R946 Dynamic Testimonies, PT.2

God has an encouraging word for you and me today. The Bible-based teaching of Dr. Don Wilton all about our dynamic testimonies. Today we continue in first Thessalonians chapter 2 about this particular two-part series on dynamic testimonies with Dr. Don Wilton well-known author evangelist Pastor today as he opened the word together will gain some perspective on what it is that we have power in the power of our testimony as we open the word know that were available to open to you as well. To pray with you and for you anytime at 866898668999673 or will be to honor website as well TW all online.org fresh new resources as we began this month of March. Together they're all there for you on our website GVW online.org now Dr. Don Wilton believers well I saw a whole series in bursting their resurrection. The second coming of Jesus, eternal life, eternal separation is all right Dwight for his son from heaven, we rise from the dead Jesus, who rescues us from becoming wrong but evidently they were believers. They believed in something.

What was it, and why was that important. They will believe it's so I wrote that down so I with 10 major subjects.

So I say to myself now what is this what why all the steam and water all these 10 things, it just jumped in, these are dynamic testimonies. So what I did next was upright again. I prayed again and I studied. I immediately began to put these things down and I began to study and as I studied I prayed again as I prayed again I study my work began. I hadn't started working, and so I go into how ever long hours, days, weeks, and I begin this study. What this means every one of these things that I've written down what how do I study a man.

I go to Christian supply not low down on every book I can find on the subject. I want to tell you I have so many books around me when I'm starting you can't even find my dish. Besides that it tidy study is the sign of a very sick mind and books, and trees I go to my Greek New Testament and I get out my Greek New Testament because I've studied the Greek language and look at words and I'll find out with the word in the Greek in the original language the way it was written. Whether it is accurately portrayed parallel studies are trying to discover what this person is saying. What were we, as BSA drawn Mike off the same to dial in.

I'll go to these different common trees get special things. I look at what makes you kind of might've said if he had written a book about this passage. I'm not saying I do all of that every time I'm saying study involves jolly hard work that's getting down and going and having a look. All you either get out. Webster's dictionary when I get out. Webster's dictionary look up a word and I'll say what is the dictionary say about this.

That would be not. Is that really an accurate portrayal of that word. As we understand it in our English culture. Many times I'll find that actually it's it's not quite what I think about it and then I'll mix it up and I'll start to construct this thing and I are beginning to almost go hard to just help put meat on the bones you see those 10 points that are good already is sermon outline.

It's just a house.

It's a house you know what you did when you moved in to you hello you didn't moving to hug you moved into house. The house has walls and door frames and windows. The house has a stairway in a house is a roof. But what happens in order to make a house a home go to put carpets down a warm bed of television say the dog running around the refrigerator full of food. That's what makes our house of hope the message which you and I need to hear must begin with the house. It begins with the framework. The framework is number one number two number three. Whatever number whatever jumps out at you that you framework now done put the meat on the bones but yes the difference is that as you put the meat on the bones is God begins to show you what it is that he saying there he.

The house with the wall of the children running around and the stove and the kettle boiling for a cup of tea.

He puts the meat on the bones. That's what he does and so I begin to starting and I pray and I study and are praying a prayer in our study will this is some of the things that I discovered, one they were receivers. I immediately realized that this whole group show was nothing more than a dynamic testimony.

It is the taming dynamic testimonies of the believer of every Christian. That's what this is its taming dynamic testimonies.

What is doing here is he saying this is what every Christian looks like this is your testimony and as I began to study.

I had these 10 points they and I went all you mean to tell me what you're saying to me Lord is the sort to be my taste.

This is what I should look like, because I'm actually a believer on the Christian on the part of God's church, and so on. In fear and trepidation, I began to study these 10 dynamic testimonies well number one, they were receivers and I began off myself, am I a receiver. Why would they receive as well. If you look at verse two. They were receivers into regards, number one because they received Frank's from those whose lives have been impacted by them.

And number two, they received the prayers of those who apartment with. That's a receiver you know what part of my testimony is part of my testimony as a believer is that they are all to be numerous people who thank God for me and thank God for you, and thank God for us because of our service to our fellow man. As believers, nothing wrong with that. That hurricane that hit New Orleans couple years ago folks can't see it on secular news, but you know that the majority of the work that is being done in the city of New Orleans is being done by Christian B they deserve.

Thanks. Not in a human way will I need someone to thank me. It's a spiritual sense of thanksgiving. Are you listening to what I'm sent as a Christian you all the receiver of thanks was thinking I will pull right now so I'll just go get it out the way I think he was a church number two, you receive the praise of others.

One of the testimonies of believers, is that we receive prayer or do is create that part of my testimony.

I am praying for.

I received the praise of others.

Thank you for praying for me. We pray for one another article to family in our church yesterday afternoon going through a situation and they laugh at and and the wife said to me straightaway. She said to me pasta. I don't know where we would be without the prayers of our fellow believers in our church and I'm sure in other churches. So my question is this event part of my dynamic testimony. Am I a receiver number two they were workers.

While that would be work I had to also self. Am I a worker. Now the work that sees your book produced by faith, that would work.

There is an interesting word, because that would work is not talking about a specific act of service like what I built this house or I gave this person something to drink or syrup in the soup kitchen, while went on a mission trip. The word workday is a reference to the force the combined force that God brings together through the faith of a community that loves him. He says you have become part of a God force that part about testimony and then he goes on in the mix in the and he says they were laborers were what is the difference with labor.

The word laborer.

There speaks more specifically, it is intensified and it is applied to a specific act that is done by those who are prompted by the love of Jesus Christ. So you got the which God brings together in unity in Christ and it is translated into acts of specific labor and that is part and parcel of the dynamic testimony of the church of the living God and of me as a believer, am I receiver my work, labor, number four, they were in the doers. That's what the Bible says rocket.

It says that they endured. Look at verse three.

Endurance inspired by hope.

In other words, because we can see the finish line. We keep on keeping on.

We know the end result and pull commands Christian people at Thessalonica and he says one of the great hallmarks of your Christian faith.

Your dynamic testimony is that you are and endure. By the way, you can we let one back if you want to stand the test really know whether you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ are not, ask yourself whether or not you're in Endura or whenever some question comes along with someone disagrees all things get going that are all the tough that you immediately pull yourself out of it. Can you see what he sighed. That's a dynamic testimony.

In other words, the Christian sales in the place of God.

Lord, I am here, you got me and one I am and who I am is not conditional upon the circumstances of my life.

All right. Number five, they were imitators, they were imitators. Look at verse six, you became imitators. Bob began to study that word, I suspected what aggrandizement they were copycats. What's part of the Christians dynamic testimony that we all copycats. Well, who do we copy we emulate really want to be like we want to be like one another.

Following those who have saved such a high standard, and most importantly, we want to be like the Lord Jesus Christ you're listening to Dr. Don Wilton don't go away. He'll be back with the rest of today's message in just a moment Dr. Don Wilton remind you we are here for you.

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I love that in the latter part of verse six, you welcomed the message. By the way I go to office.

My question am I a will, if that's part of my testimony as a Christian person.

Am I a will, now what does the Bible say they welcomed the message of Jesus Christ.

Folks watch this this word does not always say what I wanted to say will save you know that you're a Christian because you welcome it with no strings attached that to welcome you welcomed the message home alone. I don't like that doesn't matter what the Bible says Bible says part of the dynamic testimony of every believer is that I believe his heart is open to the word of God. So if God's word is disciplining me. I might not like it but I welcome it. God's word differs with me.

I may not like it but I welcome it because it's God's word, and I welcome a number seven. They were role models, role models, and so he says in verse seven and so you became a model to all believers. Well, anyone need an explanation of that a role model. Goals stated that one of the dynamics of a Christian's testimony, he was commanding them because they were role models. In other words, everybody out there so that they were no different to what they were in here.

I tell you, folks, if there's any challenge that I have is a preacher there's brought and I'm not concerned about everybody else's. I am for my own family, because my wife and my three children have grown up being around me. They see me they see me in the school put they see me smiling and telling everybody that I love them and how sweet they are and how much I love bubblegum and all these other things they see that yes the question folks do my children see any conflict between the person who stands on a Sunday morning, dressed in a suit preaching and telling quote."

Everybody else what should and should not be is that the same person that they see and how is there constant that's a role model. In other words, it's one thing for me to sit in this church like this on Sunday morning.

But what do I look like and sound like when I'm in the board room on Monday morning she I wish I hadn't started out with prayer and asking God to speak and tell them to get me out of the way. This is not designed to make me walk out and say what work do you do it's just so lovely to be a Christian. They were role models. He said every morning you that's what I'm soap. I folks am so grateful to God for you. It's not about the end result if it it's about the role model. How do we do God's business exit testimony and pull these people testimony. You're a role model to believers in the entire state of South Carolina, a big apartment Macedonia, role model number HMR bellringer bounty. He says right there.

The Lord's message rang out from you in my bellringer.

They were bellringers. They became known everywhere they went, they were ringing the bell. He said the Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonian attire, but it's become known everywhere be noised abroad, they were perfect people, or that they do everything right or that I have the onset of everything, but they are a living testimony to the grace of God. Everybody knows it. You see folks you can argue about everything under the sun but you cannot argue with the testimony of a changed life. You cannot argue with that phenomenon. They were decision-makers.

Bible says rightly in verse nine that they turned away from items.

Did you know that as a Christian you might a decision to turn away from, and turned toward God.

That is part of your dynamic test. That's part of my testimony. I'm not suggesting this to anybody but always remember when I was a boy my father was a scratch golfer' church. Dad loved golf. He played golf every week, every man he loved golf and eventually dad ladies clubs down said I'm not playing golf anymore. You know why because he believed that golf was beginning to consume him and he couldn't be consumed by anything golf or anything in my bed, a scratch golfer ladies clubs down and incidentally gained the total victory in years later picked these clubs up again and began to play again with just the same kind of effectiveness. It turned out not to be a permanent for ever. But he did that because he was a decision-maker.

That's the dynamic testimony of someone who loves the Lord Jesus Christ and then finally they were believers they were believers what they believe and they believe. Look at verse 10 the death of Jesus. The resurrection God's power to raise Jesus from the dead, the second coming of the Lord eternal life.

That's what the Bible says. I believe some and their belief was centered in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ said listen, that's a dynamic testimony I had someone say to me recently about foster I watched you on television for years and he basically just have to come because I came to the conclusion that you people sounded like you actually believe what you say that's a testament precious thing folks.

What about you today how are you measuring up to this. Now that's the message God gave to me to share with you today from God. He gave me. That's how I got to that point and so I just stood up here this morning and I said yes what God sees. Now you've got to do something about God is working in your heart and I will encourage you to do that. I will encourage you to act on that. I tell you it is the most wonderful place to be a big of you to do that. I big you today.

Most important, most important, you say you know pasta. I have a problem with all of these things. I'm sitting here with my heart appear you folk if you don't know Jesus Christ cyclic today Adriana look at this with fear and trembling, because I know number three and number five and number seven and number 10.

Whatever it might be that man. I'm just nodding on doing well in some departments folks and so what God is saying to me is you going to be up all man is saying to me, this is my word.

This is your testimony if it's not, get on your face before me and cigarette strength being what I've told you to be God is saying that if you need to recommit your life. Do it.

If God is speaking to you about a circumstance in your lap. Make that decision to set you free. Such powerful words to be set free again. Only God knows when you're dealing with what you might even be in bondage to right now. But God is ready to set you free.

Jesus literally exists to set us free from sin and death.

All of this time you been listening to Dr. Wilton teaching from first Thessalonians.

I pray that you would open your heart to know what he's just been teaching from God's word where this is going with an opportunity for us to make a decision to be free is Dr. Don as he steps in the studio really just sharing from his heart. Are you ready to give you a lot Lord Jesus Christ, I'm so happy to hear that wanting to pray this prayer dear God, on the love very very and I know that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross so that I might be forgiven of today, I repent of my sin.

I confess my sin to you, and I invite you to come and Jesus name.

If you pray that prayer, let me be the first one welcome to the family of this one. I hope that you know how much I'm going to be praying how very important this is: we can hope to connect you like ice you can begin the wonderful and in just a moment. I'm in a come back with the final perhaps you prayed with Dr. just moments ago to give your life to Jesus Christ. Rededicate you need to know support to. As a matter fact, Dr. Wilton has some free resources he wants to give to you.

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