“Overcoming Habitual Sins” 2/05/2016 by Pastor Rob Barkman – http://wp.me/p2pPlX-1ly
Excellent teaching on that which besets us.
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Believing God
I have no delight in thee; – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Have you ever considered, that the Lord will say: “I have no delight in thee;”
You know there will be believers, who will hear: “Depart from Me, I never knew you.”
How can this be? Will He say it to you? Why would He say this to believers?
We see why, in the story of the Talents. (Mathew 25). The Master left His servants Talents, (money?), those who increased those Talents were blessed, those who buried them heard, “Depart”. When the Master returned.
We are usually taught the Talents were money. Did He leave you any money? I didn’t think so.
Are you a servant of Jesus?
Do you really think the Talents He left are in knowing how to invest, how to make money?
NO, ….. HE LEFT US, (sent us), HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
He would have us increase in our ability to walk in His will, by the Power and Grace of the Holy Spirit.
He would have signs and wonders following those who believe. He promised they would, why don’t they?
WE HAVE BURIED THE HOLY SPIRITS GIFTS.
He gave us His Holy Spirit, a lot of churches acknowledge the existence of, but deny the power, gifts and works of Him today. They are burying the Talents He would have us increase.
There is a time, when we will be asked, how we increased His Kingdom, by the use of His Gifts.
Please, … SEEK THE BEST GIFTS.
The gifts needed for today, it may be the Gift of Faith, or Healings, Miracles, Prophecy, Discerning of spirits, Words of Wisdom or Knowledge.
Or heaven forbid the Gift of tongues, (so you have a better prayer life, in private with God.
Or tongues and interpretation to exhort and comfort your brothers in Christ in public.
Read the whole word, Paul says: SEEK YE THE BEST GIFTS. Just use them in love.
Will the Lord have delight in us?
2 Samuel: 15. 26.
“But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.”
This scripture is from the time King David is fleeing from his son Absolom. He sent the Ark of the Lord back to Jerusalem.
Declaring he would wait and see whether the Lord allowed him to see it again or not.
David was rewarded because of his faith and his life of repentance.
We will be rewarded because of our faith, life of repentance and our obedience in loving God and each other, by supplying their needs.
Both by physical means, food, clothes, financial help and by Spiritual means, Words of comfort, grace, direction. Healings and Miracles.
Be a Holy Spirit dispenser. Meet the needs of others.
He will give His Gifts to those who can be trusted to use them for His Glory. Is that you?
“According to your faith be it unto you.”
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All of one blood: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Acts 17
“For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.”
A Church on every corner. Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Original Free Will Primitive Baptist. (?lol?)
UMC, AME, PHC, UPC,….Episcopal, Community, Catholic…..whatever…
Democrat, Libertarian, Republican……
Than there are differences of race, creed, colors, left handed, right handed, blue eyed, brown eyed, pink eyed….
(People are different, but all the same.)
WHO CARES? (Can’t we just get along)?
“God that made the world and all things therein”
With all the ways we seek to devide ourselves. It seems a strange thing today, to realize we are all: “made of one blood, all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:” Acts 17:26a,27
ONE BLOOD, ALL NATIONS, TO DWELL ON THE EARTH TO SEEK THE LORD.
So as we segregate ourselves in Worship, Politics and every other way we can imagine, God commands us to love one another.
Why can’t we get along? Genisis 11.
“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”
Genesis 11:5-8
King James Version (KJV)
“And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.”
The Lord scattered us. It is natural. We can’t do things as one, because we don’t understand each other.
So, we need to quit trying to be one, and agree to love as one. Live in harmonious differences.
We should be able to agree to disagree. We are one in the blood of Christ. That is enough unity.
Now go out and share Jesus, not your church, not the preacher, not our programs, or personalities …. it is all about Jesus and His blood, that is what we share.
That is what makes us one.
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whatsoever he doeth shall prosper : The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
“whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
Who is he? Do you know him? Is he you?
Some people appear to sail through life, like Midas, everything they put their hand to, turns to gold.
They are full of the joy of the Lord, they are givers, they love life, and everyone they meet, loves them, they are content, kind, and forgiving.
(The rest of us, hate them. lol)
These people seem to thrive, as the rest of the world struggles.
Could I be more like them? Is there a secret only they know? Are they special in the Lords sight? Is there a way to join them?
Is it possible that I could be he?
Is there a way that: “whatsoever I doeth shall prosper?” If you believe the word, YES. We must first take control of where we sit, stand and walk.
Psalm 1
King James Version (KJV)
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”
Walking in the counsel of the ungodly.
The worldly view of what to do. It is ok to…? You don’t take medical advice from your tax guy. Don’t rely on the world for Spiritual counsel, (walk in worldly wisdom).
Don’t hang, (stand), around with sinners.
Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners. Yes, He did. He did not join them in their sin, He led them in the way of repentance.
Don’t Sit in the seat of the Scornful.
Do not think you are better, smarter, more qualified than those doing the work. You aren’t. We must judge Godly judgement.
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Delighting in the law of the Lord.
Love the Lord, love thy neighbour, pray, sing, rest, believe, act on the Word in love.
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
You will be like a tree, nourished, fruitful, evergreen, prosperous.
God will supply all your needs, you will do His work, souls will be saved, you will overcome the wicked one.
“The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.”
The destination of the non-believers.
The ungodly and sinners, will not stand in the judgement, or with the righteous in fellowship.
“For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
Will, “whatsoever you do prosper”? It is up to you. Love, believe, trust in and act on the Word.
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the earth abideth for ever. – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Ecclesiastes 1:4
King James Version (KJV)
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”
We somehow think, we are bigger than God. We are destroying the earth. Our actions are causing irreparable damage.
Really?
Take a tour on google earth to Japan and check out the cities we destroyed in WWII.
Than check out Detroit, USA. (government policy, much more destructive).
I can bring you to where towns in NY State, used to be…you’ll see trees and a few brick walls, maybe buried trash, but no other signs of human habitation.
We don’t credit God with creation, or think He knows what we will do.
Psalm 24:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?”
Yes, keep the water and air clean, don’t trash up where you live. BUT, Don’t think you can harm the earth, beyond God’s ability to rehabilitate it.
Our Lord God is an Awesome God.
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Are we drawing people to, or drving people away from….?
https://theunfetteredpreacher.com/2015/04/29/drawn-to-or-driven-from-the-fix-it-shop/
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A sweet savour to the Lord: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
What makes a sweet savour (smell, aroma), to the Lord? We find it mentioned 46 times in the Bible, most in the Old Testament. All concerning burnt offerings.
The first offering was spontaneously made by Cain and Able. (A freewill, giving back to the Lord). Long before the Priesthood, and formal offerings were implemented.
It is interesting to note:
There is no mention that it was a burnt offering.
Cain was the first to bring an offering, the fruit of the ground. Followed by Able, with a perfect lamb.
The Lord rejected Cains offering but excepted Ables.
Why?
I believe it was because Cain was proud of his accomplishments, the tilling, weeding, picking the best. (Because of him, it was a good crop).
Where Able brought a perfect lamb, without spot or blemish, acknowledging the Lords perfect work.
After this Cain killed Able and left the presence of the Lord. There was no sweet savour.
Save me, O God; The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Assorted verses from Psalm 69, the cry of my heart.
“Save me, O God;”
I love You, Lord. I need You to deliver me from this body of sin and death. My Natural Man, refuses to die.
Do I know Why? Yes, because I feed him in secret, he is a giant in my life. I allow him to rule.
And this I pray: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
I have wrtten about Epaphras before, but I believe we can learn alot by his example.
He is only mentioned 4 times, in the Word, 3 of which are in Colossians. We find Paul singing his praise, so he must have had something on the ball.
LORD taketh pleasure in his people:
Psalm: 149. 4.
“For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.”
“The Lord taketh pleasure in His people:”
We don’t often think about the Lords pleasure, but being made in His image, it shouldn’t be hard to imagine.
Do we not take pleasure in our children? Do they have to do something note worthy for us to delight in them?
Not at all, seeing them joyful, carefree, excited gives us joy, knowing they are safe, healthy, happy.
It is no different for God and His children. Us.
Psalm 35:27
“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.”
Psalm 103:21
King James Version (KJV)
“Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.”
Psalm 147:11
“The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.”
The Lord loves us and wants us to prosper, not just financialy, Spiritualy, phycicaly, emotionaly…..in all areas of our lives.
It pleased Him to send His Son. That we might be His.
Isaiah 53:10
“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”
His pleasure is us…He would have us all be His.
Ezekiel 18:23
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?”
Ezekiel 18:32
“For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.”
God takes pleasure in us. Are we full of His peace and joy? Are we walking toward or with Him?
Are we holding His hand, walking in the way we should go? Give God pleasure, love Him, Praise Him, spend time with Him.
And the people served the Lord: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
“And the people served the Lord “
I would love that to be what I was remembered for. “Bill served the Lord.” Wow, if only that were accurate. This would be closer to the truth:
“Bill desired to serve the Lord and sometimes did.”
Judges 2:7
King James Version (KJV)
“And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.”
I have longed to see the great works of the Lord, since before I found Him.
As a matter of fact, My prayer was that I wanted to know and serve a Lord of Power. Not just of Words, (hot air, empty prayers).
I am convinced that He brought me to Christian Retreat in Florida, so I would see just that. I lived, worked and attended The Institute of Ministry and the Pastoral Training School.
I worked there about 3 years. Left there licenced and ordained to preach, teach,. . . ready to marry and bury. Did ok as an Evangelist, failed as a Pastor.
Ran away from it, (with my tail between my legs). I still loved the Lord, but had lost my hope and nerve.
I didn’t understand how to work with His people. To me they were Satans spawn. They couldn’t be trusted, relied on, or confided in.
That was wrong, the problem was within me, not them. It took about 20 years in the desert for me to come around, and realize the truth.
Is it possible to understand why they served the Lord and then stopped?
“all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua”
Why stop then? What happened? Are we experiencing the same problem today? Few do the necessary work to know and be used of the Lord.
“who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.”
The people who had experienced the Lord.
Isaiah 41:20
“That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.”
This is what we are missing today, in our churches. Very few have seen anything but a few healed souls, and we call that miracles. When Jesus was in His home town all He could do was heal a few sick people. Why?
Because of their unbelief. They thought He was doing mighty things. He couldn’t. Same thing today, no earth shattering miracles, in the early church people were healed by the Apostles shadows. Raised from the dead.
Today our preaching puts more to sleep, then sets their faith on fire. We have lost the Power of God. Sorry folks we need todays Peter, Paul and James and John to rise out of our dead churches, and show us the way to the Holy of Holies, so we can find Grace and Mercy in our time of need.
Lord, help us to be usefull vessels of Your power and love.
Thank You.
2 Peter 1:3 Study – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
A very long post, sorry.
I hope this study is helpful to my Bible class. I am trying to teach how to dig into the Word and understand the meaning themselves. It’s funny before Salvation, you could not get me to study anything, now I hate to stop.
Let’s look at 2 Peter 1:3.
2 Peter: 1. 3.
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:”
Devine (Godly), Power, what is this? Resurrection, Healing, Words of Wisdom and Knowledge, Faith…ect.
Matthew 22:29
King James Version (KJV)
“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.”
How is God’s Power manifested?
lay me down in peace: – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
” I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.” (Verses from Psalm 4)
David would encourage himself in the Lord in times of trouble.
One way for us to do that is to have scripture implanted in our hearts and minds. This only comes from memorization, meditation and action. To know the Lord we must know His Word and walk in it.
Then you can lay down in peace and sleep, knowing the Lord is keeping you safe.
“But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.”
Are you set apart, godly? Does the Lord hear your call? Do your prayers reach the highest heavens? Do you listen and wait for His answer? Do you accept the judgements, answers to your calls?
“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.”
Is the joy of the Lord a growing fruit in your life?
Gladness isn’t about a smile on your face or a bounce in your step. It is a place of Faith, (to do His will). Wisdom, (to understand His will). Knowledge, (to know how to do His will).
Gladness, (is ours in His service).
behaved himself wisely; The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
“Behaved himself wisely.”
David, as a young man, was chosen by the Lord to replace Saul as King. Saul hadn’t made it through his first battle, before disobeying and disappointing the Lord.
Samuel, mourned for Saul, the Lord told him He had rejected Saul, stop mourning and go find a new King.
” I have provided me a king,”
We know David was a “man after Gods own heart.”
One of the ways we see that played out is:
“He behaved himself wisely.” This phrase is written 4 times in 1Samuel 18 alone.
” David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely:
David had slain Goliath, had been splitting his time between home and Sauls service. He is now full-time in the Kings Court. He plays to calm Saul when he is troubled by an evil spirit from the Lord.
Saul made him head of the army, sent him into battle, hoping he would be killed.
Grieve not – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
GRIEVE NOT :
That’s really a pretty silly demand, you can hardly tell someone not to grieve the death of a loved one, or when seeing someone who had promise, fall away into sin or rebellion.
It hurts us in the center of our being. It makes us sorry, sad, disappointed or grieved.
We do have the power to stop the Lord from being grieved though.
What God wants 2 -The Fix-it Shop -Filling Station
The early followers of Jesus were only called Christians, in derision by the heathens.
They were called by Jesus, Desiples.
A Desiple is someone who studies Gods Word and attempts to follow His precepts, a person who comes to a love relationship with Jesus.
Who have one thing they absolutely know: GOD IS LOVE.
To explain this love it is really best to go back to creation. To put it simply God made man in His image to have some sort of relationship. He would walk in the garden in the cool of the day,with Adam and Eve.
I know you have heard this but I feel I must elaborate. At that time thete was no death, no work, no pain, just fellowship with God.
Man could do anything and eat anything except the fruit of the tree of knowledge. They knew no sin, shame or guilt until they ate of tree of knowledge of good and evil.
At that point death came into the world. For that one little, stupid act.
Disobedience of God. Now people lived almost a thousand years before physical death but Spiritual death was immediate. No more relationship with God.
God didn’t give up.
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Mathew 25
Matthew 25: Jesus speaking to His disciples about the end times. Parables, stories, whatever, people have tried to understand this chapter forever.
So lets take a non-denominational look:
Wise and foolish virgins: Oil for their lamps.
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