TRICKS, TREATS, and TRAITS

Gn. 3:1-5

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. TRICKS OF THE DEVIL

1. Doubt & Denial [Gn. 3:1-5]

2. Deceit & Death [Jn. 8:44, 2 Cor. 11:12-15]

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

3. Defeat & Devouring [1 Pet. 5:8-9]

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

II. TRAITS OF GOD

1. His Unchangeableness (He is Immutable) [Malachi 3:6, Jm. 1:17, Heb. 13:8]

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

2. His Graciousness [Heb. 2:9, Eph. 2:8-9]

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

3. His Liberalness [Jm. 1:5]

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

III. TREATS OF GOD

1. The Scripture of God [2 Timothy 3:16]

 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

2. The Son of God [Isaiah 9:6, 1 John 5:11]

 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

3. The Spirit of God [1 Thessalonians 4:8, 1 John 3:24, 4:13]

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

WALKING & WORKING IN A WICKED WORLD

EPHESIANS 4

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE WORTHY WALK [v. 1-11, Amos 3:3] Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

1. The Great Endeavor of Unity [v. 1-3]

2. The Great Example of Unity [v. 4-6]

3. The Great Enabler of Unity [v. 7-11]

II. THE WORTHY WORK [v. 11-16]

1. The Plan [v. 11-12]

2. The Progress [v. 13-15]

3. The Product [v. 16]

III. THE UNWORTHY WALK [v. 17-32]

1. Don’t Be A Carnal Christian [v. 17-21]

2. Don’t Be A Casual Christian [v. 22-29]

3. Don’t Be A Clogged Christian [v. 30-32

RIGHTLY DIVIDING OR WRONGLY CLAIMING

2 Timothy 2:15

Pastor Rick Jackson

There is a familiar poem that is not quite true. It goes like this:

Every promise in the Book is mine!

Every chapter, every verse, every line.

I am standing on His Word divine,

Every promise in the Book is mine!

Of course, in one very wide sense this is true. I can learn from every word in the Bible. I can own a Bible. But is every promise God gave someone in the Bible a promise I can claim as valid to me personally? The answer is "no". There are promises given to certain individuals, for them at that time, that do not apply to me. The land of Israel was promised to Abraham and his descendants. Can I, as a Gentile, claim God has given me the land of Israel? No, of course not. Can I be blessed by noting that God keeps His promises? Of course! David was promised his seed would sit on Israel's throne forever, can I expect the same? Paul was promised no-one would die in a shipwreck with him. Does that mean nobody will die in a shipwreck if a Christian is on board? It's silly to think so is it not? It's like the man who opened his Bible with the expectation God would tell him what to do. He opened his Bible and read, “Judas went out and hanged himself”. Nervously he tried again and read, “Go thou and do likewise”. Trying one more time he read, "That thou doest, do quickly.”

With that in mind I want to draw your attention to three oft claimed verses that actually have a very limited scope and should not be claimed by everyone!

I. ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS NOT NECESSARILY PRESENT WITH THE LORD! [2 Cor. 5:6-8]

"Oh well, at least he's better off." That's as stupid as saying "He's probably up there right now chasing the girls" to a grieving widow! (A comment I actually heard given by a Bible ignorant person)

1. It was written to the Saints [1:1]

2. The saints are those who are in Christ [1:18-22]

3. Those "in Christ" have believed the Gospel [4:1-7]

It is to them this promise is given, is applicable and can be claimed!

II. ALL THINGS DO NOT NECESSARILY WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD [Rm. 8:28]

1. This is to them that know God [Rm. 5:1, 8:1]

2. This is “to them that love God" [Jn. 14:15, 15:10]

3. This is "to them who are called according to His purpose"

or rather, to be doing what God wants you to do when God wants you to do it where God wants you to do it!

For instance, suppose I had stayed in Tennessee when God led me to come to Bradford Baptist. Would I still be called? Yes, but not according to His purpose! Joseph, Daniel, and John the Baptist suffered in the will of God, in God's purpose.

David loved God and was called but did his sin with Bathsheba work out for good? No, the chastening did but the sin did not!

III. GOD MAY NOT SUPPLY ALL YOU THINK YOU NEED [Phil.4:19]

1. This is for those who have learned the secret of contentment [4:11-12]

2. This is for those who are dependent upon Christ [4:13]

3. This is for those that give to God [4:10, 14-20, Mt. 6:33]

1 Kings 17:8-16 is the Old Testament example of this New Testament truth.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

PSALM 62:1-5

Evangelist Matt Downs

1. We Need to Trust in God [v. 5-8]

-Pour out your heart to God in Confession [v. 8, 1 Sam. 7:3-12]
-Pour out your heart to God in Thanksgiving [2 Sam. 23:14-17]

2. Don't Misplace Your Trust [v. 9-11]

-Don't trust in your talents & abilities [v. 9]
-Don't trust in your money [v. 10]
-Trusting in God gives us Peace [v. 11]

John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

A man may steal because he is hungry or his family is hungry, or he may kill somebody because he has been greatly wronged. There is some provocation for nearly every sin in the world. The devil says to a man, "You will prosper by stealing." He says, "You will have pleasure by getting drunk." He says, "If you do this, or do that or the other, I will pay you so and so." But the devil says of this man who curses, "I will get him to sin without even promising him a thing." So he gets him to curse and take God's name in vain. - John R. Rice

A man told me once that about all the wrong he had ever done was just to curse a little bit. I told him, "You might as well say, 'All I've ever done is just kill a few men now and then.' " The fact is, God judges men's hearts. God knows the depth of the cancer of sin, and He puts that command about taking His name in vain before the command about murder. It is more important in God's sight. It more nearly reveals the state of the human heart and the terrible, terrible sin that is in the heart. Jesus said, "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." A blasphemous mouth shows a rotten heart. - John R. Rice

God says, "The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain." Whether you are a woman who uses the words "Christ," "God," "Lord," "Jesus," or "Almighty" as bywords, or as exclamations, or a man who gets angry and curses with vile blasphemy, or a preacher who repeats a joke he has heard using the name of God in it without meaning it reverently: it is the same sin, a terrible sin, and God "will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain." - John R. Rice

Sometimes people say, "Oh, I am so troubled; I am afraid I have committed the unpardonable sin." The fact that you wish you could be saved is proof that you can. Jesus said, "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." It is not God who commits it, and it does not change the plan of God. It is the lost sinner who commits it, and it changes the lost sinner. There is nothing you could do that would make it so God would not love you and still want you saved. - John R. Rice

A young woman said to me, "Brother Rice, I heard someone say Jesus went to Hell and He had to suffer in Hell three days more to atone for man's sin."
I said to her, "One verse of Scripture ought to settle that. When Jesus died on the cross, He said, 'It is finished.' So when Jesus died it was finished."
God does not want any more atonement. God does not want any more price to be paid. He does not want you to add anything to the perfect Price, to the perfect Offering that had been paid for sins for every man, for every woman, for every child who ever lived or ever will live. That is already paid for "once for all," the Bible says. - John R. Rice

Too long I depended on holding on to God; now I am depending on God's holding on to me. Too long I depended on my holding out faithful. I have long since found out that God is the only One who is faithful. Sometimes you talk about holding out faithful. You never started faithful; how can you hold out faithful? No one here can say that he has ever been faithful to God. Your hope of Heaven is that God will be faithful to you. I am glad we have a settled salvation, a one-Man, one-Offering, and one-time, "once for all" salvation. - John R. Rice

Everyone can bring his own offering to God as a love gift. He can give all he want's for love's sake. But as far as paying for salvation is concerned, that has already been paid once for all. The Father and the Son are perfectly satisfied with the price that has already been paid. No payment you could bring to God for salvation could possibly be anything but an insult. By that you could be saying, "I am afraid Jesus' death isn't enough; I need to add something to God's perfect Offering." You slander God; you insult Almighty God; you blaspheme Jesus Christ to presume that anything you could do be added alongside the blessed offering Jesus made to increase its value. You see why Jesus sat down, don't you? His work was finished so He sat down. - John R. Rice

PROPER CHURCH ETIQUETTE

PROPER CHURCH ETIQUETTE

1 PETER 5:1-10

Evangelist Matt Downs

I. BE SUBMISSIVE TO AUTHORITY [v. 5]

questions are okay but there is a right way to approach it

II. BE HUMBLE [v. 5b-6]

goes hand in hand with #I

III. BE FREE FROM WORRY [v. 7]

"casting" here is liking skipping a stone not casting a rod & reel to fish

-God does not worry about things that are not going to happen
-I don't know if God cares about all the things that I care about (like winning a game) but I know He cares for me
-"Fatigue makes cowards of us all" - Vince Lombardi

remember this acrostic:

T -feel Trapped
I -feel Inadequate
R -feel Responsible (not just our problems, but others)
E -feel excluded
D -feel Depressed (can't do enough)

IV. BE ON GUARD [v. 8-9]

there is a main enemy - Satan.

-the Devil doesn't fight fair
-the Devil wants you lost
-the Devil wants you destroyed

V. BE REALISTIC [v. 10]

Bad days are going to come

Hebrews 4:16

How to Be Happy!

How to Be Happy!

Psalm 1

Evangelist Matt Downs

I. WHAT WE SHOULD NOT DO:

1. Don't Listen to the Wrong Kind of Person [v. 1]

Have you noticed that common sense is not so common anymore?

Pr. 4:7, 10:13, 14:6, 16:6

2. Don't Let the Wrong Influences Destroy Our Lives [v. 1]

"complaining- saying anything to anyone in a negative manner when that person cannot do anything to change it. "- Bill Rice Ranch saying

YOU decide who influences you. Influences decide whether you are happy [v. 2]

II. WHAT WE SHOULD DO - MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF GOD [v. 2]

Let God's Word influence every area of your life!

1. Read it!

2. Retain it!

3. Reflect on it!

4. Respond to it!

5. Rest in it!

The Comforter Has Come

John 16:7-16, 20:19-22

Evangelist Matt Downs

1. The Holy Spirit Lives in Every Believer [Rm. 8:9, 1 Cor. 3:16-17]

-the Holy Spirit brings power to every believer [Acts 2]
-the Holy Spirit brings joy to every believer [Acts 2]

2. The Holy Spirit Testifies of Christ [John 16:14, 8-11]

3. The Holy Spirit Will Guide You to the Teachings of Jesus Christ

-He will teach you the Bible
-He will glorify Christ
-He will remind you what the Bible says

4. The Holy Spirit Gives Us Peace [John 14:26-27]

"What is Your Nickname?"

Acts 4:32-37

Evangelist Matt Downs

Barnabas is a nickname that means "encourage." To encourage means to "put courage in." To make it easier for people to do right. Don't be a Murphy's Law type person, a discourager.

How did Joe get the nickname "Barnabas"?

1. He was always doing right [v. 32]

v. 32 unity, v. 33 power, v. 34 blessed of God

Grace in the Christians' life is the power and ability to do right. Barnabas would follow through (unlike Annanias and Sapphira in Acts 5)

2. He was always telling others to do right [Acts 11:19-26].
He rejoiced over sinners that were saved [v. 21-23]] and taught them the Word of God [v. 26]

3. By getting others involved in ministry [Acts 9:26-27, 11:25-26]

We all can't be a Paul - but we all can be a Barnabas!

"For What Is Your Life?"

James 4:13-17

Evangelist Matt Downs

Life is about choices. Life is short. We must choose Jesus Christ!

1. Some Choose Possessions [Mt. 16:16, Luke 12:16-21]

2. Some Choose to Procrastinate {Pr. 27:1, Amos 4:12]

3. Some Choose the Prescription [Jn. 14:6, Is. 64:6]

If you have trusted Jesus- are you living for Him? are you serving Him the best that you can?

The Lord Jesus is THE standard. Are you reading the Bible like you should? praying like you should? attending church like you should?

John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

I pray that God will keep within me a sensitive heart that when I do wrong I will hate it, that He will keep within me a tender heart to feel, when I displease Him, a need to confess the sin and forsake it. I tell you now, you are about ruined and gone when you go on in sin until your heart gets hard. - John R. Rice

God's righteousness is always vindicated when God lets sin bring judgment. If God ever let sin go unpunished, it would mean that God was not right. You cannot blame God for saying that sin has to be punished. - John R. Rice 

I am against sin; I hate sin. A man who does not hate sin does not love right. If God did not hate sin, God would not love righteousness. If God Himself were not against sin, He could not be for right. He could not be for good if He did not hate sin. - John R. Rice

The Scripture says, "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Phil. 2:10-11). The Bible says, "...that in all things he might have the preeminence" (Col. 1:18). If God cannot save men from Hell, then God will drag them out of Hell and make them honor Jesus Christ anyway. That is coming. - John R. Rice

My last word is this: Don't you see that Pharaoh hardened his own heart? He hardened his heart about God, about the cries of little children, about poor, weeping mothers whom he had bereaved and torn their little ones from their arms. As the hard thud of whips fell on the backs of those he had enslaved, he hardened his heart toward their pain. God said, "All right, you like a hard heart. I will harden your heart Myself and let you be stubborn until I lead you out into the middle of the Red Sea, and then I will turn the water loose on you and I will show you." And God did. You had better not harden your heart. You had better listen to God tonight. You wise guys like Pharaoh, who will not listen to God-if He sends any trouble to you and pleads with you in mercy and goodness and kindness, He is giving you a chance. Are you ignoring it? You wise guys like Pharaoh, remember Proverbs 29:1 : "He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy." - John R. Rice

Don't you see God wants to save tonight? God wants to have mercy. God meant it for good. Do not ever blame God when sinners go to Hell.Why would Pharaoh blame God when he died after eighty years of murder and wickedness and sin? And why do you blame God when you have heard preaching all your life, when you have had the Bible, when on the radio the gospel has been going forth? You have had people praying for you; you have heard sweet gospel songs, and you have turned it down. Do not blame God when you have turned down every appeal and hardened your heart, and you go to Hell. Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your heart. Turn and be saved today. This is a sweet message: God loves you; Jesus died for you. Turn and be saved tonight. Will you be saved tonight? You can be. - John R. Rice

Cursing is a terrible sin. It is one sin that makes a fool out of a man. A man can "cuss" and "cuss" until he is nothing but an "old cuss." - John R. Rice 

BE TOUGH ON YOURSELF

1 Corinthians 9:24-27                                                    

Pastor Rick Jackson

When you decide to buy an expensive item sometimes you must sacrifice for a while to save for it. An athlete may deny himself some pleasures in the food and drink department to attain the physical prowess he desires. A student must give up some TV time to study if she wants to make that grade which will help her GPA. In all these things, and more, it boils down to this thought, "Be Tough on Yourself!"

In a similar way, in order for us to be the Christians we want to be, that we need to be, that we ought to be, we must learn the same lesson, “BE TOUGH ON YOURSELF!"

How?

I. BE ESTABLISHED IN YOUR FAITH! (Be sure you are saved!)

-Paul was sure! "For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." [2 Tm. 1:12]

-Job was sure! "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me." [Job 19:25-27]

-You Be Sure! [1 Jn. 5:11-13]

II. BE RIGID IN YOUR CONVICTIONS!

-Joshua stood firm! "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." [Joshua 24:15]

-Daniel stood firm! "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself." [Dan. 1:8]

-Paul stood firm! "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway." [1 Cor. 9:27]

-Josiah stood firm! "And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left." [2 Chr. 34:2]

III. BE ACTIVE IN YOUR QUEST!

-Spend Time In Prayer! -Jesus taught "that men ought always to pray, and not to faint" Lk. 18:1

-Spend Time In God's Word! Isaiah reminded us, "Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read!" [Isaiah 34:16]

-Spend Time At Church! Hebrews declares, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." [Heb. 10:25]

IV. BE POSITIVE IN YOUR TESTIMONY! (Witness positively for Jesus Christ)

-David said, "Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy" [Ps. 107:2]

-Paul said, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" [Eph. 5:18]

-Peter said, "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear." [1 Pet. 3:15]

V. BE FERVENT IN YOUR LIFE!  [Romans 12:11] Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

A FERVENT CHRISTIAN:

-Has faith in God! "Have faith in God!" [Mk. 11:22]

-Is not a Quitter! "Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle." [2 Th. 2:15]

-Looks for the return of Jesus Christ! "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" [Titus 2:13]

-Seeks to Witness to lost souls! "Let your light so shine..." [Mt. 5:16]

THE MARVELOUS MYSTERY OF GOD

EPHESIANS 3

THE MARVELOUS MYSTERY OF GOD

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE MYSTERY OF GOD [v. 1-6]

1. God Made the Mystery Paul’s Cause [v. 1-2]

2. God Made the Mystery Known to Paul [v. 3-5]

3. God Made the Mystery Known through Paul [v. 5-6] […ages…fellowheirs…same body”

II. THE MINISTER OF GOD [v. 7-11]

1. Minister Only by the Grace of God [v. 7]

2. Minister the Message of God in Christ [v. 8-9]

-the focus- v. 8 “the Gentiles”

-the freedom- v. 9 “all men”

3. Minister the Purpose and Plan of God [v. 10-11]

III. THE MIGHT OF GOD [v. 12-21]

1. Prayer Access with the Father [v. 12-15] note - “whole family in heaven and earth”

2. Power Access through the Spirit [v. 16-19] *vs. 14-17=Trinity

3. Praise Access through Christ [v. 20-21]

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

Pastor Rick Jackson

Twenty-six years doesn't mean the same thing to everybody. To some it’s a lifetime or more, to others it seems but a few days. A lot can happen in 26 years. A lot can change in 26 years. A lot can stay the same in 26 years. Consider:

I. THE LOCAL CHURCH HAS CHANGED IN 26 YEARS

1. Some are no longer with us.

Some have moved away [Acts 18:1-2] After these things Paul departed from Athens, and, came to Corinth; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

Some have passed away [1 Thessalonians 4:13-14] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him

Some have gone away [1 John 2:19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

2. Some have Come to us [Acts 18:1-2]

3. Some Have Been Saved [Acts 2:47] Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

II. THE PASTORAL QUALIFICATIONS HAVEN'T CHANGED [1 Tm. 3]

No man is perfect. Not this pastor nor any other. But the Scripture gives us a standard for the man who would pastor a church.

1. The Life must be right [v. 1-3]

2. The Home must be right [v. 4-5]

3. The Testimony must be right [v. 6-7]

III. THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED!

1. God's Person Has Not Changed!

Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

2. God's Word Has not Changed!

Psalm 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Psalm 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

3. God's Salvation Has not Changed!

Luke 24:25-27 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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