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Will the Real Christian Please Stand Up!, Part 3

Sound of Faith / Sharon Hardy Knotts and R. G. Hardy
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December 3, 2021 7:00 am

Will the Real Christian Please Stand Up!, Part 3

Sound of Faith / Sharon Hardy Knotts and R. G. Hardy

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December 3, 2021 7:00 am

It's time for the spiritual leaders who stand in God's "Holy Hill" behind the pulpits and choir lofts, to lift up clean hands from pure hearts.

And it's time for us all to prepare ourselves against the fear of man and the increasing anti-Christian persecution that is being unleashed in our nation. This will stir your heart to take a stand for righteousness and be the salt and light in the Earth Jesus called us to be.

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Spent the new listeners and welcome to the sound of pain. I'm sure not. And I'm delighted you joined us today because we know Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

The message you will hear today's one I preached at Faith Tabernacle Church under a stirring and compelling anointing. It's entitled will the real Christian please stand up and drive someone on it before in the past I wait for their show to come on, whatever were nobody preached better than him. I mean he preached… Is not empowered. I would take this person you huge Morrow fall and you know it when you first came know I refuse to believe it. I said it was the media they had made up it was some campaign. I refuse to believe it until I saw himself say I have sinned, with tears coming on his face and I thought oh my Lord and my really upset me nothing to make me want to quit the Lord know because my salvation wasn't in the sky babysitting Christ and people that are on the non-don't know yet. I can see worth through them for a loop and this person did not commit the unpardonable sin it was forgivable. God gave them they preach the gospel again.

But here's the thing about it is the data in the fallout that it does any of the so we cannot put our eyes on the printer has their fingerprint, just come on tell the truth and you know what you like a waste of my print is better than somebody else that's your personal prerogative. Now you still support and love the other preachers you love them too and you support them at their summit just kind you get it and you love to hear him preach, but don't put people up on a pedestal printer to mess up just like now just talked about because many people to get one thing is that brings the name of Jesus know a man and so we got to be pure even as he is pure in the way that we do that is by the washing of the water of the word.

You know every now and then you need a message like this to give you a good spiritual back message until yesterday. I've been trying to get a sweet family message family friend. I want to be friendly. I want to be family. I would be nice and I how many I started an okay start over again for five notes and wait on in the Lord can bring me back to this and yesterday not. I don't always advise you to do this, but yesterday I said no Lord, if I know I have the message you want.

I'm good because then I know when I get out there. You'll anoint if I try to do one I chose.

Now we might get by, but there is an anointing here today and I literally I actually took about six messages put them in a pile. I mixed them all up, I God is my witness, I reached in and pulled out and I looked at it all.

All the worry all the nerves all the anxiety was because I knew what the Holy Ghost had what he wanted, he would do the job and I'm here to tell you that God is plain with with the preach a whole day just doing that we won't. We gotta get our deputation to get rid of all arguing and all Americans need all of her jealousy because we got that stuff going on. Amen. And what we read here shall receive the blessing from the Lord will receive righteousness from the God and the salvation who walk in these things all right. The companion Scripture Psalm 24 is Psalm 15. So I always read these two together you know when I was in school we still had Bible reading every morning and we always read from the Psalm they had like five or six Psalms that we read from every day, and repeated that and 15 and 24 were to let them these a bit in my spirit since a little child and I think to myself and what happened in school anymore whose thinking about having clean hands in your hearts. Nobody let's read Psalm 15 Lord shall abide in my tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill and any answers this question, walk upright and worketh righteousness and the true altogether. He's going to give 11 qualifications were not going to park when all of them because a be here too long now look at the good things be done.

These are the things he doesn't do that, but not with his tongue do with evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

These are things he doesn't do and who is not a vile person is funny on them that fear the Lord, he swears to his own hurt and change is not he to put not out his money to usury or take a reward against the innocent doing these things shall never be moved so he walks up rightly works righteousness. He speaks the truth in his heart, with pretty well covered that he does not backbite with this tongue is not a backstab or you don't backbite before you backbite against your neighbor by your own tongue when you get ready to say something like your own tongue, and you only have to do that a few times and then the thought of it will be all you have to do you have to bite. Amen. He doesn't do evil to his neighbor. He doesn't take a reproach to joining others.

And here's the important one. I want to see the number seven and eight, and whose eyes a vile person is condemned, but he honors them. The fear the Lord. We live in a day and we never thought it could happen, but the prophet said and then will call good evil and evil good you can be a scoundrel. And if you're charismatic people will just say all we jolly good fella.

They don't care what kind like they don't care if you been caught lying you been caught telling a side one thing and the other side. Another thing, if you're charismatic and you gotta way with words and you can just speak great oratory things. It people will just laugh 20 and someone else that can be speaking truth and righteousness, and godly things and they'll just talk about the day that we live in, and people don't realize that one of the reasons why Jesus was anointed and I'm hooking up from Psalm 45 and I think verse nine Hebrews 1st chapter. Think somewhere.

He was the first One of the reasons why God anointed Jesus is because he loved righteousness and hated iniquity for people don't understand that there is such a thing as hating ungodliness real Christian sin were some people get messed up his sinners. When sinners sinners sinners because this is going to cause them to be know God is not hate homosexuals but he because of that sin. Amen God adultery because he sees that it destroys families cheat out of a godly seed. That's what he said on the second Divorce is why you done your TV out of a godly seed you have dealt rapturously with your wives.

Amen. God hates these things the shedding of innocent blood. God hates abortion. Amen. But God no not amen you can the guilty just the opposite. They condemned the innocent. We we have watched on television.

We watched we been glued to TV watching court cases of things people that the evidence was so overwhelming and we watch these people get all once their past meeting will be you know your double jeopardy. You can tromp back in time to get all they admitted their guilt because that's the day we live in.

If you're a celebrity, people will forgive you, things because people are like I said people were celebrity crazy celebrity conscious in this world. Okay, so we don't do those things we do not exploit people just because they're poor or the fatherless were daily were single mothers were there orphans.

People that cannot defend themselves.

Amen we defend the week, the fatherless, and the poor. In fact, the Bible teaches us that that's what real Christians do. Jane said in James 127 true religion true Christianity and undefiled is to help the poor mother list the windows. The fruit amen he'd do with these things shall never be moved now saints all of Europe. Most of your excited you jumped up most of you more than once to say I'm a real Christian and you got all enthusiastic and you're all happy, but I got out I gotta warn you real Christians are hated real Christians are persecuted. Amen. Proverbs 29 chapter there's a lot of verses we can go to the will just go to a few 2925 the fear of man brings a snare, but who supported this trust in the Lord shall be safe all many will seek the ruler's favor, but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. Verse 27 and unjust man and unrighteous man is an abomination to the just and the upright, in the way is an abomination to the wicked how they think that's pretty clear.

Amen. First of all, the fear of man brings a snare. You gotta make up your mind if you want to stand up for Jesus and truth and righteousness you going to have a lot of people come against you, but you cannot be snared by the fear of man, why you fear the pace of play they can do nothing to you, the worst they can do is put you in jail.

The worst they can do maybe is kill you. But what about stand before the judge of all heaven and earth can put you in.

Get ready because your judgment comes from the Lord. There is no man there is no Congressman Sen., Pres. and VP, Gov., Mayor Councilman John one that is going to give you your final judgment.

God himself alone will we know that there's thousands of innocent people sit in jail we know that that's a fact thousand down through DNA sit there for 20 years and now because DNA is not the place where they can prove or disprove. And that's just a drop in the bucket, the one that got there and some of them will never get out of jail and their innocent while the real perpetrator is walking around probably doing it again and again and again the one they were all going to stand before the judgment seat of God will give an account for what we got on this earth.

Amen. And we are all he said he who knew the master's will and did not, shall be beaten with many do you know what that means. That means that horrible and terrible as it is and you can even begin to understand how horrendous Kelly's and let me tell you something. It's not temporary it's for ever and ever.

As awful as it is, there are degrees of judgment and punishment in hell because those who knew the way.

Those who knew the truth and error from it. They're going to have a greater judgment about talking to some people here today. You know I broke a little letter to the editor couple weeks ago about this whole same-sex marriage thing and the sun put it in the paper and they put it on their website.

Now the website to put the whole article.

The paper they cut out three or four things that I said I don't if they did or room were they didn't like what I said but on the website because I came out I didn't vote by mail hard copy and email. They did put on their well-being of the websites open for instantaneous comments and some of the comments I me.

I expect people who work for same-sex marriage.

I expect them to argue their case, but the viciousness know me trip in their in their words and the way the work I was like my, they could actually face me. They probably spit in my face like being about 10 unrighteous righteousness the wrong way before. Amen. Jesus first John 313 Marvel not my brother to the world you don't be surprised or expected for no back. He said that in John chapter 15 verse 18.

If the world hate you know that it hated me before it hated you. You're in good company.

He said if you were of the world, the world would love his own, but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you world hate Jesus. They tried to stone him free and they did finally crucify him and you know the time that he raised Lazarus from the dead are true bona fide absolute over-the-top miracle someone would been dead for four days and was already riding because they didn't bomb and when were everywhere. This man last Christmas. He was well known that he had money was raised from the dead.

Do you know the enemies of Jesus because he was walking prove that Jesus was a miracle worker.

One of them actually got a revelation. Instead, we, God be with him.

Amen.

They hated Jesus they're going to hate you why Jesus why John three verse 19 and this is the condemnation of my just come into the world and then love darkness rather than light, because here's the whole reason because their deeds were evil. For everyone that do with evil. Neither will come to the light messed his deeds should be reproved that his deeds should be asked those but he that does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

It boils down to this.

People that do not want to do. The truth are not going to come to the light, and if you're a light shining you reproved then you convict then you remind them all the time that they're not right with God because they're not ready to get it right and get rid of their sin. They don't want anything to do with you and they are going to persecute you and turn on you when you let your light shine get ready Jesus that you will be rejected, ridiculed and reviled up all all men. Isn't that right and especially when you start preaching Jesus Christ. You can even talk about God is always at the generic God uniting getaway was taken due to you might get away with saying a lot. But if you say Jesus Christ. If you stand up as a real person and say Jesus Christ, you better get ready because you're going to be persecuted. Jesus said in Matthew chapter he didn't sugarcoat it. He said, Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake. He said when you are righteous. This is what he said when men shall run file you and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you sleep for my sake. Now if you're a real Christian, and they talk about you and say all these evil things about you.

They're going to be false, and you're going to take for Jesus. You know you can't defend yourself. You're going to take it for Jesus sake.

Amen. You know they're going to run file you and you know that were about to have a certain idea what it means for some reason I want to look up in my Greek lexicon. The just get a little more handling it so I did. I thought okay that helped a lot.

I look to the Greek lexicon, here's what reviled me it means to defame and to assail with opprobrious words.

I said well that helped me a lot. What in the world for free. I mean, I know a lot of words and I got a very good vocabulary. I never heard that one before the well now I gotta go to the English dictionary and see what I opprobrious me anybody really means, 1 million years. Note I'm not surprised.

So I go get the dictionary and I looked it up it means to treat someone with contemptuous abuse it means to scorn elicited this to scorn with nominee said okay nominee I've seen that were but if you really put me on the spot and asked me to define. It may not be sure, I had to get the dictionary out again and see what the word, and that means to publicly disgraced or just on that's what Jesus said is going to happen to you if you stand up to be a real Christian, you're going to find that they're going to try to publicly disgraced you and dishonor you because that's the only way they can get out from under the conviction that your godly righteous life is putting on them and so whatever you do don't give them anything right. Keep your heart keep your heart clean, walk righteously on the job thing again, thank you for this. Are you ready to be a real Christian, you're not as excited as you were before. Amen. They said in second Timothy 312 and all all will will godly in Christ Jesus shall not Jesus that this prosecution rejoice, rejoice, because you are you are the light of the sunlight to you that you this morning. But I know I think her mind into the world that I might bear witness of the truth and everyone that is not here's my voice what you bow your head through this morning. You have heard the truth you've heard the truth. I have not given you Sharon's opinion.

I have given you scores of scriptures and there are many more. I had that I didn't even get to because of time, I'm giving you the word of God is the word. This is what Jesus said amen.

He said in the last days mockers and he said, many will be offended in me, he said, Blessed are they who are not offended in me. Some people are offended because there like Jesus said the light is reproving them, and they don't want to give up their sin. Now I don't know what that sin is. It may be something as ordinary as promiscuous sex or drugs or alcohol say ordinary yes. The first thing we think of what we think of sin.

We think of all those things but your sin could be a proud heart. Your sin could be that you have rejected the truth of the word of God, your sin could be that you think more highly of yourself and you are and you think you stand pretty good even to fall because he said a proud heart and a proud look, I'll not suffer. He said proud people stumble, God resists the proud, but he gives grace to the humble that he gives grace to the humble. And if you're here today and you're not a real Christian baby you've never even ever ever Christian. Maybe you think Christian means somebody believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. That's not what a Christian is. The Bible says even the devil will even tremble, that even the demons believe that Jesus is the son of God. In fact, when he was walking to the Internet and all you know you come to torment us before the devil knows who the son of God make you a Christian. I don't care if your mother baptizes you I don't care if they wrote your name in the church records.

I don't care if your mother brought you she was pregnant with you going to church and then when you were born curate you in church you got to know Jesus Christ for yourself.

God has no grandchildren you're going to stand before the Lord and well wanted those who knew the way of truth and error from it.

If you have never been a Christian.

Maybe you did never got you didn't understand it before but I'm telling you today the Lord is calling you. He says behold the door of your heart and I'm knocking if you open I will come in. My father will come in and we will have a ship with you. I don't care what you've done. I don't care what your past is I don't care what you've gotten yourself involved in. I want you to know the blood of Jesus is able to cleanse you from all sin and all unrighteousness. If you want to be saved today.

No one's looking around, but God is looking if you want to be saved today. Let me see your hand.

Are you willing to say I want to be saved. I see those hands and, more importantly, God sees those hands, now there's others that you you've been in church, but you don't live right. You keep falling into a double life, it's time to make up your mind can make up your mind to get in and go all the way is long as you got your heart in the world you will never ever be able to live a godly life.

Jesus said, no man can serve two people love on the other people cling to one by the other, you're going to have to make up your mind if you want Jesus you want to let go of the world you're going to let go of the you're going to let go of your illness that love affair you're going to let go of that secret thing to pornography your drugs and alcohol. You're going to let go of your you're going to get rid of bad temper.

The kids make you curse and shoot your testimony to fit you're going to get rid of all that good thing I want to be delivered because whom the son sets free is free indeed. I'm not going to ask you to lift your hand and say I've been a hypocrite. I'm not going to do that. I'm not here to shame or humiliate anybody but you know you had been living and walking right is a turning point today is the day when God wants to turn it around the weekend and generation the work of Jesus.

You are and generation came to view the holy angels. If you depart for me the worker of iniquity. You don't want that to be your eternal consequence and you need to get right with God. Some of you. The Lord talking to you. You know that you had one point in the church in 1 foot in the world and you're just trying into the wall tight rope and you're just fine and make it all work, but sometimes you so bad you can't hardly stand it. But you always conveniently isolate and push away, but the Lord is saying today is the day it's time to get right make the decision