Kerwin Baptist Church Daily Broadcast

Welcome to the Kerwin Baptist Church broadcast today. Our desire is for the word of God spread throughout so that all may know Christ. Join us now for a portion of one of our services here at Kerwin Baptist Church located in Kernersville, North Carolina. First Peter chapter 1 this morning. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope. We talked about that earlier this morning by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, faded, not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time wherein he greatly rejoice, rejoice in what the things we just talked about in these things is where we rejoice, though, look at that word in verse six, though now for a season if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations and really look at these things but no words in verses one through five. We have a number of things in which we are to rejoice, but that doesn't change the fact that sometimes in our life, there comes things that bring heaviness that bring difficulty. It's hard to bear its heavy on us. Notice if you would've verse 13 he gives some thoughts in verses seven through 12 talking about these temptations talking about the trials. But in verse 13, he picks up okay this is what were supposed to do about he said wherefore.

Another words, this is here because this deals with what we've talked about this heaviness that we have to bear.

Sometimes, wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lust in your ignorance, but is he which, but as he which hath called you is holy, so be holy in all manner of conversation with verse 18 for as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. Wow is a preacher. What we talk about today. This really help me and I hope that will help you Lord. We love you Lord. We have folks certainly in our congregation right now that are in a season of heaviness. There have been things that have transpired, or have been in their life for a while that has been very heavy for them to bear in Lord we all have different seasons in our life and sometimes this season finds itself upon its God as you have given us instruction, not only why it's there. But what to do about it. Lord I pray that you would help us today as we endeavor obviously to rightly divide your word in Jesus name we pray. Amen. What is interesting in verse six he says, is where in ye greatly rejoice. That means this no matter what is going on in our life where you talk about that a minute we as Bible believers. Those are to put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ we have a number of things to rejoice about and in a church of 5 to 600 people. Somebody should've said amen right there. Let me rewind that will just start all over again.

Okay, okay, go back to hear we put our faith and trust in Christ have a lot to rejoice about. Now he lists a number of them notice this in and this is the encouraging part really the first party says, wherein these things wherein he greatly rejoice. Notice if you would, in verse three, number one I see.

First, we have abundant mercy God has given us abundant mercy. Verse three Blessed be the godfather of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy.

What is that mean that word abundant means there's plenty there is more than enough it sufficient that means whatever you face whatever you've done whatever mistakes you made. God has enough mercy for you. It's abundant today you might sit here with regret in things that maybe have transpired in your life and relationships and things and difficulties anything that I really made a mess out of that boy really blew it here and I blew it there but there's abundant mercy with Christ. Notice secondly he says there's a lively hope. Verse three he said his abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a lively hope that means is you and I have something to look forward to.

We have something to hope for but my favorite word is the word lively. That means this, we don't have a dad hope but we have a living hope we have an alive hope. Our hope is in Christ, and he is not a grave somewhere he is in heaven alive and well, preacher, what is that mean you know we have a whole lot of people and a lot of religions were not criticizing other churches or people don't get me wrong, wave a lot of people that believe in a dead God, a dead leader or a dead founder but you and I have a lively hope because our hope is an alive save your notice. The third thing he mentions here in verse four he says to an inheritance incorruptible.

That means we have abundant mercy to rejoice about. We have a lively hope to rejoice in third, we have an inheritance incorruptible. That means we have an inheritance that cannot be corrupted.

That means an inheritance that I'm getting it on part of the family.

Now when I did say Christ is not only my Savior but God is my father and now am part of the family and I have been promised an inheritance forever in heaven.

Listen to me.

What is this mean it means. First, we have a promised inherit. He said I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am, there ye may be also. So it's been promised second it's protected. He said it's an inheritance in corruptible, it's protected. Notice pure it's incorruptible, and second, it's undefiled.

Look at verse four. It's an inheritance incorruptible protected undefiled. It's pure notice.

Third, if you will, or last year. It's permanent. He said, reserved in heaven for you, but before that, he says that data, not away. It's not just promises not just protected it's not just PR but it's permanent. I have an inheritance that's coming to me and I will be for an eternity that means whatever's going on your life right now. You want to rejoice, you can walk out here know I got heaven as my home. I have an inheritance that's been promised to me.

Notice the fourth thing that images here in verse four. There's a reservation in heaven.

Notice that he said it's reserved in heaven to know what reservation means.

It means that your name has already been applied to it.

If I call a restaurant to get a reservation they'll say who visit and I'll say Mr. T since were thing about Mr. T today and think about them ever since Frank mentioned that see me coming in with a Mohawk you see my Mohawk would not be something Little Rock all reservation again. A hot, that means I now have a reservation whether they honor or not. You never know, but I have a reservation with my name on list. We have a reservation in heaven. That means this that it's already been lined up. It's already been secured. God's already getting things prepared because it's been reserved, we don't have to wait and wonder if you going to have room for me and we don't have to get there and this as well as know you work on a fuller night. We have to break we have a reservation, and we should rejoice about notice. The next thing I love this verse five who are kept by the power of God.

It will we have the rejoice in as we have abundant mercy. There's a lively hope. There is an inheritance that's incorruptible. We have a reservation in heaven and forth, we are kept by the power of God.

Aren't you glad you're not kept by your power. Aren't you glad you're not Based on your performance, because if it was based on our performance we would've failed a long time ago because, may I tell you I'm the pastor here and I get up here just pull that, but I see and just like you. None of us are perfect.

All of us have things in our life and you have anybody tell you some different venue to walk away from. Go find you another church is the go about doing this you want to and adjacent were all sinners but was wonderful is we are not kept by our ability. Our performance are purity were not kept by any that we are kept by the power of God. We are limited his power is limit less a love that. So we got lots rejoice about knowing that we just if we do stop right there came in this morning.

We just heard that hey we got me know God's given us abundant mercy. We have a lively hope we have an inheritance that can't be corrupted. We have a reservation in heaven. We are kept by the power of God. This is great preacher let's get here.

Let's go to lunch. This is wonderful and you would love that would, but as much as all those things are true in our life. It doesn't change the fact that sometimes in our life, there comes a season of heaviness verse six wherein he greatly rejoice, that's true, though now for a season if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations. What are we talking about here. He's talking about circumstances that come into your life and that word manifold temptations were to talk about this, but it's things that if you're not careful there there hard to bear their difficulties their trials that come into our life.

And if you're not careful, it can really tempt you to get a wrong spirit. A wrong attitude and have wrong actions in your life. Yeah, there's a whole bunch of wonderful things to thank God for Pam on my way to change the fact that the doctor just said I got a lively hope and eternal home. To be honest with you first thing am I lose my family to be honest. God says hey we have inheritance coming. It's incorruptible and change the fact that I just lost my job, may I say that all of us sometimes have seasons of heaviness bears this down and I love this.

I love the honesty of God's word.

There is these things that we are to rejoice in but now for a season, you're in a season of heaviness that I got something to say about this in this world heaviness and in the Greek here obviously means this it means distress, grief, sorrow, or sad, they know there's some things that come in our life that distress us and bring stress and there are some things that bring grief in our life and there's some things that bring sorrow in our life and there's some sad things in life.

We've had different poke broke from outside of the church that Yvette horrible things happen to them that we been praying for this young man works at work. To the rescue mission of brand-new wife just gave birth to this little girl. The wife died.

He's got this little baby now in the hospital and and his wife went home to be with the Lord and and he's got victory and he's been a wonderful testimony brother, Preston Ward, but on the day it didn't change the fact that your wife is not going to be there in the morning and is much as I have reason to rejoice. Right now it's having read your couple times in the Bible that men of God talk about heaviness the systems and reduce to you Ezra chapter 9 verse five Ezra says this at the evening sacrifice.

I arose up from my heaviness and having rent my garment my mantle. I fell upon my knees and spread out my unto the Lord you ever been there ever been. I got all these wonderful things because I'm saving I know change the fact that some time to get down and lay prostrate on the floor and spread my hands out to God because this is the only think about Job 9. Job says this I will forget my complaint, I will leave all of my heaviness and comfort myself.

Job said I got these things and nobody is here to comfort me. So I guess I'm just gonna have to comfort myself. Psalm 69. David said I am full of heavy Psalm 119. David said, my soul melted for heaviness Solomon in Proverbs 10 says a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. We have parents right here. It's heavy ball they want their children to serve God has been breaking their hearts. Solomon said in chapter 14, even in laughter. The hardest sorrowful in the end of that murder is heaviness Romans chapter 9 Paul says I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

Have you ever been there is a will preacher.

Thanks for the encouragement. This all started out so good I heard all these wonderful things and argue say something about Mr. T, and it went downhill after that.

May I say into in verse six.

This has some things that really help me and I just want to share this with notice, the first thing about me seasons of heaviness that you and I go through in our life. Notice number one I want you to see that it is sometimes needed in verse six he says, though now for a season if need be. That mean sometimes that this heaviness that we go through in the burdens that we bear and having to trust God and serve God in the midst of these are difficult things on our world and on our life right now. Sometimes it if need be about you. I sometimes can't see any need for some of these things.

I don't see how that could possibly be needed.

Sometimes it is what you know to secondly here that Satan will try to use it. What's interesting is that God obviously with infinite wisdom uses look at look at verse six. He says if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations.

Tatian that were temptation means this that you know what that burden that is heavy might not necessarily be sinful or bad.

But Satan wants to use it to him. You two bring up feelings and opinions and actions that go against God. Are you looking at me is not an evil thing when a doctor gives you a bad report but old Satan wants to use that to blow up your trust in God, may I say this, that sometimes this you know you you can't help it if if one of your family members has just gone off the deep end and got often to send whatever the case might be, you can't help that.

But I will tell you Satan sure gonna try to make that change.

You is going to fight you tooth and nail tell you all the things how rotten a parent you were how much of a wasted time. It was teaching all these good things old Satan will try to you through that Satan will try to use it.

Sometimes it's needed but old Satan is going to try to use notice thoroughly. Satan will use different tactics is interesting in verse six he says that this will happen through manifold attempt Tatian manifold means diverse means different. It means various and I want you to understand that sometimes in our life. Listen to me what you get this. This is when you and I are real susceptible this is when you and I become real fragile and Satan knows that when we're down when we're out when we're carrying these heavy burdens when things are just, heavy, and wherein a season of heaviness.

Satan knows our strength is down. Our victory is down for positive thinking is down and everything else is down, and where just have it arrive at old Satan crawled ride up on that show boy. He tempts us in so many different ways. You know, Satan can take one thing in Tim. 220 ways with it say preacher around one take the time to explain about redound to save marriage so you're married, trying to serve God you find out your mates cheated on you and tell single use at number one hotel you seem to waste your time at church. But what brought second then can attempt you to start. Try to be wrong in your life, and I could spend another 10 minutes.

Tell you every angle that got a use that Satan will use one thing to try to get you and change you manifold temptations notice this next want to get this various burdens can come simultaneously. You see usually just one thing is not horribly heavy. Although there are some major things to come in our life but let me tell you where you and I come through seasons of heaviness is when Satan just keeps piling it on.

I'm already a little bit low because I'm going through such and such and write about, then such and such will happen to write about, then he's going to throw this on that and that on that and what I love is the way God uses this word manifold attempt Tatian on Laurel means is that all the sudden you can get a whole bunch of things that come crashing down at once. We have people in our church even last few months in office admin has gone through some the wife's going through some of the got surge over your wife got surgery over here this and that happens, we got families that came in the house, you know, water heater went out over here, then the air conditioning unit went out to house the rear, and then they drive the car. The transmission fell out man now fixing a car picks in a house of bricks in this office and everything's come crashing down once and all of a sudden now we got heaviness in our life and old Satan loves to me. I say this lesson and please not do that here. This you don't hear anything else please look at verse six, where wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations now and tell you how I've always preached. I've always said hey good news is it's a season of heaviness, but seasons don't last forever. Will they do if you're in Florida go try Ecuador see what seasons they have separate listen I want to get this what he said was not that the temptations or that trials will only be for season what he said is that the heaviness will only be for season now want you to get this please get this please please please please please.

The trial may stay but the heaviness doesn't have to. God says this have things happen in your life and right now you might have a season of heaviness. But, dear friend I'm here to tell you we always say about trial income to stay here just going through this you might have at the rest of your life. You know, a lot of people got a bad report from the doctor and we say is yes for season and ended up taking a life event so what we said may I tell you this that things are heavy on your life but they don't need to stay heavy.

May I say trials can get you down but they don't have to keep you down. Many exist at that trial may come. It may leave or it may not in this difficulty my leave my life eventually, or it might be that way the rest of my life, but it doesn't have to always weigh me down because God can give.

I don't think you get a really don't think you get it say amen or you just start your anxious to get to CNH or whatever. Why would you sit in church than have to go stand in line go somewhere where they serve you or something like that. You your tough crowd today on a tough crowd, look at me. The trial may stay forever, and it might not. You don't have to carry the weight of that. The rest of your life. The trial can be there. You don't have to be under heaviness. God says cast your burden on the Lord he'll sustain the he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved to preach how you know what about Paul. Paul went to got on three different occasions and Paul had what we know the Bible says is a foreign in the flesh, and Paul asked three times God would you please take this away out of my life and as far as we know Paul had until the day he died, but those three times Paul said God, would you please take this out of my life. It was heavy.

It was a burden, but the third time he asked God.

Paul said but I got to the point that I thank God for because your grace is sufficient for me. The trial may be there but heaviness doesn't have so we've seen the source of our happiness. Seasons of heaviness notice.

Thirdly want you to see this. The strength of our hope and will let you go today. So what we do about this we got all these things that were say we ought to be. Rejoice in their wonderful were thankful for. That doesn't change the fact that we go through seasons of heaviness in our life. So what we do, how do we handle what's the purpose of all this notice. If you would. Verse 13 wherefore how do we handle how do we get where this season of heaviness this trial how I get to where it's not so heavy on me. How do I get to where it doesn't bring me down in every area of my life.

What do I do to get to the point doesn't have victory over me, but I have victory over at he tells verse 30 love this verse 30 wherefore gird up the loins of your mind and be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought into you at the revelation of Jesus Christ and we all said, what, what is that mean notice number one the renewing of our mind, he says. First, the way that this heaviness you get victory over this notice. Number one he says you gotta gird up the loins of your mind, what does that mean can I tell you this in mind. Our mind does not have loins not knocking to draw a diagram but you know that our mind is not have loins. Hello you aware that our body does what it what is the word loins what is referring to that word loins means our reproductive process those organs in our bodies that create life course life is created through God obviously but it's talking about that area of our life that were where where things are created, where birth comes from. Are you looking at me.

I want you to get this I about had a fit and I shared it with somebody this week in the office about had a fit when God showed me this what we are being told is that you have got to gird up.

That means tighten up.

That means watch that means may strengthen the loins of your mind, it means that area of your mind that gives birth to things. Do you know every bad action in our life and every bad decision started with a bad thought and God says the way you get to the point that that trial doesn't have heaviness over you. The rest of your life.

You gotta go right back in my where all those bad things give birth to her all those bad thoughts start and you gotta gird up your mind and don't let it happen.

You cannot let your self give birth to those negative un-biblical thoughts. You know, we often look, I know we do a church. What we do listen want to get this were always trying to fix the outside of people was how we know you're a good Christian you know where that you don't do that, you'll say that you don't go here.

Don't go to the fair. I go to the fair use to can't stand so I go to the fair all a doozy.

I wanted a pet, no animals and get some kind of disease I want to go on some rhyme probe on somebody I want to go to the pickle barrel and that was called the pickle I'm leery of the pickle barrel. The fair all you're missing out. You go to the fair find the pickle burn. I will be going this year and really go to the fair lot because I just got no reason to get out only go during the day and working during the day.

I we just sit and we want to look at the outside of everybody's life cannot tell you something God says where you get the victory over this is way back there in your mind before the whole thing even get started. You get your mind to the point that you don't let it give birth to this junk. Don't let your mind even start saying God you don't care about me and God. You would let this happen if you did, if you love me don't even get started. You get birthing process, a bad thought and you going to be getting a new kind I know I'm going to preach the 12 really good preacher is I didn't come up with a dog you gotta gird up the loins of our mind that would be sober means take it serious. Stay on top of it. Don't even let it start you how marriage problems can stop stop before they get started.

Notice number two. Not only are we to concentrate on renewing our mind, but second we are to be resting in grace, but verse 13 gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you, you know, God made grace available in our hope is in the fact that God is going to give me grace through this trial. It doesn't have to bear me down in my life because I know tomorrow, that trial might still be there, but God's grace is already there. First, this doesn't have to bear me down forever because I know I got a hope in the future. God's grace is already there, and God's grace was already here before that trial ever showed up.

Gotta rest in God's grace.

I know that seems like a generic term but folks grace is all these wonderful things that God just bestows on us because were now his child. We have been we have been given access to all spiritual blessings. The Bible grace it means is that I don't know how many handle tomorrow, but God's grace is going to let me handle it. God's grace is going to keep me strong. God's grace is gotta protect me and so I'm not gonna let it bear me down today because I know God's grace is sufficient.

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