The Material, Method & Motive

THINK ABOUT DANIEL WHEN THE KING CAME OUT WITH A DECREE THAT NOBODY COULD PRAY EXCEPT TO HIS GOD; A MOLTEN IMAGE. BACK THEN KINGS WORE RINGS WITH THEIR SEAL ON IT AND THEY’D STAMP IT WHICH MADE IT BINDING. DANIEL WENT TO HIS HOUSE, OPENED HIS WINDOWS, GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND PRAYED TO GOD. IT DON’T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU. WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT CHRIST THINKS ABOUT YOU.

THEN IN GENESIS 11:4 THE LATTER PART IT SAYS: LET US MAKE US A NAME. IT SEEMS LIKE THE BIGGER THE CHURCH GETS, THE BIGGER THE SIGN GETS. BUT I WONDER OUT OF ALL THOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING CHURCH HAVE CHRIST IN THEIR LIFE. JESUS SAID THIS: BROAD IS THE WAY, WIDE IS THE GATE THAT LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION. MANY THERE BE WHICH GO IN THERE AT BECAUSE STRAIGHT IS THE GATE AND NARROW IS THE WAY AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. I BELIEVE THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THINKS THEY HAVE IT AND THEY DON’T. MY WIFE ATTENDED A LARGE CHURCH IN HER YOUNGER YEARS AND IN ORDER TO JOIN THE CHURCH SHE HAD TO SIGN A PIECE OF PAPER AND GET BAPTIZED. SHE SPENT MANY YEARS THINKING SHE WAS SAVED. BUT SHE WASN’T. BUT PRAISE GOD SHE’S SAVED NOW.

HOSEA SAID THEY SHALL GO WITH THEIR FLOCKS AND THEIR HERDS TO SEEK THE LORD AND THEY SHALL NOT FIND HIM FOR HE HATH WITHDRAWN HIMSELF FROM THEM. I’M NOT PUTTING DOWN OTHER CHURCHES. I’M PUTTING DOWN PEOPLE THAT DON’T TRUST CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. EVERY CHURCH OUGHT TO HAVE JESUS’ NAME ON THE FRONT AND HIS SPIRIT ON THE INSIDE. YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE A GOOD CHURCH? A CHRIST CENTERED CHURCH. WE OUGHT TO HAVE CHRIST AS THE VERY CENTER OF OUR CHURCH. YOU KNOW HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN? EVERYONE THAT ATTENDS CHURCH OUGHT TO HAVE CHRIST IN THEIR LIFE. IF YOU LIVE CHRIST DURING THE WEEK, WE CAN HAVE SOME GOOD MEETINGS ON SUNDAY. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ONE SINNER WILL DESTROY MUCH GOOD. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEIR PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING THEIR NOT. YOU CANNOT PRETEND TO LOVE AN ALMIGHTY GOD. EITHER YOU HAVE HIM OR YOU DON’T. THE PEOPLE AT THE TOWER USED THE WRONG MOTIVE.

THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD EVERYTHING GOING THEIR WAY. BUT YOUR WAYS ARE NOT HIS WAYS. IT WAS BIG IN THEIR EYES. IT WASN’T AS BIG AS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS. VERSE 5 SAYS THAT THE LORD CAME DOWN. IF IT HAD BEEN BIG ENOUGH THE LORD WOULDN’T OF HAD TO COME DOWN. IN VERSE 7 IT SAYS: GO TO, LET US GO DOWN. YOU KNOW WHY HE SAID THAT? BECAUSE HE WAS REFERRING TO GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST.

IF YOU DON’T REALIZE YOU’RE LOST, HOW CAN YOU BE SAVED? AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO DO RIGHT FROM WRONG. AND WHEN GOD REVEALS TO YOU THAT YOUR LOST, YOU BETTER NOT TURN HIM AWAY.

YOU SAY PREACHER, I’M HERE IN CHURCH AND I’VE NEVER BEEN SAVED, YOU’RE GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE ALTAR IF CHRIST IS KNOCKING ON YOUR HEARTS DOOR.

I KNOW A MAN THAT WENT TO CHURCH AND THE PREACHER CALLED OUT HIS NAME DURING THE ALTAR CALL AND TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO BE SAVED AND THE DEACONS BROUGHT HIM UP TO THE ALTAR AND MADE HIM KNEEL AND TOLD HIM HE WAS SAVED. YOU SEE THAT MAN TODAY, HE’LL CUSS YOU OUT AND STILL TELL YOU HE’S SAVED. IF YOU’RE LOST, GOD WILL REVEAL IT TO YOU AND NOT TO THE PREACHER AND WHEN IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GET SAVED, YOU WON’T NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE YOU TO AN ALTAR, YOU’LL GO ON YOUR OWN. YOU CAN’T GET SAVED UNTIL THE LORD SAYS IT’S TIME. WHEN HE KNOCKS ON YOUR HEARTS DOOR, THAT’S THE TIME YOU NEED TO TURN IT ALL OVER TO HIM.