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March 3, 2019 4:38 pm
Two. Amos I think Joel chapter 2 and were looking couple versus your I woke up Saturday morning yesterday morning. Matter fact and I had this word in my heart and I began to go into his word and this is what he gave me today and I want to share with you there something about his word is so powerful spirit and life jolt to verse 26 and you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God that has dealt wondrously with you and my people shall never be ashamed and you shall know that I am in the midst of his and that I am the Lord your God, and none else in my people shall never be ashamed shall not ashamed Lord. Add your blessing to your word annoyed me hide behind the cross and let your word go forth to make Jesus be magnified today.
In Jesus name amen you to be seated. Thank you so much. All right. And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I am the Lord your God, and none else my people shall never be ashamed.
Shame means to be disappointed, regretful, disappointed in your words or actions mistakes. It also means you're disappointed in your beliefs or your hopes when people around you are living a lascivious lifestyle and you choose to engage instead of repel that out of your life that major ashamed of God.
Your ashamed of what he's done for you. Notice the tough organism, but it's true. That's what shame is. Joel was prophesying to a nation that was full of shame because they had rebelled against their God. They had sinned against their God. They have they have worship the gods of bail which included infant sacrifice. They were idolatrous nation.
They had backslid they went back on God, and they were ashamed because Joel was prophesied during a time where there is a draft locust literal locusts have eaten the land the Palmer world and the canker worm he says has destroyed the vegetation. There is a drought on top of that, so there ashamed or having to go to other nations who are jobless and idolatrous, and asked them for help in their time of need all the calls they have turned their backs on God. But I love the prophecy of Joel here when he says there will come a time when my people will not be ashamed. I love this shot.
Yes, just as Israel had calamity in their lives in the nation individually with families which produce shame. I believe many here today are in the same situation you have circumstances in your life that you're dealing with because of past decisions or past mistakes and now there's ashamed that has been produced. You regret what you've done. You regret what you said you regret what you did not do your ashamed of what you did not thought many of you here today. You come here and you look nice in your worship, but then you go into the world during the week and you live like the world you become part of the world.
That means your ashamed of the gospel that major ashamed of the cross. Your ashamed of the Christ to hung suspended on the cross and I'm reminded of the words of the apostle Paul in Romans one verse 16 when he says I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. For it is the power of God unto salvation.
What I said boldly declared that he was not ashamed of the gospel.
It was made fun of me was put in prison. He was beaten he was ridiculed he was cast down.
He wasn't a part of the in crowd even the church said he wasn't who he said he was yet to defend his apostleship. He had to defend who he was in Christ, but he boldly said, I am not ashamed that he said the just shall live by faith that is not ashamed of the gospel. What does gospel mean well, it means good news doesn't it's good news it's good news to a poor man, it's good news to a man who was killed captive.
It is good news to a man who is an addict it's good news to a man who is depressed because the good news says you don't have to be poor. No more will have to be in change anymore have to be priced no more that's what the gospel says so why in the world would we be ashamed of it because the gospel is the good news that has the power to restore and I believe for many of you here today. It's time that you go back to the enemy's camp and take back what he has stolen from you. I'm not talking about just rebuking him casting him down or casting down imaginations and felt I'm literally talking about going into his territory and taking back what he stole from shall take it back and declare you're not ashamed of the gospel do not ashamed of his power to heal. Not ashamed of his power.
Hallelujah. All I just feel his presence here today. Romans eight verse one says, there is now therefore no condemnation because that's what shame does.
It brings condemnation to your life.
It brings you brings regret. So when you fall into condemnation. Your first tendency is to hide when you're full of shame and shame is is is prevalent in your life and your ashamed of a person or situation or circumstance. The first thing you do is what Adam and Eve did you hide, you try to find a fig leaf to cover yourself up, but how many understand today that you can run from God, but you can't hide from God. It doesn't matter where you go. He's always going to chase you down.
I told you the story before I sit on a barstool one time a man looked at me and said brother I had a dream he was preaching to the masses. I never met this guy because I couldn't go anywhere I could to get away from God. He would chase me down and that's the same thing he did for Adam and Eve when they tried to hide themselves. This is Adam, where are thou you really think he didn't know where item was he was was just trying to get out and to understand that Christ sacrifice he can cover the sins and mistakes of your life. That's exactly what he did for I do believe is what animal it covered them up with animal skins, which is a type and shadow of Christ covering us with his sacrifice which takes away that shame.
Hallelujah, joint peace, confidence, steadfast confidence.
Hebrews 314 says for we are made partakers of Christ. If we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end of steadfast confidence. The gospel is our confidence. Why, because the gospel does not continue.
The gospel restores you, shall restore the gospel as a restoration gospel. It doesn't put a wager between you and God doesn't put guilt and shame and condemnation, but it brings restoration brings healing it brings comfort in the Holy Ghost, and he makes not ashamed. Romans 81. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus.
There is no guilt there is no shame.
Hallelujah. John 317 says God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Good news of the gospel is is that he knows your flame knows you are but just that even after you have a life changing resurrection experience of being born again and they're still going to come a time in your life against God and commit acts of sin.
Just be outright in debauchery, but the good news of the gospel is still sin as far as the east is from John said in first John two verses wanted to be. Says little children, I write these things to you that you send not man sent with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
Since the sands of good news about gospel sure going to be sure going to fail is always right for you why I feel this today. Hallelujah. Like what Colossians 213 says, it says that he has forgiven us all trespasses.
Somebody needs to get that today when Christ hung on the cross and what he said it is finished and he forgave you of your sin.
There's not one sin but you haven't committed that he hasn't already forgiven you for five to pierce through time and eternity and he sold you he saw the stupid thing to have it done yet and he made provision for the gospel. You don't have to be ashamed. How many times is the enemy brought up a past failure, at times as he brought up the past times of somebody else brought up your past and I will and you better believe the enemy will but is the good news in the Christ Jesus says I have forgiven them of their sins to remember no more of them into the depths of the sea.
Don't allow shame to continue to push you away from God allowed his power to list shame that you answered your shame takes away your confidence, it does.
Shame takes away your self-esteem because you got your eyes on you and how unholy you are and how undeserving you are. I tell people all the time. Quit saying that we don't deserve it. You don't deserve anything from God, but Christ in you is you. God looks at you. He looks at his son because of God in Christ. Hallelujah Joel 223. In our text going back, he knows that he can restore the wasted years all I love that he says be glad that you children of Zion rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the former rain. Moderately and you will calls to come down for you. The rain, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month and the floors shall be full of wheat, and defendants shall overflow with wine and oil that's anointed so Israel is a nation that has seen the vegetation destroyed there in a drought but Joel is prophesying hope is prophesying, restoration, and I will restore verse 25 Joel two. I will restore to you the years that the locust taffy and the canker worm and the caterpillar in the palm warm my great army which I sit among you, what you think about this for a moment to say I will restore and do more. In other words, those wasted years he can restore them. I don't care if it's water 12 can restore them you believe it shall yes you will have to be ashamed or disappointed of what you're going through because God can restore your mind from drug abuse they can restore your mind from alcohol abuse they can restore your emotions from hurt and pain and agony.
Whatever happened to you as a child what whatever's happened to you from humanity he can restore that have to be in pain anymore forgiveness anymore. All because he's forgiven you all trespasses to say I forgive condemnation in the back door.
My God in heaven who can restore your body from riotous living testimony of function of cut themselves when they would come to Christ that alter those scars would begin to heal up how I know what you're thinking.
Why would he do that. Why wouldn't he do that a man is a God who restores density.
In fact, the apostle Paul says that he makes us like a chaste virgin when we come to Christ is like our sinful lifestyle never happened. This is ramifications in your report you so but even for the times of taking care of business. He gives you joy unspeakable and full of life. Yes, it's going to be yes it's going to be difficult, but you don't have to be ashamed of who you are because you're not that person anymore.
Just take that opportunity to say is it amazing how God can take your stupid mistakes and bring glory out of it's amazing how he could I think about the woman with the issue of blood 12 years now this was a discharge.
A female discharge that most likely she received from mistake she's made in the past most likely, and she has been to every doctor.
She's taken every prescription she did everything that Webb MD says do. She's emptied her medicine cabinets. She tried to listed healing. She tried acupuncture to start the chiropractor and the she hears about this man named Jesus, aren't you thankful that there's always hope to see shame tells you there is no hope. Shame tells you that you will always be this way when you're ashamed you feel like it will never get any better with the hope in Christ, so she makes her way to Jesus and she says, but if I can but touch the hem of his garment, I shall be made whole and she does just that when she grabbed a hold of that holy garment. The Bible says that Jesus felt virtue leave his body hallelujah I do think about it in a crowd of senior people surrounding him and trying to grab him. I'm sure she wasn't the only one, but he felt her touch. Why because she dared to believe it. She refused to live in shame and in fact she was even supposed to be around a crowd of people in her condition. She didn't care because she was wanting to get to the master and he passed by, and she grabbed a hold of his garment virtue left his body and he said, who touched the said Lord to somebody around you.
How would we know and he said I felt to leave my body. All hallelujah and he looked at her he says that faith has made you whole.
And he restored 12 wasted years in a moment in time. Think about your life, what have you wasted what time have you wasted what opportunities have you wasted what what have you wasted and the good news is that he can restore all of that and some you just as Trey and Bethany back there they came to this church. They had nothing. They lost it all work in addiction and bondage and change in the Lord set them free, and they'll tell you how long they'll tell you it hasn't been easy had some hard battles to fight and had to stay committed. That's where it is, you see that steadfast confidence you don't quit when it gets tough and walk in shame and condemnation because they knew Jesus was in this place and if I could just get a hold of his garment that their lives could be changed and shaped their lives and now they stand victorious and looking good.
Because of Jesus shall yes hallelujah I just you know his testimony. He said he was glad all that happened. There's going to be a day some of you the battles you're fighting right now you're going to be glad you felt the going to be glad you went to bed Valley you're going to be glad you went to that took time when the client going to look back on it and say thank you Jesus because of God before you can be a caged therapist. No judge, no attorneys, government, nobody. If God is for you. All right, many are ashamed of the word of God. Psalm 119 verse six the psalmist said in shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all by commandments. When you give into temptation to your peers, your ashamed of his work when you follow the crowd on Facebook you give in to temptation your ashamed of the word as tough as an when you allow your circumstances to dictate your life. Your ashamed of his work when faith is lacking. Your ashamed of his word because his word always trumps your circumstances when you're tempted with alcohol ask what does the Bible say about drunkenness when you're depressed.
What does the Bible say about your joy when the doctor gives you the diagnosis. What does the Bible say about your healing was a diverse 27 Jewel chapter 2 there in your text and you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I am the Lord your God, and none else my people shall never be ashamed because God was going to restore the parched land he was going to restore what had been eaten. Now not only was he talking about in his prophecies was he talking about their current condition, but he's also forced telling about a future generation in the new heaven and in the new earth, because Joel is prophesying about the date of the Lord. When the wrath of God will be poured out upon this people plant and he talks about a restoration that will come to the nation of Israel. We sold at 1948 we saw it began and even today the Jewish nation is being built up with those of the lineage of David. You're what I'm telling you it's happening right now before our very eyes. What Joel prophesied. But the nation of Israel is ashamed of God ashamed of God ashamed of that one they called the Messiah ashamed of it but there's coming a day. Joel says that they'll never be ashamed. But the good news for you and I is that we don't have to wait for his because we are the Israel of God to you. What I sent. We are spiritual Israel, and God is our source. Verse 28 and it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh after want after the restoration. After the shame is gone. You see, shame keeps you from receiving all that God has for you. There are many denominations in circles that have never experienced the fullness of the Holy Ghost. They've never experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit baptism the fullness of the gifts of the spirit. That's because there ashamed of the Holy Ghost is strong today but anytime you relegate the Holy Ghost to a back room. Your ashamed of it.
Anytime you don't allow the gifts of the spirit to operate because you're afraid it might offend somebody that comes in the door there ashamed of the Holy Ghost. Anytime you do that you put him in a cage where Jesus was walking through the temple he got angry because the Bible says he looked over he saw them exchanging money, but he also Saul does in a cage and the Bible says, you begin to release those doves and he took his and he went to town because the representation there was that they were caging the Holy Spirit because they were operating in their own flesh and the way they wanted to operate and they were clinching the spirit of God happening in churches all over this country there clinching the spirit of God, because there ashamed of the Holy Ghost.
It's true. Verse 29 and also will select 28 reported spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions, and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit that sounds like everybody to me. Shame comes when you cage the Holy Ghost. Shame comes when you allow yourself to operate in the flesh man. I'm all for making noise. I look. I used to like to shout now. I love to show a man I love to shout. I love the client my and once we get the music like I like it.
I'll be dancing and we didn't see these drums appear see me dance and make some of your uncomfortable you know why because your ashamed relegate it to your finite mind of what makes sense to you ashamed of David was ashamed of him when he danced before him with all of his might, down to his underwear. I will do that but I will dance with all my might.
But I love to shout, but if you're shouting just to be heard.
That shame if you're operating in the gift of the spirit just to be heard at shame you're not telling but when you're not ashamed to clap your hands and shout under God with the voice of trial. This is a win Holy Ghost will be poured out upon his people in our group with some people in a generation that is some crazy things they had. Bobby pins flying dresses sling around the stuff flying out of their pockets all but they wasn't ashamed to worship God in the modern-day church will look at them like something was wrong with them there there fun.
Either this or that of the. But they was not ashamed to worship God. They was not ashamed to clap their hands. They was not ashamed to shout with the voice of trial were not ashamed to take a lap around the church, not ashamed to dance in the Holy Ghost. All how I pray that really vessels Christian center would get to a place just like somebody would just take it upon themselves to shout spirit run. I don't care something because you told Israel he says, when you're not ashamed anymore that's when I'll pour out my spirit all but aren't you glad that there's a dual prophecy here because in one since he's talking about the future of pentacles in the church and then in another he's talking about Israel and the new heaven and the new earth restoration and pouring out his spirit. Mark chapter returned their new Bible. What you when you're not ashamed of the Holy Ghost. He's not ashamed of you. A man, Mark eight verse 36 because were getting ready to smash evangelism here we are.
We got a date this month will be hitting the streets one Saturday who's ready for that and we do that shame has to go out the back door, I will knock on doors and what to say. You know who Jesus is. Are you ready for this. Are you bold enough, brave enough to are you concerned about somebody sold to the point that you would do something like this, you know, many times we show our shame. By the way we treat our families because I know everybody out here has family who lost and how many opportunities have you had to pray for them when they're sick, but you didn't because your ashamed times did you not share Christ with them, but you didn't because they saw who used to be in your ashamed what I'm trying to get you to understand is that he takes all that away and when he pours out his spirit upon you. It's not just so you can be blessed or feel the loser run up to gizzard what he pours out the Holy Ghost upon you it so that you can share the Holy Ghost with somebody else and when you knock on that door.
It's no longer are you talking anymore, but it's the Holy Ghost you.
The Holy Ghost is not just for your benefit. It's for the benefit of lost and dying day of humanity.
Mark eight verse 36 listen to the words of Jesus for what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his so whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him. Also, shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his father with the holy angels all how powerful that is that we think that's just the call to salvation. We got it in our minds that being ashamed of God in Christ is not coming to the altar when the invitation is given. That's part of it, but it's also for you believers who are ashamed to share your faith with your family, friends of old are you one way with them in one way here.
If so, your ashamed.
If you act one way on your job at act. Another way here you are ashamed of the gospel. He says if you ashamed of me.
I'll be ashamed of you. What I'm telling you will be ashamed. Verse 38. Again, whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of, and of my words in this notice he says my words, once again, any circumstance you read in your life are you believing that fact over the truth of his word, yes. Your sick in your body. But does that dominate your thought life to the point that you've given into that your destiny you choose to believe his word by his stripes, you are healed because if you choose the latter. Your ashamed of the word. That's what he saying here is a strong ladies and gentlemen, a man whatever you're facing in your marriage relationship when it comes to arguments and spats and things like that does not control your destiny, and I know you can't control what other people do, but you can control what you do right and I fry does not work in relationships whether be a marriage or our church relationship an employee relationship just doesn't work somebody through to you being her back does not work major, ashamed for his word says bless those who curse you all hallelujah if somebody smacked you on the cheek and hurt your feelings this is turn the other one is a man. I will say this. Do not be ashamed of him now, so he's not ashamed of you, then any time was this is a spirit field church. I had people tell me all the time. I really wanted to come to the altar. Do you know if you ignore that your ashamed of him because his beckoning is a sign that he's going to help you. Why would he call you if he wasn't going to help you be ashamed I don't care if we pray for you every send out tribute got so much oil on you. You look like a repeat from a county fair. You member those agrees them up may run around. You have to catch up in Dustin kitchen goes directly that they just fly right through his arm. But you see there's a truth right there because the enemy is trying to grab you and your running the race that set before you can get a hold of you because you got so much on you because we pray for you so many times we played the blood of Christ over you so many times. Don't be ashamed of him now, so he's not ashamed of you, then, close this and I mentioned earlier, the first thing that Adam and Eve did after they sinned by disobeying God, but he did. Genesis 225 says, and they were both naked man and his wife while, and were not ashamed. But with disobedience came into their lives in rebellion.
It brought shame at that point they were ashamed.
The relationship with God because they had broken the covenant and what happens ladies and gentlemen is you before and it always amazes me because when people get into trouble. The first thing they do is not come to church.
It amazes me when when people see a crisis or for something happens they feel like, well, let's just take the day off like this is a job no no this is where you get life you hear what I'm telling you it's not a vacation spot.
This is not just part of your routine. If it is your ashamed of it. This is your life. Don't go into hiding, come to this altar and let us agree with you in prayer. The Bible says were two or three are gathered. I'll be your two about got one right here.
I'll agree with you. I'm always here so you can count on that.
I'll agree with you in prayer. A man, but never hide because you're in trouble.
That's what the enemy wants you want you to go home, shut the blinds shut the curtains that your bottom lip out like a back porch, a man and get the Charlie Brown attitude right. Woe is me, why is everybody always picking on me right a man all right. I will make this point where there is no sin. There is no shame, and that's the good news of the gospel is that he takes all of that away when you put faith in Christ in his finished work when you come across.
Shame leaves your life and you don't have to be ashamed of the gospel because where there is no sin. There is no shame.
You are not who you used to be. Even though you think about wanting to be who he used to be. You're not used to slice a second Timothy 112. In closing, the apostle Paul.
His last letter. His last inspiration before he left the smooth marble planet.
He said these words.
For this reason. Second Timothy one verse 12. I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, he's in prison and he knows that Nero, that madman, the maniac of murder is about to get his head he knows it. He says I am not ashamed how I feel the passion of this latest for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep what I have committed to him until that day. God help me today. He said I am not ashamed he saying the most powerful man in the world is getting ready to take my head.
This is historical fact beyond the Bible and understand that this happened in these were his final words and he says this is going to happen. I suffer these things since but I'm not ashamed of what I've done now this is a man who had murdered people he had held the coats of people who were committing murder. He was a zealot. He was a Pharisee. It was the strictest of all sects of Judaism had the first five books of all memorized you think we know Scripture Genesis through Deuteronomy delivers every line of her work. He was a Hebrew of Hebrews. He called himself the words he was the main man in Pharisee is to us, but how God just like you were the and you know what we like to compare trials right we sit and talk about how bad we aren't, and always got one up the next guy are you going 1215 that night. All you did that right. I did this when I was on my head on up water tower. It's always something bigger more grand right well he can take your bad life. Wipe away all that shame and regret, and Paul understood this, because he knew the law and the law of Moses, shame and condemnation because the wall shows you how bad you were excellent. And you had to bring an animal sacrifice, and that just appeased God.
But it didn't satisfy God as well. They had to do it daily and yearly. They had to bring the sacrifice. But when Christ gave his life.
What the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his only son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for Santa to cut DMC and in the flesh, but the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit. Long story short he did with the law couldn't do and he walked away all of our sin. Listen to the words of Christ in the apostle Paul's is unfolding to fight The faith.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, and not only to me that all those who love his appearing. Don't be ashamed to say I believe he's coming when I talk about that around some folks. They look at me like I got four hits but I do you really believe this is a brain never bought brainwashed. Everybody does believe a man but the truth is I do believe it. I believe what I'm telling you believe is coming again will I believe.
I don't believe it just because the Bible says. I believe it because I knew what he did in my life. Not ashamed of that when he really transforms your life you will be ashamed of. You will be ashamed of. You will think twice before you go in the bar you'll think twice before you go where you should not go do what you should do and be what you should be. You will you'll do it you have to walk in obedience will be ashamed of, and up around spirits 90 feet all over this building. If you're watching Bio-Rad listed by podcast, I urge you, don't be ashamed of the gospel wherever you are today you can receive Jesus Christ by simply praying this prayer say Lord Jesus I give you my life. I confess my sin because I know you're faithful and just to forgive me and today I accept you.
Jesus is my Savior and my Lord and I confess with my mouth.
I believe with my heart that Jesus is Lord of my life.
If you prayed that simply by faith something supernatural just took place in your life and you are born again don't be ashamed of the gospel and don't be ashamed of Jesus Christ. God bless you and thank you for watching and listening