NO EXCUSE DAY ... OWN IT AND REPENT...
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
I. EVER DREAMED OF NO EXCUSE DAY?
A NO COMPLAINING DAY?
Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which
when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and select all that he hath,
and buyer that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
A. HOW LONG COULD YOU GO WITHOUT COMPLAINING?
B. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW?
I was listening to the radio the other day. An old man died in New York.
He was a pauper. He lived in a dirty, run down apartment.
He had little food. He could not afford to go to the doctor.
He could not afford medicine. He often begged for money to buy food. People would give
him food or money and he just barely made it.
The story was told that when he died, some people cleaned out his apartment.
One on them noticed a beautiful picture hanging on the wall.
He took it down and took it home with him.
A friend of his told him he should have it APPRAISED.
The man found an APPRAISER and took the picture to see if there was any work.
The picture was painted in the 1850's and it was a MASTERPIECE and was so very rare.
The APPRAISER took the picture to an ART AUCTION FIRM, there the picture was advertised
and it SOLD FOR OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS.
The man lived and died a pauper. HE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF WHAT HE OWN?
WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN REALLY HURT?
C. COULD YOU HAVE A MASTER PIECE?
COULD YOU BE YOU MASTER PIECE?
D. DO WE UNDERSTAND VALUE AND WORTH?
How much is THE WELL worth?
Depends on whether it is wet season or drought?
Matthew 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had,
and bought it.
II. HONEST EVALUATION AND APPRAISALS MAY MAY REVEAL A DEEP SECRET?
IF YOU CAN NOT GET ALONG WITH OTHERS --- MAYBE IT IS YOU THAT YOU CAN NOT
GET ALONG WITH.
Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer,
the strife cease.
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
I read where a man explained life as WHAT A PERSON CARRIES.
His lesson was every person carried TWO BUCKETS.
1. BUCKET ONE IS A BUCKET OF WATER...
2. BUCKET TWO IS A BUCKET OF WATER...
Will you pull gas? Or water?
III. IS OUR PERSCEPTIVE A VALID REALITY, OR A TERRIBLE DISTORTION...
A. IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE OFF COURSE AND THINK YOU ARE STILL RIGHT?
2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie:
B. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID IT, OR IT IS ON THE COMPUTER DOES NOT
MAKE IT THE TRUTH.
C. I heard an Abraham Lincoln quote the other day:
Lincoln has been recorded saying: YOU CAN BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT THE CNN
AND FACE BOOK HAS PRINTED.
D. BE WARNED LIFE CAN TAKE DISTORTED, INVALID CONCLUSIONS.
Mark 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
IV. DOES THIS OPINION ALIGN WITH THE BIBLE.
A. This man called me early on Sunday morning. His family had been in a terrible crisis
and they came to church every time the door was opened. A miracle came and what a change.
Everyone saw the change.
B. He asked me to go for a ride with him the Sunday morning.
He came to my house and we went for a ride.
He informed me this would be his last Sunday at church.
I inquired why?
C. HE TOLD ME HIS GRANDMOTHER RAISED HIM AND TAUGHT HIM THAT
CHURCH WAS NOT IMPORTANT UNLESS YOU HAD A PROBLEM?
D. I opened my Bible to HEBREWS and read:
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of
some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
E. He went on the explain GRANDMAW WAS RIGHT?
He never came back to church.
The spiral downward has been very dark in this family.
V. ONE OF THE DARKEST, DAMNING TEACHING OF TODAY IS THE FALSE TEACHING:
GUILT IS BAD --- FORGIVE YOUR SELF AND GO ON...
2 Peter 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned
to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
A. GUILT AND SHAME ARE HEAVY WEIGHTS --- DO NOT CARRY THIS LOAD:
1. IGNORE IT ---
2. FORGET IT ---
3. BURY IT ---
4. BLAME YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR HISTORY ---
5. PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED ---
B. David's cutting GOLIATH'S HEAD OFF with his own sword was not mean.
It is a testimony Goliath was REALLY DEAD...
C. Many times we get under conviction and RETURN TO THE SAME VOMIT...
D. TO FORGIVE YOURSELF IS NOT ENOUGH...
VI. THERE IS GREAT DEBATE WHETHER MAN'S NATURE IS REALLY GOOD OR REALLY
BAD? WAGES ARE EARNED...
A. WE CAN NEVER FORGIVE OUR SELVES WE NEED A SAVIOR...
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare
his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier
of him which believeth in Jesus.
B. WAGES ARE EARNED...
GIVES ARE GIVEN...
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
VII. NO EXCUSE --- THERE IS ONLY ONE REMEDY OR ANTITODE FOR SIN...
YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN...
A. There is no excuse... we must repent...
YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THIS WITH THE HUMAN MIND...
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher
come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
B. Many are trying to FORGIVE SELF AND FORGET ABOUT REPENTANCE...
VIII. WHEN JESUS FORGIVES THEN WE GET UP AND CHANGE, NEVER TO RETURN
TO THE VOMIT OF THIS WORLD. GO AND SIN NOT MORE...
A. WE CAUGHT HER, SHALL WE STONE HER...
B. ACKNOWLEDGE, OWN IT, REPENT...
John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee:
go, and sin no more.
C. DAVID MADE MANY MISTAKES, HE OWNED THEM REPENTED OF THEM ---
PARADIGM SHIFT --- CHANGE...
Psalm 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according
unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
CONCLUSION: NEVER BYPASS THE PLAN OF GOD.
THERE IS MORE THAN TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF.
We must not follow trends and currents that bypass the heart and plan of God.
God commands that every man repent.
God desires every person to repent...
THERE IS MORE THAN JUST FORGIVING YOURSELF...
Jeremiah 26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may
repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
COME TO JESUS AND REPENT,
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
