The Church Jesus Would Attend Part 1-Part B

They gave themselves the apostles doctrine because it's the source of everything else.

It's the Bible teaches us how to love the Bible teaches us motivation for singers. The Bible teaches us how to get involved in interface with the community as the Bible teaches us to raise children attitudes everything number one on the list of what they practice glorifying. We continue with her series, Churchill leads to faster Skip Heitzig here and correctly Skip weekend edition depending on what survey you look at the around 68,000 200,000 churches in the US now faced with that many different choices. It's no wonder some people have a hard time deciding where to go to church but what about Jesus if he had to choose from the thousands of churches available what church would he go to. After all, if we knew the kind of place Jesus would go with that make our choices easier.

Skip will explore that a bit more.

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Visit connectwithskip.com or call 819 to 1888. Open your Bibles are Bible apps to John chapter 17. Let's join Skip Heitzig as he talks more about the church. Jesus wanted to church, Jesus would attend is a group of people makes all about him returns the me generation into the key generation, so to speak. Second, number two, it's one that reveals the truth of God. Look at verse six. I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given me out of the world they were yours. You gave them to me and they have kept your word. Now now because they have kept your word. Now they have known that all things which you have given me are from you, for I have given to them the words which you have given me and they have received them and they have known Shirley that I came that I came forth from you and they believe that you sent me. Please don't don't not understand this. Please see the flow of this, Jesus saying you father gave me words of truth that I passed on to them. My followers they received those words and they have not only Them but they have passed them down and Jesus will mention that later on as we follow the text through so many church Jesus would attend must do the same and that is regularly speak the word of God, not the opinions of men. It's noteworthy to make that high on the list of what's important in it in a church gathering or in gathering together that's what's on the most important list is the word of God. I say it's interesting the meet me because that's not always on many people's most important list in finding a church with often on the list is how close is it to where I live and their programs for my children etc. etc. but in many people's view, finding the truth of God preached undiluted undistorted is not high on the list is high on Jesus list. Why because the word of God is the source of all truth is the source of all truth.

Look at verse 17 sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth. Now that explains a lot, explains why we do what we do Skip out every time I come.

It's the same and sing a few songs and you talk and you talk and you keep talking and preaching and opening the Bible, can you mix it up and and have a raffle one day or interpretive dance.

One day just picturing that is frightening is an there is a article in the Albuquerque Journal sometime back I cut it out.

I will read the article to you, but I just want to read the heading of the article ready church, a trendy place for singles seeking dates man that puts a whole spin on things, church, a trendy place for singles seeking dates will.

Jesus said, going to all nations and make disciples of them, teaching them, teaching them to observe whatever I have commanded so there's Jesus anticipating his followers and the church that he will build and the glory of God and the truth of God are high on his list and that's exactly what we finally turned the book of acts we find his prayer being answered. Acts chapter 2, verse 42 attack so we can uncover in more detail later on and they gave themselves continually to the apostles doctrine breaking of bread, prayer, or fellowship in prayer. Those are the four things they gave themselves to always one on the list.

Born the list. The apostles doctrine. They gave themselves continually to the apostles doctrine.

Why was that number one unless why doesn't it say and they gave themselves number one love, or the gay themselves never want to singing or they gave themselves number want to community improvement when ally because they gave themselves the apostles doctrine because it's the source of everything else. It's the Bible teaches us how to love the Bible teaches us motivation for things the Bible teaches us how to get involved in interface with the community is. The Bible teaches us how to raise children attitudes everything that is number one on the list of what they practiced as they were glorifying God.

So they gave themselves to sell the church, the Jesus would attend is one that radiates the glory of God reveals the truth of God, but I don't want to just stop with that will uncover the next to next week.

I want to show you what will happen. What truth produces verse 13 produces joy.

Jesus continues in his prayer. Verse 13 but now I come to you and these things I speak in the world that they they being the disciples that's the antecedent that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I've given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world. Just as I am not of the world to follow Jesus gave them truth words from the father and having received those words, they became really joyful even though the world hated them and hassled them. So how can a person have joy in the midst of a world that by and large doesn't love God and doesn't love those who stand up for the truth of God. How do you find joy, surrounded by that.

How do you how do you be a joyful person in the midst of the world is falling apart. Answer the word truth brings joy. There's basically only two types of people. There's people of the world and there's people of the word, and they're very different from one another. People of the world have a sense of happiness from time to time but it's circumstantial and Michael at the micro down. Things are good. Today I'm happy things are bad tomorrow.

I'm really bummed out that's out works their prisoners to their circumstances as circumstances changed, like always, but but people of the word can have a sense of joy that is the same and sometimes even increasing in the worst of situations because the one their trust is in is in Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday today and forever. He never changes is a huge difference between just happiness goes up and down and show like joy which are joy like this.

Join Mark you all if it's rooted in truth, it definitely will. And here's why.

As we expose ourselves to truth.

Read the word, we discover that there's something a lot better than this present world up ahead. That makes a joyful that's what's that's what's can happen after were gone from your and in the meantime, we have plenty of promises and resources to sustain us right now till we get there. All of that brings joy Jesus said in John 16 in the world you will have trouble. You can underline that in your Bible in the world you will have trouble. But take heart I have overcome the world. You see the difference between person of the world in the person of the word person of the world there like a thermometer.

They just register what's going on the go up or down person of the word is like a thermostat. They said it they set that pace. They set the temperature is an ever fixed mark of joy. Let me just brag a little bit about you.

One of the things I love so much about you is your joy, your fanatics honest you guys are a bunch of fanatics. You get happy about worship you get happy about Bible study you clap at a sermon. Maybe just happy it's over. I don't know you get excited over and it's wonderful to see and I've had guest speakers who come to yoga your church is like the Masters to be a guest speaker at the people or so into the word are so excited about it and you should be you should be and you are Charles Spurgeon said our happy God should be worshiped by a happy people are cheerful people is in keeping with his nature and his acts, you know it's produce that join you the Scripture. Scripture reveals to you God's plan and God's promises in heaven and all of the future and all of the resources till then.

And it's produced in you and abiding sense of joy and the outward expression as well. Some hundred 19 should read a few verses to you. Happy are the people who follow the law of the Lord.

Happy are those who obey his decrees and search for him with all their hearts make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. That's why the joy is there. Interesting at Tyndale publishers publisher that I worked with for years put out a poll some years back and published some results and they found and I'm quoting 90% of Bible readers feel at peace. All or most of the time as compared to 58% who read less than once a month. Now that's fascinating. They feel at peace. All or most of the time much greater percentage.

Also, 92% of frequent Bible readers report knowing a clear purpose and meaning for their life, whereas only 69% of in frequent Bible readers report the same.

Some Italian church that Jesus would attend is the place where joy producing truth is proclaimed also and finally will close truth produces not just joy but holiness. Holiness verse 15 I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but the you should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world.

Just as I am not of the world sanctified them by your truth. Your word is truth is you sent me into the world. I have sent them into the world and for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth of theirs of there's another religious sounding word sanctification sanctified it, it's a good word. Don't lose that word it means to be holy means to be separate in particular to be separate from sin to be different from how different are you from the world both your person of the word you're very different from the world values are different. Here's the just of what Jesus is praying to his father. Father world is deceptive. It's powerfully evil, but you can purify them through your word. How does that work is a work while there's works when we expose ourselves to truth. Something happens you'll track as soon as I described happen. Sometimes you read it and it's so comforting you read a promise you all I needed that so much right now in my life that's so comforting to me. Other times, you read it and it didn't come for you to confront you you go. I don't like that I can unlock underline that verse now memorize efforts, real personal that verse. Sometimes it comforts sometimes it confronts her as one person put it.

Sometimes the Bible will comfort the afflicted and other times it will afflict the comfortable.

We know what that's like, you know, I've even had people I could you not at least five, maybe seven times in my years as a preacher, teacher, people of come up to me accusing me following them to the week, or of receiving a phone call from your wife or husband or somebody who told me about them and I'm directing my sermon at them that day and I will say with all due respect sir or ma'am, I didn't even know you, let alone have the time to follow you through the week. What is happening. The truth is cutting confronting working. It's what Hebrews 4 describes the word of God is living. It's powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart can I just say I believe that every good sermon should do that. I believe every good sermon should at some point cut and confront for the sake of cutting not for the sake of pain, not just for the sake of inducing guilt but to cut away those things which are displeasing to the Lord. That's why Paul said the young Timothy Amanda starting in the ministry. Timothy preach the word of God. Be persistent. Whether the time is favorable or not patiently correct, rebuke and encourage your people with good teaching. Get the balance. There encouragement rebuking admonishment altogether.

I can I just before we close a let that happen. Let that happen.

Don't be the kind of listeners. As I only like it when the sermons make me feel really good about myself.

That's shallow you get that ended good movie. Let God to the Holy Spirit have his way. So even if it's like movement leads let it happen. Let it happen, let them cut let them cleanse. Jesus said to his disciples.

Now you are clean and the means cut the ribs out to cutaway and clans. Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken. In conclusion, the church that Jesus would attend is one where God is glorified by declaration by praise for its about him more than anything else and also one which the congregation responds to the truth by a holy lifestyle glory and truth. I read an article that made me very sad.

As I tell you, you will understand why. True story couple and I think Boston I remember correctly, at a little baby invited friends over for a christening party for their child. The baby was placed on the bed in the guest room and it was a flurry of activity as their friends came and they walked in the guestroom and through the code on the bed, not recognizing the baby was there and then another coat and another coat and another code in a pile of coats and the baby died, and I think it was the Boston newspaper the next day the told about the baby that was smothered to death at his own party.

I sometimes think that God is smothered at his own party. I sometimes think that some want to make a big party about everything but God in his glory, and so two things to walk away with two charges this morning. Number one.

Learn to glorify God learn to glorify God when we gather together and were engaging in worship fits worship engage, engage fully engage fully declare and go out and make him famous, declare them out there and second, let the word of God producing you the kind of real joy better than the superficial happiness of the world goes up and down. True abiding joy even in the worst of times and let it do its work, comforting, and confront now that you know more about what sort of church Jesus would attend. Where will you go to church. Some of you may already go to church but would you do that it's our hope that you do just what Skip Heitzig suggested and not just go to church, but be actively involved in let you know how to get a copy of today's teaching. But before we do, here's an update from to connect with Skip resource Center. The beating heart of Bible prophecy is the land of Israel and the Middle East. Joel Rosenberg has his finger on the pulse of the world shaking changes happening right now and he unveils them in his new nonfiction book enemies and allies is it takes you inside loft inside the house as she is in his think about how his wrath of US relations was making enemies and allies from multiple New York Times best-selling author Joel Rosenberg takes you on an unforgettable journey inside the turbulent Middle East behind closed doors to hear from the very kings and crown princes, presidents and prime ministers who are leading the charge.

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