One Accord

IF WE LOVE THE LORD WE’LL LOVE HIS PEOPLE. IF WE LOVE THE LORD, WE’LL LOVE HIS HOUSE. IF WE LOVE THE LORD, WE’LL LOVE HIS WORK. IF WE LOVE THE LORD, WE’LL LOVE TO PRAY. THERE’S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT DON’T LOVE GOD LIKE THEY NEED TO. YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF TODAY, “HOW MUCH DO I REALLY LOVE GOD?”

NUMBER TWO: WE NEED TO BE IN ONE ACCORD IN OUR LEARNING ABOUT JESUS.

PAUL WAS TALKING TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3:7 HE SAID THEY WERE “EVER LEARNING, AND NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.” THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LEARN BUT THEY DON’T WANT TO LEARN ABOUT JESUS. I’M GOING TO SHARE A THOUGHT WITH YOU. I WAS SITTING AT THE PIANO AND YA’LL WERE TAKING UP THE OFFERING AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE PAY THEIR BILLS. I PICTURED IN MY MIND HOW PEOPLE WRITE OUT THEIR CHECKS AND WELL YOU DON’T WANT YOUR LIGHTS TO GO OFF OR DO WITHOUT HOT WATER. YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO HAUL OFF THAT GARBAGE BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO LAZY TO DO IT YOURSELF SO YOU SIT OUT AND WRITE THEM A CHECK. BUT I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES YOU SIT DOWN WHEN YOU GET YOUR BILLS IN AND YOU PUT THEM LAST AND GOD FIRST AND SAY I HAVE TO WRITE OUT MY TITHING. LISTEN, YOU OWE TEN PERCENT OF YOUR GROSS SALARY. IT’S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO DO IT...YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IT AND THAT’S ONE REASON YOU’RE FAILING WITH GOD. YOU DON’T DO ENOUGH FOR GOD BECAUSE YOU DON’T LOVE GOD ENOUGH. IF WE GAVE GOD WHAT WAS DUE HIM, HE’D SUPPLY ALL OUR OTHER NEEDS. WE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM. YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T TITHE RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM TO DO IT. THEY DON’T READ THE WORLD OF GOD ENOUGH TO TELL THEM TO DO IT. THEY DON’T COME TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TO LEARN ABOUT IT EITHER. YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD SCHOOL TEACHER? YOU HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL TO BE ONE. YOU CAN’T JUST DECIDE TO BE SOMETHING AND GO OUT AND DO IT. YOU HAVE TO BE TRAINED. YOU HAVE TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN. TO BE IN ONE ACCORD WE HAVE TO LEARN.

IN EPHESIANS 4. THERE ARE SEVEN THINGS: THERE IS ONE BODY. ONE SPIRIT. ONE HOPE. ONE LORD. ONE FAITH. ONE BAPTISM. AND ONE GOD. NOTICE HE SAVED GOD TILL LAST AND PUT THE BODY FIRST. HE ALWAYS PUTS US FIRST IN EVERYTHING WE GO TO DO FOR HIM. THAT’S WHAT BRINGS ONE ACCORD TO THE BODY....THOSE SEVEN THINGS.

PAUL WAS WRITING TO THE EPHESIANS CHURCH AND THEY WERE IN DISARRAY AND DISACCORD. TALKING ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND THEY WOULDN’T COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND PAUL SAID THIS IN EPHESIANS 4:20 “ BUT YE HAVE NOT SO LEARNED CHRIST.”

HE SAID IS CHRIST DIVIDED IN FIRST CORINTHIANS. LISTEN, CHRIST IS NOT DIVIDED. WE’RE SERVING THE SAME GOD, THE SAME LORD AND THE SAME SPIRIT AND WE OUGHT TO BE IN ONE ACCORD.

JESUS SAID THIS IN MATTHEW 11:28-29 “COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN AND I’LL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOLK UPON YOU AND LEARN OF ME.”

LEARN OF ME. YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM CHRIST.

PROVERBS 9:9 “GIVE INSTRUCTION TO A WISE MAN, AND HE WILL BE YET WISER: TEACH A JUST MAN, AND HE WILL INCREASE IN LEARNING.”

I LIKE LEARNERS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. JESUS SAID BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR THEY SHALL BE FED. I WONDER , DO YOU HUNGER AFTER HIM TODAY. DO WE HAVE ONE ACCORD? WE COME HERE FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY AND THAT IS TO LEARN ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. HE’S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIFE.