I'll Be Honest

Here’s today’s question: Why and how did Paul give people over to Satan? That’s it. That’s the question why and how did Paul give people over to Satan? I have to make an assumption here, because that’s as far as the question goes, so let me expand on this a little. I’m going to assume the question has to do with first Timothy 1:20, and we’ll read that in a moment. And also Paul’s charge to the Corinthians to turn a man over to Satan and 1 Corinthians 5.

[Table of Contents]
0:00 – Why and how did Paul give people over to Satan?
3:28 – Considerations from 1 Corinthians 5.
4:43 – What does the turning over to Satan look like?
7:58 – What is the purpose?
9:30 – How is turning him over to Satan going to ensure his salvation on the last day?

The Spirit of God can be easily grieved over our "small" sins. One sin that we need self-control over is being overly critical of others. It can be so easy to sin with our tongue when speaking about others; many times we're not even sensible of it until we begin to reap the bitter fruit of it. Are you sensitive to the Spirit of God when speaking about others?

Table of Contents
0:00 - Explaining Titus 2:11-12 and how grace works in us to be sensitive to sin.
1:51 - Example of someone apologizing for being too judgmental.
2:56 - Example of Roy Hession asking for forgiveness for the sin of being too critical, even at the age of 80.

[Note: There is some static in the audio due to the suite hitting the microphone throughout the sermon, we apologize.]

The world foolishly clings to riches which they cannot take beyond the grave, but the Christian wisely gives his riches to receive something much greater beyond the grave. Jesus is Lord, and if we call Him ‘Lord’ then the decisions we make with our money will show that He is indeed Lord of our lives!

When the Bible says that we won't be forgiven if we don't forgive others, does this mean that our works save us? How do we reconcile this doctrine with the reality that we're justified by faith in Jesus Christ?

What is Biblical fasting? What type of fasting causes God to act? In this section of Scripture, Jesus teaches not 'if' but 'when' the Christian fasts they must do it in secret, and the Father in Heaven will reward them.

The first question concerns the COVID vaccine in general – should I get it or not? The second question is, “My employer might make the vaccine a condition of employment – should I get it in that case?” and the third question is this: “Is the COVID vaccine the mark of the beast?”

Divine grace…watch: enables a true believer to abhor that which is ungodly. A true believer cannot freely indulge in evil. While he can sin, he cannot sin freely and habitually with joy. Why? Why is that? Because if he’s saying Grace is still tutoring him, mentoring him, disciplining him (Titus 2:11-13), it is still exerting its influence upon his life I walked one morning into a McDonald’s to eat breakfast with brother Paul Washer. We walked up to the counter, I didn’t know Paul very well at the time. But I’ll never forget this: As we came to the counter and placed our order. The waitress, she put the tray down and then she put a placemat or a tray mat on it. And I caught a glance of it. It was a female dance team that was very immodestly clad. And Paul saw it at a glance, and he picked it up and he turned it face down. As I noticed Paul’s walk, I noticed that was consistent. It reflected discipline that he was doing anything he could in the way of discretion, in the way of prudence, to make sure that nothing was left unchecked that would cause him to stumble. So many professing Christians they watch the Internet, they play with vipers on the Internet, they watch things on television that are unbecoming to holiness. And they wonder why God is not a reality. The desire to pursue Godliness friend, is found in grace’s power to enable the true believer to shun evil. Now, this is important, listen carefully. What enhances this, though the influence of it, to live for righteousness is when we take the initiative in faith to discipline ourselves to godliness. Once again, grace is resident. But what we do, we seem to enhance the effect, the dynamic, the influence of grace in our life when we by faith exercise yourself to godliness.

Paul Washer shares what he believes might be the greatest threat to the church in our generation. “I am astounded at the fear of the Lord and the lack of Biblical knowledge among those who would call themselves ministers of Christ.”

The grace that saves is a grace that sustains and motivates the believer. Grace teaches the believer to be godly in this present world. If you are not being taught to be such then how can you say you are a receipt of grace? “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ…” – Titus 2:11-13

0:00 - Christianity is truly relational.
1:46 - Impact Paul Washer has had on my life.
3:40 - Sermon text - Titus 2. The Disciplines of Grace.
6:17 - Where am I headed with this sermon?
11:07 - If in Christ, every day is a good day!
13:28 - Three aspects of this grace that every true believer will encounter.
21:04 - Many in our day divorce salvation from sanctification.
25:31 - Don't play with vipers on the Internet.
32:47 - Example of self-control over your tongue.
37:35 - Second example of apologizing for a gossipy comment.
40:41 - Church is more than just showing up on Sunday.
43:06 - Sensitive to sins of omission.
44:12 - We often have a shallow view of ungodliness.
46:01 - Do you think about what your sin does to God?
51:12 - Closing Prayer

Out of all the prayer guidance Jesus gives in His sermon on the mount, there is only one topic that He goes back to: forgiveness. Unforgiveness is no small sin, God treats it as a crime worthy of hell, and anyone who professes Christ must avoid the rotten root of unforgiveness and bitterness.

0:00 Logo Intros
0:10 - Matthew 6.1-18 is a section dealing with our life in secret.
3:13 - Opening prayer.
4:26 - The context is dealing with our life in secret.
13:45 - Jesus makes four assumptions about us.
19:52 - Debt is something that I owe.
25:32 - Consider the Lord's longest parable on forgiveness in Matthew 18.
35:50 - If you will not forgive others, that is the height of wickedness.
42:25 - We often categorize people and say we can forgive some but not others.
44:00 - If we don't forgive, God will not forgive us?
50:18 - Forgiveness is a matter of faith.
59:13 - No one who experiences such forgivness will go choke their fellow servant.
1:08:24 - Closing prayer.