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A verse seventeen spoken in pub or seventeen This is bread then join in following
my example that those dubs serve those who walk according to the pattern you have
in us. Now many know all that it says and I should grab this again I mean no says
a bit different Mary the King James brethren be force of me that like the same.
Thing which was so as you have seen for an example. It what is saying is. Rock
stars are violent example I'm setting some possible past speak in
a Says my example and I got
a question for you. Is he talking about his example walking with Christ is that
what he's talking about can you say that can you say
a neighbor a coworker. A student
a grocery clerk or
a gas attendant I want you to walk like I walk with Jesus can you say that
and if you can't see what is there you hold on to that makes then you can say that
the past says that we should follow his example not just his example but others who
are following his example now I want to clarify something to pass
a baby like me to trick question. Did he say be like me
or do you say far my example. The reason I asked that is because pas not say you
have to have the same personality is me he's not saying that you have to be an
apostle like an apostle he's not saying he had to have the same Cohen as me he's
not saying that you just need to be
a duplicate Apostle Paul would he say no is to be an example as he is an example of
following Christ and so we all can have all personalities we all can ever own
callings and in the midst of that we would do things differently but I reflect in
Christ and
a perfect example of that there's somebody as the prophet the calling of
a prophet but then
a can of exhorter and that was part of Pascali if they had that kind of calling are
they going to be maybe
a little more direct when they say they. Are they going to maybe confront sin or
they may be going to challenge more Absolutely but if somebody has the calling of
being a giver they probably don't do
a whole lot of talking to you about how you're living your life where they do. It
is good. Different calling different personality but if somebody is
a giver should they reflect Jesus Christ absolutely somebody is
a prophecy refect Jesus Christ absolutely should they walk in the fruit of the
spirit absolutely different callings if somebody is an evangelist they're going to
act differently to somebody else I was talking to Mike this time but somebody
really lives there that has kind of an evangelist to call right that you called to
say that he has and there's a list
a call so he wants to share with everybody what Jesus done in his life so no matter
who you are he's good he's going to point you towards Jesus and if you're and if
your discipline is because let me tell you what the word says about being
disciplined that guy can give you hope that's his calling now in the midst of
others calling should reflect Christ. So I must share our story
and for those who have this bad habit. It's not really
a bad habit. It's more than that but what is called Bad habit I'm sure store late
and if you have
a bad habit your toes are sticking out and I'm sorry but your toes are sticking out
of her chew and I could pick somebody else's bad habit too by the way the picketing
one was
a perfect example so if somebody has the car to talk about Jesus shared about Jesus
is not
a great calling to have and so I would go out and take some people with me and we
go and we go and find people that are homeless or whomever didn't matter who
displays
a final homeless cause or out been over there but we going to share the gospel with
people in this person love talking about Jesus let me tell you we're past talking
about not to do so we're driving down the road we just look for people off the
street just whoever we see and we share something with them would give them food or
maybe so drive down the road and we get out of the car there's
a guy sitting down to the curb and he looks like he's discouraged when something is
going on with them and they get out we start to share this guy start sharing with
a guy and he starts talking about Jesus can set you free does could deliver you
he's a little reefer judges can set you free and he looks the guy says Do you have
a cigarette. Or cigarette from you. Is if you
turn about Jesus set you free should you be asking for somebody else
a cigarette let me tell you this
a minute about the smoking Jesus set you free should give enough money at least the
buyer cigarettes. So if you are free. To share money to buy your cigarettes OK
this is what he does that was the message she's giving it's
a mixed message cake that you want to put another sin I can but I don't need to I
think you got the point where you got the point is that we reflect Christ Now let
me tell you this get context if you get context if you look at Philippi and we're
not going to read it all because before but we get context how many know the first
seventeen comes after verse sixteen. How many other verse sixteen comes after verse
fifty. When. I mean other Bruce right is where started at so if he say passes for
my example probably should look at Bruce's went through sixteen A C.
Was example it was so that we know what he means by that example and another take
the ten of those verses were discussed summarize it in the first couple first the
part talks about there are christian jews are trying to take Christian Gentiles and
get them into the law and so he says watch out he says Beware he says beware of
doors who would want to put you back into bondage those who want to put you back
into the law if you take our culture today what he said is be wary of those who are
Christians who tell you have to address do this do this in
a certain way and if your knight don't really love Jesus if you enters
a certain color you don't love Jesus if you wear
a certain kind of outfit you don't love Jesus if you eat certain foods you don't
love Jesus if you go to
a movie theater or love Jesus they put all these rumors upon you the same Be wary
of dollars and he says if anybody could be that person it could be me he says the
reason it could be me is because I was the fair see affair sees I was the Jew of
Jews I came from the tribe of blue Benjamin I have
a black line. He said I was circumcised then on the eighth day why because that was
the right day you're supposed to get circumcised if you're Jews he said I was all
those things that he said I count on are in Vanity
a car are useless so if you are going to follow example yes what we can do
we can be on
a pedestal say I'm better than you. Let me tell you that I've had people do that to
me I've turned around to take people out and start the next you know they're not
talking about Jesus you know where they're talking about themselves how good they
are. Don't do that so the example of far from past is not to be to good you talk
about your testimony absolutely you should talk about your testimony but don't make
your. Testimony that because the focus is on you should be the God that delivered
you they give you
a testimony the Apostle Paul talks about some other things the other day that he
talks about he says I forget what lies behind. And I pressed forward to Jesus to
call him that God has for me I press it for because there's going to be
a day that I'm in heaven as
a part time about forgiving those other things that lay behind so if we follow
Jesus this don't get caught up in our past this to God get caught up in the guilt
and the shame and I guy can never use me because I've done this. Does not Apostle
Paul said Pastor padded rod he's turned his turn around having people killed would
it pass a path where he spent all day or he sat in the pews of the church at
a pass
a pass as you know I had Christians killed I had Christian slaughtered. Would
he be out evangelizing. No way Suppose
a process don't think about those things of the past pressed forward to what God's
called you to do then apostle Paul says there's another example to follow he turns
around he says I'm learning to die to self I want to come for I'm to the death of
Jesus experience and others I want to die to self I want that old man to die at
that sinful nature to die I want those bad habits to die I'm going to call those
bad habits in that are sin I want that to die in my life I don't want that to be
part of my life. And so out of it there should be that we look at our life and we
say you know Rod there's certain things I just don't want to do anymore. And you
know it doesn't matter how old you are we could be a little child you could be
a grown adult that's ninety years old how many know that we sometimes do these we
shouldn't do. And the apostle Paul says we should be at
a place that he said I don't want to do those things because I want to give God
glory but here's what he says this is amazing he says I come from to Jesus' death
so I can experience His resurrection power. Do you want resurrection power in your
life do you want victory over sin do you want to be a person that walks
a better life. Then what do you have to do. You have to die
does that mean literal death does God want us to say OK I want you to die. Know all
but what he's talking about is that that bad behavior he wants to die those habits
that he wants to die. So that example would be if you know there's something in
your life that has
a hold of you you're saying I want that to go away and I know that if I have that
go away I have
a resurrection power in my life was the resurrection power you know the
resurrection power is whatever you died to whatever you gave up guess what you have
power over it now there's
a resurrection power so if I if I am. A person of this Roxanne stubbornness.
I just I'm just stubborn I don't know I don't want to do it people ask me to do
anybody ever been that person. Anybody been
a person that they dead has been non-compliant at times sometimes don't do what
you're supposed to do anybody been that person OK great app and when you died
that is you become resurrection power because what happens you're more compliant
you go
a lamb with us is there power in that absolutely and I'll give you an example.
Because I have children I'm a I'm
a I'm going to dress the children and you that I was talking about them I talk
about all of you. Because Roger of God But if mom says if you clean
up your room then we're going to do this. Anybody been
a parent. Anybody been
a child. When man says clamp your room and we will do. We'll go and do
this. Is a something good that's going to happen. Here's mom say if you clear be
a room we're going to do is put you in the closet you know all the mom says she can
put you in the room but put you in the room when mom says to clean up the room
there's going to be something good that happens. And you clean your room what do
you experience the experience goodness and you feel good. Don't we
when we do something that's right and we have the right more don't we feel good
about it afterwards well if I take this part of resurrection power limited
resurrection powers this is what you learn how to write you know you can learn to
clean up your room whether man tells you not. Because it just is good to have
a clean room and to be able to did know that mommy lives at the end and end and is
happy with what you're doing what about knowing that God loves you. Then God is
happy with what you're doing do you know what happens it starts to become
a lifestyle and becomes a lifestyle what happens I start being
a certain way without even thinking about it I become transformed I become changed
and I have
a son and is that I want to do what I do. So the example tonight I will be talking
about praise he should come because I only get ten minutes. Five to ten
minutes if you don't believe in Good God does miracles watch me share in only five
to ten minutes but in ten minutes I have to talk about praise and when there isn't
a talk about is the fact that praise part of praise is not just giving the praise
of their lives per praises our bodies. Given glory to how we live the life that we
live and out of it what happens is that I start to do something I say I'm
a praise God I'm a put this flesh that doesn't want to praise God I'm
a purchase put his flesh under them or praise God whether through my lips or.
Through my actions you know you were experienced if you've learned about praise you
know what happens when you when you start to learn about praise you start to give
God praise is that you learn about resurrection power guess what you learn when I'm
depressed and I'm bummed out and I'm discouraged I praise God and what happens when
I praise God. I feel better right the boss of the I was the praises of his people
so let me give an example of that is that I turn around and I'm in the midst of it
in the midst of sickness and I'm in distant pain all kinds of pain and how me know
when you get in pain you get depressed you get discouraged all those things are
going on in the midst of it and all of a sudden you say you know what I'm
a put on some praise music and
a person worship music and you put the music on maybe you know the worst the songs
you don't know the words the song but you put that music on now I would encourage
to put encouraging music on the put that music and you start listening to the words
you don't know to the rose but it says God is with us. God is on my
side this is he is my hero or. This is I can overcome that victory
through him if you hear words like dad and you discourage in your bum down which is
they're going to do to you is be a resurrection power and you and I have
a son and you study in the roots and the next you know you find yourself that you
start to sing some of those words and there's you know your pride in you saying God
you are my decree God I can be an overcomer because of you your gun I can beat this
district this this disease through you guys I'm Lord I don't care if I beat this
disease or not I'm going to be with you if I die. Never you're
a liar. The words that you do devils you take my life but I'm going to be with
Jesus when you do there's something that happens or resurrection power this goes
the next verse. For many walk of whom I've often told you. I tell you even
weeping that the enemy is the cross of Christ Paul is saying to our doors who are
against the message of the Gospel and if you read the context the context these
were people who claim to be Christians if you read the context he says they're
against the cross of Christ he says many of the law against the gospel now Paul
says that he is the example of fat all because he's following Christ and he says
there's others that are following Christ An example was like them and he says the
others will walk in the opposite which one do you want to be. Which group do you
want to be and guess what we all get a choice do you want to be
a person that reflects the cross of Jesus Christ do you want to be
a person that reflects the love of Christ you would appear to be
a person that reflects the joy of Christ do you want to be
a person that reflects the patience of Christ you want to be
a person reflects those self-control of Christ or do you want to be the person
that's rocket against the message of the cross guess who gets the choice we do camp
are saying you have
a choice right now you can fathom the rock that I'm walking that others are rocking
are you can follow the rock of those or against the cross you get
a choice in the matter next verse. Whose end is destruction.
What happens if you're rocking against Jesus. Destruction comes your life you're
fighting against God was going to happen destruction is going to happen well that's
not true I see people living for the devil all the time they're not destroyed. But
do you know what their heart condition is. Do you know what their mine is do you
think that every person who seeks after money is happy. Do you think every rich
person is happy with the statistics or. The method to
win the lottery take their life. They win the lottery they take their life. So
having money doesn't make you happy chasing money is the chasing God leads to what
leads to destruction because God is the appetite with us talking about the appetite
the desires of the flesh the sins that you want to do how many know that everyone
has a some point of time have run to do a sin. Now I know you use
a spiritual You never want to descend. Where maybe you didn't willfully want to sin
but did you see them and if you say you didn't sin then we need to put you on the
cross. R Us of sin and what I'm talking about is a desire to sin. There is
a time that you got angry and you wanted to get angry knowing that probably you
shouldn't get angry visitor time you ever ate more ice cream that you should of and
God told you not to K.
That's not sin. Listen. If God says you don't eat the ice cream you scream is it
sin is sin for you maybe not somebody else but any time
a bill against God it's then so he says they is those who feed the appetite for
God's appetite to God is that said they they created that sin they desire that sin
maybe you don't want to desire the sin maybe don't want this in your life but guess
what not doing what you can to stop doing this and so people would say I don't want
to do drugs anymore. But they hang around at the crack house.
They're not going to do sensitive don't want to do drugs anymore do you think. That
they don't are pretty stupid. But you know what I really died so why do I
use my example all the time I really don't want to over eat an ice cream. I don't
want all the sugar in my body and I want all the fat in my body just not healthy
did
a lot of ice cream so if I say that then I have to do something about it right one
way I do it because I'm weak and I are probably saying I'm weak to step out of the
twelve steps. Is I don't buy ice cream. And put it in my house
because I put it in my house because sometimes I buy ice cream. And an open house
a political belief or call me finds out. And then I feel really guilty.
And most the time I don't confess it to her. Maybe sometimes like offensive to God
. But try to get away without confessing God up hoping that he did see me do it.
You know I'm going to buy your been down there oh so out of it as I don't put in
the house. I don't feed that appetite for ice cream by putting in the how if I
think more about what God has for me in heaven how probably not of want to embrace
some of the things that's on earth. So some days make people happy. And
in some things are not sent for that make you happy is OK to be happy. Does God
want to sad though I was to be happy was this to be not only of after his but they
have joy and so we have those things in our life and so there's days that we do
that make us happy that make us feel good there's nothing wrong with them as long
as they don't become gods. The Americans all the time said we don't have false gods
. Christian said all the time we don't have false gods let me tell you something
oh August August. I know I can get away with this she's already smiling
Shelley knows what I'm going to do. Because I have permission I don't have
permission I could do
a day off but if you have to rush wrestling in. That state
o'clock or nine o'clock ten o'clock at night whatever time it is pass all you
raised her and she's she's out there if you have to and if you say you got shut
down pretty early she's never done this shutdown for early so I go to wrestling
that is
a god isn't it. Now you picked I mean we picked up Pat raise your hand if you want
me to pick on you OK. So you get a pliant is rich
a sign that there's days on earth instead of an F.
Out of it is whatever it is that we struggle with you know what it is that you
struggle with is that are you worship it instead of worshipping God How many know
in the Bible whatever it tells us not to do they said tells us how to do all we
know the Bible tells us that there are certain things we shouldn't do it will tell
you what things we should do the bible will give us answers it gives us solutions
it gives us this is
a road map for everybody that he. If this Bible forgets doesn't understand
this Babbitts shows me how to live if it shows me how to live in
a custom God who loves me guess what every day God asked of me in this Bible he's
going to empower me to do it and it's going to give me
a better life do you believe that. K.
This will give me a better life oh that means then if I just read this Bible
a fabulous says it's going to give me
a better life so that means my life is is going to be perfect and no troubles will
come my way did I say that I said it gives you
a better right I did say that I was going to make
a life of nice and simple and easy everything else what is the better life the
better life if you're
a Christian what is the better life the better life is to have the Holy Spirit
dwelling in you in such
a way that there's an overflowing power of the Holy Spirit are you there are no
eighteen in here in your life in such
a way that when they throw stones at you to kill you you say go for it I'm not
going to deny Jesus that is the better life to Ridge you need to know Jesus Christ
your Lord and Savior Jesus said Behold I stand at the door and not going to be one
hears my voice and opens the door I will come in robust and thirteen says recalls
upon the name or will be saved. Johnson says you must be born again
X.
Sixteen thirty one says believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved Matthew
want to do says repent you can believe the gospel will you accept Jesus Christ as
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To see happen to our churches our vision is loving God loving people loving right
now that's a vision for
a church to love God to love people love life let me tell you something that if you
love God and love people you will love life. You know why some people don't love
life they don't love God and they don't love people if you don't have got you don't
love people don't love like let me tell you something else when you have
a life you will have people you'll love God because possibly
a US and out of it if you have our love and
a passion for God and you say GOD I JUST LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART Thank you Jesus
so you've done so much for me that I just love you that what can I do for you
that's what happens when you have true love through our yard What can I DO YOU LOVE
ME How can I love you you know God is going to answer love people that's what he's
going to say he's going to say love me because you already love him anybody know
that the greatest commandment. Love the Lord thy God with all your heart soul mind
and the second greatest commandment is what love others as yourself so loving God
leads to loving people let me tell you if you love God or I love you so much what
can I do he says I want you to love this person over here I want you to love this
person over here I want you to do this for this person here almost Are you start
loving people start loving gun you don't think that you have some fire in you you
know that you have some love in you that you start loving life you excited about
life can I tell you one reason most people aren't excited about life connected most
people aren't excited about life where they chasing the chase now after dig when
you love life there's accent about life when there's
a fire let me tell you if you say I don't have a fire in me why don't I have
a fire even when I'm not excited about life you're probably not loving God loving
people try it just try it if you if you think life is kind of boring
to start saying God help me to love people and let me tell you you will be able to
love people the way God has you to love Him unless you start loving God alone I am
my life and I'm a deadbeat human being I'm
a deadbeat Christian I'm the most boring Christian there is God change me OK you
know what I'm going start loving people who are so used to love me people file
people on loving. You start to love people and they backstab you so what do you do
with that give up yes you do last until you give up but when you start to love
people you realize you don't have the ability when you go till you've got
a God God give me the ability to love people and you know how do you know you do
this to show you how much he loves you and we realize how much he loves you you
can't help but get back to love people so that's
a vision. You have been listening to there is so with Pastor
Richard over through Jesus Christ we can live
a victorious life. Seattle open door church located in period committed to loving
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