So good and I'm so grateful Trisha noise, so grateful for
the great young leaders. We have in our church and leaders of all
ages. But so thrilled to have the great young leaders that we
have is just absolutely awesome. and I know that the best is yet
to come and so whenever someone will be done having an
internship again next year. And so, if you sign up for an
internship and do Bible College. I see college as well, then will
send you on this. Emerging leaders retreat as well, and it
will be absolutely absolutely awesome, also just letting you
know that. We're having coming up a thing called hot August
nights and which is great and so 4 nights and we're going to have
4 different ministries and basically what that is, is I
want to do that each year. I want to put on something that
was a lot of churches go away on camps and that sort of thing,
but look at church weekly attendance across the board is
well over 500 People and there's not too many places that could
handle that plus a lot more than that actually called our church.
I'm so wanted to do something like a conference but also
wanted to a cheap so that People don't have to pay and didn't do
it during school Holidays and that sort of thing.
So I gotta do a thing called hot August nights and so it's going
to be absolutely brilliant. But the awesome thing within that,
too, is that on this Saturday on the Saturday afternoon. We
actually have a young adult summit, which will be great and
I got past James marry from C3 Cronulla, who's going to be
speaking and James is an absolutely brilliant preacher
and he's going to be absolutely phenomenal, so encourage you
will let you know more information about that next
week. But I encourage you to not only come to the nights, but
also, if you're a young adult to actually register for that as
well and it's going to be
absolutely brilliant. And also to just as it was mentioned
before by Scotty that next Sunday after the service. We
have young adult hands hangs in the hands hangs over in the
cafe, which will be absolutely brilliant as well. If your
bibles to Maine to book a second Timothy second. Timothy and if
you don't know where it is. It's after first Timothy Second
Timothy Chapter 3 verse 16 second Timothy 3.
A verse 16.
It says this.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is
profitable for doctrine for a proof for correction for
instruction in righteousness or read that again. All scripture
is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine
for a proof for correction for instruction in righteousness.
Now I'm going to turn to exodus. Chapter 4, I'm going to read
Exodus. Chapter 4 verses 21 to 27 exodus 421 to 27. It says
this the Lord said to Moses when you go back to a gypsy that you
do all those wonders.
Before Farrah, which I've put in your hand but all Harden. His
heart so that he will not let the People go. Then you should
say to Pharaoh that says the Lord is Rouse my son. The first
born so I say to you. Let my son. Go that he may serve me.
But if you refuse to let him go go. Indeed, I will kill your son
your firstborn verse 24 and it came to pass on the way, at the
encampment that the Lord met Moses and sorta killing.
Then Sapara which is Moses wife took a sharpstone and cut off
the foreskin of her son in Castle at Moses feet and said
surely your husband of blood to me. So so God, let him go. Then
she said. You're a husband of blood because of the
circumcision and the Lord said to Aaron go into the wilderness
to meet Moses. So he went and met him on the mountain of God
and kissed him tired my message tonight is called cut that out.
Let's pray. Father I thank you
for your word. Help I mean that's about all I need.
Second, Timothy 316, says all scripture has been given by God
and is useful to us Interestingly enough that
second. Timothy inside the New Testament was not actually
published by that time, so it's not even talking about the New
Testament is actually talking about the Old Testament wears a
youth pastor eyes to tell young People and I'd say listen wanted
to read 4 chapters of the Buffy chapters of the Bible everyday
and so she can't Journal on one of the verses and so often. I
would have People come up to me and they would say.
Must have been I just read 4 chapters of the Bible or didn't
get anything out of it. I couldn't Journal on one verse,
There's nothing. I could get out of it and I said listen you can
get something out of every verse of the Bible that there's
something they have every verse that is actually for us. You
know the scripture is so rich and here it says in second.
Timothy 316 that all scripture is useful what that means is not
just the ones that you've actually memorized not just the
ones that actually get printed on the front of your Bible
cover. That actually not just the one that are on placards
that are actually at sporting events that every verse in the
scripture every single verse is actually useful for every single
one of us and that's not just the ones that you actually know
really well, or the ones that makes sense on 1st appearance
that God can speak to us out of every single verse and so to
prove that I'm going to do a series called tough text of the
Bible. So basically some passages scripture that we might
just kind of wipe over or just
kind of ignore. Some passengers scripture that looks like it
might not make any sense or actually have any application
for us. And so whenever I preach it. Not I'll be doing a message
in that kind of kind of like that. And there's some of the
guys. I'm not putting it on all the guys are bridging tonight to
do it, but I do know that goes like metry address is actually
pretty clean on it, and so he's already told me what he's going
to share what he preaches at night which is pretty awesome.
So some of the guys will preach on that theme. Others may not.
But every time I approach for the next few months at night.
Going to preach on some kind of passage of scripture that said
might seem a little bit obscure. The look like it doesn't make
any sense just to show you that out of God's word God can speak
to us and be applicable to us out of every single passage and
so with their divine. I was reading from exodus. Chapter 4
and it's a really interesting story. Our first read this
passage of scripture or first remember reading. This passage
of scripture probably about probably at 22 years ago. 'cause
I remember as a Barber college when I actually read it.
And it really kind of a fan. It really weird. So he's the
passage description. The story picks up and it's actually Moses
Moses had spent 40 years raised up as an Egyptian and then and
then. After that time, he actually went out into the
wilderness, and there, he served a man named Jethro and he was.
He was working for him for another 40 years and then
Whilst. He was out there in that wilderness. He sees a Bush that
looks like it looks like it's a light but it wasn't being
consumed and we call that the burning Bush in the midst of the
burning Bush God speaks to him
and tells him. That, he used to go back into Egypt and to tell
him to let God's People go and we so we put the story there.
And we see it in those first couple of verses. God is telling
him what is to say to Pharaoh so here's Moses he grabs his wife
and grabs his son and then he's on the journey. To actually go
and do what God told him to do.
Then, on the way the scripture tells us that God came to meet
him to kill him.
So God told him to go and now God wants to kill him.
And then his wife grab their
son. Not sure how old he is.
Hope is not 25.
Grabs him. Circumcise is him on the spot.
Now anesthesia just uses the rock.
A bit nervous about infection you know, I'm sorry.
Grabs his foreskin throws it at the feet of her husband Moses.
System your husband of blood to Maine, some actually believe
that she was swearing at him.
Not saying, You're a husband of blood. She wasn't like all your
husband of blood to me Nana. She does the date grabs it throws at
any fruit? And says you're a body husband.
And then she goes home, she doesn't continue on the journey.
And then the Bible says God letting go.
I bet he went in so Aaron and Erin came and kissed him and
they went off and delivered.
I remember the first time I read
that I thought. That's ridiculous what is that story in
the Bible full surely that's one of those ones that you just
gonna skip over that literally United's like does that actually
make any sense to us, but we read earlier that second Timothy
Chapter 3 verse 16 tells us that all scripture is useful that
even in that funny little passage of scripture. There's
lessons that we can learn the primary lesson that we can learn
from that passage of scripture is the effect of disobedience on
our life. You need to understand that Moses was a June.
And So what that means is it was a command for all Jews at that
time that they had to circumcise their sons and so he married
into an Egyptian family and there, so this woman who was not
a who was not a Jew, obviously did not want him to circumcise
their son. I can imagine when their son was born
Moses Pulzar aside.
It says listen this is what
we've got to do. Should be like you're going to do what?
You're going to cut what no you not going near him that's
barbaric. And so he was doing something that is that God had
told the Jewish people. They had to do and it was an area of
disobedience now in his life.
And we can see from this passage of Scripture, the effect of
disobedience on the life of a
Christian. This is not telling us for those of you that want to
get legalistic. This is not telling us that that all
Christian miles have to be
circumcise. Because the scripture tells us that when
cross kind that after that time that some People that exercise
Jewish Christians actually wanted called Gentles to
actually do that. And then I said no no no that's not what
that's talking about. But here in the Old Testament we can see
that that was required for them.
And the broader picture for us is the effect of disobedience on
the life of a Christian.
So the overall story here, the lesson for us to learn is to
understand that it's important for us to be obedient to God.
And the effect of disobedience that
disobedience can actually have on our life, and so I
don't want to talk to you from this passage of
scripture on the effect of disobedience? What
disobedience to God actually does to us in our lives. The
first thing that we can learn is this.
And that is that disobedience
displays is gone. Exodus 4 verse 20, forces and it came to pass
on the way at the encampment.
That the Lord meeting and sought
to killing. Don't even send an
Angel. It was actually the Lord.
Moses son was born should have been circumsized and he wasn't
and actually the Lord himself came to resist him.
Interestingly enough the disobedience did not happen
at that point.
The disobedience actually happened many years ago.
I'm not completely sure about how old his son was.
Let's say his son was 8 years of
age. I years before was actually the moment where he was
disobedient. But it's only now 8 years later that the effect of
that disobedience actually comes
to pass. What that means is this if you've been disobedient for a
long time and haven't suffered a consequence that does not mean
God approves of it.
He was disobedient 8 years before, but that does not mean
that God actually approved of
it. Just because we get away with something for a period of
time doesn't mean that we don't actually have to deal with it at
some point. At some point in our life, we will actually have to
deal with some of the things that we've we have not dealt
with before. One of my favorite verses in the Bible and you've
heard me say it many times who may ascend the Hill of the Lord.
He was clean hands and a pure heart? What that means is very
often when God's about to get you ready to take it to the next
level. He does something takes cleans your hands and he
purified your heart to get ready to the next to go to the next
level a classic example of this is the story about Jacob Jacob
was the twin brother of Esau and he had actually cheated esau out
of the blessing of God. And so God gave him the blessing of God
God allow the blessing God, it
came upon him. Because he had deceived his father, Isaac and
pretended to be a sort.
And so for the next 14 years, he had lived serving at serving a
another man, his fat. His brother-in-law man by the name
of Labor and labor and actually manipulated him for 14 years, so
as a side note, what that tells me is this Jacob manipulated his
way into the blessing and then God allowed him to be
manipulated for the next 4 years. You never get away with
manipulation. You might feel like you can do it for a little
bit, but it's amazing how it turns back on you, that
manipulation can come back to bite you and then.
Basically, what happened was he had left Leben and he was about
to start his journey and step
into his destiny. And before he does, he actually has to deal
with a couple of things.
The Bible says that he was about to crossover Brook to go and
meet his brother Esau. Whoever hasn't seen for 14 years.
And he says he's about to crossover the book. the Bible
says that a man came to him when you know it's the Angel of the
Lord. Came to him and wrestled with him until Daybreak.
And what happened was as he wrestled with him that Jacob
Citori. I'm not going to let you go to your bless me and it says
to me what's your name and he says my name is Jacob, which
means supplanter and he said no. I'm changing your name. Your
name is now going to be Israel and so they wrestled and then he
touched his hip socket and from that moment. Jacob header
dislocated hip and was unable to walk properly for the rest of
his life Interestingly enough. This is kind of like a moment
where God says you're not going to be this trickster anymore.
You're not going to be this deal measure that goes around and
tries to organize things.
And tries to manipulate and that sort of thing now, you're going
to limp you're going to walk too. Slow to be able to do
anything like that. And so God dealt with that issue in his
life. Then the next thing you had to do was he had to go that
on the other side, he actually met his brother easel. And so he
and So what happened was that relationship was healed and
mended Interestingly enough. All these things happen just as he
leaves labor and is about to embark on a new season in his
life. What does that mean all these undealt with issues had to
be dealt with at some point.
And I had to be dealt with before he stepped off into the
new season. Make no mistaking and get away with disobedience
for a season, but I have found so many times that when you're
about to go step into a new season when you're about to
crossover into something greater. God will often allow
these things to come up in order for us to deal with them, so
that we can move on not dealing with things is not a sign of
God's approval cause one day. Those things will pop up.
Another example of this is when King David brought the presence
of God. Ark of the covenant and was bringing it back to bring it
back to Jerusalem and what they did was that they grab the Ark
of the covenant and they placed it on a cart.
And as I place it on a cot by broad it towards Jerusalem. This
was a great joyous occasion for many, many years. The Ark of the
covenant had been in the hands of their enemies and they grab
the Ark of the covenant and they put it on this card and that
went a certain period of time as they carried at the cows were
coming and bringing it towards
Jerusalem. But along the way it actually hit a pothole.
And as it had a pothole then it looked like the Ark was going to
slide off. And so one of the main actually came in to try to
stop the Ark from falling off and as he did the power of God,
hitting any died on the spot 'cause. He wasn't supposed to
touch it. At that time that David was destroyed. He actually
left it behind for it at a person's house for a number of
years and eventually came back to get the Ark of the covenant
and bring it back into Jerusalem, but this time instead
of putting it on a car.
They actually put it on the shoulders of People, You see,
there were rings on the side and poles and so you're not supposed
to put this thing on the car. You supposed to carry the
presence of God, especially carry the Ark of the covenant on
the shoulders of men and they carried it and they brought it
in towards and they brought it back to Jerusalem Interestingly
enough what they didn't realize was that they were actually
carrying at the wrong way, it wasn't supposed to be on a card.
It's supposed to be carried on the shoulders of People.
And So what happened was it was on a cart the wrong thing was
being done, but it was able to continue on for a season.
But there came a moment till I hit a pothole something
happened, where they realized we actually have to change the way
that we're traveling here and we need to now carry it the right
way. Make no mistake just because of pattern of behavior
or some kind of attitude has been in your life, along time
that is not a sign of God's approval and you might find that
God allows some kind of circumstance to expose it in
order for us to deal with it. His son should have been
circumcise in the first couple of weeks that he was born.
And it was uncircumcised for years and it seems like well.
God didn't care, but they came a moment just before he's about to
step into his destiny with God made sure that he stepped into
obedience. Make no mistake about it disobedience actually
displays is gone, the second thing that we can learn about
disobedience. Disobedience can affect your destiny can affect
their destiny. Exodus 420 fourths is at it came to pass on
the way. On the way to one.
When Moses was on the way to
fulfilling his destiny. The very thing that he was alive full the
very thing. He was born full. He had spent 80 years in
preparation for this moment.
And he was about to step into it to all of a sudden got from
leading sheep in the wilderness to now leading millions to now
leading millions of gods People and yet? What happened was that
on the way God came to God came to him to meet with him and to
kill him. His disobedience was actually going to affect his
destiny. The Bible actually tells us enough mentioned it a
mention at this morning at this morning service says in Hebrews.
Chapter 12 verse. One says let us lay aside every weight and
the sin that easily ensnares us.
And run with perseverance, the race set before us. What is that
talking about will he saying sin? Can ensnare us. It stops us
from moving from doing? What from running the race set before
us? What's the race set before us, it's our feature.
It's actually our destiny that literally sin can stop us and
affect us from fulfilling our
destiny. I mentioned this morning that building ministry
now full time Ministry for this is my 20th year in full time
ministry and and when you've been in Ministry for a period of
time, like that. One of the things you learn is that every
couple of years that there's somebody that you know, or
someone that is very well known that they walk away from the
ministry because of something that was in their private life
that got exposed and and that sort of thing, some kind of
sinful behavior and that sort of thing and and one of the things
of very often what I found is that when that comes out and
when that happens. They are very, very often unable to pick
up where they left off, and continue on that, if you look at
the administry life. After that, it effects. The main reason why
defects it is because of the perception of other People that
they literally People find it hard to trust them again and as
a minister. If you lose trust, you actually lose everything and
so and so very often that brave and I God will forgive them and
even though God has a plan for their life that trust in some
ways, is also almost irrepairable and it makes it
unable for them to get back to
where they were. And very M1 of the things I've seen is that
kind of character flaws or that kind of sinful behavior and that
sort of thing or disobedience to God those things can actually
stop us from fulfilling the plans and purpose of God
actually has for our life. That's the reason why God
actually wants us to deal with him. It's not to make him not so
that we somehow made more acceptable to him and able to go
to heaven. That's already done by the blood of Jesus Christ,
but it actually effects. Our destiny and God in Christ died.
He just didn't get us a ticket
to heaven. For us to live the way that we want to eventually
get to heaven. He loves us, too much for that. He's actually got
great things for us here on the Earth is actually got things
here on Earth that he actually wants us to be able to step into
an walk into or through the scripture tells us that we will
inherit the earth that God's got a plan and purpose for life, but
one of the things that can actually stop that the scripture
tells us in Hebrews. Chapter 12 verse. One is actually seen and
so the reason why we deal with sin is because it's a limiting
factor. For the great things that God actually has for our
future. Make no mistake as it was one of the lessons we can
learn about this is that disobedience can actually affect
their destiny, sometimes in some extreme cases, it might be just
simply one act of disobedience.
A classic example of this is found in Mark Chapter 10, where
there was a man known as the rich. Young ruler and he came up
to Jesus and he said. Good Lord what must I do to inherit
eternal life. And Jesus said to him when you go to buy the 10
Commandments and he started lifting listing off the
Commandments and the rich young ruler said. These I have done
since I was a youth.
So basically the rich young ruler says Young pretty good,
and all that sort of stuff.
Now he obviously wasn't lying 'cause if he was lying. Jesus
would have said. I you're a liar, but it wasn't a lie was
actually a pretty good boy.
And then Jesus said to him well. One thing you like go so order
to have and give to the poor. Then you'll have treasure in
Heaven and then come follow me? What was he, saying he was just
saying I just want you to do this one thing. He was just
testing out to see whether Jesus was actually the Lord of his
life. Whether he would do everything that God had called
him would ask him to do and then he went away sorrowful of that
in didn't follow Jesus cause. He wouldn't do that. One thing
could you imagine what would have happened if he had a
downward Jesus had told him to do I reckon we wouldn't name is
a rich run roller reckoned with?
Actually know his name I reckon that Jesus already knew what was
happening in Judas's life and knew that he would need some
kind of bench player as a replacement to come and actually
take his place and a step into the great destiny that God
actually would have friends, but it would not do that. That one
active disobedience actually stopped him from actually
fulfilling something that was even greater make no mistake I'm
not talking about legalism here. I'm not talking about trying to
live a life thinking that God is somehow trying to smash it, but
make no mistake, there are
times. When God does ask us to do things or there are things
established in his word that he requires of us and if we live in
disobedience in that particular area. It can actually limit and
can actually affect our destiny. The 3rd lesson that we can learn
from this passage of scripture.
Is a disobedience can hinder other areas of their lives?
This is so funny exodus 425, then sapara so straight away got
kinda made him to kill him. Then Sapara took a sharpstone and cut
off the foreskin of her son and concert at Moses feet and said
surely your husband of blood to
me. That's hilarious.
Not for their son, but it's
funny. So here they are.
They're going on to fulfill their destiny, they going on to
Egypt. And as they going on God comes to mainly kill him.
Without saying the words of poor looks at her son says
get over here.
Could you imagine the kid he said he's going no no God coming
to kill dad? What should we do?
Pull your pants down.
OK, you know what's the number one thought he'd be thinking.
What is that got to do with that?
Surely you should be addressing the issue of God
trying to kill dad, not worrying about my hygiene.
What is that?
Got to do with that.
Will it might seem unrelated?
But we need to understand that seemingly unrelated areas of our
lives can actually connect.
That sometimes disobedience or stepping into obedience.
Can affect an area of our life another eruviel life? Which
seems completely and utterly
unrelated? You know, I remember
one time I was. Praying about a particular breakthrough in
Culver Science and he says, is telling me to write a book.
And it was to write another actually don't think over even
brought it to her church, but to write a book about giving.
And so I was and I was like Oh yeah, eventually do that and
then I was more focused on this other area of breakthrough in my
life, I was believing God for
and. Whenever it almost crying outside caught on blame for
these breakthroughs like when
was the book? You know, I'll do it, but this is what?
Believing you for is like well where's the book and I figured
out? What is that gotta do with that another time talking to
friend of mine in Gambia Prophecy said. I felt God,
saying you've got to write a
book. I'll say, well, yeah, he's been telling me that too. And
remember, I was in another meeting and it was there was a
well known preacher. There he said. There's somebody here and
right at that time was about to start Planetshakers Bible
College and we were short on curriculum and I had to write
it. And he said there's someone here you've got a right
leadership curriculum, which is what I do right and you've also
got to write a book.
Then I thought Oh God speaking to me, so whenever I'm talking
to say God. I'm believing for this and I want to do this and
he's like Yeah, where's the
book? And he's like what where's that you know this is what I
want you to do, I've learned it's a little bit like with my
children. I would say. I want you to clean your room and or
dad. I've done this year. That's fine. But what about the room
yet. No, not that I'm going to do this and I said, Yeah, but
what about the room. And I was a little bit like that. You know
go on believing for this and he's like yeah, OK but where's
the book? Will eventually and I'm not naturally a good writer,
but eventually I managed to get
this book done. And after getting the book down this
breakthrough is believing for. Open up into my life.
At same completely unrelated.
But it's amazing how unrelated areas of dissipating's can
affect other areas of their
life. What is that little bit of skin got to do with God, killing
my dad? What does that got to do
with it? Well obviously it had everything to do with it.
'Cause that area of disobedience was going to affect another area
of their life. There's somebody here that you're actually
believing for a significant breakthrough, and you keep
crying about it and say God in Bloom for this and every so
often his mind. He will get your mind to drift back lenses and
tell you what about doing this and yeah. I'll get around to it,
I'll get around to it, but what
about this. And God wants you to know that dealing with this will
actually produce breakthrough. This area that are actually
believing for. Number one song we conducted in Canada Trade,
Nest Church as a church. We do encounter retreats for People
who wanted to come up into serving in leadership and on
this particular encounter a tree to remember there's a young
lady, she gave a testimony. Afterwards, where she had been
actually gotta dealt with some issues in her life and she had
repented of them and dealt with
them. And and she was also actually and I didn't realize
it, so I'm not in for a number of years, but only realized she
was actually a twin. She had a twin brother, not another 'cause
I've never seen him but I found out that because the reason was
'cause I had a falling out and her brother didn't want to talk
to us so she had been her relationship with her brother
was severed. And she was on
these retreat. And God was dealing with her, her with some
issues in her life that she
needed to deal with. And then after dealing with that, she
says that when she came home from the retreat you got a
Phone call from her brother.
And from that moment relationship with her brother
was restored. And she got up and testified at church about the
encounter retreat. And she goes Amar just seem unrelated, but
for me, it's no coincidence.
Almost in Canada trade. I deal with this issue, I come home and
then all the sudden relationship with my brother is restored.
Sometimes we need to understand that disobedience can affect I
can hinder other areas of their life. The 4th thing about
disobedience. Is a disobedience is personal?
Then Sapara took a sharpstone cut off the foreskin of
assigning caster at Moses feet, said surely your husband of
blood to me. So God let him go then she said your husband or
blood because of the
circumcision. She wasn't happy with the Hubby.
They've been fighting about this
before. The reason why they didn't do this to their sound
was not because of Moses.
Moses obvious this was obviously a point of
contention, she was the reason while he was
disobedient.
But he was the one who was gonna suffer.
He couldn't cited God my God, you know it wasn't my fault. It
was her fault. She's the whole reason. No no no even though she
had stopped him from doing it. God was holding him to account.
Because he was the one that God had told he was the June. He was
the one who was supposed to do.
We need to understand the disobedience is personal. We
can't use other peoples up the influence of other People as an
excuse for us being disobedient
to God. Week on site will they stop me or they thought it was a
bad idea. We can't do that because disobedience? Is
actually between US and the
Lord. And it's not something that we can actually hide behind
other People. Remember, when I was in Makhaza Youth, pastor in
the night before the Saturday morning. I was going for a
prayer walking on the Friday night. I had just announced
where youth group that Trish and I we're going to we're going to
move to Brisbane. And so we now that area youth group first
their church. Obviously eldership and stuff, but we
hadn't announced it to the church on the Sunday. Yet that
is going to happen in the next day between answer to youth
group on the Friday.
So, in answer to the youth group. I'm gone for a walk as I
go for a walk. I bump into a God? Who is actually one of the
guys in our church and he had children. Your 2 children and
one was in U-7 and about to go into you write the next year as
I met him as we on the road. I had a chat to him and I said all
this. I'm just going to let you know, we're announcing it at
church tomorrow. But we announced it use last night. The
Trish and I are finishing up and we're moving to Brisbane to
start a Bible College.
And it's a pretty quiet corner garden, so OK, yeah, and then I
walked off and I went home and went home and literally 3
minutes later, there's a knock
on my door. And it was him.
So he followed me home.
And and it's pretty quiet kind of guy you know, and I said, I
said Gary you know what's going
on? And he started saying he got
you guys Lupin. He goes, he goes we really love the youth
ministry here and he goes my kids are just about to go on a
youth and he said. I really think I'm not sure if it's God
that you leaving could you reconsider and you know because
we've been wanting our kids to join the youth group with you as
you pass through and now you're leaving. And so I'm not sure
that this is God could you
reconsider and? We had a bit of a chat in and offers an awful
mean you know, but surely if it was God God would have told him.
But then I realize that's not necessarily the case and I
thought I could stay because of the precious someone else
is pulling on Main.
But then it's not him. That's gotta answer to the Lord.
It's actually night.
On the one that God is talking to about moving and doing this
taking this step of faith.
And I realize it's actually more decision. Hey, didn't
understand. But I can't use him as an excuse when I stand before
God. Moses's wife was the reason he was disobedient.
But she was not the one that was actually going to get punished.
Disobedience is personal and the lot sings this and
worship when will you come?
The last thing about disobedience and unable to
apologize because I sent my
notes in. 24 to put up on the screen and.
And I realized I only. This this afternoon that I'd forgotten to
send through my last point so.
We don't actually have the 5th point up on there, but I'll tell
you what it is. And the 5th
point is this. And that is this disobedience doesn't
leave your conscience.
It wasn't like God came to kill Moses.
And the mouses turns around Hills out support.
I think the reason God's covenant, Kilmaine is 'cause we
didn't circumcise their son.
Could you circumcise him and then I think that might be the
reason? Why I'm suffering?
Didn't have time to that that's not what happened in
the scripture says God came to Moses.
In order to kill him. And without saying a word sapara go
through his son get over here.
Get.
Throws at eddies fate.
Your husband applied to me and she walks off when she
doesn't come.
He didn't say a word.
To Sapara, Why?
It's never leaves your conscience.
Now I need to tell you.
You know date down when you've done wrong.
United state down when you
haven't made right. And you not need anyone to force
you to tell ya.
Disobedience actually never leaves your conscience.
I share this message one time number years ago.
And as all sharing about it.
There's a couple in the church
that. They had made and they had not being Christians that long.
But he was raised in a Christian home and they've been living
together for a long time.
Like common joined the church and were part of the church.
And when they did that he kept on saying to her Eastside
listen. I don't feel right about
our living arrangement. I feel that like we need to get
married. It's just a piece of paper who cares she wasn't
raised that way. It's just a piece of paper doesn't matter.
We don't need to do that, so expensive. That's only way I
need a piece of paper or ring to show our commitment. And
he's like no no no. I believe we need to be married. She's
like no no. No, you don't.
One day I heard this message.
Middle the service.
Without even signing anything before he will discuss it, she
turned some guys.
We need to get married.
I didn't have a discussion about
it. He wasn't saying to her or did you like? Did you
listen to tonight's message?
What could she knew in her heart?
Supporting you.
Did have to have anyone tell her?
That's why I would hear a message like this, and I
apologize. I hope it doesn't come across heavy or anything.
It might be after hearing message like that, you
might be thinking of such and such as listening.
So Mary Ann just elbow pasta, Robin the chest before and.
Hi pays less than an hour.
If you been disobedient and you love God, you get environment by
this you not anyone talking.
Just told you the story about how few years ago.
I'm going to check in the mouth.
From a friend of mine and the
check was 2000. Dollars plus it had like you know
something like $222 on it or something like that.
And I'll bring him up and I said
might work. How come?
Once you send me this forward.
I've been renting a house from
human. And when we were leaving I only found this out later.
He felt God tell him that he had to give us the last month free.
Inside we didn't, he didn't tell that so may I did notice and bad
and we just pay it up to how long we're staying there and
left. Literally, like hiding months after that.
This chick in the bottom.
He's just in a meeting. God
speaks. I told you.
He didn't even told me for
accountability. I told you.
And so when he said that he said. So God to do it self
censor their money back. Must it wasn't it around figure.
What's the extra beauty goes all that's just the interest.
That's the interest.
Now I want to tell.
When you disobedient.
You know your conscience one of the things we don't want to ever
get to as a Christian.
Is having a seed conscious?
Having a hard conscious.
Christian that is a soft and tender conscious.
You know that you live in great victory great freedom great
enjoyment don't get me wrong.
And enjoy our lives.
But have a conscience so tender.
That when we occasionally do the wrong feet.
Instead of justifying and rejecting it and
having a heart heart.
Having a soft and tender.
I just making things.
None of this here a perfect.
And there are times where every single one of us will
do the wrong thing.
My prayer is that when we do the
wrong thing. We don't cover it
up. I'll bet it down.
Will try and disguise it or reject it and get a heart heart?
That if it ever happens would have a soft enough conscience.
You know.
You know. This is alone, probably have 15 years ago.
15 years ago.
Apologize.
She goes. A lot.
So.
She said on my *** trick question in bed did not before.
She answered a certain.
Within the next and she just broke down crying.
Now it wasn't a big thing.
And it wasn't a big law.
But a conscience with Sitana.
She's all just can't keep going
on like this. And to the best of
my knowledge. She's never lied to me before.
To be safe.
I want to be that kind of
person. That we conviction comes.
I would have that sensitivity.
That tender conscience.
God had to nearly kill Moses.
For Sapara.
I don't want to be like that.
I would have intended
conscience. Live a life that's
free. Little office victorious.
Level off that's advancing.
Level off that successful.
But in the midst of all that.
Will humbly with my God, I meant?
Disobedience.
And those are all the little
lessons, we can learn. From this funny little passage
of Strange Scripture Amen.
One of the topics of the ball.
Maybe you're here and environment like this.
There's an area of disobedience in your life.
Might not be something major.
But it might be something that you know, God called you to do
or told you to do.
In an environment like this when God's word is delivered in their
hearts are open. That's the perfect time of the perfect
environment to seal it in your heart to leave this place with
the conviction that we will do
with yours cause. And I don't want to embarrass
anybody of shame anyone or anything like that.
So can I ask you one just close your eyes and by their heads?
And if you're in this place and.
Your son been that's made tonight, God is highlighted to
me. An area of disobedience.
I need to get.
Just like the circuit decision of their son and may not look
like something be. It might be
only a small fee. But you not think dad is something.
So fat, she wrote with us live up your hands.
I gotta show me an area of disobedience that I need to get
it all of that I need to get
right. Sometimes, 2, God really highlights this before we cross
over to a new.
Before we crossover two and you'll.
And so if that is, you wrote me a Superman aside that's
my God is shown.
Square. Father I pray for these people with their hands raised.
And I'll just ask and pray Lord God that you would cut
this disobedience survive.
It would free them upload.
So the dire able to walk on and pursue that destiny in the
future that you actually have
for. On our Lord God that you
love him. And I'm not a little God, you've known it's been
there, the whole time. But I just ask and pray file.
That you would just help them to just have the courage to
count this thing in mind it cut this out in late.
And move on to what you have for release, Grace right now, Little
God. I pray that your release the conviction, they need.
In Jesus name.
Church reduced. Which is going to work?