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Dewey Williams 8.3.25 PM - Obedience

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“And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused.”  (Acts 2:6)

I wouldn’t get on a plane if I didn’t know where it was going. Years ago blonde jokes were very popular. My favorite one was where this blonde got on a plane going to Dallas, and walking through the “First Class” section she liked what she saw, plopped down and settled in. A stewardess approached her and said, “Dear, you have a Coach seat and you can’t sit in First Class. You’ll have to move back.” She responded, “I like this seat and I’m not moving. I’m flying to Dallas in this seat and nobody is going to move me.” The stewardess said, “But you have to pay more money to sit in First Class and you haven’t done that. You paid for a seat in Coach. You’ll have to move.” They argued and the blonde refused to move. The captain noticed the argument and asked the stewardess what was going on, and she told him. He went to the lady, whispered something in her ear and she promptly got her things together, got up and moved back to Coach. The stewardess asked the captain what he said to her and he said, “I just told her First Class is not flying to Dallas today.”

Here’s where we’re going with these studies in Acts 2 on The Model Church. The divinely ordained standard for the church of all times is found in the book of Acts, particularly chapter two. The church began with an outpouring of the Spirit. This was the powerful launching of the church, the liftoff that carried the church into the next 2,000 years of life and ministry. It was the beginning of the church as we know it today and will be until the end of the age. There was the Spirit coming upon the gathered believers with power to carry out the Great Commission of Christ (Acts 1:8), to make disciples of all nations (Mt.28:18-20). You can see this with the many languages miraculously spoken by the Spirit-baptized believers. Then there was the preaching of the Bible by Peter which necessarily included the preaching of the gospel and a command to repent and be baptized in water. Three thousand gladly received the word and were baptized that day. Then we come to Acts 2:42-47,

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple (large group), and breaking bread from house to house (small groups), they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

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Wednesday night series continuation of "How to Have Continual Victory Over All Our Enemies" 

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What you believe is the most important thing about you. Jesus said things like this many times, “According to your faith be it unto you, and your faith has made you well.”  (Mt..9:29) He also said, “All things are possible to those who believe.” (Mk.9:23)

Should we expect God to reward/bless us in this life for our obedience, trust, faithfulness, and service to Him? Here’s another way of asking that question: Should we expect God to keep His promises? Of course! He’s a person of infinite integrity. God tells us, “All the promises of God in Christ Jesus are Yes and Amen.” (2Cor.1:20) Do we have any promises in the New Testament (they are all over the O.T) that assure us the blessings of God come to us in this life for our obedience and service? Overwhelmingly YES!

First Timothy 4:8 says, “Godliness is profitable for all things, having a promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.” All things means all things, both temporal and eternal. Note the conjunction and in this verse. The good news is God rewards and blesses us in both the now and the forever. Temporal rewards on earth and eternal rewards in heaven – for doing the same thing! It’s a win-win proposition.

Should we obey and trust God, do what God tells us in the Bible, even if there were no blessings from God in this life for doing it? Yes! Why?

1. Because it’s the right thing to do. There is a reward of a good conscience for just doing the right thing. Doing good carries its own reward. Our doing what God says blesses others and we are called to love our neighbors.

2. We obey God and keep His word to glorify God. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Mt.5:16) We don’t do the will of God just or mainly for rewards.

3. We do it to please God. “We make it our aim to be well pleasing to Him.” (2Cor.5:9)

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The PRINCIPLE of Constant Victory Over All Our Enemies

I want you to notice this principle of death and life in the following verses. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.” (Jn.12:24) And “So also is the resurrection from the dead The body is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor and weakness, and it is raised in glory and power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.” (1Cor.15:42-44) The natural body dies and a glorious, incorruptible, powerful body is raised to life in its place. Keep that in mind when you consider the crucified life that Christ calls and equips us to live.

A principle is a law. Law is not a bad thing; it’s just the way things work. God created the universe with natural and spiritual laws. We are familiar with physical laws; the law of gravity is just one of them. We must find out what those laws are and work with them to achieve success in any area. We must learn about these laws and cooperate with God in order to see what and how He does things, and why. There is the law of works; there is the law of faith; there is the law of sowing and reaping (2Cor.9:6), and the law of sin and death.

The main principle in the kingdom of God is the law of death and life. You might say it’s the law of life and death and life. God gives life, things die, and from that death comes a richer form of life (1Cor.15:42-43). This law has been called the Law of the Death of the Dream. The dream is great, but to reach its fulfillment there must be the death of it. Death and resurrection is a law of the kingdom of God. It is seen the most clearly and all examples show the gospel.

The death of a dream is the gospel way to constant victory. There are lots of examples of this in the Bible. Abraham got a promise from God that he would have many kids with a great place to live. But by the time he was 100 years old he had no children and had lived in a foreign land. He had the God-given dream and then the death of that dream. You can feel the pain of the death of the dream as you read his story in Genesis. But then when Sarah’s womb was dead he had the son God had promised and from this one son God gave him children as many as the stars and sand.

To live in constant resurrection victory, we must consistently live “the crucified life.”

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7/20/2025 Sunday Evening Service with Holli Simpson

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July 13, 2025 Sunday evening sermon with Dewey Williams

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Wednesday Night, July 16, 2025.

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July 13, 2025 Tongues as a gift.

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July 9, 2025 Wednesday Night

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