0:19 One of the things that I have been concerned about not only in CFC Bangalore, but in number of our CFC churches is the lack of spiritual growth in people who have been here for many many 0:38 years. I'm not talking about newcomers. If newcomers are in the kindergarten, it's okay. But if people have been here 20 25 years and are still in the kindergarten, that begins to concern me as much as it will concern you 0:57 if your son or daughter sat in the kindergarten for 25 years. It should disturb And then if that happens with your child you'd probably take that child to a doctor and say there's something wrong with this child that he can't understand. He goes to 1:16 school every day but he doesn't seem to be making any progress in his education. I don't know whether all of you are as concerned about your own progress spiritually as you would be about your children. 1:36 Are you as concerned about spiritual development as education? You've heard me often say that people choose even Christians who come to CFC choose the best for their children in education 1:54 the best for their family and medical treatment. Here do you we don't I mean we people in other churches just sit in the old churches, but here you may come to this church and say well, I belong to CFC. It doesn't solve 2:09 the problem. It still may be true that you don't value your spiritual development as much as you value medical facilities for your family. Supposing you took your child to a hospital and is not being treated well any family 2:28 member you would be concerned and you would change the hospital. So many people say yeah, CFC is the best church we have found. Good, but you can sit here and imagine that everything you hear and understand in your mind is true 2:44 in your life. That's one of the greatest deceptions that Satan puts upon God's people that what they've understood in their mind, they think we've got it. For example I think many of you would say you understand the new covenant. 3:01 But according to my assessment I say more than 75 80% of people here don't have a clue of what new new covenant is in their life. It's a fact. I'm talking about this church. I'm not talking about some other church. But you've understood it in your mind. 3:17 You can explain it. So we need to ask ourselves why because Christ is coming and we don't want to stand before him having wasted our life especially sitting here and receiving all the opportunities you had to grow. So I want you to think about certain 3:33 things which if you pass, good. For example, this is one of the very important verses James chapter 1. To prevent ourselves from deceiving ourselves. James 1 3:54 How do you deceive yourself? James 1:26 If a man thinks himself to be religious or let me read it like this. If a man thinks that he's understood the new covenant so well that he can even explain it to others. 4:11 But he cannot control his tongue. When he speaks to his wife or when she speaks to her husband or when he's in the office or when he speaks to the auto rickshaw driver who's cheated him or to the porter in the railway station who's 4:27 cheating him and he cannot control his tongue he is deceiving himself that he's understood the new covenant. His understanding of the new covenant is worthless. He doesn't understand a thing. Now do I Now do you understand why I say 4:44 80% of people sitting here have not understood the new covenant? Judge yourself by one thing. How much can you control your tongue at home? How much can you control your tongue when you speak to people who are at a lower social level than you, your 5:04 servants etc. How do you treat them? We had a so-called brother here many years ago who he and his wife had a servant girl from some poor place here working for them and he treated her so badly 5:23 burnt her skin with some hot plate and beat her and made her lie in the bathroom in the wet bathroom and she got so sick her kidneys were affected she had to be taken to hospital and the hospital said, "Are you guys from CFC?" 5:38 They knew about us. And that brother a few days later when I heard about it invited me to his little boy's birthday party. I said, "I'll never enter your house till you go and apologize to that poor girl and her parents for treating her 5:58 like that." Just because you're so rich and you have so much money. I'm glad that brother left the church. He'll never enter CFC. We don't want such people who treat others badly just because somebody's in a lower social level. 6:13 You ask yourself my brothers and sisters how do you treat people at a lower social level? I'll tell you something. God will treat you exactly like that. That's the way. The Bible says that and I've repeated that verse many times and I want to say 6:29 it again. Please turn with me to Psalm 18. I believed in it. I practiced it. I've had people working in my home and they saw Christianity in me. And see what the Bible says in Psalm 18 6:53 in verse 25, with the kind you show yourself kind. If you want God to be kind to you, let me tell you one thing. One thing, forget about everything else. Be kind to other people. Especially to people you think 7:12 are lower than you. You have to correct them, of course. Don't we correct our children? But are you cruel to your children? No. Be kind. Even correction, we have to be kind in correction. You have to correct your servants. You got to correct people in 7:26 your office or factory who work under you, otherwise nothing will get done if you don't correct them. Of course. I remember when I was in the military I had to even pull up a sailor if he didn't salute me. I didn't care for 7:37 salutes myself, but if there were two stripes on my shoulder, I was representing the navy and I had to keep discipline. But I wouldn't be unkind. I wouldn't speak rudely. You must not. If you're a Christian you must be known by the way you use 7:54 your tongue. Not just to other brothers and sisters here but especially when nobody sees you when people don't know you and to people who are at a lower social level and God sees it. And I'll tell you something. I've seen it through the 8:07 years with the kind God always shows himself kind. And the reason why many people do not grow is because they are not kind. But it says here in the last part of verse 26, but with those who are crooked, crooked are those who live one 8:24 life before other believers and quite another life in private. There it says God will also show himself astute or the margin says twisted. That means hey, this is not the God I expected to treat me. Yes, that's how he's treating you because you're 8:39 treating other people like that. That's why he doesn't answer your prayers. You can pray as much as you like, but God's not going to listen. It's very very important dear brothers and sisters that we do not deceive ourselves. It is 8:53 self-deception is one of the greatest problems in among Christians. We imagine that we are even imagine that we are following Jesus. See 2 Corinthians in chapter 11. See, the Corinthians were 9:11 pretty carnal and worldly and they had disputes and fights and quarrels. And one of the things Paul told them in 2 Corinthians 11 is they were listening to people who were preaching another Jesus. 9:29 Not another God, not another God of some other religion. No. They're talking about Jesus, but it's not the Jesus of the Bible. Another Jesus. And if you go to Christian television today and listen to a lot of those programs, I tell you many 9:46 of them are preaching another Jesus. And I'm sorry to say there are people who sit in CFC and have been here many many years who have been listening to those Christian television programs from other people for so many years and they've not 10:02 grown spiritually. And their children are wayward. Because they don't realize the effect of listening to another Jesus. Ask yourself is this the Jesus the Bible speaks about when these guys speak about when they ask you for money on 10:18 television for example, where did Jesus ask people for money? That's one single item is enough for me to cancel out somebody completely never to listen to him. And all these people who boast in the Christian TV about having raised the 10:32 dead and all, are you so foolish to swallow all that? And the people who say they're going to heaven and come back and tell you stories and I've told you many times Paul came back from heaven and he said, "I'm not permitted to speak what I hear 10:44 there." That's the mark of a man man who really went up to heaven. But it's amazing how people are so ignorant of all these things. And I've seen in talking to some of you, sometimes I quote a very well-known verse and not the reference. I say, 10:59 "Here's what the Bible says." And the brother doesn't even have a clue that there's such a verse in the Bible. This is people who have sat in CFC for years. I'm simply amazed. And the reason is they do not study the Bible on their own. 11:15 All their Bible study is what they hear on Sunday morning and that's it. Well, I can only warn you, but I'm telling you this and don't blame me in the day of judgment. Many of you are going to get a big surprise when Christ comes again and 11:29 you stand before him and you who think you're so spiritual you'll get the shock of your life when you discover what Jesus taught thought about you. So please listen carefully. What is another Jesus? One who forgives your sin but doesn't 11:46 save you from your sin. Matthew 1:21 is the first promise in the New Testament which says then name Jesus means he will save not forgive. He will save his people from their sins. 12:04 Forgiveness is in the Old Testament. David wrote in Psalm 103, "Bless the Lord oh my soul who forgives all my sins." David, how many sins of yours did he forgive? All of them. He He lived in 1,000 years before Christ and he could testify bless the Lord 12:20 who's forgiven all my sins. If you can say that, good. You're in line with David 1,000 years before Christ, but after Christ has come what is should be a testimony? Bless the Lord who saves me from my sinful habits one by one. How many sinful habits, my 12:36 brother or sister have you overcome since you came to CFC? Ask yourself. And some of you are slipping back into those old habits. Some of you who were when you were first converted did not watch the type of movies 12:55 you are watching in secret now. Don't fool yourself that you sit in CFC and everything's all right. I'll tell you in Jesus' name you've probably lost your salvation. Because you're believing in another Jesus. 13:13 And you parents allow all that, don't afterwards weep when your children go astray. So why are my children going astray? Well, I'll tell you because you fed them these little poison little bit at the time when they were small. 13:27 That's why they go astray. That's why they have all these spiritual sicknesses. That is another Jesus. And it says here about people in verse four who receive a different spirit. Christendom is full of people who imagine they have the Holy Spirit 13:42 and it does not make them holy. I say, "What type of Holy Spirit is this that doesn't make you holy?" Evil spirits do a perfect job of making people evil. Unclean spirits do a perfect job of making people unclean. And you ask some of these people, "What 14:00 does the Holy Spirit do?" "Oh, he makes us speak in tongues." Really? Well, unclean spirits can make people speak in I've heard myself people with demons speaking in tongues and when the demon is cast out they stop speaking in tongues. 14:14 But a demon never makes a person holy. It's another spirit. You be careful about that in the world. I believe in the genuine gift of tongues. It's a wonderful gift with which we can praise and worship God in secret. It's for private use like the Apostle 14:30 Paul said. But that's not the mark of the Holy Spirit's fullness. Evil spirits make people evil. Unclean spirits people make unclean. You ask a child, "What does the Holy Spirit make people?" He will say holy. Why is that 14:45 not happening? I don't mean suddenly, but is there a progression? Are you going from kindergarten to first standard to second standard to third standard year by year? That's my question. I'm not asking you whether you got your PhD in one year. No. 15:00 But are you progressing at least from one class to the next? It's very important. I'm saying this strongly because I believe that it's quite likely that we may all be alive when Christ returns. I don't know when Christ will return. 15:19 But all the wars and rumors and wars and especially the plagues that are coming around the world nowadays, I call it a plague. The book book of Revelation says there will be such plagues towards the end of time. To me that's an indication of the coming 15:36 of the Lord. It's not something to be worried about. I say, "Lord, you're coming, fine. I want to be ready." I don't want to just go around with masks and taking tablets. I want to see my heart is clean. Your masks and all look at the 15:52 fear people have of getting a little a little germ. They're so careful and you know I believe these masks cost about hundreds of dollars now because there's such a shortage of it. They're so careful about such a small teeny weeny germ 16:09 and they allow such big sins in their life. Are they Christians or heathen? The heathen being like that I can understand. I'm not saying we shouldn't be careful about protecting ourselves health-wise, but I should be a million 16:23 times more careful protecting myself from sin, from a sinful thought, from a sinful attitude towards somebody, from sinful words much more than any virus in the world. That's the mark of a Christian. That he's much more afraid of sin than 16:41 of sickness and I want to all of you to ask yourself one question this morning. Are you more afraid of sin or are you afraid of sickness that's going to spread in Bangalore soon? Which are you more afraid of? Which will you 16:53 take precautions about? That's the question. That'll show whether you're a serious Christian or not after sitting all these years in CFC. Dear brothers, please listen to me. I'm not angry with you. I'm really seeking to lead you so that you don't get a 17:08 surprise in the day of judgment. That's my primary concern. Because I have a responsibility. The Bible says, do you know that the Bible says that I have to give an account for all those who have listened to me. 17:23 Let's see this verse in Hebrews 13. Hebrews 13 and verse 17. Obey your leaders and submit to them. 17:46 I'm not talking about submitting to them in what they ask you to do in earthly things. But there are your leaders are those who teach you some spiritual things. If you recognize somebody as your leader spiritually 18:04 then obey him. I'm not asking you to obey everybody who calls himself an elder or a leader. But if you the responsibility is on you. If you recognize and have confidence in someone as a spiritual leader whom you respect 18:19 because of his life and his words you better obey him for your own salvation. And you better submit to him because such a person is keeping watch over your soul. That's why I speak as I do. 18:39 Because that leader has to give an account to God one day. What has he got to give an account? Did you speak the truth? The Lord will ask me, I know. Did you try to impress anybody? Did you just crack jokes to make people 18:57 laugh? Did you tell them the truth? Were you influenced by anybody's friendship or money or anything? Did you seek honor? Was somebody your such a special friend of yours that you would never correct him? That's what the Lord's going to ask me. 19:16 That's why the Bible says, "Don't become a teacher because you will get a greater judgment." And it says here in verse 17, "Let those leaders be able to reply to God with joy concerning you." Now I never realized this, you know. 19:35 It's It's a serious word, but uh I don't understand how it works in the day of judgment, but let them not do it with grief. Because if they have to do it with grief that'll be unprofitable for you. How does that apply? Think of that. Think of the day of 19:55 judgment. And the Lord is going to ask a leader to give an account concerning you. And if they cannot give a proper report about you, that'll be grief for you. It'll be 20:15 unprofitable for you. What does that mean? I thought about that. I always thought, well, all of us are going to stand individually and then nobody's got God's not going to ask anybody else about us because he doesn't have to. He knows 20:26 everything about our life. He knows everything about our life. Why should he ask some leader about somebody in their church? But I believe the Bible. I believe God knows everything about our life. But you know, we have the 20:41 habit of justifying ourselves. I've seen that with in 45 years, I've seen with people. You say something and they'll justify. No, no, no, it was not like that or that is not the reason. I've heard it from every Tom, Dick, and Harry. There's 20:55 hardly anybody I've met who will honestly say, "Yeah, brother, that was the truth." They always do some justification like Adam, "My wife gave it to me." or something like that. And you ask Eve and she'll say the serpent told me. So, always 21:08 some other reason. I've hardly found a godly person who'd say, "Yeah, brother, I have no excuse. That was my fault." Rare. It goes exceptionally well with such people. Always there is an excuse. You ask yourself, especially those of you 21:26 who think you're pretty spiritual. You ask yourself whether you find a a temptation to justify yourself because you don't want to acknowledge that you made a blunder. You don't want to acknowledge that you were so unspiritual 21:39 that you didn't have discernment there. That you did something stupid or foolish. You don't want to admit that because you've given an impression of being so spiritual. So, you have to say, "Oh, but it was because of this and but it was because 21:51 of that." Jesus said to the Pharisees, "You are those who justify yourselves before men and such self-justification is an abomination before God." I never want to have an abomination before God. No. No, I don't want to justify myself. I 22:07 see something, I say, "Yeah, I'm sorry. It's my mistake. I'm not perfect. I'm pressing on to perfection." Because it'll be unprofitable for you. Now, this is a verse I have still not understood fully, but I understand it 22:18 like this if I read it. That the Lord will ask people when they come before him, "Is this right? That you did not submit to these this person whom I appointed as your leader?" And of course, you come up with your justification. "Yeah, brother, Lord, I 22:33 did that and I did this and that this thing." Then the Lord will call the leader. "Okay, now tell me. What do you think of this guy?" Not because God didn't know, but he wants you to hear it from the mouth of that leader. 22:48 And if he says, "Yes, Lord, I tried to correct the person a number of times, but I preached a number of times to them in the church, but what could I do? They just took it for granted. They assumed that everything's okay." 23:03 And then the Lord say, "Okay." Then he'll ask you, "Have you heard it now? Do you want me to repeat those messages you heard now before you? See, we got all all eternity to judge you." Dear brothers, this is not some fairy 23:16 tale. This is actually going to happen and you will not have a chance to live your life again. This is the only chance you get to live this life. You will not get a chance there to set anything right. It is appointed unto men once to die. 23:36 Hebrews 7. If you don't know that verse, Hebrews 7. And after that, the judgment. That's all. There's no other After that, the judgment. Once you die 23:56 and there's a judgment. That's all. But it says here that Jesus is always living to pray for us for the for us, it says in verse He ever lives, verse 25, to continuously pray for us. He's always living to intercede. He 24:15 wants to save us. But he wants to save us from that final judgment and that's why he wants us even now. Uh Hebrews 9:27. Not I'm sorry, not Hebrews 7. Hebrews 9:27. It's appointed unto men once to die. 24:34 And after this, the judgment. There's nothing after that. Nothing in between. Once to die and then the judgment. So, the only time I have to correct myself or judge myself is now. And judging oneself is something the world knows almost nothing about. And 24:51 the devil deceives us that we do not judge ourselves. Let me tell you two or three things we have to be careful about if you don't want the devil to deceive you. I'll then I'll go into the matter of judging ourselves. There are many places, but I can think 25:07 of three passages of scripture God has spoken to me. First of all, Ephesians 6. Three passages of scripture to protect you from Satan's deception. Hebrews 6. And sorry, Ephesians 6, sorry. Ephesians 25:25 6 and verse 12. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, world force of darkness, spiritual force of wickedness in heavenly places. In the Old Testament, nobody fought the devil. 25:45 Nobody. Not even Elijah, not even John the Baptist. There's no record of Satan in the Old Testament except in Genesis chapter 3, Job chapter 1 and 2, and one place in David's life where he was 26:02 tempted by Satan. And then you read towards the end of the Old Testament with Zechariah seeing a vision. But you never find a single case of anyone confronting Satan directly. The In the entire Bible, the first person who confronted Satan 26:19 directly was Jesus Christ. God does not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability. If God let loose the devil on the Israelites, even Abraham, Elijah, Elisha would all be knocked out. Even John the Baptist would have been 26:32 knocked out. But when Jesus came, that's how God withheld the devil from doing anything until then. But after Jesus came and Satan was defeated on the cross, now is the other way around. Resist the devil and he will flee from 26:51 you. James 4:7. And we read in 1 John 4:17, "As the Lord Jesus is, so are we in the world." And I remember once the Lord showing me from that verse, "As you were afraid of the devil once, the devil will be afraid of you from now 27:09 on." I want to ask you a question. Do you believe that you can live a life where the devil is afraid of you as you were once afraid of the devil? So many mails I get from people, "Oh, brother, the devil's harassing me here 27:24 or the devil's harassing me here." I say, "Are you Christians or what?" What do you mean the devil's harassing me here and there? It's because we fight with human beings that we cannot fight with the devil. That's what the Lord told me when one of 27:44 One of the things that the Lord showed me after I got baptized in the Holy Spirit. You know, when I got before I got baptized in the Holy Spirit, I never cast out a demon. I was scared of demons. I'll tell you. I didn't I hope I'd never confess meet a 27:57 demon. Uh I've heard of big preachers and all who were not baptized in the Holy Spirit. Once some demon-possessed person came there in the room and this preacher was preaching and he said, "I can't cast out the demon, but I can cast you out so the 28:11 demon will go." So, they threw the man out of the hall. That's the way they deal with in the old covenant. Throw the man out and the demon will go. But that's not how Jesus did it. He cast the demon out. I couldn't do that. 28:23 But when I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, I suddenly got taken into a world which is another world, a spirit world, where I found spiritual realities. The reality of the Holy Spirit, the reality of God speaking to our heart, 28:36 the reality of Satan. The baptism in the Holy Spirit lifts you into another realm. It's like being lifted up in an airplane to some other level. Many people who talk about baptism in the Holy Spirit, they're still living at earth level and thinking 28:48 they're baptized in the Holy Spirit. Tremendous deception. 90% of people, 95% of people who say they're baptized in the Holy Spirit are not baptized in the Holy Spirit at all. Right now, what happened to me and one of the things the Lord said to me is, 29:01 "From now on, don't ever fight with men if you want power over Satan. Refuse to fight with men because if you struggle with flesh and blood, you cannot fight with evil spirits." Paul said, "We don't struggle with flesh and blood." 29:14 Ephesians 6:12. And I decided that day that I will never again fight with a human being, not even about doctrine. If somebody comes to me and say, "Brother Zac, you're teaching false doctrine." Okay, go ahead. Believe what 29:25 you like. I will not argue with you because I refuse to fight with flesh and blood so that I can fight the devil and make him flee from me. So that if I meet a demon-possessed person, with one word, he that demon should go. 29:38 And I should not be afraid. Dear brothers, this is not for spiritual leaders. It's for every believer. Jesus did not overcome Satan just for some special group of people for every single believer, for you. Even if you're a 29:51 young believer. I remember hearing of a a a man of God in China years ago, maybe 80 years ago or so, 90 years ago. Who was in that village, he was the one person who was really filled with the spirit, who'd cast out demons, and 30:07 everybody was demon-possessed, they'd bring him to that house and one day they brought somebody demon-possessed person to his house and he was not at home. So, his 12-year-old son said, "Bring him in." And he cast the demon out. 30:26 Because he'd seen his dad do it so often. And he was living with a clear conscience. He did exactly what his dad did and the chap was delivered. You don't need to be 60 years old before you do such things. It's Jesus who did 30:40 it on the cross for us and you stand on that victory. You're a 12-year-old and you believe it, it can be true for you. It's all a question of faith, not of age. But you got to stop fighting with flesh and blood. We struggle not 30:55 against flesh and blood, but against these evil forces. If you want power over Satan in your home, if you want to restrain the forces of evil from entering your home, from attacking your home, attacking your children, I'll tell 31:08 you give you one advice, stop fighting with human beings. Stop from today fighting with your wife, your husband, your neighbor, your relatives, your in-laws who cheated you for the property or your whatever they do, your mother-in-law, whatever it is. 31:22 You will not have power over Satan then. You'll just come and sit in a church and sing songs. But Satan will laugh at you and mock at you. That's the first thing I want to say. Secondly, in Ephesians also, in chapter 4, 31:46 it says here in verse 26, "Be angry, but don't sin." There is a anger which is not sinful. Like Jesus was angry when he took the whip and chased the money changers out. He was angry when the Pharisees would not allow him to heal a sick person. 32:06 That's a righteous anger. And I asked the Lord once about this, "How do I distinguish in my mind between righteous anger and unrighteous anger?" And to this I got a very clear answer. I say, "And you know what I always say, 32:19 look at the dictionary. When you don't know the meaning of a verse, look at the dictionary." And to me, the dictionary is the life of Jesus Christ. Just like for English, we have a dictionary, for the Bible, we have the 32:30 life of Jesus, the word became flesh. So, in that word become flesh, I understand what the word means. And so, I looked at Jesus, when was he angry? When people were exploiting others, when people were making money in the 32:48 name of religion. To be Christ-like, you must be angry when people make money in the name of religion. If you look at a pastor making money in the name of religion and you're not angry, I'd say you're not Christ-like, that's all. 33:00 Something's wrong with you. You're not Christ-like. You're seeking your own honor. So, that's the place where he was angry. Or when the Pharisees would not allow him to help a poor, helpless person. When was he not angry? 33:14 When they called him the devil, when they spat on his face, when they beat him, whipped him, crucified him, never angry. So, I learned from the dictionary, I got the meaning. When should I be angry, when should I not be angry? 33:27 Meaning is whenever it concerns the glory of God and the things of God, I must be angry if it's being dishonored, wherever, by whoever. Even if it's by a famous preacher, doesn't matter. Nobody's greater than God or his word. 33:44 But I must never be angry when people do something to me or say something about me. They can call me the devil, they can call me false prophet, they can call me any name, or they can spit on my face or do whatever. If I get angry because somebody does 33:59 something to me, I am not it is an unrighteous anger. The only place where I'm a foot can afford to get angry is where something concerns the glory of God. If somebody did not respect me, forget 34:17 it. Who am I to deserve respect? My savior was washer of feet. Why should I respect respect from anyone? I must honor all men. Yes, the Bible says that. But the Bible doesn't say get everybody to honor you. No, I'm not interested. 34:34 So, it's very, very important that we don't get angry in anything concerning ourselves. When you get angry, make sure it's not sinful anger. That's the meaning of that verse. Make sure it concerns the glory of God, the house of God, 34:50 the name of God. Those are the things like, for example, if you see the name of the Lord being dishonored in this country, it should make you angry, not against people, but against the devil. I'm concerned about all the Christians 35:02 who are bringing such dishonor to God's name by their behavior. Yeah, I'd be concerned if Christians bring a bad name to CFC by their behavior, definitely. You know, we are trying to be a pure testimony for the Lord and here some guy 35:18 goes and does something stupid and brings a bad name on the church. And he doesn't even repent about it. We've had cases like that. They have some justification or the other. Amazing. Amazing. The name of the Lord is dishonored by their action and they 35:33 they should be weeping before God and fasting. They don't do that. There's some excuse they make. Do you think such people will ever grow spiritually? Not in a hundred years. Till they learn to judge themselves and not find an answer for every wrong 35:48 thing they did. So, we must be angry when the name of the Lord is dishonored anywhere in CFC or anywhere. But it should not concern you. It's not because you, for example, I often think if I ask somebody in in the CFC office to do something and they 36:04 didn't do it, I shouldn't get angry. Forget it. Okay, it's not done. We are human, we can't do everything in time. The only thing serious is sin. I'm going to be careful that I don't sin there. So, I always say, "It's all right. 36:21 Some work takes longer than expected. Fine, something bungles up, something blows up, we we ignore all that. Those things are not serious, but anger is serious. And it says here, it gives you a little time limit for those who still haven't 36:36 got full victory. You know, we don't get victory over overnight. It takes time to overcome anger. Just like it takes time to overcome the love of money. So, you're given a time limit here in verse 26. Isn't that good? And if you do get angry, 36:51 make sure you get rid of it before sunset. And in those days, sunset was the time people went to sleep. So, what it means is if you do get angry and you haven't got over it, get over it before you go to sleep. Because if you don't do it, verse 27, 37:08 you have given the devil an opportunity. I want to say to every one of you, please listen. You had a dispute with your wife or your husband and you went to bed without settling it. You have opened a door 37:27 for the devil in your heart. And if he torments you with bad dreams and torments your mind and torments you in other ways, blame yourself. Cuz God told you before you go to bed, settle it with your husband and your wife. 37:47 Otherwise, you will give the devil an opportunity. Be honest now, how many times have you guys given the devil an opportunity in your home? And you wonder, "Why is this happening?" Well, I'll tell you why it's happening, 37:59 because you didn't obey the word of God. You went to bed last night without settling matters with your husband or wife. How difficult is it to ask forgiveness before you go to sleep from your husband or wife? There's only one thing that'll hinder 38:14 you from doing that, your pride. How can I, the great maharaja, or very often the great maharani, who how can I ask forgiveness from the other person? Queen. I'm the queen. Queens don't ask forgiveness. 38:33 Should you ask forgiveness from a servant? If you've done wrong to that person, yes. I don't care who. I remember when I got light on this, I said, "Lord, if I ever speak rudely to a beggar who comes to the gate and I spoke rudely to him to go away, 38:50 I'll go after him and say, 'Please forgive me. I'm sorry for speaking to you like that.'" I'm serious about it. My fellowship with God is a million times more important than my dignity. I don't have any dignity when it comes to 39:05 spiritual things. My fellowship with God is very important. I If you valued it like that, I tell you, you'd have been far more spiritual today than you are. I'm telling you the truth. Many of you, you're good brothers and sisters, but 39:23 you're not grown. You're getting 100% but you're getting 100% in the kindergarten every every year. What's the use of glorying I get 100%? If a student if a boy tells me, "Uncle Zach, I'm getting 100% every year." I say, "Which class are you?" 39:39 Always in the kindergarten. Great. That that's not the way it should be. It shouldn't be with your You don't want it to be like that with your children. It's better to get 50% in standard one than to get 100% in kindergarten 39:53 forever. Think of that. Make a little progress. Don't give the devil an opportunity. And so, verse 29, be careful in future. Ephesians 4:29 that unwholesome 40:09 means unhealthy words don't come out of your mouth. Oh, ho. How careful we are that unhealthy things don't go into our mouth. Oh, we are very careful there. Here it says, don't let any unhealthy words come out of your mouth. You 40:28 remember what Jesus said? What goes into your mouth cannot really ruin you. It gets washed out in your system. But what comes out of your mouth comes from your heart. And that's defiled you already. So, remember this always all of you, my 40:42 brothers and sisters, what comes out of your mouth is a million times more serious than what goes into your mouth. We are so careful that the food we eat is hygienically prepared. We wash our hands so that there don't no 40:57 dirt is in our hands when we eat. But we are so careless with what comes out of our mouth. Have you really understood the new covenant? Now you understand why I said 80% of people sitting here haven't understood the new covenant except in 41:09 their heads. It's true. Not only here, I find that in most CFC churches. We glory in a knowledge of the truth. But the reality is not there. So, what should come out of my mouth then? Only what is good 41:28 that will build up people. Edification means build up. According to the need of the moment. And that it will give grace. That means people who hear me must get some grace through my words. You ask yourself whether that is true. And if you want 41:46 grace to come through your words, you know the law. God gives his grace to the humble. If you're humble when you speak to people, even when you have to speak firmly, there'll be grace in your words. There'll be grace even in your firmness. 42:03 Because you are basically a humble person. And if you don't do that, if you don't speak like that, verse 30, you're going to grieve the Holy Spirit. You are going to grieve the Holy Spirit. And you know, isn't grieved The Holy Spirit 42:21 is grieved. This person claims to be a child of Christ and look at the way he's behaving. So, verse 2 31, let all bitterness be put out of your mouth and let all anger and wrath and clamor and slander, speaking evil of others, be put away from you. 42:40 And in contrast, be kind to one another, forgiving each other. And this is the next thing I want to say to you. Forgive one another as Christ forgave you. If it's an unbeliever, 43:01 the moment you know that somebody has hurt you, forgive the person immediately. If it's a brother with whom you have been fellowship, settle it between both of you. The Bible says, if your brother sins, 43:19 rebuke him. Matthew 18 and verse 14, 15 onwards. And if he listens to you, you have won your brother. He doesn't listen to you and it's a serious thing, take another brother with you. Maybe take the elders, something serious 43:37 there. Settle it. And it's a serious thing it says there, if he doesn't listen even to the church elders, then put him out of the church. That's serious. But our attitude must always be one of forgiveness. Even if somebody is put out of the 43:53 church, we must forgive him. There's no doubt about that. Even if he doesn't listen to the elders, we must forgive him. There's no excuse for not forgiving. Even the people who have been put out of CFC, you got to make sure that you have 44:08 personally nothing against them. I make sure of that, 100%. Forgiven as far as I'm concerned. But the church must be kept pure, so Matthew 18 verses 15 to 17 says, you got to put him out. And we've had unfortunately had to have cases like 44:28 that because we believe in certain principles in the church. You know, even in the hospitals, they have what's called an isolation ward. And the isolation ward is for people who's who is so severely sick, they don't want other people to get that 44:45 sickness. And so, they don't keep them in the general ward. It's sensible. So, when people are put out of the church, it's like an isolation ward. They're put out because we don't want other people to get that rebellious 44:58 infection from them. It's an act of kindness. Supposing your own son had an infectious disease, which we hope will be cured in a while, you yourself will put that son in another room and not let your other children mingle 45:14 with him. Why is that? Is that an act of hatred? It's an act of love. That's how we treat the CFC family. When someone has got an infection from which they refuse to be healed, they can be healed, but they refuse to be healed, 45:29 we have to put them in an isolation ward. When are they allowed to come back? When the disease is gone. Yeah, we hope the disease will be gone. When you put your son in an isolation ward, you hope he'll be healed. You don't keep him there for the rest of his 45:42 life. If he gets healed, that means if he really repents and acknowledges his sin and turns from it and there's proof of it and evidence of it, that may take some time. Sometimes people are put in isolation ward for months on end or years. 45:58 Depends. In the Old Testament, they put lepers outside the gate forever. Because they not cured of their leprosy. In some cases, Jesus came and cured them. And then they could come back into the into the town. Otherwise, they had to 46:13 stay outside forever. So, forgive one another just as Christ has forgiven you. It doesn't matter how big the crime. It does not matter how big the crime. If you don't forgive, Satan will get an advantage over you. 46:31 Turn to 2 Corinthians in chapter 2. I was telling you these three areas where relation to Satan getting at you. One is when you fight with human beings, struggle with flesh and blood. And the second I told you is when you 46:46 lose your temper and you don't settle it before the sun is gone. And the third is an unforgiving spirit. 2 Corinthians 2 and verse 10. Whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. See, there was a man 47:06 who was put in an isolation ward. You read in 1 Corinthians 5. This man had committed a serious crime. And you know what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 5? I hand that fellow over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh so that 47:19 he will repent. I don't want him to be lost. I want him to be saved. When you put your son in the isolation ward, you don't want him to die. You want him to be healed. And so, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 5, I hand him over to Satan for the 47:33 destruction of his flesh. Let him get sick so that he will repent. Always isolation ward is for healing. So, when we put people in isolation ward, it's for healing. But sometimes it takes a long time. Sometimes it may take 47:46 20 years before they repent. Okay. Some diseases not because the disease needs to take long, because they refuse to take the treatment. Some people in the isolation ward won't take the treatment and they remain like that, sick forever, because they are too 47:59 proud to take the treatment of humbling themselves and setting matters right. Okay? Then you stay there forever. Probably die in the isolation ward. That's another thing. But here it says, this man who was handed over to Satan in 1 48:15 Corinthians 5, and the entire church excommunicated him. You know, they wouldn't meet him. They wouldn't talk to him. And it says here in verse 6, "Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority." 48:32 What is the punishment? They refused to go and talk to him. They had nothing to do with him. Not everybody. Some people tried for their own personal popularity and honor, they would meet this man who was excommunicated and put out in Corinth by 48:45 Paul. Yeah, they sought their own honor. So, it doesn't say everybody, but the majority took their stand with Paul and said, "No. We are not going to help him by discipline, by going and helping him." It's like the prodigal son. 48:58 When the prodigal son is in the far country eating what the pigs are eating, if you go and feed him, he'll never go back to his father's house. It looks like an act of kindness on your part, but actually you don't have wisdom. The 49:11 God is disciplining that guy by making him go to the level of the pigs and you stop that. So, he never goes back to his father's house. But the wise person say, "No, let him suffer there. I'm not going to send him any food 49:23 packets. I'm not going to give him money. He repents and goes back to his father's house." That is the wisdom of God. God's love is shown sometimes by not healing a person. Not helping a person till the person has come to an end of 49:42 himself so that he comes back to God forever. And when he comes back, God will make a feast for him. That's how he is. Isn't that wonderful? That's how it is. So, some people recognize that. They had the wisdom of God. They said, "We will have nothing to 49:57 do with him." And they inflict That was a punishment inflicted by the majority. And now he says, "The guy has repented." Forgive him. Now, don't keep on that wrong attitude towards him. Comfort him. Otherwise, he'll be overwhelmed with 50:10 sorrow, verse 7. So, affirm Now, go and reaffirm your love for him. Because the guy has repented. He's acknowledged his error. He's turned around. And he says, "If you don't do that, if you hold those old grudges, yeah, this 50:24 guy treated me like this, so I'm never going to forgive him." You know what will happen? Paul says, "If you've forgiven somebody, I forgive him." I know Paul says that I handed him over to Satan once. But because he ruined the church 50:36 testimony, but I've forgiven him. And if I've forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ. Why did I do it? Verse 11, so that no advantage is taken of us by Satan. That's the third thing. One, don't fight with flesh and blood, 50:56 Ephesians 6. Second, don't leave anger unchecked. Settle it. And third, forgive. Otherwise, Satan will get an advantage over you. If you can sit here, my brother sister, and you can They can think right now, right now. Just think for a moment. It 51:14 won't take more than half a minute. Is there anybody on Earth whom you have not forgiven? Think for a moment. A name will pop up in your mind immediately. I'm not a magician. But I know human nature. 51:33 And I know God loves you and will reveal the name of the person whom you have not forgiven right now. Or the persons. Now, God says it's your choice whether to forgive that person or not. But you say he has not repented. Well, 51:51 that's none of your business. He's not your brother in Christ. Forgive him. Forgive him. And if a person, you know, the Bible says if a person is stubborn and does not repent, he is not your brother. Treat him like an unbeliever, 52:06 it says. How are you to treat unbelievers? How did Jesus treat unbelievers on the cross? Forgive them. So, even if a brother is stubborn and refuses to repent, okay. Matthew 18 says, "He doesn't listen to you, doesn't listen to the elders, treat 52:22 him like an unbeliever." Treat him like an unbeliever means treat him like Jesus treated the Pharisees on the cross. Forgive him. He's not your brother. He don't want fellowship with you. Fine, but forgive him. When we understand scripture with 52:36 scripture, I've heard believers who say, "God, I want to be like God. God forgives people only when they repent. I will forgive people only when they repent." Aha. Then you're a judge. God as a judge can say that. I'm not a judge. 52:55 I'm a human being. And there are other laws for me that I have to forgive people even if they don't repent. But I have to treat them like unbelievers. They're unbelievers as far as I'm concerned, but I forgive them. He may call himself a brother, but no, 53:10 he isn't. I mean, if he were a brother, he'd be sensitive to God's voice. But he's not repenting, so I forgive him completely and I treat him like an unbeliever. Problem solved. I have no fellowship with him. So, it's end of the matter. 53:23 Please understand this balance lest lest you take that verse. You've heard me quote that verse, "If your brother repents, forgive him." And you say, "Ah, that's a good verse for me. My mother-in-law has not repented, so I'll never forgive her." 53:38 He's talking about your brother, someone who's a in fellowship with you. And if the person doesn't repent, it's finally says in Matthew 18, "Treat them like an unbeliever." And treat them like an unbeliever means forgive them. 53:51 You don't have fellowship with them. It's a perfectly okay if you don't have fellowship with your mother-in-law. The Bible doesn't say you must have fellowship with everybody. I'll tell you honestly, I don't even have fellowship with everybody sitting 54:00 here in this church. No, I'll tell you honestly, I don't. Because I can see that some people are not walking in the light. And the Bible says it's only if you walk in the light, 1 John 1:7, we have fellowship. I'd gladly have fellowship with the 54:15 youngest believer who walks in the light. But someone who is trying to live a double life, I'm sorry, I won't have fellowship with him because even God almighty won't have fellowship with that person. But I'll forgive. So, if you don't forgive, it says in 54:29 verse 11, "Satan will take advantage of you." And you're not ignorant of his schemes. He may quote a verse to you saying, "Jesus said, 'If your brother doesn't repent, only when he repents, forgive him.'" Yeah, Satan takes quotes scripture sometimes 54:46 to deceive people. But he doesn't quote the other scripture which says, "Treat him like an unbeliever." That means forgive him. But you don't have fellowship with him. We need to understand scripture by with scripture. That's why God has appointed 54:58 teachers in the church. And now I want to come to 1 Peter 4, which is the verse which says, "How do I know I'm part of the household of God?" I've often taken this verse as the proof that I'm part of the household of God. 55:17 We looked at these three verses where Satan takes advantage of us. Do you remember them? Ephesians 6, where we fight with human beings. Or Ephesians 4, where we get angry and don't settle it. Or 2 Corinthians 2, where we don't forgive 55:35 someone. And by the way, those of you who are struggling with anger, supposing you're suddenly provoked, I want to give you a helpful bit of old covenant advice. Now, new covenant advice is die to yourself. And 55:53 allow the Holy Spirit to fill you. But old covenant also, there is a helpful second best. So, here is the second best way to get over anger. The first is to be filled with the Holy Spirit. The second best way to get over anger is 56:06 Psalm 4. This is the verse quoted in Ephesians 4, by the way. "Be angry, but don't sin." Is Paul is quoting from Ephesians 4 56:23 and verse 4. "Tremble with anger, but don't sin." This is the exact verse which Paul is quoting in Ephesians 4. Be angry, but don't sin. So, Old Testament solution was, "When you get angry, see the rest of that 56:40 verse, go and lie down on your bed." What wonderful advice. So, next time, brothers and sisters, when there's a fight in your house, go and lie down on your bed. And be still. Till you cool off, like they say. 57:03 That's the second best way to get over anger. But whichever way you do, make sure you settle it before sunset. Otherwise, the devil's got an advantage over you. Now, we come to 1 Peter 4. I want to show you this verse. The mark of being a part of God's house. 57:21 1 Peter 4:17, "The time has come for judgment to begin in the family, the church, the household of God, where we judge ourselves first." That is the mark of God's house. People 57:40 who judge themselves first. Who don't justify themselves, but who judge themselves first. It must begin with us first, it says. See, that's where the church is different from the world. 57:58 You know, in the world, they put themselves first in everything. I want to come ahead of you. I want to push you down and go on top, whether it's a company or an office or even in politics, push other people down, go on 58:10 top. Even in school, there are students who try to push other people down and go on top. This world is full of people who put want to put themselves first everywhere. You know how children are? Go and grab the biggest piece of cake or whatever it is. 58:23 Me first, me first, me first. Everywhere. In important things. In unimportant things, like passing through a door, you'll say, "Okay, you go first." Or washing your hands, "Please, go first." Those are unimportant things. Important things, 58:37 it's always me first, me first. Including you and me. Till we get converted. But there's one area where the worldly people put other people first. You know where that is? Judging. All the people in the world, me first in 58:55 every area, except judging. There, I'll put other people first. Now, when we are born again, we get turned not upside down, but right side up. We are born upside down spiritually. We get turned right side up. So, what happens? 59:10 We put other people first in everything now, except judging. There, we put ourselves first. That's the mark of a person who's been turned right side up. The opposite of the world. And so, it says here, "We are now part of the household of 59:25 God. We judge ourselves first." When something happened between you and a person, don't find out where he went wrong. Ask yourself where you went wrong. Ask yourself where you went wrong. Judge yourself first. And then we can be a part of God's 59:43 house. Here's a particular area which mentioned two verses earlier in 1 Peter 4 about judging yourselves. Don't be verse 15 a murderer. I don't think anybody here of here of being a murderer. 1:00:02 Or a thief. I hope nobody here is going to be a thief. Third, evil doer. I hope you will not be an evil doer. Fourth, this is where many people fail. 1:00:20 Busybody in other people's matters. You know a busybody in other people's matters is put in the same category as murderer, thief, evil doer. You say I'm not a murderer, I'm not a thief, not an evil doer. But you go poking your nose into 1:00:39 things that don't concern you in somebody else's affairs. You want to go and find out from somebody some curiosity. Curiosity to find out things that have got nothing to do with you. And you 1:00:58 poke your nose into something that doesn't concern you. A busybody in other people's matter. You want to find out information about others. You're in the same category as a murderer, thief, and evil doer. You'll never hear this in any other church 1:01:14 because they don't explain the word of God to you people. Four people, it says don't let anybody suffer like that you're a Christian, it says. Don't suffer if you're a Christian, don't suffer as a murderer or a thief or 1:01:26 an evil doer or one who is curious about other people's matters. Or you want to ask people embarrassing questions. You wouldn't like them asking you embarrassing questions. But you go and ask them. Are you a Christian or a heathen? Ask 1:01:46 yourself. Next time you do that, please remember what I said. Ask yourself, are you a Christian or a heathen? Why how will that information help you? Knowing something about somebody else which is not going to help you one but 1:02:00 in fact it'll pollute your mind, hinder your spiritual growth, prevent disturb your fellowship with God. But you go ahead and want to find out this, find out that, find out. There are people like this who are curious about 1:02:11 everything and their tongue is wagging wagging wagging wagging. Some of the people who've been put out of our church are people like that who could not control their tongues. Elders been removed from eldership because they 1:02:22 could not control their tongues. Wagging wagging wagging wagging and no matter how much I warn them they still wag and wag and wag their tongue. Because that's it's a disease. And no matter what treatment you give they never get cured. 1:02:37 Always they want to talk about other people something evil about other people. Not good things, something bad bad bad about this and that. This is what I heard, this is what I heard, this is what I heard, this is what I heard. 1:02:46 Do you have that habit? I want to tell you you will destroy yourself. There have been people who put out of the church for such reasons. You have not been because you've been very careful but you maybe you'll face your judgment at 1:02:58 the judgment seat of Christ. Please my brothers and sisters take this seriously. Don't be curious about other people's affairs. Don't be a busybody trying to interfere in their affairs. Don't give advice to people who don't 1:03:16 ask you for advice. No, I don't go around giving advice. I I have the right to because I'm an elder. But even there I'm very careful. If I sense that a person doesn't like my advice I don't give it. If I sense that a person get offended 1:03:32 with my correction I just leave it. I tried once or twice. I remember a brother who's not in the church now. Years ago and he came to me and I told him something and he said, "Brother, nobody talks to me like that." Oh, I said, "I'm sorry. 1:03:46 I will never again talk to you like that." And I know I was correcting him in something. I never spoke to him after that. He left the church pretty soon and he's gone. Correction is for our salvation. Dear brothers and sisters, this this is 1:04:05 the way of life that we preach here. Don't let the devil get an advantage of you. Judge yourself. I judge myself every single day. And you may say it means brother Zac there are things wrong in you. Of course. 1:04:22 Until I become 100% like Christ. 100% there will always be something wrong with me. But I can only judge it when I discover it. And this old illustration that I have used. Supposing you put a 1:04:41 uh ice cube in some thick liquid which you can't see beneath the surface. You can only see 10% of that ice cube on top. The rest is hidden. Sin is like that. What I see of sin in my life, what you see of sin in your life is only 10%. 1:05:00 Don't think you're so holy. 90% is there hidden underneath. The selfishness, self-righteousness, self-justification, many many other things. Maybe wrong attitudes. But I don't see it. If I don't see it God doesn't hold me 1:05:16 responsible. I don't have to judge myself. I can only judge myself the top 10% that I can see. So when I say victory over sin it's not over all sin. Nobody has that except Jesus. But what we can see. So in other words, if I take a knife and 1:05:32 slice off that top 10% of that ice cube, what will happen? All you clever people, you know what will happen to that ice cube? It won't stay underneath. When the 10% is sliced off, ice cube comes up a bit. 1:05:52 That means you see a little more of that ice cube which you did not see before. That is how God reveals sin to us. If you have not discovered more sin in your life in the last 1 year, I'll tell you it's because you're not slicing off 1:06:07 the part that you can see. If you slice off the part that you can see every year, you will see something more of un-Christliness in your life. Something more of the love of money, something more of self-righteousness, something more of where you're curious 1:06:21 about other people. You'll get light. You know everything I preach, I'll tell you honestly, I preach what I've discovered in my own life. I judge myself. And if you keep doing that the ice cube will become smaller and smaller and smaller. 1:06:37 Self will get reduced and reduced and reduced and you'll become more and more like Christ. This is spiritual growth. That's why I said from the beginning. Ask yourself whether you're getting light on areas of your life which you did not get light on before. 1:06:57 Let me read to you a hymn that I wrote I don't know, maybe 30 40 years ago after CFC started. I want you to see the words. If I have not forsaken all, it's a hymn full of judging myself. 1:07:15 Where did I get it from? I'll tell you. I didn't get it from heaven. I got it from my own heart from my own flesh which is the same as yours. God invites me. If I have not forsaken all in answer to thy loving call. 1:07:34 It means the Lord invites me to forsake all and I hold back something. taking it away. He wants to bless that part and the part that you keep for yourself will never be blessed. The part that you give to the Lord will be blessed. 1:07:51 If I have not forsaken all in answer to thee, if I kept something back from thee. Uh God asked for something I don't hold it back. Ask yourselves. Examine yourself as you read these words. Lord, give me light. Otherwise I won't see it. 1:08:10 Lord, help me judge myself each day. This is what I said 40 years ago when I wrote this hymn. To walk this new and living way. This is not the old way of the old covenant. How can I walk this way? I seek thy 1:08:27 grace with all my heart. What's my passion? To be made pure just as thou art. That's my goal. Okay. I want to judge myself somewhere else. If anything upon this earth attracts me 1:08:46 with its sense of worth. That's valuable. We can use things in the earth but if you are attracted by its that's valuable. You need a house to live in. You need transport to move. It's all right, you can have all of it. But if it attracts you with its sense of 1:09:04 worth, "Oh, this is very valuable." If money has a hold on me. In other words, you're not holding money, money is holding you. Your mind. Many people their mind is under the grip of money. Money makes them think. Money makes them 1:09:21 dream at night and money makes them take decisions. Money controls them. Lord, give me light that I might see. You can't see it unless God gives you light. Third, if all my life revolves around me 1:09:39 and thoughts of my own family, I, me, and my family all the time. There are people sitting right here who are like that. Ask yourself, all my thoughts revolve around I, me, and my family. Is it going It's all about me and my family. What's 1:09:57 convenient for me, what's convenient for my family, and you don't think of fellowship with others. You don't think of being a blessing to others. All me and my family, but you come to CFC. That is a way of living selfishly. If 1:10:11 I'm living selfish, that is living selfishly. Thoughts are about I, me, and my family. Lord, give me light that I might see. Okay, let's go to some other area. This is where something I did not do. So far we've been thinking of things we 1:10:31 did. Okay, let's think of some area we did not do. Lord, is there some good I should have done? Tell me. You know the story of the Good Samaritan. There was a man lying on the street beaten up by somebody. A Levite and a priest went by. What was 1:10:49 their crime? You know the story? Did they go and kick the man? Did they go and steal what was left of his money? What was their crime? In one word, they did nothing. Can you commit a sin by doing nothing? That's what Jesus said in that parable. 1:11:11 And the Good Samaritan came along. Is there some good I should have done? The Levite and the priest should They went to the temple to pray to God. What should they have prayed to God over there? Is there some good I should have done as 1:11:23 I was traveling here? Is there some soul I should have won? Some person you're sitting with for years and he doesn't know that you're a Christian. And one day at the judgment seat of 1:11:42 Christ he says, "You knew about Jesus and you never told me." And you I thought you were my good friend for 30 years. The most important thing you never told me. Have I hurt someone thoughtlessly? Usually in our Those we 1:12:02 call our loved ones are the ones we hurt the most. We don't hurt our enemies so much except in our mind, but our loved ones we hurt with our words. Have I hurt someone thoughtlessly? Lord, give me light that I might see. 1:12:18 Okay. Again, error sins of not having done something. There are sins of commission and sins of omission. Omitted to do. If someone's failure Did someone's failure bring a little 1:12:36 delight to your heart? Has not wrought concern and care within my heart. Someone has failed. Some people rejoice, "Oh, that proves I'm better than him." It's not how Jesus felt. If someone's 1:12:55 failure has not wrought concern and care within my heart. Think of you brothers who've got good children. Praise the Lord for that. And you see somebody else's children going astray. How do you feel? Thank God my children are not like that. 1:13:12 And you even talk about it. Have you heard what that person's boy did or that person's girl did? Have you heard that person is a slave to drink or that person's going to drugs or did you see what did you know what that girl is 1:13:24 fooling around with? Such a person is not fit to be in CFC. I'll tell you straight. If someone's failure has not wrought concern and care within my heart, if I have judged others inwardly, 1:13:43 Lord, give me light that I might see. What I preach and what I write is what I found in my own heart, in my flesh. That's how I got light on it. I didn't get this from heaven. The These are not words from heaven. I got it in my own flesh. As I examine 1:14:02 myself, I found these things in me. I have the same flesh as all the terrorists in the world. We're all born from Adam. The worst terrorist in the world and I have the same flesh. I always say that I'm not better than them. 1:14:16 But God has been gracious to me. That's all. Okay. Another danger, verse six. If I have cared for man's applause, that means I'm waiting for people to appreciate me. I always get excited when say something something good about me. I've noticed 1:14:33 something through the years. Whenever I write to somebody something good, positive, "Oh, brother, it's really good that you did." I always get a reply, "Thank you so much, brother. I appreciate. Thank you very much." And 1:14:46 they give a very humble reply, "I don't really deserve it." Or some false humility like that is the reply to me. But whenever I give a word of correction, most of the time no reply. What does that prove? They love honor. 1:15:04 They love to be praised and appreciated, but they don't like one word of correction. Tell me the last time you wrote a reply to somebody who gave you a word of correction. How quick you are to reply when somebody appreciates. 1:15:19 If I have cared for man's applause and sought my own. And shunned means stayed away from death on the cross. If I have feared man's mockery, afraid of being laughed at 1:15:38 because you're a Christian in your school, college, place of work. Lord, give me light that I might see. I remember all the names people used to call me when I was on a ship because I was a Christian and I would 1:15:55 proclaim Christ openly. I remember even senior officers would try to punish me by taking me before the commanding officer because I was a witness for Christ. Okay? Last verse. 1:16:15 How to overcome all this? If I have not sought thy power in prayer. See, only way to overcome. Lord, I'm weak. All these areas I'm weak, Lord. I want to overcome. If I have not sought thy power in prayer because of earthly toils and care. 1:16:34 People say, "Oh, brother, I've got so many things to do, so many things to do." You know the what I've told sometimes people, I say you say you're so busy you don't have time to read the Bible. Wait till your child gets sick and is 1:16:47 admitted in the hospital. You'll suddenly find time. How do you find time then? Be honest and say I don't want to read the Bible. I have no interest in it. That's honesty. Lord, give me some interest in reading the Bible. 1:16:59 But don't say you don't have time. You'll always have Anything that you want to do, you'll always find time. If I have not sought thy power in prayer because of earthly toils and care, if I'm not longing after thee. This is the ultimate height 1:17:17 of spirituality. To long for fellowship with Jesus Christ. If I'm not longing after thee, Lord, give me light that I might see. We go back to the verse, the chorus, "Lord, help me judge myself each day to walk this new and living way. 1:17:37 I seek thy grace with all my heart to be made pure just as thou art." Let's pray. Heavenly Father, as we bow before thee, you know, Lord, we're all clever here. 1:17:55 We understand the language. And we understood it so perfectly that we can even preach this message to others. Help us to judge ourselves first. Have mercy on us. Have mercy on me. 1:18:12 I want to live in under your grace every single moment of every day. Every single moment of every day I want to live under your grace. And I pray that everyone here will have that passion. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. If I have not 1:18:34 forsaken all in answer to thy loving call, if I get something back from thee, Lord, give me light that 1:18:53 I might see. Lord, help me judge myself each day to walk this new and living way. I seek thy grace 1:19:13 with all my heart to be made pure just as thou Thou art. If anything remains upon this earth attracts me with 1:19:32 its sense of worth, if money has a hold on me, Lord, give me light that I might see. Lord, help me judge 1:19:51 myself each day to walk this new and living way. I seek Thy grace with all my heart to be made pure just as 1:20:11 Thou art. If all my life revolves round me and thoughts of mine own family, if I am living selfishly, 1:20:33 Lord, give me light that I might see. Lord, help me judge myself each day to walk this new and living way. 1:20:52 I seek Thy grace with all my heart to be made pure just as Thou art. Is there some good I should have done? 1:21:11 Is there some soul I should have won? Have I hurt someone by thoughtlessly? Lord, give me light that I might see. Lord, help me judge 1:21:33 myself each day to walk this new and living way. I seek Thy grace with all my heart 1:21:50 to be made pure just as Thou art. If someone's face here has not run, concern and care within my heart, 1:22:09 if I judge others inwardly, Lord, give me light that I might see. Lord, help me judge myself each day 1:22:27 to walk this new and living way. I seek Thy grace with all my heart to be made pure just as Thou art. 1:22:46 If I have cared for man's applause, have sought my own and shunned the cross, if I have feared man's mockery, 1:23:06 Lord, give me light that I might see. Lord, help me judge myself each day to walk this new and living way. 1:23:25 I seek Thy grace with all my heart to be made pure just as Thou art. If I've not sought Thy pouring grace because of worldly 1:23:48 joys and care, if I'm not longing after Thee, Lord, give me light that I might see. Lord, help me judge myself each day 1:24:10 to walk this new and living way. I seek Thy grace with all my heart to be made pure just as Thou art.
