THEME: BEING STEADFAST WITH GOD
TEXT:1 COR.15:58 2 TIM. 3:10-15
NOW BRETHERN AND SISTERS, GOD HAS MADE THE WORLD SO SEPERATED IN IT’S GENERAL ORDER THAT MAN ARE FORCED TO CO-OPERATE TO GET MOST OF GODS BLESSINGS.
THE FARMER WHO RAISES WHEAT FOR MARKET MUST HAVE THE CO-OPERATION OF THE MARKET. HE MUST HAVE THE CO-OPERATION OF THE FARM MACHINERY, THE TRANSPOTATIONS, THE MILLERS, THE MERCHANTS, THE BAKERS. HE ALSO HAS TO HAVE THE CO-OPERATION OF HOUSEWIVES TO SELL ONE BUSHEL OF WHEAT.
IS THE RESULT OF MUCH CO-OPERATION. THE CHURCH NEVER IN ANY TASK UNTIL IT FAILS TO CO-OPERATION WITH IT HEADS.
I HEARD THE WORDS OF JESUS SAYING,’ABIDE IN ME, FOR WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING. I STOPPED BY HERE THIS EVENING TO LET YOU KNOW BROTHER AND SISTERS TO BE STEADFAST IN THE GOD.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH JUST A LITTLE WHILE HERE.
YOU KNOW A FOOTBALL TEAM HAS ELEVEN PLAYERS WITH ITS CAPTIAN WHO CALLS THE PLAYS. BUT THE CAPTIAN CAN’T WIN THE GAME ALONE. IT TAKES ALL ELEVEN PLAYERS GIVING THEIR BEST TO WIN THE GAME.NOW DON’T BE LIKE THE YOUNG SOLDIER THAT WAS TRAINING AND IN THE MILITARY MANEUVER AD TO CRAWL ON HIS BELLY WITH MACHINE GUN FIRING OVER HEAD.
AS HE CRAWLED TOWARD THE ENEMY TRENCHES. HALFWAY DOWN THIS YOUNG SOLDIER MET A SNAKE, JUMPED UP IN THE LINE OF FIRE, AND MET DEATH INSTANTLY.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE MINISTRY. WHILE ON YOUR CHRISTIAN JOURNEY, YOU WILL MEET THAT OLD SNAKE , THAT OLD DEVIL. BUT DON’T JUMP OUT OF LINE. DON’T BACK UP ON GOD.
YOU SEE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR THE SOLDIER TO HAVE TANGLED WITH THE SNAKE. IF HE HAD CAUGHT IT CLOSE TO THE HEAD, CHANCES ARE HE WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN BITTEN.
IT TAKES TEAM WORK.SO IT IS TODAY, THE PASTOR CAN’T WIN THE FIGHT ALONE. AS I FORSTATED IT TAKES TEAM WORK. YOU ARE A TEAM FIGHTING SIN AND SATAN. YES, YOU ARE IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD.
YOU SEE FATE HAS A WAY OF BRINGING US FACE TO FACE WITH THE INEVITABLE. THE DEVIL IS GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU AND GOD WILL TRY YOU. BUT IF YOU BE STEADFAST IN GOD, HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
NOW DON’T BE LIKE THE YOUNG SOLDIER THAT WAS TRAINING AND IN THE MILITARY MANEUVER hAD TO CRAWL ON HIS BELLY WITH MACHINE GUN FIRING OVER HEAD.
AS HE CRAWLED TOWARD THE ENEMY TRENCHES. HALFWAY DOWN THIS YOUNG SOLDIER MET A SNAKE, JUMPED UP IN THE LINE OF FIRE, AND MET DEATH INSTANTLY.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE MINISTRY. WHILE ON YOUR CHRISTIAN JOURNEY, YOU WILL MEET THAT OLD SNAKE , THAT OLD DEVIL. BUT DON’T JUMP OUT OF LINE. DON’T BACK UP ON GOD.
YOU SEE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR THE SOLDIER TO HAVE TANGLED WITH THE SNAKE. IF HE HAD CAUGHT IT CLOSE TO THE HEAD, CHANCES ARE HE WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN BITTEN.
AND EVEN IF IT HAD BITTEN HIM HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN MEDICAL AID. BUT THERE WERE NO CHANCE ESCAPING THE MACHINE GUN FIRE IT WAS SET.
SO IT IS WITH GOD’S LAW, THEY ARE SET. SO DON’T LET THE DEVIL CAUSE YOU TO GET OUT OF LINE WITH GOD. YOU SEE YOUR PASTOR IS COUNTING UPON EACH OF YOU TO GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORTS.
YOUR BEST CO-OPERATION, AND YOUR BEST TEAM WORK, TO WIN THE BATTLE FOR THE LORD. NOT ONLY YOUR PASTOR BUT YOUR CHURCH IS COUNTING ON YOU. ALSO TO HELP SUPPORT THE SERVICE, SUNDAY SCHOOL, ECT.
NOW FROM OUR SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY. THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHERN BE YE STEADFAST, UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, FOR AS MUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN, IN THE LORD.
NOW THE APOSTLE, PAUL NO DOUBT HAD IN MIND SUCH A SERVICE AS WE ARE HAVING TODAY. WHERE;
CO-OPERATION BY MEMBERSHIP HAS EXPRESSED ITSELF IN SELECTING IT’S MINISTERS AND LEADER WHO SHALL LEAD ON TO VICTORY. NOW AS THE APOSTLE WROTE URGING THE CHURCH OF CORINTH TO BE STEADFAST. HE WAS ALSO TALKING TO THE ST. PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, TO BE STEADFAST IN THE LORD.
TO BE STEADFAST MEANS TO BE SETTLED [ROLLING STONE, STARTING IN RUSTBURG GO TO LYNCHBURG, APPOMATTOX AND END UP IN FARMVILLE.]AND NOT MOVED BY EVERY WIND STORM THAT RISE.
BRETHERN AND SISTERS YOU ARE BEING ORDAINED TODAY BECAUSE YOUR PASTOR AND THIS CHURCH BELIEVERS IN YOU AND THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AS YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
I STOPPED BY TO TELL YOU TO BE FIRM IN THE BIBLE DOCTRINE OF ONE LORD, ONE FAITH AND ONE BAPTISM. YOU ARE ORDAINED TODAY AS MINISTERS OF THIS CHURCH, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND MEMBERS IN CHURCH WHERE MEN AND WOMEN ARE BORN AGAIN.
BEING STEADFAST WITH GOD.
I STOPPED BY HERE THIS EVENING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MEN WILL DISAGREE WITH YOU, AS THEY HAVE WITH THOSE GONE ON. ALTHOUGH WE DON’T AGREE ON EVERYTHING AND WE DON’T. I CAN’T SEE HIS POINT OF VIEW ON SOME MATTERS AND HE CAN’T SEE MINE.
PERHAPS WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN WE WILL FINE IT TRUE THAT THERE ARE THREE SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION. YOUR SIDE, MY SIDE, AND THE RIGHT SIDE. BUT BE PRAYFUL IN SUCH MOMENTS, LOOK BACK TO THE CROSS.
SEE THE BLOOD STAIN FACE OF JESUS AS HE HANGS THERE ACCURSEDOF MEN-STRUCK BY COWARDS AND CRUCIFIED BY A MOB.BUT HIS PRAYER WAS FATHER FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.
FROM THE TIME HE CAME UNTIL HE CRIED IT IS FINISHED. HE WAS STEADFAST. NOTHING CAUSED HIM TO LOSE SIGHT ON HIS HOLY MISSION. HE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU AND I TO RECEIVE A SPIRITUAL BATH. [CAMAY, LUX, IVORY]
AN INJECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WOULD GIVE US STRENGTH AT ALL TIMES. WHEN JESUS DIED AFTER THREE YEARS OF HIS INSTRUCTION, NOT ONE SINGLE DISCIPLE WAS FIRM IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.
SO AFTER HIS RESURRECTION JUST BEFORE HIS ASCENSION, HE TOLD THEM TO TARRY, TO WAIT IN JERUSALEM UNTIL THE HOLY GHOST CAME AND HE WOULD MAKE THEM STEADFAST.
YOU SEE WHEN LEADERSHIP IS STEADFAST WITH FULL CO-OPERATION OF IT’S MEMBERS, THE CHURCH BECOMES INVINCIBLE. NOW THE POWER THAT MADE THE EARLY CHURCH THE WONDER OF THE AGE IN BOLDNESS, LOVE AND POWER.
WAS THE GREAT FAITH OF ITS PREACHERS AND OFFICERS AND ITS MEMBERS THAT EXPRESSED ITSELF IN FULL CO-OPERATION.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME A LITTLE WHILE.
TO BE STEADFAST YOU GOT TO HAVE FAITH, AND NOT TO GIVE UP, NOR SHOULD YOU SURRENDER OR RETREAT.
I’M REMINDED HERE OF JESUS AS HE MINISTERED ONE DAY. SOME FRIENDS BROUGHT A SICK MAN TO BE HEALED BY HIM. BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE IT WAS CROWED AND NO ONE WOULD MAKE ROOM.
NOW AS THE MEN STOOD THERE THEY HAD FAITH, THEY WERE STEADFAST IN THE LORD. AFTER WHILE AND BY AND BY THEY BEGAN TO THINK OF THE STAIRWAY TO THE ROOF.[SOMETIMES YOU SEE HILLS AND MORE HILLS]
[1]. THEY CLIMBED UP TO THE ROOF
[[2] REMOVED THE TILE, AND LOWERED THE SICK MAN ON THE PALLAT DOWN TO JESUS.
[3]. JESUS KNOWING THAT THIS MAN AND HIS FRIENDS BELIEVE IN HIM, HE KNEW THE SICK MAN WAS TROUBLED ABOUT HIS SINS.
[4] I HEARD JESUS WHEN HE CRIED OUT,’YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN’
NOW THESE MEN WERE STEADFAST,THEY HAD THAT CO-OPERATION FAITH. NOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE MININTERY TO BE STEADFAST YOU MUST HAVE THAT CO-OPERATIVE FAITH.
YOU SEE CO-OPERATIVE FAITH DOES NOT STOP AT THE FIRST UNBRIDGE STREAM. FAITH BUILDS A BRIDGE, OR FINDS A BOAT.
FAITH DOES NOT STOP WHEN IT REACHES A MOUNTAIN. FAITH FINDS A WAYTO GO ACROSS OR A TUNNEL TO GO THROUGH.
FAITH DOES NOT STOP BECAUSE OF BROKEN HOMES, OR BROKEN HEARTS NOR BROKEN HEALTH. FAITH PRESSES ON AND ON UNTIL IT REACHES AND TOUCHES THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT AND IS MADE WHOLE.
MINISTERS, YOU ARE BEING ORDAINED TO DAY TO CARRY ON FOR JESUS UNTIL HE SAYS WELL DONE.WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN IF YOU KEEP THE FAITH.
BE STEADFAST WITH GOD. KNOWING AS A LEADER, YOU MUST SUFFER FOR THE CAUSE YOU REPRESENT. I STOPPED BY HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME,
A[ RESTLESS NIGHTS...BE STEADFAST
B] CRY ALL NIGHT LONG....BE STEADFAST
C] TALKED ABOUT, NAME ON THE SIDEWALK...BE STEADFAST
D] LIED ON, FALSELY ACCUSED WHILE ON THIS CHRISTIAN JOURNEY...STEADFAST
E] SEA...STEADFAST
I HEARD THE SONG WRITER SAY,’ OFTEN THERE ARE MISUNDERSTANDING....
’HE LORD WILL MAKE AWAY SOME HOW’
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