"The Red Words" Introduction

The Red Words Introduction

I often study just "The Red Words," of scripture. These are the actual words of Jesus.

                        John 1:1(NKJV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Recently, I came across this scripture:

John 8:31 (NKJV)

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

I pondered the scripture for awhile, I wandered if the “My Word” meant his actual words, or if he was talking about the whole bible and all the scriptures as a whole. Then I remembered that when He was referring to the scriptures, He would actually address them as “the scripture.”

                        Luke 24:44

[ The Scriptures Opened ] Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

2 Peter 1:19-21

19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,[a] which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,[b] 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God[c] spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

This does not by any means take the any authority away from the scriptures. I believe in them, I study them, and I live by them. I believe the Bible is the infallible Word of God. With that being said, I believe that Jesus was actually talking about His Words in this scripture.

                        

                        John 8:31 (NKJV)

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

“My” is the word “emos” in Greek- according to Strong’s G1699 it means “my”, “mine”

The red words are the actual words of God….no filter from man, whatsoever. Hence, the reason I am doing a series of bible studies just on the words Jesus spoke in the New Testament.

"The Red Words" Part 1

"The Red Words" Part 2

Preaching the Truth in the name of Love, how hard it really is.....Francis Chan Takes On Hell

Malpractice in the Church

If the church is the hospital then the Pastors are the doctors.

They are charged with informing their patients of what is making them sick and urge them to stop. 

They are charged with identifying problems and correcting them. 

They are to treat their patients disease aggressively.

At least that is what I expect of my Doctor...

Malpractice is defined as wrong doing, negligence, carelessness,  incompetence, or a failure to act properly.Doctors are sued all over the US for malpractice. They are accused of wrongful deaths in cases that should have been avoided. When someone dies and it could have been prevented this is negligent.

Negligence is defined as failure to take proper care in doing something. Some car accidents are due to negligence. It is failure to use reasonable care, resulting in damage or injury to another. Parents can be negligent, sometimes ending in the death of a child.

I want to take a moment to share something God has been showing me.  He is showing me how we, Christians, are committing malpractice and being negligent in our walk with Him. Doctors are to warn patients when the patient is doing something bad for their health or that can cause an early death. Parents are to make sure their children are staying out of harms way because most of the time they do not know or understand what they are doing, nor do they understand that it can hurt them or even kill them. Doctors warn patients that are obese, that they have high blood pressure or they may become diabetic or  even die from High blood pressure or heart disease due to their weight. They warn them of the consequences of smoking or using drugs incorrectly. The doctor warns the patient he/she may die if they do not change their ways. They do not stay quit in the name of loving their patients! Although it may upset the patient, they warn them, that shows how much they care.

Parents see their kids hanging with the wrong crowd, they warn them! They do not stay quit in the name of love. They take every opportunity to exhort their children and correct them when they see them going astray. We do not stay quit in the name of love in anything in this world. We warn exhort and encourage people to do what is right in every situation. In every healthy-loving relationship you see this at work. 

However, Pastors and preachers are staying quit all in the name of love. They are using love to stay where they are comfortable, avoiding confrontation, and using love as an excuse not to preach the truth. They do not want to be hated, looked down on or judged. They want acceptance, they do not want to be rejected. They use love as a cloak not to warn their congregations of the dangers in their life. I do believe they care but they have no real revelation of the dangers ahead. The reaping and sewing principle is in everything.

Pastors and preachers need to stop being man pleasers and care enough to warn the people. They are committing malpractice and they are being negligent all in the name of love. I will do whatever it takes for my kids to know the truth, even if it means that they hate me, disown me, or forsake me. When we love someone and see them in a burning house we do not just stand there and pray. We pound at the door, we break windows to get in, and we go to extreme measures to wake the person up so they can get out of the burning house.   

 

             1 John 5:16 (MSG)
             16-17 For instance, if we see a Christian believer sinning (clearly I’m not talking about those
             who make a practice of sin in a way that is “fatal,” leading to eternal death), we ask for God’s
             help and he gladly gives it, gives life to the sinner whose sin is not fatal. There is such a thing
             as a fatal sin, and I’m not urging you to pray about that. Everything we do wrong is sin, but
             not all sin is fatal.

When you wake someone out of their sleep and slumber, more times than not, they get mad and grouchy, it is no different when someone is spiritually sleeping.

They say we are in the New testament, new covenant…grace abounds. Yes it does.

Romans 6:1-2 [Dead to Sin, Alive to God] What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

James 1:21 [Doers—Not Hearers Only] Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

2 Peter 1:12 [Peter’s Approaching Death] For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.

The last thing I want to say is that Peter had a rooster to get his attention when he denied Christ. We do not have that, we need to be mindful of this. Although we have the Holy Spirit, we were given pastors or spiritual fathers to help keep the sheep (us) on the right path, out of harm’s way.

Staying silent in the name of love is in fact the opposite of love.

Proverbs 13:24 He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

If Pastors do not take this seriously, there are going to be many premature spiritual deaths in the church. There are going to be many people unaware to the consequences of their sin, and there are going to be many people that do not make heaven their home because they were told everything was ok.  The people are being given the promises without direction to obtain them. Some promises are unconditional but there are many that are conditional and the conditions are not being taught.  

They teach all the wonderful promises of God without any instruction on how to obtain the promises. Clouds without water, which promise rain in time of drought, but the people they are teaching rarely experience the promise, or they only experience part of the promise. They promise much, but in conclusion bring forth little or no fruit.the churches are full of unrepentant sinners... They are all about numbers rather than the true conversion and quality disciples...

A seat belt is worn to protect you, without it you are unrestrained and in an accident you can be seriously hurt or killed. The same goes for God’s commands. They restrain you, they keep you on the right path, and they protect you. Everytime God set His people free....He gave them commandments. The children of Isreal were given the commands after they were delivered out of Egypy. 

Without the seat belt (commands) you can not only hurt yourself but anything or anybody you may come in contact with in an accident. Although, they may have had a seat belt on…you can very well crush them if you do not wear it yours. Your sin works the same way. It affects everyone around you. Sin is like a disease, just like obesity causes heart disease and diabetes; sin separates you from God and causes death.  God calls us to repent (turn from our sin, change direction, change our mind) and accept His sacrifice and payment of our sin. Not so we can continue in our sin. It is true that we all have sin, but we can deny our sins and not continue in them willfully.

God gave commands because He loves us. The commands are for us- not Him. Just like when I tell my child not to do something, it is not for my benefit, it is for theirs. I know better than my children and I warn them because I LOVE them. God knows better than us, we need to teach the whole counsel of God without restriction. God knows what He is doing. His word is perfect. It is perfectly balanced between promises and consequences. Who are we to pick the parts we want to teach and leave out the offensive stuff. We either believe the bible or not. It is a package deal, all or nothing. 

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David's Next Chapter

Almost all of us know about the story of David and Goliath. But we rarely know what happen before and after the great triumph that David had slaying Goliath.

David was the youngest of eight brothers and the least likely of the eight brothers to become king. Samuel, the prophet, was to go and anoint one of Jesses sons as the next king) Jesse only brought the first 7 of his sons for Samuel to meet. After Samuel met them, he told Jesse, isn’t there another? God told Samuel DO NOT LOOK AT THESE BOYS APPEARANCE OR STATUTE! 

1 Samuel 16:8 So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.”

And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down[b] till he comes here.” 12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

a.     God chose David because of his heart, not because of his smarts, or his strength, or his age! Rather because he was a man after gods own heart…he loved God and desired more than anything to do what was right.

b.    The very next chapter is when David has his confrontation with the giant

c.      I want each of you to think of your own giant while we are taking…I want you to consider this story as your own story

2 David and Goliath

1 Samuel 17:45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

a.     David identified immediately that he was comes in the name of the lord, not in the name of making money, politics, sports, or anything else, but he comes in the name of the Lord.

b.    His confidence comes from that not in his own talents or strength but from the Lord

c.      DAVID THEN HURRIED AND RAN TOWARDS THE GOAL… he did not sit and play the what if game, he ran towards the giant with great confidence

d.    After David killed the giant you can imagine how everyone looked at him...

                                                             i.      He killed the giant!

                                                           ii.      He is amazing!

                                                        iii.      I wish I could be like him

1.     David could easily get a big head on his shoulders because God used him so mightily!

2.     He did not do that though, he came into the kings house and SERVED!!!!

e.      I WANT TO VENTURE TO SAY THAT IF ANY OF THE MEN THAT DAY, DECIDED TO STAND IN THE NAME OF THE Lord, represent God, and come against the giant, that God would have honored it….God does not just say, this one is called, and this one is not. MANY ARE CALLED!….It is the posture of your heart that propels you forward in the kingdom of God.

                                                             i.      Acts 13:22 (NKJV) And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David[a] the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.

                                                           ii.          Matthew 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

Saul Resents David

1 Samuel 18:5 So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. 6 Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. 7 So the women sang as they danced, and said:

“Saul has slain his thousands,

And David his ten thousands.”

8 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?” 9 So Saul eyed David from that day forward.

a.     When you are in the direct middle of Gods will, don't think that everything is going to smell like roses and be easy

b.    Saul (the king, David's King) became very jealous towards David

c.      He started to persecute David even to the point of trying to kill David, his own SERVANT!

Saul Persecutes David

1 Samuel 19:19 Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David. 2 So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide. 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you. Then what I observe, I will tell you.”

4 Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. 5 For he took his life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

a.     Even though the king was trying to kill David, God protected him and always delivered him

b.    Can you imagine for a moment, the man that you serve, the one you honor, the one you respect, the one that you want to be like turns on you and wants to kill you….

c.      What would you do if your boss did that? If you mom or dad did that? Of your pastor did that, or even your teacher at school did that?

d.    David ended up leaving and running for his life...

e.      Saul the king pursued him diligently to kill him

5.     David Spares Saul

1 Samuel 24:8 David also arose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed down. 9 And David said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’? 10 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11 Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it. 12 Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you. 13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you. 14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? 15 Therefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”

a.     No matter what Saul did to David, David kept his heart right.

b.    He always did what was right even when the people around him convinced Him that god delivered his enemy into his hand. His own friend encouraged him to kill Saul the minute he got a chance

c.      He was able to kill Saul in the cave because Saul was sleeping but he didn't. He recognized that Saul was annointed by God and in the position of king because of God.He honored him no matter what he did to him.

d.    With everything that happened around David, he always kept his eyes focused on God

e.      He did not let the troubles, storms of life or anything else detour him from the will of God

f.      Even when Saul tried to kill David, David did what was right in Gods eyes

No matter what you face in this next chapter of your life, you need to know that God has anointed you, chosen you, and that he is with you. No matter what- you need to do what is right in every situation, no matter how hard it is!

Tonight I want to anoint Jordan and Micala for the next chapter in their life, that they run to their Giant with confidence and kill anything and everything that stands between them and their destiny!!!

I pray that in the middle of persecutions, they will always do what God is leading them to do, no matter what they face or what their friends say. Even when it looks impossible, they will overcome!! If God is for them then- who can be against them???

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE LAST THING, 
WHEN David messed up, he did not just throw in the towel.

He turned to God, He knew that God was the answer, even when he sinned against him.

Psalm 51 was his prayer…
he repented, asked God to forgive him, and asked God to create in him a clean heart. He prayed to God for restoration. He always turned his heart towards God no matter how hard it was.

This is what will keep you on that straight and narrow path you are called to. Having a tender heart towards God, scripture, and continuing in your relationship with God.