THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 11-11-18
LESSON TITLE: "IN DOCTRINE SHOWING SOUND SPEECH"
WELCOME
TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES, WE ARE TOLD "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD." IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST, RAY SULLINS.
GOOD MORNING! THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR GOD'S LIVING WORD. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEK, AND I HOPE YOUR WEEKEND WAS A PROFITABLE ONE ALSO. NOW, HERE WE ARE ON ANOTHER GLORIOUS LORD'S DAY MORNING. WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE AGAIN TODAY TO JOIN TOGETHER IN THE WORSHIP OF OUR REDEEMER. I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN THIS NEW WEEK WITH A DAY OF SERVICE AND OFFERING TO YOUR GOD. AS ALWAYS, IT IS OUR COMMITMENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO PROCLAIM THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHICH IS CONFIRMED FOR US IN THE BIBLE. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE YOUR BIBLE'S HANDY AND I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP GOD TOGETHER AS WE SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME AND STUDY FROM HIS WONDROUS WORD. NOW LET'S BEGIN BY TALKING TO OUR FATHER IN PRAYER!
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE GREAT BLESSINGS OF LIFE. THE GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE YOU AND TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN. AND HELP US FATHER TO ALWAYS GIVE YOU OUR VERY BEST AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ACCORDING TO YOUR PERFECT WILL. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF JESUS AND WE KNOW IT IS ONLY THROUGH HIM THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE FOUND JUSTIFIED IN THE END. IN HIS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
WITH ALL THE FALL WEATHER AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS SEASON, IT'S EASY TO BE REMINDED THAT WE SERVE A WONDROUS AND LOVING GOD. HOW POWERFUL OUR GOD IS TO GIVE US SUCH THROUGH NATURE TO ENJOY AND FIND HAPPINESS IN. AT THIS TIME, WE WANT TO SING OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING WHICH MAKES US THINK OF THE GLORY OF GOD'S CREATION! SO, WON'T YOU ALL JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AT THIS TIME AS WE PRAISE GOD TOGETHER WITH THE HYMN, "BLUE SKIES AND RAINBOWS."
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
THE GREAT COMMISSION IS A CONTINUOUS THEME WHICH RINGS OUT FROM THE WORDS OF OUR GOD, THROUGH THE INSPIRED WRITERS. HOWEVER, EVEN JESUS HIMSELF TALKED OF OUR DUTY TO SEE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO OBEY HIS WILL. IN FACT, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER OUR LORD'S WORDS IN MARK 16:15-16, WERE HE SAID, "GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED; BUT HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE WILL BE CONDEMNED." YOU SEE THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAR ABOUT OUR JESUS, EVERY CREATURE, EVERY SOUL!
IN THE BIBLE, I THINK THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL GIVES US ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES CONCERNING THIS MISSION TO TEACH THE WORLD, WHEN HE SAID TO THE ROMAN CHURCH, "WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM IN WHOM THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED? AND HOW SHALL THEY BELIEVE IN HIM OF WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD? AND HOW SHALL THEY HEAR WITHOUT A PREACHER? AND HOW SHALL THEY PREACH UNLESS THEY ARE SENT? AS IT IS WRITTEN: 'HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF PEACE, WHO BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD THINGS,'" ROMANS 10:13-15.
THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE TO WORK GIVEN BY OUR LORD? WILL YOU DETERMINE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL AT ANY COST, UNTO HIS GLORY? IF YOU WANT BEAUTIFUL FEET BEFORE JESUS, WALK WORTHY ACCORDING TO YOUR CALLING!
OUR GUEST SPEAKER TODAY IS NO STRANGER TO YOU WHO REGULARLY WATCH THE PROGRAM. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE BROTHER JERRY SULLINS WITH US TODAY. BROTHER JERRY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BIBLE INSTITTUTE OF MISSOURI HERE IN SPRINGFIELD. WE THANK HIM FOR JOINING US TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIM LEADING OUR THOUGHTS FROM GOD'S WORD AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. NOW, IN CONNECTION TO OUR LESSON OF THE MORNING. TODAY WE WILL CONTINUE OUR STUDY ENTITLED, "SHOWING YOURSELVES TO BE!" OUR SPECIFIC TOPIC OF THE DAY IS, "IN DOCTRINE SHOWING SOUND SPEECH." SO PLEASE CONTINUE WITH US THIS MORNING AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER, MY FATHER WILL RETURN WITH THIS LESSON FROM GOD'S WORD. IT'S NOW TIME TO JOIN IN OUR SECOND HYMN OF THE MORNING, THE NAME OF THE SONG, "THERE IS A HABITATION."
LESSON
BY JERRY SULLINS
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO THE LIVING WORD BROADCAST. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TURN ON THE TELEVISION SET THIS MORNING AND TO WATCH THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE INVITED INTO YOUR HOME NOT ONLY TODAY BUT MANY OF YOU WATCH WEEK AFTER WEEK FOR A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR USING THIS PROGRAM AS A TIME WHERE WE CAN STUDY THE WORD OF GOD TOGETHER. JUST RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIES OF STUDIES ALONG THE LINES OF SHOWING YOURSELVES TO BE, TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF TITUS CHAPTER 2. IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE FIRST FEW VERSES OF TITUS CHAPTER 2 THE APOSTLE PAUL IS WRITING THIS YOUNG PREACHER AND HE SAYS, "BUT AS FOR YOU, SPEAK THE THINGS WHICH ARE PROPER FOR SOUND DOCTRINE." THEN HE BEGINS TO ADVISE THE OLDER MEN TO BE PROPER EXAMPLES TO THE YOUNGER MEN. THE OLDER WOMEN TO BE PROPER EXAMPLES TO THE YOUNGER WOMEN. AND THEN IN VERSE SIX HE SAYS EXHORT ALSO THE YOUNG MEN TO BE SOBER MINDED. NOW THIS, OF COURSE, THIS SCRIPTURE WOULD APPLY TO ANY CHRISTIAN WHO DESIRES TO DO WHAT GOD WANTS HIM TO DO IN THEIR LIVES. AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY, "EXHORT THE YOUNG MEN TO BE SOBER MINDED, IN ALL THINGS SHOWING YOURSELF TO BE A PATTERN OF GOOD WORKS; IN DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY, REVERENCE, INCORRUPTIBILITY, SOUND SPEECH THAT CANNOT BE CONDEMNED, THAT ONE WHO IS AN OPPONENT MAY BE ASHAMED, HAVING NOTHING EVIL TO SAY OF YOU." SOUND SPEECH THAT CANNOT BE CONDEMNED. WE KNOW THAT SOUND SPEECH IS VERY IMPORTANT AS IT RELATES TO GOD'S WORD. SOUND DOCTRINE, AS YOU LOOK DOWN INTO THE SCRIPTURE, IT TEACHES US THAT SOUND DOCTRINE HAS TO DO WITH WHAT? "TEACHING US THAT DENYING UNGODLINESS AND WORLDY LUST, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY IN GODLINESS IN THE PRESENT AGE, LOOKING FOR THE BLESSED HOPE AND GLORIOUS APPEARING OF OUR GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST." SO THAT SOUND DOCTRINE IMPLIES WHAT? THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD'S WILL IS FOR US AND THAT WE PUT IN APPLICATION GOD'S WILL IN OUR LIVES. BUT THEY WON'T ALWAYS ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE. IN FACT, IF YOU TURN LIKE A PAGE BACK IN YOUR BIBLE YOU WILL BE IN SECOND TIMOTHY CHAPTER FOUR WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN VERSE ONE THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHARGE TIMOTHY, ANOTHER YOUNG PREACHER, BEFORE GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO WOULD JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD AT HIS APPEARING IN HIS KINGDOM. "PREACH THE WORD! BE READY IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON. CONVINCE, REBUKE, EXHORT, WITH ALL LONGSUFFERING AND TEACHING. FOR THE TIME WILL COME THAT THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE." THAT SOUND DOCTRINE WAS SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES EVERYTHING THAT JESUS AND THE FATHER ABOVE DESIRES FOR US TO HAVE IN OUR LIVES. AND IT'S ALL RECORDED FOR US IN WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE BOOK OF BOOKS, THAT IS THE BIBLE, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE NEW COVENANT WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE NEW TESTAMENT.
I WANT TO MAKE IT MORE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL TODAY, THAT IS THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT I'M GOING TO BE GIVING TO YOU, BUT IN SECOND TIMOTHY CHAPTER THREE VERSE 10 THE YOUNG PREACHER TIMOTHY WAS TOLD, "BUT YOU HAVE CAREFULLY FOLLOWED MY DOCTRINE. PAUL SAYS YOU HAVE FOLLOWED MY DOCTRINE, MANNER OF LIFE, PURPOSE, FAITH, LONG-SUFFERING, LOVE, PERSEVERANCE." AND HE GOES ON TO SAY OF MANY OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT TIMOTHY WAS WILLING AND DID FOLLOW IN THE LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL. AND WHAT WAS PAUL BASING HIS LIFE UPON? THE WORD OF GOD, THE SAME THING WE MUST PLACE OR BASE OUR LIVES UPON AS WE STRIVE TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. SO IT IS MY CHALLENGE FOR YOU TODAY TO PUT THIS SOUND DOCTRINE TO USE IN YOUR SPEECH.
I'D LIKE TO GET TO, AS I SAID, DOWN ON A MORE PERSONAL BASIS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK SOUND SPEECH THAT CANNOT BE CONDEMNED. NOW IT IS EASY FOR US TO STAND UP AND REFER TO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GOD REQUIRES OF US AS WE READ IT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, THAT IS THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT IS EASY FOR US TO DO THAT, TO READ IT, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE APPLICATION OF SOUND SPEECH. SOUND SPEECH WHICH INCLUDES WHAT? BEING ABLE AND WILLING TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT GOD AND WHAT HIS TEACHINGS ARE THAT WE MUST FOLLOW IF WE SEEK TO DO HIS WILL. NOW, "'NOT EVERYONE THAT SAITH, "LORD, LORD" SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BUT, HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER.'" HE'S THE ONE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. JESUS SAID THIS IN MATTHEW SEVEN VERSE 21. AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE TODAY WHO ARE SPEAKING THINGS AND THEY'RE SAYING JESUS SAID THIS WHEN JESUS DID NOT SAY IT. JESUS IMPLIED THIS WHEN JESUS DID NOT IMPLY THIS. JESUS TOLD THIS AND HE DIDN'T TELL ANYONE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING. THEY'RE MAKING IT UP IN THEIR OWN MINDS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DOCTRINE. SO WE MUST FOLLOW AFTER SOUND DOCTRINE AND WE MUST MAKE APPLICATION IN OUR LIVES. WELL, SOMETIMES WE DO AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T BECAUSE OF HOW WE SPEAK TO OTHERS. AND I'D LIKE TO GET DOWN AS I SAID ON A MORE PERSONAL BASIS BECAUSE HOW WE DO SPEAK IS VERY IMPORTANT. NOW CAN WE KEEP FROM STUMBLING AS FAR AS OUR MOUTH IS CONCERNED? WELL CERTAINLY NOT, JAMES 3:2. IF WE COULD, WE WOULD BE A MATURE OR PERFECT MAN AND NO ONE IS A PERFECT MAN OR WOMAN. NO WAY! WE SAY THINGS WE SHOULD NOT SAY AND SOMETIMES WE KNOW WE SHOULD NOT BE SAYING THEM.
I WANT TO MENTION A FEW OF THE WAYS THAT WE VIOLATE THE DOCTRINE OF GOD IN WHAT WE MIGHT SAY. SOLOMON, THE WRITER OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES, SAID IN ECCLESIASTES FIVE VERSE SIX, "DO NOT LET YOUR MOUTH CAUSE YOUR FLESH TO SIN." SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SIN WITH MY MOUTH? THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WHICH BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT YES, VERILY, WE CAN SIN BY WHAT WE SAY. I WANT TO MENTION SOME SIMPLE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THAT BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, THAT HAPPENS REGULARLY ON A DAILY BASIS. MANY, MANY TIMES IT COMES TO OUR EARS AND WE HEAR IT AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF ONE THAT IS VERY EVIDENT IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. SOMEONE SOMEHOW PICKED UP THE TERM 'OH MY GOD!' AND USING IT IN A FLIPPANT MANNER. I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT GOD SAID BACK IN THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER FIVE VERSE 11, "THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN." THAT MEANS IN A USELESS WAY, USING IT IN AN IMPROPER WAY. AND WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, 'OH,' SOMEONE STUMBLES ON A ROCK AND THEY SAY, 'OH MY GOD!' I WAS WATCHING A PROGRAM LAST NIGH, I FORGET WHICH ONE IT WAS. I DIDN'T WATCH IT VERY LONG BUT NOT TOO LONG AFTER I STARTED THAT PROGRAM THERE WAS ONE WOMAN ON THAT PROGRAM, AND MEN DO THE SAME, BUT THIS ONE WOMAN, IT SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY WAY SHE KNEW HOW TO EXPRESS HERSELF IN SOME AMAZEMENT OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS TO SAY, 'OH MY GOD!' WHY DO YOU INVOKE THE NAME OF GOD? WELL, WHAT GOD SAID HERE, "FOR GOD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKES HIS NAME IN VAIN." I WAS AT A , I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT SOME TYPE OF RECITAL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE SITTING DOWN ON ABOUT THE FOURTH ROW AND A GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES WALKED IN AND I'M NOT REFLECTING NECESSARY ON YOUNG LADIES, IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE A GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES. YOUNG MEN CAN DO THE SAME THING. BUT THEY WERE UP THERE AND EVERY EXPRESSION BEFORE THE PROGRAM STARTED THEY WERE SHOUTING OUT 'OH MY GOD!' AND THEN ONE OF THEM GOT INTO A THING SAYING IT SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I JUST TURNED AROUND AND SAID, 'PLEASE QUIT TAKING THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD IN VAIN.' IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SAY, 'OH MY SATAN!' THAT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER THING FOR YOU TO SAY THAN TO TAKE THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THAT IS A FRIVOLOUS AND A LIGHT WAY OF SPEAKING AGAINST GOD AND HE WILL NOT HOLD YOU GUILTLESS. THAT MEANS THAT IS A SIN BEFORE HIM. AND HOW CAN WE SPEAK DISRESPECTFULLY OF GOD? THE ONE WHO CAUSED US TO BE CREATED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, WHO GAVE HIS SON TO DIE UPON THE CROSS BECAUSE HE LOVED US SO MUCH, WHO IS SO AWESOME! I MEAN WE ARE NOTHING IN COMPARISON TO GOD AND YET WE WANT TO USE HIS NAME IN A DEROGATORY WAY. WE WANT TO USE HIS NAME IN A FLIPPANT WAY. IN A WAY THAT BRINGS DISHONOR TO HIS NAME. WE NEED NOT DO THOSE THINGS.
WELL WHAT ABOUT LYING? DO WE NOT USE OUR TONGUE FOR LYING? DON'T SPEAK LIES. COLOSSIANS THREE VERSE NINE, "LIE NOT ONE TO ANOTHER, SEEING THAT YOU HAVE PUT OFF THE OLD MAN WITH HIS DOINGS AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN." NOW MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, MY GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT YET, BUT EVERY TIME SOMEONE TELLS A LITTLE LIE, LITTLE WHITE LIE, YOU KNOW PEOPLE CALL THEM WHITE LIES, BUT THEY ARE STILL LIES. THEY SING A LITTLE SONG IN REVELATION 21 VERSE EIGHT WHICH TALKS ABOUT HOW LIARS WILL ALL BURN IN THE LAKE THAT BURNS WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. YOU CANNOT LIE. A LIE IS A SIN BEFORE GOD. WHAT DOES GOD HATE? PROVERBS 6:17, ONE OF THOSE SIX THINGS THAT HE HATES IS A LYING TONGUE. AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE TODAY WHOM YOU PROBABLY HAVE SAID BEFORE, 'WELL I CAN'T BELIEVE A WORD THEY SAY. THEY LIE WITH EVERY BREATH.' YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD WE CANNOT MISUSE THIS TONGUE. WE CAN'T SPEAK SLANDEROUS THINGS AGAINST OUR NEIGHBOR. THAT'S NOT REALLY DOING WHAT? PRESENTING OURSELVES AS AN EXAMPLE. AND WASN'T PAUL TOLD TO THE YOUNG PREACHER TIMOTHY THAT HE SHOULD PRESENT HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE? BEING THOU AN EXAMPLE? DON'T LET ANY MAN THINK LOWER OF YOU THAN WHAT HE OUGHT TO THINK. DON'T LET ANY MAN REALLY PUT YOU IN A BAD WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON BUT BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE BELIEVERS IN WHAT? IN CONDUCT, IN WORD, AND IN HOLINESS AND PURITY AND MANY OTHER THINGS. AND SO AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO STRIVE IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN TO NOT VIOLATE SOUND DOCTRINE BY OUR MOUTH. BECAUSE SOUND DOCTRINE INVOLVES THE WAY ONE SPEAKS AND PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT YOU AND TELL WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE TRULY A CHRISTIAN BY WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. CAN BITTERNESS AND SWEETNESS COME OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH AS JESUS SAID? NO! IT CANNOT. JAMES ALSO MENTIONED THESE TYPE OF THINGS. IT CANNOT! A GOOD TREE WILL BEAR FORTH GOOD FRUIT. A BAD TREE WILL BEAR BAD FRUIT AND THE BAD FRUIT OF A BAD TREE CAN INVOLVE THE MOUTH AND HOW WE SPEAK. WELL, AS THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN EPHESIANS FOUR VERSE 15 WE OUGHT TO, "SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE." SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE. AND ALSO IN THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS IT TALKS ABOUT SPEAKING THAT TRUTH IN LOVE. THE TRUTH IS THE SAME AS DOCTRINE. AND SO WE MUST SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE AND THAT TRUTH IS THE DOCTRINE THAT WE CAN SEE AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND. WE CAN READ IT AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND WE CAN BELIEVE IT AND OBEY IT. AS WE SEE IN THAT NEW RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN AND THROUGH CHRIST AS IS REVEALED TO US IN GOD'S HOLY WORD.
THERE'S A STATEMENT THAT IS MADE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IN PSALM 19 VERSE 14, "LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN THY SIGHT, O' LORD MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER." I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN REALLY STAND BEFORE GOD, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. NOW I'M REALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF FAITHFUL AND GODLY MEN ALMOST EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. ALMOST EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE. FAITHFUL MEN AND WOMEN. SO I DON'T HEAR THE THINGS THAT YOU NORMALLY HEAR LIKE CURSING AND SWEARING AND TELLING FILTHY JOKES AND STORIES. I DON'T HEAR ALL THOSE THINGS. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE AS HUMAN BEINGS EXPECT TO BE PLEASING TO GOD IF NOTHING HOLY COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH? I WANT US ALL TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES, TO NOT ONLY BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, BUT TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO CLEAN UP OUR MOUTHS. IT ALL COMES FROM THE HEART. WE HAVE TO START FIRST OF ALL TO BEING OBEDIENT TO CHRIST. OBEY CHRIST. BE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS. AND REPENT. BEFORE YOU'VE DONE THAT REPENT OF THOSE SINS, THOSE SINS OF THE MOUTH, AND START TRYING TO SPEAK PROPER THINGS AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE WITH WHOM YOU MAY BE AROUND AT ANY TIME IN THIS LIFE. YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH GREATER WHAT OUR SOCIETY BE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR CONSTANTLY EVERY DAY AND EVERY MEDIA THINGS THAT ARE NOT PROPER FOR CHRISTIANS TO BE HEARING, MUCH LESS SPEAKING FROM THEIR MOUTHS. SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO SPEAK THE THINGS THAT JESUS WOULD WANT YOU TO SPEAK EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE.
CLOSING COMMENTS
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MAY WE ALL STRIVE TO HAVE A SPEECH THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT GOD WANTS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. NO DOUBT, GOD REQUIRES THE FAITHFUL TO SPEAK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SOUND ACCORDING TO GOD'S DOCTRINE AND NOT OUR OWN. DO YOU SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD?