal. John's Ministry in your face He was direct he was blunt. He didn't put his words as they came across the pulpit. It's been a very in your face. Free would hold up the mirror that is God's word to the children of Israel to take a good hard. Look be reminded the children of Israel of God in their own lives and he asked them to admonish them to correct areas in their lives that you line the word of God and start again turning their hearts towards their creator the one who saved the one who redeem them the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob call he would do for them with say repent and be baptized prepare. Ye the way of the Lord John the Baptist preached this message all over the land of Israel to everybody. Everyone that was willing to be baptized. He would baptize a baptism didn't start with John. It has a beautiful in the Old Testament because you would frequently engage in a ritual called the fast or an immersion in water ritual Purity women after childbirth were prescribed a Mitzvah to prepare a body for burial. It was prescribed for bath and it's part of the traditional version to Judaism a gentile would have to go through the waters of the Mikvah bath before they would be allowed to be considered. But was just a ritual was just something someone when they giving birth to their children are the bodies had passed away or ask her several things a minute, but would be prescribed and they were just go and they would do this as a fulfillment of that prescription that have been given to them that love the children of Israel and all the people of the land.

The practice for John was preaching in their own lives trying to match the following that became quite large during his ministry and stretched around the Mediterranean in the Adriatic where he Encounters in on his travels to a group of believe your car in the center of Jerusalem today and drive to the area that is known as it would take you nearly thirty-three hours in your car's 1900 miles reached. He was anointed he was blessed and used by God. Papa John's Ministry attacked attracted the attention of Herod simple ruler of the land of Galilee parody taken a new wife Here it is taken for himself herodias. Who happened to be your sister-in-law Mark chapter number 6 verse 12.

Mark chapter number 6 verse 20 Just for hair. It's feared John.

Harrods feared John knowing

and when he heard him scripture said when Herod heard John you did many things. gladly

Harry did mine. John the Baptist preaching here. It didn't mind. John the Baptist baptism John the Baptist was worried.

On the populist if he had done something to John the Baptist scripture says that Herod fear Johnny.

Then something changed.

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Jared on his birthday native supper to his Lord. I captain Chief of state's gallery. Scripture says it when the daughter of the said herodias. This would be his step daughter the daughter of herodias and his brother Philip. With his step daughter came in and dance and please hear it and them set with him. The king said under the damsel and I will give it to you. Any swear under her whatsoever?

She went forth and said unto her mother what she said.

John the Baptist sting and straightway with haste into the king and ask singing I will to talk. Give me bye and bye in the charge of the head of John the Baptist. Scripture says a Herod the seating sorry, but yet for his own sake and for their sakes which set with him, he would not reject. And immediately the Kingpin an executioner commanded the head of John the Baptist to be bra the Executioner went in the head of them in the prison and brought his head in a charger and the damsel gave it to her mother.

Paired with excited it was his birthday. He had all of his best and closest friends there at the birthday.

They were celebrating having a great time. It was a group of all men. You know, it was a rakusen sensual environment. Eric knew that his marriage to herodias was wrong. Parrot knew that by marrying his brother who was still alive by marrying his brother's wife. violation of the law

And he was okay with John the Baptist being the voice of conviction on his shoulder that was saying hey are and what you're doing is wrong. You need to put herodias over to the side.

Harry didn't mind the John the Baptist was holding up. The mirror of God's word to his face and say and you need to change.

He wasn't listening. that was

John was saying it's not lawful for thee to have my brother's wife simple because here it's brother herodias is ex-husband still alive, but Jared wanted what he want. What it was?

Something about that woman. Had to ask her when she walk into the room. I'm not going to get much more graphic. Was unlawful. It was against the word of God, but his desire for herodias was greater than his desire to follow God's word every time she would walk into the room was enough to drive. It was enough to drive him crazy the voice of John the Baptist in the wilderness. Perry you need to repair.

the Lord John's insistent on preaching his message continually greatly angered herodias.

And so when a carefully devised for this group of men this group of fellow leaders and Generals of the Army in politicians and influential business owners this daughter dances beautifully before I don't think she was dancing the Hokey Pokey.

The girl what's the weather?

Parrot was thinking.

some spinners.

What could this young? Jared wasn't expecting was that the girl would consult with her mother herodian and the two of them would consult and they would devise and steam and the price that you would have to pay for the dance. That is performed. What Harry didn't expect was for herodias to be involved in the at the bargaining table and wants to know what's the cost for rhodius and her daughter were about to extract. Now remember that John the Baptist was a very popular individual. Many believe that John the Baptist was a prophet some even believe the John the Baptist was the Messiah that you claimed to be preparing the way for Eric knew that he kill John the Baptist killed John the Baptist hymn. Frozen in a prison lock the jailers cell wasn't enough for rodia. Being locked in a prison wasn't enough for this woman this new woman who wanted John the Baptist head?

See because herodias was the living embodiment of all Leslie Li. She was the very image of Herod simple desires when he would close his eyes would be found in her.

Getting her odious as desire to fulfill all here in sinfulicious. He wanted John.

Cuz remember John the Baptist have been publicly preaching against Herod and herodias is John the Baptist in the Public Square.

John the Baptist in the fire

always try to kill

this is how we kill John the Baptist. life

the conviction and given to the vice eventually if we ignore

If we ignore that conviction or long enough eventually will stop hearing the voice of what we're doing is wrong. And what work.

Pride greed jealousy anger

Courtney sloth the Catholic Church says that those are the seven deadly sins.

vices in our lives or anything that the spirit of God and convicted you about

doesn't have to just be Pride doesn't have to just be greed doesn't have to be jealous of your anger. Are you really shouldn't be doing this really shouldn't be going there really shouldn't be partaking in that that's the voice of conviction in our Our Lives. Those things are our vices and what are vices for me might not be for the person that is not afford to kill the voice of John the Baptist in our lives because I always want to kill out the voices of our convictions.

Is the vices? the spirit of God

Maybe it's dampling. Maybe it's alcohol or tobacco. Maybe your Vice is pornography your Temptation sexual immorality.

Isn't in the action of partaking in the vice. As much as it is in the content in the Bible.

John the Baptist preached to hear it in her that what he was doing was wrong and John the Baptist constantly held up the word of God that he has plenty of opportunity and plenty of opportunity to turn from what he was doing and want to listen because he has a beautiful Vice in the form of herodias standing right in front of him. And why should he give up for what he might have to pay for later? Cuz that's what vices are. temporary pleasure traded

at the action of partaking in the vice.

A very dangerous place for us to be as a Christian. John the Baptist was the Forerunner of Jesus Christ scripture says that when John the Baptist Mother Elizabeth and Jesus's mother Mary when they came into the same room together John the Baptist still a babe in his mother's womb but canceled at the presents and that the recognition of the spirit of Jesus Christ inside of Mary and scripture says that was filled with the Holy Ghost in the John. The Baptist was filled with the holy ghost from his mother's mood. And so I know of a certainty that John the Baptist and Jesus is Ministry.

Incontrovertibly these two men have these two Ministries are lonely voice in the wilderness prepare the way. the way of the lord always precedes

And repentance always precedes the work of the Holy Ghost In Our Lives. If we want more of God's spirit at work in our lives that we need to listen to The Voice whispering in our years as further and further into a closer walk with God's word because we cannot afford to kill the voice of John in our lives if everybody would stay in tonight.

Cuz when we kill the voice John the Baptist.

For the spirit of God to speak into our lives. John the Baptist have never came on the Baptist and not prepared. The way Ministry of Jesus was not as many people as a sample from our hearts because when the spirit of God wants to move First Once I still be convicted

That's in the voice of whisper in our ears and remind us that we are not yet. A reminder that we have to prepare the way to prepare the way you walk costly of a price to pay for the voice of spice temperature tonight. We cannot be comfortable with you only up to the point where he's against the step on our toes. We can't be uncomfortable and I work in our lives.

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Place we ask that you would move on our hearts and on our mind. In front of the voice of John the Baptist in our lives the voice of our consciences. Dinar Guru

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we can't afford to kill John the Baptist. Can't afford to kill that poison our life.

How much does a church by oh God. I pray to always be sensitive to hear that voice everyday.

We have to keep the voice of conviction if we ever hope to have I moved the spirit of God in our lives.

Fergie You are Spirit lettuce DIA.

God I pray that your Divine will with the accomplish tonight.

Call home. You've worked and done so many things then I created you to move on our backs.

We love you. Be careful to give you all the praise and all of the people read everybody said in Jesus name.

amen

God bless you all. Thank you for being here this evening. Looking forward to seeing everybody in the house of the Lord on Wednesday night. You're dismissed in Jesus name.

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