They Must Be Giants – Part 5: The Giant Named Hate

They Must Be Giants – Part 5:

The Giant Named Hate

Pastor Bruce A. Shields

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SERMON INTRODUCTION

Most of us are all familiar with the story of David & Goliath in 1 Samuel 17.

Remember these points from David & Goliath over the next few sermons;

I.       The battle between the Palestinians and the Israelites was a spiritual one.  

II.   David had the Holy Spirit just as all of those who belong to God have access to.

III.   David recognized the battle was spiritual even though everyone around him could not.  He was walking in the spirit, not by sight, but by faith.

IV. When David faced the giant, he knew the battle was not a man against a giant, but a giant against the power of God.

V.    The battle was the Lord’s!  David had the right perspective.

We must remember these points in our lives as well when we face things.

1.      It’s a spiritual battle

2.      We have the Holy Spirit if we belong to God

3.      Recognize the battles we face in our lives are spiritual

4.      Those battles are the Lord’s

PREVIOUSLY

Part 1 - David and Goliath

Part 2 - The Giant Named Unforgiveness

Part 3 - The Giant Named Fear

Part 4 - The Giant Named Anger

TODAY’S SERMON

Part 5 - The Giant Named Hate

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Proverbs 8:13

“ To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I {the LORD} hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.”

The overall message of this series to the church is;

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, the battle is Spiritual and the battle is the Lords.

I.       WHAT IS THIS HATE?

1.      Hate is a behavior comes from anger (which we spoke about last week.)

1.      Anger is a behavior which comes from the emotion of fear.

2.      Remember, there are only two emotions, love and fear, everything else we experience is a behavior based on one of these emotions.

3.      Just as it is with anger, there is righteous hate and unrighteous hate.

4.      Just as it is with anger, when you have unrighteous hate, you are in sin.

2.      Living in a state of sin cuts you off from relationship with God

1.      You miss out on God's blessings, God's protection, and all the other benefits of living in the Kingdom of God here on earth.

2.      Scripture also says that God does not hear the prayers of the unrighteous.

3.      We cut ourselves off from relationship with God when we live in sin.

1.       Galatians 5:19 – 21; acts of the flesh (opposed to living in the Spirit)

“19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and dishonesty; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, conflict, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, rebellion, division 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

2.      These fruits are not the fruits of the Spirit, but fruits of our sinful nature, our flesh.

3.      Living in sin and unrighteousness cuts us out of the Kingdom of God.

4.      If you are living in sin, you are not living in the body of Christ.

1.      Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. “

2.      It is IMPOSSIBLE to live in sin and in the Body of Christ.

4.      Those living in sin, claiming to be in the Body of Christ, are seriously mistaken and deceiving themselves

II.   RIGHTEOUS HATE?

1.      Yes, there is righteous hate

1.      So what is righteous hate?

2.      What does God hate?

3.      Is it as Westboro Church suggests?

4.      Does God hate fags?

1.      Some so-called Christians (false converts) would like you to think so

1.      Any time a self-proclaimed Christian speaks anything against the teaching of the Bible, they are false teachers, false prophets, false converts, and need the saving power of the Lord to change them and get them in line with His Holy Word instead of perverting it.

1.      Proverbs 8:13

“ To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I {the LORD} hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.”

2.      We know the scripture we read states that those who live in unrighteousness will not inherit the Kingdom of God, but does God hate fags?

1.      Some say that's what the Word of God says in Leviticus 20:13

2.      Listen closely in the original Hebrew from the LIT;

3.      Leviticus 20:13

“And a man who lies down with a male, as one lies down with a woman, both of them have DONE an abomination…”

4.      The Word of God clearly states that they have “done” something God hates.

5.      Isn't that what happens when any of us sin?

6.      We “do” unrighteousness

7.      The scripture says God hates what they have done, what any of us do when we live in unrighteousness.

8.      God doesn't hate them...He hates sin.

3.      Those who judge are condemning themselves

1.      What the so-called loving Christians (false converts) who cry out “God hates {fill in the blank with a person}”, whether it be gays, soldiers, Americans, Muslims, etc... all they are doing is saying that God hates people who sin.

2.      Remember, God also states in Leviticus that he hates adultery, which Jesus says we commit in our mind if we even think with lust.

3.      Verse 23 tells us that “all of these things they committed, I abhorred them.”

4.      The abominations are not the people, but the actions of the people.

4.      The argument of 1 Corinthians 6:9

1.      But what about 1 Corinthians 6:9?

“9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders”

2.      Well, you are correct, homosexuals will not inherit the Kingdom of God, and neither will the sexually immoral (pornography, lust, adultery, fornication or sex outside of  marriage, etc...), idolaters (putting ANYTHING before God, whether it be an object, or person), prostitutes, and so on.

3.      And if you keep reading, you will see this;

4.       10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

5.      Listen, God does not hate sinners...He abhors sinful behavior...and sinful behavior that is keeping you from the Kingdom, can be washed away...in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit.

II.   What exactly does God hate (Righteous Hate)?

1.      We need to know

1.      Because this will help us understand what righteous hate is.

2.      As it is with anger, most of the time we feel hate towards something or someone, it is going to be unrighteous, and if we do not repent, we are living in sin.

2.      We read that God hates the acts of the sinful nature in Galatians 5

1.      We know from scripture that God is a righteous God, and judge’s unrighteousness.  Therefore, if God hates something, that is righteous hate.

2.        One of the most well known lists of what God hates is found in;

1.      Proverbs 6:16 – 19

“16 There are six things the LORD hates,
       seven that are detestable to him:

17 conceited eyes,
       a lying tongue,
       hands that shed innocent blood (murder),

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
       feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19 a false witness who pours out lies
       and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.”

3.      Haughty eyes, means uplifted eyes.  Head held up.  Or pride, arrogance.

1.      Pride tops the list, as it always does, for it is what caused Satan to fall.

4.      A lying tongue

1.      God hates lying so much, it made it to His top 10 list

5.      Hands that shed innocent blood, this is murder...one of the 10 Commands, “thou shalt not murder”, not kill as some translations say, murder.  We know in war and defense killing takes place, which is different than murder.

6.      A heart that devises wicked schemes

7.      Feet that are quick to rush into evil

8.      A false witness who pours out lies

1.      A false witness is a person who is teaching things other than what the Word of God teaches, in the name of God.

9.      And stirring up dissension among brothers.  Causing problems in the church, divisions, clicks

3.      We see from this scripture again, it is the actions that God hates.

4.      How easy is it to be a liar?

1.       1 John 4:20

“If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.”

III.                        Does Jesus Hate?

1.      You will not find a scripture that says “Jesus Hates” in the Bible

1.      Jesus is the full expression of God's love

2.      We see that Jesus loved all He came in contact with, no matter what their sin

3.      He said that He did NOT come to judge, but to set captives free

4.      Are you helping those trapped by sin to be free through Christ Jesus?

5.      Or are you finding yourself trapped by sin as you stand there pointing at their sin?

2.       Deuteronomy 25:16

“…all that do unrighteousness, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”

1.      ALL that DO...

IV.GOD'S LOVE MESSAGE

1.      We see that the New Testament is a message of love to the lost

1.      The world, everyone in it, is full of unrighteousness and sin

2.      Yet, while we were still sinners, God sent His only Son to die, to pay our debt

3.      This is God's love for us

4.      Now we are to share the love God has given us with the world

5.      With who?  Those who already love God? No!

1.      Jesus said in Luke 5:32, “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

2.      We are to take the message of salvation to those who need it most...the lost

2.      Our mission as Jesus instructed

1.      There is not one scripture where Jesus told us to go into the world and tell them how much God hates them...

2.      Is that serving the Lord?

3.      Jesus commanded us in Matthew 28 to go into all the world, which includes every race, nationality, religion, and preach the Gospel, baptize them into a knowledge of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, then teach them to obey all that Christ commands.

3.      Telling someone, “Hey, God hates you! Now make Him your Lord and Savior and trust Him.” is absolutely insane.

1.      Is this teaching people how to love the God who loves them?

2.      Is this making people want to seek the Lord with all of their heart?

3.      Jesus said, “I did not come into the world to condemn it, it is already condemned.  I came to save it!”

What we should be preaching is that ALL HAVE SINNED and fall short of the glory of God!

This is why we preach the 10 Commands, to show that apart from Christ, we are all unrighteous and in need of the Savior Jesus Christ.

CONCLUSION

We, as the Body of Christ are supposed to be saving people from their captivity!

We need to show Christ’s love for the sinner, the same way Christ showed His love to us when we were lost and trapped by sin.

It is OK to have righteous hate for sin, but it is sin to have unrighteous hate for the sinners!

That’s what the devil wants, so you never reach the lost!

Righteous hate belongs to actions alone, while unrighteous hate is for anything, or anyone else.

Preach to reveal their sin, and preach the result of living in that sin...hell.

Then preach the answer to their sin, payment already made by Christ Jesus...making Him their Lord and allowing the Holy Spirit to change their lives, eternally!

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Paul's Epistles Part 16 – What I hate and What I do

Paul's Epistles

Part 16 – What I hate and What I do

Pastor Bruce A. Shields

House of Faith Church | www.PS127.org | www.TruthDigest.org

INTRODUCTION

We are going to look at the Epistles of Paul in this series of sermons. In Chapter 6 we looked at Paul telling us to be Dead to Sin, and Alive in Christ and that we are Slaves to Righteousness, Released from the Law and Bound to Christ.

Today we will take a look at Romans chapter 7, and how we are Released from the Law and Bound to Christ.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE Romans 7:7-25

 ⁷ What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” ⁸ But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. ⁹ Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. ¹⁰ I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. ¹¹ For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. ¹² So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.

¹³ Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

¹⁴ We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. ¹⁵ I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. ¹⁶ And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. ¹⁷ As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. ¹⁸ For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. ¹⁹ For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. ²⁰ Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

²¹ So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ²² For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; ²³ but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. ²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

                   I.            THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW

a.      What shall we say then?

                                                                         i.      In verses 1-6 of this chapter, Paul has shown that the Believer is no longer under The Law

                                                                      ii.      In the remainder of the chapter, he shows that a Believer who puts himself under the law, failing to avail himself of the resources of Grace, is a defeated Christian.

b.     Is the Law therefore sin?

                                                                         i.      God forbid.

                                                                      ii.      Man's condition is not caused by The Law of God, for The Law is Holy; rather it is exposed by The Law.

                                                                   iii.      Paul says, "I had not known sin if it were not for The Law."

                                                                     iv.      The Law of Moses only defined what sin is, but gave NO POWER to overcome sin!

c.      Evil Desire

                                                                         i.      If the Believer tries to live for God by means other than the Cross, he will be ruled by "evil desires"; and no matter how dedicated he might be otherwise, he will not be able to stop the process in that manner, and it will get worse and worse.

                                                                      ii.      The Law of Moses fully exposed what was already in man's heart; which was one of the reasons God gave it.

                                                                   iii.      Paul's sin nature continued to be revived because Paul was trying to live for God in his own power.

                                                                     iv.      He states that he was "dead in the commandments", meaning, he failed to obey them no matter how hard he tried.

                                                                        v.      If the Apostle Paul could not live for God of his own strength, neither can you.

               II.            SINFUL NATURE (WHAT NATURALLY OCCURS)

a.      The Law is Spiritual

                                                                         i.      But we are unspiritual, a slave to sin

                                                                      ii.      The Law is totally of God, and from God, who is Spirit

                                                                   iii.      We are slaves to sin because of Adam's fall

                                                                     iv.      which has affected all of mankind

                                                                        v.      Which means, no one...not even Spirit Filled Believer's can keep The Law of God if they attempt to do so outside of faith in the Cross.

b.     The dilemma of Paul, and us all

                                                                         i.      I do not understand the things I do. (failures)

1.      These are NOT the words of an unsaved man, rather, a Believer trying and failing.

                                                                      ii.      What I want to do, I don't do...

1.      Why?

2.      Paul explains that the Believer is to be married with Christ.

3.      However, is being unfaithful to Christ by spiritually co-habiting with The Law, which frustrates the Grace of God.

4.      This means, the Holy Spirit will NOT help such a person, and that guarantees failure.

                                                                   iii.      but what I hate, I do

1.      refers to the sin in Paul's life

2.      which he doesn't want to do

3.      and in fact, hates

4.      but finds himself unable to stop

c.      I know that in me, dwells no good thing

                                                                         i.      Paul speaks of his flesh

                                                                      ii.      We have a SIN NATURE

                                                                   iii.      Nature, meaning what comes "naturally"

                                                                     iv.      This, because of Adam's fall

                                                                        v.      The Law revealing this state of our flesh, and the need for the Spirit of God (salvation through Christ) to redeem our souls.

            III.            THE BODY AND THE MIND

a.      I delight in the Law of God

                                                                         i.      in my inner being.

                                                                      ii.      Spiritually, Believers line up with God and His Law

                                                                   iii.      However, outwardly, our flesh is still "unredeemed", and therefore weak, and the moment we take our eyes off Christ, we fail.

b.     I find this Law at work (Law of Sin and Death - Romans 8:2)

                                                                         i.      Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

                                                                      ii.      However, I see another Law at work (The Law of Sin and Death desiring to USE MY BODY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS)

                                                                   iii.      The Body waging war against the Law of my mind...making me a prisoner of the Law of Sin at work within me.

c.      What a wretched man I am!

                                                                         i.      Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

CONCLUSION

Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's Law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Job 19:25 "I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth."

Our souls redeemed with Salvation, and our new bodies will be given to us after we die, and this flesh returns to the dust from which it came.

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