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July 17, 2019 8:00 am
This is Dr. Don Wilton. If you've ever wondered why I presented Jesus to you is because Jesus died for you on across. He's God's son.
He is God and God so loved the world that he gave us the Lord Jesus, and Jesus came to this earth, and he lived on this earth. And then he was taken and crucified on the cross and when he died on the cross. He took upon himself. Your sin and myosin and he died and when he died. Your son and myosin died with him.
Then, by the power of God. He was raised on the third day, so that Jesus now is alive and when Jesus came out of the grave.
He didn't bring Allison with him. Allison remained in the grapes are now here it is all about Simpson everyone of us is a sinner. The only way that you can have a relationship with God, our heavenly father is through the Lord Jesus because he's the way he's truth, he's the life no man can come to God, accepting through Jesus because Jesus is the one who through his death and resurrection makes it possible for you and me to be forgiven of our sin, because when we trust him when we confess our sin and repent.
The form and give our hearts and lives to him and he comes into our lives, our sin par stains is present tense forgiven because Christ has already prayed that all you diving] of this wonderful series from Dr. Don Wilton call 10 keys to victory effectively just joined this is The Encouraging Word featuring the Bible-based preaching of Dr. Don Wilton well-known author evangelist and pastor these next few moments were building on the blocks of yesterday starting with listing with God listening to God and see how that applies to giving us victory in her life that's word to get thrown around awful lot, but being on top of the situation as opposed underneath it is a first step to victory like to speak with someone bright was someone working for you at 866899 word 866-899-9673 or online@theencouragingword.org, Dr. Don Wilton, God's keys to victory okay watch this again very quickly. Children of Israel being brought out of Egypt they been saved by being redeemed. They find themselves at the foot of Mount Sinai.
I've actually been there myself. I've climbed up to the top of Mount Sinai and a bunch you went with me. Remember that experience amazing two or three hours on a camel just to begin within the pitch dark pitch pitch dark freezing cold. Mount Sinai is way up what you so they pitched camp in the foot of the mountain. Moses goes up on top of the mountain, God gives them the 10 Commandments and the children of Israel are not being prepared to go but I don't know what lies ahead of them that they don't know that I bought 40 years to look forward to 40 years of wandering that they they don't know about all the battles yet but I've had some of them already that I don't know how many times they going to need food that I know how really thirsty they going to get, but I don't know how many of the friends and family are going to grumble their way across the days God gives to them what I'm going to cold obtain keys to victory. Yeah, they are rock them down key number one listen listen listen to God. Chapter 19 verse three God says to Moses right up front. He said I'm about to speak, and from that point on we find repeatedly gone saying to Moses excuse me you listening to me.
Have you ever talk to someone feel like they don't listen we will go through that.
Don't did you hear anything I said are you. Am I suggesting that there is someone here right now this morning and hasn't heard a word your mind somewhere else listening actually is a discipline. Listen that's key number one listen number two obey. That's chapter 19 verse five I just read that a minute ago. Chapter 19 verse five is a powerful now therefore, if indeed you will obey me. Obedience is the clarion call of Christian discipleship.
It's very simple folks listen to what God says and then do what you say wit with struggling with that in America as a nation this nation that we love so much.
When not listening to the Lord.
America is no longer listening to brought you know who we listening to one another. We listening to political expediency.
We listening to compromise our verdict country music August yesterday on the radio say quote most important thing for us as Americans is to just do what ever we want as long as it makes us happy me say that again most important thing for us Americans to do is to do what ever it is we want as long as it makes us happy. Really listen, obey, number three respond is your third key to victory. Respond you know that verse cite all the people answered together and see all that the Lord has spoken we will do, we will do respond to, and sometimes in our own individual lives. That's what you and I've got a new actually respond we go to say yes wheat we got to get up and go. We've got actually you know that's true of all kinds of life God what some great friends who smoke cigarettes.
11 love them will not love them because they smoke. 35 years ago I would've sat down and had one with you but I got a frame right now who told me just recently said man I'm trying to give up smoking and I said Tim will give it up so I'm sorry about all you clinical psychologists and squeegees and everybody out there and you nicotine gum truism patch makers and all these wonderful things that you doing standing on your head upside down in the bath tub and and all the other kinds of things that you do to try and stop down and slow down II know I know you get at least 150 latest telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about because smoking is addictive, but I'm one of those very simpleminded people that I think what you going to do when you find something you go to lay that thing down you go to go through the hood that is required in order to get through it. It hurts you got a ride you got a swift you go to walk around Trenton inhaling fumes everywhere you want to do whatever it takes.
Just listen. This is what God was saying watch the spokes. These are the keys to victorious living. You children of Israel belong to me. You've got to get through this next 40 years. It is going to be the toughest thing. Life is filled with challenges.
Guess what I'm going to tell you to do number one just listen to what our site number two obey it.
Number three respond number four worship. Worship when you get when you get into chapter 20. For example, there is a tremendous amount of detail about worship. The bottom line is verse 24 of chapter 20. You need to make an altar. By the way what God does is he first discards all things that impede and get in the way of worship. He said I'm not asking you to worship me with your silver and gold� Coming here and bring me will these trappings don't think just because you bought the bus for the church that you worship.
You can buy 100 buses by the way I'm very glad if you both the bus and we need another five buses. If any of you are wondering if we need buses I love and we looking for volunteers to buy the bus but what God is not interested in is buying the bus what he's interested in is the heart of worship that beats to the point at which that person is being blessed recognizes and need before God and says I'm the one who's blessed.
I'm going to as my act of worship provide the means for these children will for this group to be able to be transported. Therefore, I am going to provide that it comes out of the heart of worship with me on and when he talks about worship folks and it goes on. It goes on and on and on United and even read this to you buddy. Chapter 25 and verse eight. You got a key worship verse listen to what God said and let them make me icing sugar Ray that I may dwell there in the midst of them.
Isn't that beautiful what we do when we worship God is part of the key to kingdom living. It's the key to victory.
It's an indispensable fundamental truth.
I can promise you, because you have stopped and you are worshiping the Lord Jesus and the beauty of these holiness, God is going to in able you to have the victory worship number five focus, focus.
Look at chapter 24 verse cite Moses took the blood and threw it on the people got all a lot of verses about the blood. The blood comes up over and over and over again. Chapter 29 verse 12 chapter 29 verse 1620 and 21 and from this point on non-stop, God shows them that he seals his covenant with the blood he was wounded for our transgression because without the shedding of blood. They can be no forgiveness of sin, blood is life. And when Jesus gave his blood he gave his life and because he gave his life he conquered sin and in the gray. That is why as we sing that great spiritual song, they ain't no grave that can hold this body down there. I know gray can hold this body because in Adam all die, but in Christ we been made alive. It's because of the blood you're listening to the Bible-based preaching of Dr. Don Wilton. He's got so much more to come. In today's message in just a few moments, but will remind you that we are here for you, Dr. Don insist I pause for just a moment to say hey this is not just a presentation. This is a communication a conversation and we love to hear from you. We love note specifically how we can pray for you and call us at 86689 were. That's 866-899-9673 or you can be us online The Encouraging Word.org. Not only this message on the 10 keys to victory, but a sense of victory on a daily basis is what we're praying for in your life again, 866899673 or me this online The Encouraging Word.org. Now back to today's message. 10 keys to victory with Dr. Don Wilton right that can hold this body because in Adam all die, but in Christ we been made alive. It's because of the blood that's focus what God was saying to them was listen there a lot of things that got a lot but don't lose your focus. Keep looking at the blood. Remember the sacrifice. Remember it's all about Jesus. It's all about Jesus listener by respond, worship, focus number six do give look at verse 25 operator to you in verses one all the way through verse seven and then repeatedly from that point on, God gives to these people. One of the greatest keys to kingdom living that is your offerings to the Lord.
So if I did something very cheeky today and very rude and I was to come out of this plan start on the front row and I was to look every one of you not on site to you. Are you giving at least 10% of your income at time to the Lord's work in your church, what would you say are you giving offerings to him offerings over and above.
If you take encouraging today impacting tomorrow what church is been involved in. Did you make a plague had you fulfilled that plague see my friend is not about the money it's about what God will do for you. Some of you are really battling financial and there a lot of reasons why we battle financially good people battle financial people get label for jobs. There a lot of reasons for their tremendous health expenses things that happen you got another look at you giving to the Lord starts right here, don't don't allow yourself to be robbed of one of the fundamental keys to victory. Use school and scratch all your life financially. If you are not giving to the Lord Jesus folks, I'm telling you that straight up on the pasta. I can never win when it comes to money. I know that I will never win.
I can get up here and talk about money.
This whole affair was so dark won't believe he talked about money and this offense is he doesn't talk about money. I'm just going to tell you from God's word. It's one of the significant keys to victory, you want to deal with God on this and the blessings that come when you give you missing the blessing, folks. Some of you are just tipping God you just playing a game and some of your sign on to give to God. But I'm to keep such control over it because it's mine and all you do is you give to selected things because it means you can control that's why you do it over my dead body will I ever I'm going to get to this phenomena. Make sure not to get to this and I'm not a control it's control, God sees offerings is the complete release of control letting it go was remember one of the greatest lessons I have learned growing up in Africa where a lot of people in Africa who didn't have food and I remember like it was yesterday when I was a very young boy I remember my mom and dad making a wonderful meal for a very poor man who came to our home one day knocked on the door. My mother made it wonderful sandwich and a bowl of soup and something to drink and and gave it to him and I can still see that man walking down the steps and when he got to the gate about home.
He threw that down enough, he just threw it down on the sidewalk and I remember as a boy to sit. Can you believe that I mean there was a sensing which in my boyhood. It made me angry and I'll never forget my mother, my sweet precious mother sign, son.
Doesn't matter. It's not about what he did with it. It's about the fact that I gave it to him. I get the blessing, so why don't you start taking your hands off specialized and selected giving is eating out, the heartbeat, even of this church.
It's it's on a rampage. We set ourselves up to decide. We are going to give, and we got to get to what we want to give and that's that I'm your posture. 19 to be gone here. This is a key to kingdom living.
He's he's putting the sword he is laying it in front and you know why he does this because God wanted them to be based. He wanted them to be based listener by respond, worship, focus, give number seven submit submit chapter 29. This is such a powerful passage because he gets Moses and he gets Aaron and he gets Aaron. Sunday gets those who being called to be priests and leaders and he sets them apart and he turns to the children of Israel, and he says listen God is going to use all of you. There is no status. Nobody serves according to position but functionally I'm going to say before you people that I have anointed to lead you spiritually submit to submit to them.
I know some of you might say I'm old-fashioned but I'm still one of those people who believe in respecting one's elders.
It concerns me when I when I walked to see a young person. For example, go up to an older person and treat them just like anybody else. They visit respect. It's not a homemade jewel visit respect. I'm one of those on I know you gonna some you can assure but I believe in.
Yes, sir. No, ma'am.
How can I help you, and I still call people. Mr. Joe, if I need to even at my lofty age. It's a discipline for me it's only now my age now that I'm starting to catch up with some of the older people in our congregation.
Submit understand these things. How many times did Moses get up and say this is what God said and every time they would not submit to what Moses said bang down my wind course now Moses had to make sure he had a word from the Lord brought submit number eight intercede into seed bought a beautiful word spoke about that when we prayed for each other the beginning of the service into seed that that passage there in chapter 32 in verse 11. Just consider how the children of Israel had sinned against God and Moses stood there and said please Lord, don't treat them harshly.
Please Lord forgive them. Please Lord, restore them, that's a key to victorious living why God tied to God.
I'd love to.
I would love to go around our congregation and find the numbers of people that have interceded for me.
You and I bought into sentences going for us all the time parents into seed mutual course I know your children are perfect, but I'm told map those who have children that are not intercede for them. Go to God folks.
Why don't we instead of crucifying people who may sup chasing them out why we just get on our knees and intercede for them.
Instead of looking someone up and down because they send that's in the seed for the instead of going up to someone to find out exactly what it is that he or she did want you just got up to them and say you know word is out about something, but I want you to know that for me. I'm praying for you my friend. And Moses did that ever number of times that God changed his mind. Someone said to me, does God change his mind. Yes he does. Evidences all over.
When we read the story and the basis upon which he changes his mind is the intercession of those that come before him and seek his face.
Number nine repent.
Chapter 33 or I'll tell you what a powerful chapter 33.
I didn't. I didn't even read this because I didn't have time but from verse four through verse six culminates in verse six. Therefore, the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments. Did you get that. Therefore, the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments and if you go back into that pre-amble.
God sees to them not take off your pagan idols get rid of the repent of those stopped by repent. Repentance means when you come before God, and you acknowledge that you resent you can face that to him.
Repentance means that you lay it at the foot of the cross returning you going the opposite direction. You don't pick up a little bit of it lay aside the ornaments of your paganism, repent, stop, lay it before God turn around and walk in the opposite direction, repent and number 10 number 10 celebrate celebrate this what God told him celebrate a little chapter 34 and verse five through nine, must be one of the most incredible passages in all of Scripture means just absolutely amazing what what God sees in this in this powerful passage when he turns around and he says I just want you to know that I'm exactly who I say I am on descendent in the crowd and see I am your God. I'm merciful, I'm slow to anger, I'm the one who forgives sins yes and I'm the one who does not even so much for a sameness tolerates and but I want you to know on the change might. I'm compassionate and mercy merciful.
So what is God saying these people as they begin this incredible journey. I think among many others, and you probably discovered 100 more God's 10 keys to victory, listen, obey, worship, respond, worship, focus, give submit, intercede, repent, celebrate. I wish I have little backpack that we could make and each one of us for the next year. Never take that backpack Wolf and in the backpack. All the team keys to victory and all day.
We just keep taking these on all year. Well, God says if I if I want to get to the promised land. This is a key to kingdom living, and it all begins with our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ you know him. Have you trusted him get on board. Trust him as Savior and Lord, and then establishing a life.
The keys to victory with God on your side you can.
That's why if God be for us so like to finish that verse. If God be for us, who can be against us. This is it and what a blessing to know that he will do what we cannot do our pastor Dr. Don Wilton will be back in just a moment with some more thoughts but I pray you would know we are ready to talk and pray with you right now our phone numbers 866899 word that's 866-899-9673. I know in this day and age of typing and texting it.
Sometimes it just feels good to break the mold have a conversation.
Let us pray with you, 866-899-9673 or meet us online@theencouragingword.org is Dr. Don God has spoken to you hesitantly and you're ready to give your heart to Jesus. I'd love to help you right now.
Would you pray this prayer with me and accept Jesus into your heart and life. Dear God, I know that on the center. I know that Jesus loves me and died for me on the cross right now, I repent of my sin and I confess my sin to the Lord Jesus Christ come into my heart and save me today and forgive me for my sin.
In Jesus name I pray, amen.
If you pray that pray we'd love to get alongside of you and celebrate with you and send you some literature and help you as you begin to grow and I want you to know that I love you very very much is today the day that you give your heart to Jesus, but would love to pray with you about it. Celebrate that our phone numbers 866899 word 866899673 and this is just the beginning. Let us put some resources in your hands that will help you grow in your faith, the number again 866-899-9670 meters online, The Encouraging Word.org, where you see a great deal about this fresh new series from Dr. Wilson call take a stand. It's time to take a stand hello my friends I wanted just personally speak to you for a minute today from my heart to yours.
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