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Good
evening Faith Builders and any guests who may have tuned in.
I am Elder
Jeff and it is my pleasure to share the Word of God with you tonight.
Tonight we
will taking a lesson from King David, one which I am hoping will be a blessing
to you.
It is taken
from Psalm 37.
They
believe Psalm 37 was the last Psalm written by David and correlates around time
of 1 Kings 2 (Where David passed the throne to Solomon)
So this
wasn’t written by a young reckless David.
This was David at his wisest, from his Experience from God.
In this
little series of messages, we are going to be focusing on verses Psalm 37 3-6.
Psalm 37:3-6
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and cultivate faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and he will do this:
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the
light
TRUST,
DWELL, DELIGHT and COMMIT.
At times, I
hear a lot of Christians, talking about how they can’t seem to break the sin
habits they have in their life. How they
seem to be bound to the same issues and can’t seem to shake them. …. And as much as they want to do good, they
don’t seem to be able to shake the old sinful habits of the past.
If you find
yourself in this place, you are not alone.
Every single Christian on earth, since Jesus walked the earth, has had
to deal with this issue. …. Has had to
deal with their sin-nature and desires that
lives within them, and as much as they think they have got their stuff
together, they fall short of the Glory of God.
TRUST
First and
foremost … we need to be born again.
We need to
trust that the Word of God (bible) is inspired and birthed by God and is true,
even when it doesn’t make sense to our mind … to logic … and you can’t imagine
how it would happen … but TRUST that it is true. 2 Timothy 3:16
All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be
thoroughly equipped for every good work.
We must
believe that there is a heaven and a hell and when we die, we will go to one or
the other; Revelations 21.
We must
believe that we are naturally sinners and deserve to die for our sins. Romans 6:23
For
the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
We must
believe that God loves us so much that he doesn’t want us to die in sin but to
be saved and wants to live with us forever in Heaven. John 3:16.
For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God sent Jesus to be the atoning Sacrifice for
our Sins; not jut to cover (hide) them, but to wash them away leaving us clean
and forgiven … 1 John 4:10
This
is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the
world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but
that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
We need to
believe that he lived a perfect life; was tempted but did not sin. Hebrews 4:15.
For
we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did
not sin.
We need to
believe that Jesus loves us so much that he agreed to be tortured and killed
for our sins; Romans 5:6-8
Christ
died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person,
though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God
demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us.
We need to
believe that, just as he promised, he rose again from the grave and he appeared
to many before ascending to heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:4
Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was
raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
We need to
believe that he offered himself and his blood to God as an atoning sacrifice
for our sins, and it was received Rom
3:25.
God
presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his
blood--to be received by faith.
We need to
believe that now He sits at the right hand of the Father God and is an advocate
for us; even when we mess up. 1 John 2:1
But
if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the
Righteous One. He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for
our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Now … if we
believe this, or something inside of you is confirming that what I am saying is
true, you can be born again and receive by faith this good news.
Romans 10:9
If
you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that
you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your
faith and are saved.
If you have
been born again, and have made Jesus Christ your Lord and Master ..
We need to
believe that that now, when we do sin, If we confess our sins to him, he is
faithful and just and will forgive us and cleanse of all unrighteousness. 1
John 1:9
If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.
We need to
believe that the same Spirit that Raised Jesus Christ from the dead is living
in you. Romans 8:11
And
if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who
raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because
of his Spirit who lives in you.
We need to
believe that now with ANYTHING we need, we can come boldly to the Father and
will find His grace. Hebrews 4:16
Let
us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive
mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
That is A
LOT of Believing isn’t it …. Well that is just the start …. Everything that we
want, everything that we desire, every thing we need from God is received by
Faith.
Hebrews 11: 6
And
without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him
must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11: 6
TRUST IN
THE LORD AND DO GOOD.
The next
step is Doing Good.
We
have to desire to want to change. We have to start doing not what we always want
to, but DO good.
You have a
spiritual war going on inside of you. A
war of the flesh and carnal desires and of the SPIRIT.
Your flesh
is going to cry out at you …
Just take
that thing, no one will know….
Just click
on that link on the computer, it isn’t hurting anyone …
Just ask
that girl out for a drink … your wife will never find out ….
Just make a
snack at 10pm at night … it will taste sooo good ….
Just begin
saying NO to those carnal desires and over time, your flesh will begin to learn
who is boss. As you DO GOOD, you are
cultivating good. You are seeding Good into
your mind. And over time, we will begin
to renew our minds …
Romans 12:2
(Amplified)
And do not be conformed to
this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be
transformed and progressively changed [as you mature
spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical
attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for
you].
DEWLL IN
THE LAND AND CULTIVATE FAITHFULNESS.
We need to
settle down or dwell in this lifestyle, of denying our fleshly desires and
Doing what is right and that will cultivate more good in our life and it will
cultivate faithfulness.
TRUST,
DWELL, DELIGHT and COMMIT.
OK, so we
have spent a lot of time on Trust and Dwell.
Now we are
going to talk about Delight and Commit.
DELIGHT ….
Let’s talk
about how we can begin to transform our minds.
4 Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Delight
(Hebrew anog -> aw-nag’)
… To be soft, delicate, dainty, to make soft and pliable
While it is
important to rejoice in the Lord, this word in Hebrew means to allow yourself
to be moldable by Him.
Isaiah 64:
8
Yet
you, Lord,
are our Father.
We
are the clay, you are the potter;
we
are all the work of your hand.
And He
shall GIVE you … (Hebew: Nathan
-> naw-than’)
… To Give, To Put, To Set, To Establish
the desires
of your HEART (Hewbew: leb ->
… inner man, mind, will, heart.
So lets put
this together ….
Allow
yourself to be moldable in the Lord, and he shall establish the desires in your
heart.
So if you
are ever dealing with that issue in your life and you find yourself
saying.
I don’t
want to do it but I find these desires rising up inside of me
And they
intensify … and I want it more and more … and I finally give in to it.
How do I
stop these all consuming desires from rising up and overcoming me ?
Allow
yourself to moldable in the Lord and he will replace your carnal desires with
His desires. Over time, you will be
transformed, by the renewing of your mind.
5 Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and he will do this:
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the
light
COMMIT your
WAY (galal -> gaw-lal, drek -> deh’-rek)
… To roll away together
… A journey
And trust
in God, and He will bring this to pass:
And he
shall bring forth, as the light, your righteousness.
You need to
hitch your wagon to Jesus and roll away, locked together on this journey of
righteousness and trust that He will bring it to pass.
So you want
to stop doing the things that
… hurt
those around you.
… hurt
yourself.
… hurt your
relationship with God (in your eyes).
Do you want
to start doing more of the things that cultivate Good?
Do you want
to start doing more of the things that cultivate Righteousness?
Do you want
to start doing more of the things that mold you and shape you into the person
God wants you to be?
Do you want
the desires that rise up inside of you to be God’s desires?
Romans 12:2
(Amplified)
And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its
superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively
changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on
godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves]
what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His
plan and purpose for you].
This is the
process of renewing your mind.
I don't
have time in this short message to go much deeper than I did today, but if you
Pastor Paul
recently completed an amazing 4 part series, you can catch on YouTube called
“Your Identity is in Christ”.
If you get
a chance, and you haven't already, please listen to that. He really goes very deep in how you can
change how you look at who you are.
Are you a
rotten sinner and see yourself as the sum of your shortcomings? OR
… are you a
new creation in Christ Jesus and as soon as you can start believing who you
are;
putting you
faith into it,
you can see
your life begin to transform ....
and it all
begins with your renewing of your mind.
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If you are
in a place in your life and you can't even begin to relate to how you can find
freedom from your carnal desires ....
It could be
that you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It could be that you have not made Him lord
over you and your life.
If that you
is you and you would like to give your heart to Jesus .... hitch your wagon to
Jesus and take this Journey with Him, He is waiting for you.
If you have
never received Jesus into your heart …. This
time is for you right now.
If you have
never given Jesus control over your life and made him LORD of everything … This time is for you right now.
If you
have, some time ago said the sinners prayer, and still feel lost or have walked
away from your relationship with God …. This
time if for you right now.
Romans 10:9 says
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified,
and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are
saved.
“Everyone who calls on
the name of the Lord will be saved.”
If that is
you, Please pray and repeat this prayer with me....
Jesus,
thank you for loving me so much that you died for my sins; for my
mistakes.
Thank you
that you rose from the dead, and are now sitting at the right hand of the
Father, lifting me up in my struggles.
Jesus I
give you my heart, please live inside of me.
I will
serve you forever, declaring you Lord of my life.
Make my
heart sensitive to you, so that I may
know your desires for me.
Thank you
for writing my name in the Lambs book of Life and for adopting me into your
family.
In Jesus’
Name.
Praise God,
if you prayed this prayer with me now, and meant it with all your heart. Let someone know, that you gave your heart to
Jesus today.
For
it is with your heart that you believe and are justified,
and
it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
And join us
at
God Bless
you.
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