R733 The Living Dead, Pt.2

So Hannah is very obvious, was obedient to the Lord, Lord, what do you want me to do. I'm trying to you I'm talking to you all, my Savior you my God, I obey you. I'm going to do what you told me to do because when you speak. You have my best interest at heart.

You know you want me to only have the greatest joy the greatest blessing you want me to be happy you. You are the one you give us the desires about heart she believed that so she submitted to the God and obedience to God's special voice that you need a drug is the voice of Dr. Don Wilton, our teacher here on The Encouraging Word radio broadcasting today will be going to first Chronicles chapter 28 as we finish up a message call the living dead. Finishing up a wonderful week of encouragement know this ready for you were connecting already.

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God Steve I'm going to any names not just keep it right.

I remember sitting there 20 years ago Steve Skinner was they would not remember sitting there listening to these guys and to borrow a phrase in the modern Century sitting as I say yeah they were in all the brilliance, the existence of funk you cannot reason fight into existence to follow what I'm saying if you say to me today will pasta give me reason to try and reasonable rationale.

God frames I'm going to say to you, my friends in this world. What man can fathom all reason behind God's majesty. What man can fathom the depth of God's love one human being can fathom all reason, the extent of God's grace. You cannot reason the existence of God brought you cannot mind by science and you cannot blame by feelings and you certainly cannot line by reason and you most definitively cannot know him by science.

That's the proverbial debate going on and has raged for many years everybody from Dalen on down the line and up the swing down the other of trying to ring science to bear upon this one is King of Kings and Lord of this sovereign King and eyesight will look. Science can prove and disprove the existence of God will most of us are familiar with political roots and I'm going to quote foldable, he said, but it can be said with equal emphasis that you can't prove Napoleon by the scientific method even the reason lies in the nature of history itself and in the limitation of the scientific method in order for something to be proven by science. It must be repeatable. One cannot announce a new finding to the world on the basis of a single experiment.

But history is by its very nature, repeatable even though the greatest lesson we learn from history is that we never learned any lessons from history that doesn't mean to say that history within itself is repeatable.

No one can really run the beginning of the universe. No one can bring Napoleon back or repeat the assassination of Lincoln or the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ.

But the fact that these events can't be proved by repetition does not disprove their reality that we have a man like perhaps in these early days of God's creation of the world. A man with a simple fight. The man who had nothing a man who was void of the textbooks of life and the debate arenas that present themselves to us.

I simply submit to you what the living did teach us is that faith believes God exists.

You cannot put the love and grace and justice into it. Science can provide evidence reason can provide evidence but follows fight frame.

Listen carefully to buy. I pray that God bodies would open your heart follows fight. It does not precede fight. I remember when I did my PhD and I got down to the time of my dissertation and I was worn out. I'd been in academic studies. Full 14 consecutive years after graduating from high school and teaching and my wife and I will worn out and I have to present the hypothesis I'm going to say to you, even scientists receive proof off the fight when a scientist develops an hypothesis.

He's phrase becomes greater and greater as evidence for the hypothesis begins to mount. It is his commitment to the hypothesis, if you please. His faith that eventually leads to prove if the hypothesis is indeed true that what is the sight of me.

What is Enoch trying to tell me what is the living dead saying to the whole issue related to my relationship with Jesus Christ is that I'm willing to accept the fact that God exists that he I'm not saying that because I have reasoned that all because I feel like it's kind of put all because I bought Sam sign some scientific method will evidence in place. All that I go out and say will there's a tree God must've created even though I know that he did but I'm going to say to you what God requires of me is that I'm willing to take in Maddie's word and say to him, Lord God in heaven. I know that you exist for one reason room for one reason only because you have told me that because the Holy Spirit is calling me to believe that and I'm going to simply put my faith and trust in you. And when I put my foot and trust in the existence of God will approve of his existence begins to come to my heart.

Wonderful thing from time to time upon the people read them a passage of Scripture and said now do you understand what that says nice. I will quite frankly don't know I don't. I haven't got a clue what it says and so I turned them in Austin. My favorite question would you like to give your heart to Jesus.

Yes, I really would you believe that Jesus died on the cross. Yes, would you confess your sins to him. Yes, you believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. Yes I do. Let's pray this to give my pride accept Jesus.

Then I get out the exact same verse and I say let's read this verse together and I read and I say look, do you see what that says nice. I absolute. I have never seen that before. Frameless and proof doesn't precede fight. It follows what God wants us to do is to trust in that incredible love that song. Steve only trust you know, it sounds almost too simplistic.

Only only trust what he wants us to do the living day. Teach us number one that faith believes God exists number two living dead. Believe teach us that faith believes God rewards see this is the next step Bible yes is concerning Enoch in the latter part of verse six because anyone comes to him must believe number one that exists number two that he rewards faith believes God rewards or how does God reward what I can. I can give you listen.

Enoch, my friends, Enoch did not just believe that God is who he says he is, but Enoch believed that God will do what he says he will. When I expressed my faith in Jesus Christ. I'm not only sign look. I believe God is, but I'm also expressing my faith that God is going to do what he says he's going to do now what is he going to well there's a lot of things I just give you for number one. He will forgive our sin as part of God's reward those who trusted put your faith and trust in him accept what Jesus Christ did upon the cross, you will receive forgiveness of certain folks. That's not a kind of a baby that's a promise of God.

It's one of his rewards number two he will re-create us here re-create us, God will re-create us. Second Corinthians 517 we become brand-new creatures. We all re-created. That's what he tells us in his word.

That's one of his rewards.

He makes dirty rotten scoundrels like me just a brand-new person. He turns us. He claims that's because he's forgiven us. He turns us inside out.

That's what my faith does that's with the living did teach me. Number three he will give us the abundant life. John 1010 tells us I've come that you might have life and you might have it more abundantly.

He says beginning right now. You give your life to Jesus life is going to be different in a March according to different drumbeat is a different Capt. sailing your ship he's in control. You know why because he's not just your Savior. He's your Lord, and he loves you and he knows you by my and that's one of his rewards folks tell you something. My life is change since I trusted Jesus it's different ways that I know that I love then that I put my faith in him because my life is different, not perfect different. You see he's forgiven me.

He's re-created me, given me the abundant life, but the greatest friend in all the world and the Lord Jesus, and number four what will he do what what one of these rewards he will take us home to be with him forever.

That's reward that God gives us Enoch, the living dead folks what they teach us that believes God rewards listen to John chapter 6 and verse 40 Jesus put it like this for my father's will is that everyone looks to the sun, and everyone who believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day for a reward many times will participate in the funeral service of a loved one whose died in the Lord Jesus will think about those things so you know that I have gone on to heaven to what to receive their eternal reward, and there's that beautiful picture in Scripture of the Lord Jesus himself standing there at the gates of heaven sign.

Well done good and faithful servant. Watch this into into the joy of the Lord, and receive your full reward see my friends list today. I pray God would speak to heart.

These are precious things.

God is not simply a right impersonal cosmic force somewhere up in the clouds. God is who he says he is and he loves you and he loves me living there. Teachers number one that faith believes God exists that he is number two that faith believes that God rewards, but there's 1/3 one here the living dead. Teach us that faith believes God is not hard. God is not hiding these not hidden away when I was a little boy just like all of us.

I should imagine when we small people love to gun play hide and seek on the we both played hide and seek. At some time. You know you have such wonderful memories when your little ones in your running around your backyard looks like state of Texas going back to one of those yards when you grown up in Aldrin. It just doesn't quite look quite as big as you remembered it to me and you be back there and and in Texas and one abuse up in the Panhandle and other ones down there. You know, Houston, Texas, where budget in the backyard and you got this mob boss 16 and and so you pick on one victim got all the frames and you get one victim and you say you're it. And he or she becomes the it right and it has to stand there and close its eyes and count to 10, 123-4510 and while it is counting to 10, the rest run for their lives on in this way that way jumping up trees hiding behind bushes jumping in the whole squealing and squawking just having a great time and at the end of 10 it says radio not what's the goal of that guy to try and stay. You know that there are some people that actually believe that what God is done as he sees on the go hide I'm off I'm outta here buddy I'm out here I'm hiding this rock you are going to find me man. I didn't choose you. I made a decision a long time ago you could run around your backyard all you want. You never gonna find me because I've already made that decision I settled there you go to church until you're blue in the face read the Bible until you're blue in the face and confess your sin until you're blue in the face. You never gonna find because I am the sovereign God, you will never reach me.

It is impossible. Few people have made a decision already will have the capability to find me because you didn't choose me I have already chosen you and I have already made the decision. I want you to consider the script we are pursuing him in the study of God's Encouraging Word forgive the eruption will be back with more Dr. Don Wilton in just a moment the Dr. Don Wilton remind you that this is not just a communication of the Lord speaking through the pastor into his word to all of us as we listen. But it's also a conversation and if the Lord stirs your heart. Even now some questions that need answers.

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Right now it's dive back into today's message. The living dead with Dr. Don Wilton share first Chronicles 28 verse nine, first Chronicles 28 verse nine. If you seek him, he will let you find him and that they literally means that God allow somebody like me to be about the business of responding to his gripes and when I respond to his grace.

He will give permission for me to find him. So in this Shiite God.

God is in control because God is sovereign. Here is the king asked me into his court. Psalm 58 verse 11. Surely there is a reward for the righteous. Surely there is a God who judges the one about Proverbs 8 verse 17 I love those who love me and those who diligently seek me will find me. Jeremiah 29 verse 13 and you will seek me and you will find me when you search for me with all your heart. Luke chapter 11 verse 10 I love that one of my life versus for everyone who asks receives everyone who asks receives, and every one who seeks will find and to him who knocks it shall be opened on that is not telling me that God is governed by many. What is telling me is that God is governed he is in his grace and in his law that Jesus died for me. He might've possible that was God's decision. He opened the door and Jesus said, I have come to seek and to say those who are lost so that whosoever might come to me. So the question is this the living dead. Teach us that faith believes God is living dead. Teach us that faith believes God rewards the living dead like Enoch teach us that God is not hiding he is to be found, and he is waiting with these arms open question. I'm going off today. What then is the hallmark of eunuchs by what is it all about.

What was the hallmark of eunuchs faith this man who go day is not dead. This man who is the living dead. What's the hallmark of his faith. Number one intimate fellowship with God you say to me today. Pasta if I put my faith in the existence of God. If I put my faith trusting that God will reward me with forgiveness, with re-creation with the abundant life with eternal life. If I'm willing to put my faith in the fact that God is not hiding that he loves me that much that he wants me to come to him and find him.

What is it me, means number one intimate fellowship with God.

I don't know that I would want to live on this earth without having intimate fellowship with God. Amos put it into perspective. The nine was three in verse three he said to walk together unless they have agreed with God. Enoch had fellowship. Intimate fellowship with God. That was the hallmark of his faith. Number two faithful living for God, not just intimate fellowship with God, but faithful living for God told try to encapsulate this when he spoke to the church at Rome in chapter 6 and verse four. He said therefore we have been buried with him through the zoom on today so that we too might walk in newness of life. You see friend the living dead. Teach me that I can have intimate fellowship with God the living dead.

Teach me that I can faithfully live for God I tell you one of the greatest struggles that we all have is living faithfully for him being faithful. Rob vows being faithful to our commitment being holy, being just being faithful to please the Lord, when I went off faith in him God in me, who dwells in me richly. He rewards me and he gives to me the things that that I'm incapable of giving or doing for myself.

Number three protection by God. God protects us. We pray for our sons and daughters leg off to college and I drive down those angry Highway. We pray for them. We pray for their protection is the date that they would take the right people and that God would be pleased with them. We pray for our husbands and wives you travel overseas and engaging things all around what we pray. We pray for the protection of our people. We pray for our troops overseas listen God protects us.

That's the hallmark of faith and then finally but certainly not conclusively heavenly transformation in the presence of God heavenly transformation in the presence of God. That was the hallmark of eunuchs faith.

You know folks that that every single person within the sound of my voice. One of two things is going to happen to you. You either gonna die before Jesus comes back or you still going to be alive and you going to be taken opposite Enoch was snatched out of this world. According to first Thessalonians chapter 4 we tell you what happens when you die, you die physically when you stop living in that lost braces drawing and I love to say this at funeral services, especially when little children all day.

I look at that casket and I'll say you know your mom or your grandmother your granddaddy right there in that casket. But you know that's just that all body. They I want you to know that fact, the Bible, Chronicles of the team connotes a covering.

It's just an old house that summing the tarries of root carries your your your real you around your heart and soul more that all body can get worn out, you start getting pictures where you never knew you could each and I mean you get goals I want to tell you something you might not know what you are going to get a wrinkle.

One of these days. I promise you going to get a wrinkle. You can support Mary Kay is much as you want to get a wrinkle. It's coming. These all bodies.

You know they just wore out man one day they just give out boy we direly take that block grants and we put in that box we not they you know why because the Bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. The living dead. We cannot die, we received eternal life. The second group of those will be alive when Jesus comes in the clouds Bible says they'll be caught up, not preceding those who have already fallen asleep.

Why, because those of God in Christ already in his present, and then our bodies are going to be transformed to be just like Jesus. Now that's an exciting transformation to look forward to.

I pray that that's your heart you're anticipating with all of us to know Jesus, the glorious day that he will return to take us home.

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