Our Timeless Creator

  In the first part of this message a comparison is drawn between the relationships of parents and children and our relationship with God, as his children.  Then it begins to expose some of God’s hidden messages to us and how we misunderstand as we look for what will benefit us instead of realizing that everything that God has made he made for himself; including us.  “Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ” Ps. 100:3 

  When Jesus calmed the seas by saying “Peace, be still” all the disciples missed the message because their focus was on themselves.  Instead of calming down after Jesus removed the danger their fear shifted from drowning to fearing a reprisal from such a powerful being. (See Mark 4:36-41)  If their focus had been on Jesus their faith in him would have increased because he had just given them another example of what a great protector they were with.

  We are no different than they were.  When trouble comes we become fixated on the problem and exhaust ourselves trying to solve it.  As the threat increases our efforts increase and our prayers become more intense instead of remembering the awesome power of the one who has protected us in past troubles, and still is.

Salient Points: Exceedingly blessed, Self importance, Justifying our existence, What is God’s real will, The acceptable will, Automatically blessed, Just more good stuff, Worry, The disappointing Church, God’s childlike children, The clash of wills, Last days influences, A world about self, Gaining a blessed life, Works of what sort, Meeting God, Sort out your works, Incompatible with God, Angry at God, Wrong faith, A battle of the will, Text or pretext, The subject of the Bible, Missing the point, Really loving God, Seek God.

Scripture: Ecc. 9: 7-12, Rom. 14:7-23 

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  In this third part, the profound question of why God created mankind on this earth and then doesn't seem to care enough about us to stop the suffering is made clearer. 

  Injustices here have continued from the time that God allowed Cain to kill Able. Oh we don't think about it that way, we just blame Cain for the crime and then let it go, but in fact God could have spoken to Cain long before he took action against Able, just as he did after it was too late. The question then is why does God allow the innocent to suffer at the hands of evil?

  In the story of Lazarus death Jesus waited until he had been dead four days before taking action. He also waited until Peter began to sink as he walked on the water before saving him. God didn't stop Abraham from smiting the rock after he said to speak to it and he even let King David commit adultery and then murder in the matter of Bathsheba and Uriah. From innocent children with terminal cancer to the most outrageous atrocities of governments we look on with grief in our hearts and wonder how a Holy God could allow such suffering. 

 In this study of God's desires, it becomes clear that he has a secret master plan in which he is allowing mankind and Satan some freedom to bring about his real purpose. 

Salient Points: Not what we think, Giving too much, Borrowing money, The Creators desires, Suffering for believing, Enabling laziness, Spiritual sacrifices, For God’s glory, Acutely aware of God, God’s different list, Tolerating abuse for God’s pleasure, Willingly on purpose, Rejecting gifts, Believing we deserve blessings, Prayers of relief, Opportunities, What God appreciates about suffering, Effecting God, Giving God full credit, God’s secret agenda, What’s in your heart, You end with you, Living sacrifices, Contending with your Maker, Out of a wicked heart, Reasonable service, Treating God like He matters.      

 Scripture: 1Ptr.2;1-5,9, 2:18-20, Rom. 12:1  (The reference to “the verses behind” in the message are Psalm 145:3-4) 

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  This continues to explain why God gave us a way to confirm the things that we believe are God’s will with what actually is his will.  It also continues to look at some specific things that God desires but are seldom if ever connected directly to serving God.

  Proverbs 16:25 says, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”  This short verse shows us how we can believe sincerely that we are doing exactly what God wants, but still be wrong.  One of the ways that seems right is our conscience, and that leads us to believe that if we do enough good things then they overrule the bad things.  It also shows us that our ways are far from God’s ways.  No doubt if we were God, we would never allow all the evil things to continue as they are on earth.

  God’s purpose for this present creation is for each person to make individual choices, just as Adam and Eve did.  God put a bad tree in the garden and simply said don’t eat that.  That is what God is doing in each life.  Our conscience lets us know what we shouldn’t do, but just following our conscience can’t get rid of the bad choices we have already made.  God’s salvation can take care of those sins but not the problem of doing things the way that seems so right for us but not to God.  That’s why God gave us a way to find the truth, so we can make good choices as we go.          

Salient Points: Wonderfully made, Selfish gifts, The right sort, Desiring God’s pleasure, A passion for God, Requite, Self service efforts, Not at all God like, God’s needs, Wrong responses, All to God’s glory, Praying in God’s will, Man’s purpose, The greatest promise, Never grudgingly, Heart first, Qualifying by generosity, Return blessings, Will-Way-Time, Profitable scriptures, God’s marvelous light, Spiritual sacrifices.

Scripture: Rom.12:1-2, 1Tim.5:1-4, Jas.4:2, 2Cor.9:6-8, 1Ptr.2;1-5,9.

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  This message is a study of the trait that God finds most offensive in His creation and goes into how God deals with it.  It also gives us the answer to all the conflicts in our lives and how to deal with them.

  There are many kinds of conflicts.  Some last just a few moments and others may last for many years.  The most painful conflicts are with family members or other believers.  The worst part is that there doesn’t seem to be any clear way to resolve them or a way around them.  Many are caused by other people, but create havoc in our lives by how they affect us.  Some are just a set of circumstances while others are differences in opinions.  Then there are the ones that are impossible to resolve because they are a result of backbiting and gossip that that can’t be contained, like feathers in the wind.  However, the most destructive by far is the conflict we engage in with our Creator, without even realizing it.

  This study is a result of seeking to understand how normal, hard working people with families can become so angry over an inconsiderate driver that they put everything they have at risk in defense of their ego.      

Salient Points: Frustrated by people, On loaning money, On long term anger, search for God’s benefit, Pride, Self justification, Destructive anger, Road rage, Contention, Self control, Measuring pride, Yielding, Opinions, Recovery time, Considering the consequences, Last Days influences, Prides response, Defeating pride, Love vs Pride, Taking God’s words seriously, The king of pride, Who’s in control, Liking misery, Choosing God’s resistance, Contending with God, Defeated prayer, Perpetual resistance, Irrational anger, Despising God’s Correction, Reacting to God’s resistance, Lacking grace, Missing out on the greatest blessing, Offending God, Changing things, Understand the problem, Proud of what, Humility, Solving pride, Gaining God’s favor, Escaping the pride trap.        

Scripture: Prov. 3:10, Ps. 119:165, 119:9, Job 41:34, Jas. 4:5-6, 1Ptr. 5:5, Rev. 4:11, Prov. 16:7, 2Cor. 9:8, 12:7-11, Jas.4:10, 2Ptr. 5:6, 1Ptr, 2:20-21, Prov. 15:1, Job 42:10.

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  Here the subject transitions from the way God has given us to prove that what we are doing is pleasing to God, into things that he tells us plainly that he receives with pleasure.  It also exposes hidden feelings of self importance that we feel when we do things that we know he wants us to.

  When Martha invited Jesus into her house, in Luke chapter ten a strange thing happened that caused Jesus to scold Martha for asking for help with her service for Him and the others there.  The first impression is that Martha was the only one working to provide food and comfort for all the guests.  So why would Jesus compliment Mary while she sat and was doing nothing?  Wasn’t there a need?  Didn’t someone need to do the work if they were going to have something to eat?

  This story is an example of what Paul was telling the Romans when he said, “Ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”.  For many years my greatest frustrations as a believer was to know what God could do and watch him do nothing instead.  What seems apparent to us needs to be confirmed by the Spirit of God or we will become as frustrated and confused as Martha. 

Salient Points: The power of faith, Moses failure, Desiring preeminence, The death of God’s saints, Fearfully and wonderfully made, Experiencing God’s proof, Joyous or burdened, Making God sick, What does God want, Sacrificial giving, For need or love, Giving from the heart, Living peaceably, Thanking God for witnessing the last days, Globalism is coming, Becoming thankful for all men, Peace through trusting, Protected by God, Stop looking at the dangers and look to God.              

 Scripture: Phil. 4:18, 1Tim. 2:1-3 

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  This message continues with the importance of proving God’s will rather than just assuming that if it sounds right to us then it must be.  It also gets into how the fruit of the Spirit will change our responses in everyday difficulties and temptations.

  God has made it very clear that there are priorities for us if we are going to accomplish what he desires.  First is Faith which is essential for salvation; “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness”… (Rom.10:10).  And Faith is also a necessity to accomplish God’s purpose: “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” (Rev.4:11); and also; “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Heb.11:6).  The question then is how to increase our faith.  

  Faith comes by exposure to the Word of God first; “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom.10:17).  Next is experience.  In Matthew chapter 16 Jesus said to His disciples; “O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?  Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?”.  As we experience God’s deliverance in our lives it increases faith.  Next it is a gift from God as one of the fruits of the Spirit; “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance” (Gal.5:22).

  The problem for us all is that fear and faith work like a teeter-totter.  When we are overwhelmed by eminent peril our faith can be reduced to zero where Jesus was asleep in a ship; “And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” (Mk.4:37-41).  Is there a way to protect ourselves from fear, even this type of life threatening fear?  Yes!  (Continued in the text in the next message) 

Scripture: Rom. 12:1-2, Jas. 4:3, Gal. 5:22-23

Salient Points:  Praying wrong, Fervent prayer, God’s enemies, Renewing the mind, Focusing on God’s greatness.

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  This message continues with the importance of proving God’s will rather than just assuming that if it sounds right to us it must be right.  It also starts into making application to the changes that come with viewing our lives with a purpose that is not self serving.

  The question of “Why do I exist?” is one that most people ask themselves at some point in their lives.  It is one that can only be answered by personal experience following death, but that comes with the profound risk of finding out only after it is too late to benefit from the knowledge.

  The problem is the unknown quantity.  From the beginning of mankind to the present we don’t know in advance what the results of our actions will be.  Only hindsight reveals success or failure.  Because of this we all live by faith.  We choose to trust our decisions, or to trust others that we believe have found the answers.

  A few logical conclusions to this question range from; “there is no purpose because everything from the Hollywood Stars to the Celestial Stars have an expiration date, so get all you can while you can”, to “there must be a higher purpose for this amazing universe than believing that it is all an accident”.

  The only way to know for sure is personal experience.  For example, if someone says this is the right way and they have been this way before they have personal experience but you can’t know unless you go and find out for yourself.

  That is exactly what God has set up on this earth.  The only way to know for sure is through personal experience.  We say show me God, and God replies, trust me first then I’ll show you.  This is because his way exposes our motive for what we do.  Proof requires God to yield to our will instead of us yielding to his.   So God shows us proof of our correct choices in ways that are non transferable. 

  The problem for us is that it’s easier to trust ourselves, or someone else who we agree with, than to trust an unseen God that doesn’t give us proof until after we decide to trust him. 

Salient Points: Things hard to understand, Turning to God, The awe of creation, Free will, For God’s pleasure, The meaning of life, Luke warm, Not made to produce, A life of faith, Help in understanding God, It’s not about relief it’s about learning, Despising God’s chastening, See the big picture, Much more than duty, God’s reward, Failed chastening, Focused on self, What counts in the end, Justifying your existence, Despise not, Selfish prayers, Think like God does, Problems, When God makes sore, Eating to God’s glory, Spoiled by more.             

 Scripture: Rev. 4:11, 3:14-16, 19, Job 5:17-18, Mt. 18:7, Heb. 12:10, Phil. 2:13, Eph. 1:4-11

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This message is how to prove that our efforts in serving God qualify as his good, acceptable or the perfect will as described in Romans 12:1-2.

  Messages on this passage are abundant.  Anywhere from God’s mercy over to protecting and taking care of our bodies or from reasonable sacrifices, on to Holy living and also what our reasonable service is, over to being nonconformists so we can be transformed, but I have never heard a message on how all this leads up to the actual proof that Paul wrote to the Romans about.  That we can know for certain that are efforts are exactly what God is looking for instead of being like Cain when he did his best but it wasn’t what God wanted.  God never warned Cain while growing the fruits and vegetables that those were the wrong kind of sacrifice.

   We have confidence we are doing God’s will because it seems so right to us.  Just like Cain did as he confidently presented his sacrifice.  This is why we are given an opportunity to prove it, so we won’t be ashamed.

   The first problem we face is in understanding the way that seemeth right unto man, so we won’t be fooled by our conscience. (Prov. 14:12)  The second one is how to actually prove beyond any doubt that we are in God’s will.  Martha thought she was serving the Master and confidently requested help from Jesus to instruct her sister to help her but was criticized and learned that she had chosen poorly.

  God is an expert on giving commandments without controlling his creation and this is a perfect example.  He knows that we all have a measure of pride that gives us confidence about making our choices, so he has given us a way to know for sure that comes directly from him.  “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” Psalms 118:8.

  Those who wait to find out will continue fully confident that they are right until they reach the end of the road and finally realize they were going the wrong direction. 

 Salient Points: Unknown subject, Proof, Opinion or interpretation, Our conscience, What seems right, Finding proof, Martha & Mary, Enamored, Choosing right, Bible mysteries, Pride & entitlement, Edify.   

Scripture: Rom. 12:1-2, Prov. 14:12, Eph. 5:6-10, Gal. 5:22-23, Lk. 10:38-42  

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  This message begins with a testimony of how our view of "the eyes of the LORD" change as we are changed from glory to glory; "by the Spirit of the Lord", as described in 2 Cor. 3:18.  It then continues with the proof that we all should have in our service for God, because "our ways are not His ways".

  The story of Cain and Abel in Genesis chapter four describes Cain working the ground to please God, but found out the hard way that his hopes of God being impressed by the quality of his fruits was different than he thought.  How could Cain have been so wrong?  He had done his best. The problem was that his offering, although impressive, was missing something.  The old saying, "You can't get blood from a turnip" says it all.

  There are many different ways that we can serve God, and it is obvious that there is a greater need for workmen at the oars than there is for more passengers in the boat.  The question then is which oar does God want each of us to man.  God didn't tell us to sit anywhere we want, he has plans.  The problem is we choose based on what we want or feel and our ways don’t match God’s.

  If left up to church leaders they will direct volunteers to the greatest need or where they need help.  The problem here is that they have little understanding as to the talents that God given each person for the work he has planned for them.  Martha was adamant that she knew what Mary should be doing and we would have agreed with her.

  I have seen good college students graduate and become influenced by church leaders who had a burden for a specific country, decide to spend four years on deputation move the family there and be back home in two years ashamed, let alone the waste of time and support money.  The saying is; “Mama called and Papa sent”.      

  We seldom seek direction from God to determine whether we should grab an oar, or a bucket to bail water.  The choice is more likely to be made on what we like or to fill a need or where we will be more beneficial or appreciated.  Then we pray for God’s blessing on our choices and wonder why our prayers go unanswered. 

  What had Abel found out that Cain didn't?  “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.” God wasn't only upset with Cain’s offering; he was upset with his pride.  He told him to "do well".  Cain knew what God wanted but he expected to impress God by his excellent produce that he had grown.  

  Cain could have asked Abel to trade produce for lambs and been accepted, but his pride got in the way.  This could be considered the first case of “Road Rage” because God disrespected Cain’s offering.   It’s always humbling to admit to ourselves that we could be wrong but it is better than finding out the hard way, like Cain did.

  Psalms 25:20 “O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.” We are not putting our trust in God if we don’t prove whether we are doing his will or our own.

Scripture: Prov. 15:1-3, Heb. 4:13, 2Cor. 3:18, Gal. 5:22-23, Rom. 12:1-2, Eph. 5:1-2, 6-10

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  This message begins by discussing the differences between Mothers and Fathers and studies the similarities that scripture tells us about God.  Following this it continues with a topic that is missing in churches, namely how to have proof that our service won’t be like that of Cain’s when he and Able brought offerings to God.   The problem wasn’t the quality it was about bringing what God wanted.  This led to a disaster of pride because mankind has a real problem with rejection.  Cain felt offended and disrespected but being unable to blame himself he took his anger out on the one he believed had made him look bad.

  This event parallels our current society in the growing problem of road rage.  People who have never met can feel disrespected and offended and can throw their lives away in just minutes because they don’t stop to consider the consequences of their actions in perspective to a minor traffic incident.     

  The importance of getting proof of our service before our works are judged cannot be overstated.  Jesus gave several illustrations that made it clear that proceeding to accomplish something without making sure our efforts won’t be wasted are imperative for a successful outcome.  From building without counting the cost to where to set a foundation he warned us to be sure our spiritual houses were being built according to God’s plans and with the appropriate materials.

  David wrote in Psalm 118:8; “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.”  This admonition is readily acknowledged by believers and yet I have never heard a message on it without the foundation assumption being that we are right in our beliefs, it’s the other people who need to make changes.  Just consider how many different Churches, Doctrines, Pastors, Teachers and Bible versions there today and the dilemma becomes apparent.  Who can you trust for guidance so you won’t be ashamed when your service is judged?  Remember that we are talking about eternal consequences.  There is only one reliable source and that is God himself.         

The problem is that no one seems to know how to find that Biblical proof that Paul wrote about in Romans 12..  Just ask anyone how to prove God’s will and you will find that it’s a great mystery.  The reason may be that church leaders are afraid that it would challenge their authority so they avoid the subject, but whatever the reason it is obvious that if everyone were doing what God wanted, it would eliminate disagreements and confusion: 1 Cor. 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace...”.  The “Church” would function as a single body without conflict as explained in 1 Cor. 12. 

  As a result of this missing information every ministry has developed its own individual beliefs.  The result is like that in Judges 21:25b, “Every man did that which was right in his own eyes”.

  With this in mind it is easy to understand how the old saying of, “Divide and Conquer” has been used by Satan in these last days against the “Church” to promote tradition and the doctrines of men. 

Scripture: Isa. 66:1-3,5,10-14, Rom. 12:1-2, Eph. 5:1-2,6-10

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