given the jewish people fits ever since impatience
impatience
he got impatient one day went down to
egypt almost lost his wife almost lost
his life
moses got impatient one day and killed a
man and buried him
god had to put him over in the desert
for 40 years taking care of sheep
then he brought him back and put him to
work and well again one day moses got
impatient and smote the rock
and he lost his ticket into the promised
land he had to wait till a
transfiguration to get there
david got impatient one time
numbered the people 70 000 people died
peter got impatient one night pulled out
his sword aim for a man's throat got his ear
ear
jesus reached over and healed the ear
it's a good thing there would have been
you see impatience is evidence of unbelief
back in the book of isaiah chapter 28
verse 16 the prophet says he that
and when you find yourself getting
nervously impetuous weight
unbelief
is an evidence
impatience is an evidence of unbelief
and impatience is an evidence of
immaturity little children are always impatient
impatient
when we were living in covington my
family lives up in in
hammond indiana it's a long trip from
covington to ham and we'd get in the car
during vacation days to drive up to see
grandma and grandpa
we'd stop at the first stoplight my
little judy would say are we there
i'd say no we've got six hours and 15
minutes more i'll never make it
you see
a lot of people grow old who never grow up
up
and they're still just impatient as
children impatience is an evidence of
immaturity that's why james chapter 1 says
says
count it all joy when you're falling
into various testings knowing that the
trying of your faith works what patience
patience
but let patience have her perfect work
that you may be perfect mature wanting nothing
nothing
but the devil can get a hold of an
impatient christian he can wreck a
church he can blow up a home
he can split a sunday school class
because impatience is one of the works
of the flesh
his target the body
his weapon suffering
his purpose to make me impatient with
god's will what's my weapon this is what
blesses me
when he comes at my mind i have the
inspired word of god when he comes at my
body i have the same thing paul had the
imparted grace of god
and lest i should be exalted above
measure wrote the apostle there was
given unto me with a strange gift there
was given unto me a thorn in the flesh
the messenger of satan to buffet me lest
i should be exalted above measure he
starts and stops the verse the same way
and for this thing i besought the lord i
just pray i besought the lord three
times just like jesus in gethsemane
and god said paul i'm not going to
answer your prayer but i am going to
meet your need
by the way make a list someday of all
the unanswered prayers in the bible
have you lived long enough to be
take it away god said paul if i took
why you've been up to the third heaven
and if you want to have great
experiences like that there's a price to pay
you know you get your hands out and god
loads your hands with blessing if he
keeps on loading your hand with blessing
you it'll help you fall flat in your face
face
so he put some burdens on your back to
and paul said lord take it away and god
said i won't do it i want you to be the
i'll tell you what i'm going to do
my grace
is sufficient
for thee
then paul changed his tune and said most
gladly therefore
will i rather glory in my infirmities
for when i'm weak
i'm strong
the imparted grace of god i'd love to
linger on that but i'll i'll just drop
this into your mind into your heart
you are saved by grace you have to live
by grace
if you can explain what god is doing in
your if you can explain what's happening
that's right
if you can explain what happens in a
church god's not doing it they say well
we we have a great church because we
have no no it's god who has to do it
god's grace
why what do we deserve
we deserve hell great
great
aren't you glad he's the god of all
grace he's cornered the market on grace
the god of all grace
uh suffering grace my grace is
sufficient for thee singing grace
singing with grace in your heart
strengthening grace thou therefore my
son be strong in the grace that is in
christ jesus
there's all kinds of grace in the bible
he's the god of all grace this book is
the word of his grace here's the bank
book and just turn the pages and find
out about all the kinds of grace god
wants to give you
you say i don't read my bible then
you're poor
god has given you a vast inheritance of grace
grace
and here's the bank book here's the guidebook
he's the god of all grace and the bible
is the word of his grace
and his throne is the throne of grace
and when the child of god who's been
saved by grace comes to the god of all
grace with the promises of the word of
grace at the throne of grace he can say
with james he giveth more grace are you
living by grace tonight
now when satan brings some circumstance
to your life that makes your body
uncomfortable doesn't have to be
sickness and accident it could just be
i've seen saints lose their
i was stranded at o'hare field one day
which is not unusual
and i've learned to accept these things
from my father's hands all things work
together for good
what can you do anyway
and so i'm sitting there reading i
always carry a book with me i read an
entire i've read i read two entire books
sitting in tulsa one day waiting for a
plane to show up
i'm sitting there and here's a fella
pacing around and swearing and smoking
one cigarette after another
he said to me how can you be so calm
so i told him i said you know i said the
delta doesn't run this airline
my father does
and i've learned that my father arranges
things and i'm just not going to work he
said do you really believe that i said
yes i do he just shook his head he
thought he was uh cornered with a with
an idiot of some kind i think
but isn't it true
we get impatient the imparted grace of god
god
we've got to hurry now would you turn to
first chronicles 21
pastor may i continue a few more minutes
all right you'll be here if nobody else will
first chronicles chapter 21
now if i were to ask you what david's
great sin was
you'd probably say bathsheba
and it was a great sin
he he
committed adultery he made a man drunk
he killed the man he lied about it for a year
year
but you know in first chronicles 21
david commits another sin and 70 000
people died
it was not a sin of the flesh it was a
first chronicles 21 and satan stood up
against israel and provoked david to
number israel
now once a year the jews were supposed
to number the people
starting from 20 years old and on up and
get a half a shekel from them for the sanctuary
sanctuary
this was redemption money once a year
the jew would pony out his half shekel
as a reminder you're not your own you're
bought with a price
nothing wrong with numbering the people
if you do it to the glory of god
but david wanted to be sure he was in
the top 10.
david wanted to be sure his press
releases were good
he calls in joab and joab was far from
being the most godly man in the bible
joab was a scoundrel
he said joab number the people joab said
the lord grant to my lord many more
don't do it
isn't it amazing how how i felt like
joab had more sense than david
david said do it or else he did it
they spent some 10 months numbering the
people counted them up and issued the
press release
and god said you know what david you've sinned
sinned
i'm going to give you a choice now what
do you want gave him three choices
do you want to fall before your enemies
what do you want
david said let me fall into the hands of
the lord great are his mercies please
don't let me fall into the hands of man
pestilence hit jerusalem
they begin to die like flies carrying
them out on wagons and david went out oh
it's a sad david went out and he found
the threshing floor he saw the angel of
god with his sword and david bought the
threshing floor where he saw the angel
and he offered sacrifices and god
stopped the plague
the interesting thing is this the sight
of that threshing floor became the
it was rather amazing david committed
two great sins bathsheba
and from that solomon was born
and numbering the people and from that
he got the territory for the temple and
solomon built the temple
where sin abounds grace much more abounds
abounds
but 70 000 people died and the devil did it
it now
now
what was his target not his mind he was
not deluded or deceived
not his body things were never going
better for david by the way watch out
one of the biggest mistakes we
david had won a victory here and won a
victory there and things were going
it wasn't his body it wasn't his mind it
was his will pride
pride
he attacked david's will and his weapon
what was his purpose
not to get him ignorant of god's will
he knew he was out of god's will did it deliberately
not to make him impatient with god's
will things were going great he wanted
he was saying to david hey david you're
somebody important
i don't think you really know how
important you are let's number the
people let's find out how important you are
are
and pride welled up within david's heart
and pride goeth before destruction
pride is satan's sea and the bible warns
us in the new testament about
falling into the snare of the devil
his target the will has satan ever
swooped down upon your will
and sought to capture your will and said
when he attacks my mind i have the
inspired word of god when he attacks my
body i have the imparted grace of god
when he attacks my will i have the
indwelling spirit of god it is god that
worketh in you both to what
will and to do of his good pleasure
philippians chapter 2 verses 12 and 13.
there have been times in my life
times too many to number when satan has
just swooped down upon my will
and said do this
and i've had to cry out to god and say
oh god by your holy spirit get a hold of
my will
and the holy spirit does it
you know paul had a problem romans
chapter 7 he said boy
to will is present with me but how to do
the things i should do i don't do the
things i shouldn't do i do oh wretched
man that i am what's the answer
the holy spirit of god down inside the
average christian doesn't trust the holy spirit
oh you say pastor where is me i face
some awful temptations my will is weak
and our weapon is the ins is the
indwelling spirit of god
who takes the will
and controls it to the glory of god now
i've got to rush because you'll never
invite me back if i keep you here too
long would you turn to the book of james
james chapter four
james makes a a very important statement
here we have to lay hold of
resist the devil and he will flee from
you that's not the whole verse though is it
it
what does he say before that
submit yourselves therefore to god
resist the devil
look right up here
you and i cannot fight the devil until
first we submit ourselves to god you say
fine what should i submit
i want you to quote two verses with me
quote them out loud would you romans 12
1-2 here we go i beseech you therefore
brethren by the mercies of god that you
present your bodies a living sacrifice
holy acceptable unto god which is your
reasonable service and be not conformed
to this world but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and
perfect will of god what does it mean to
be dedicated to give god three gifts my
body my mind and my will
these are the areas that satan attacks
he says present your body he attacked
job's body he says don't be conformed to
this world get let your mind be renewed
he attacked eve's mind that you might
prove what is that acceptable will of
god he attacked david's will first thing
tomorrow morning before you get out of bed
bed
while you're lying there say thank you
god that i belong to jesus
take my body
take my mind
take my will just give it to him
then get out of bed
open your bible
then get on your knees and pray
and let him get a hold of your will
and you know what when you step out your door
door
you have submitted yourself to god he
has your body
your mind
your will
and during the day when satan attacks
you the spirit of god goes to work to
give you victory
you've got the inspired word of god
you've got the indwelling spirit of god
there's one more person
i won't keep you much longer just be
patient now
fellas said to me one day i said where's
when i listen to you i get numb on one
end and dumb on the other i don't want that
that
these three
three
weapons satan uses on earth
he came to eve on earth attacked her
mind he came to job on earth attacked
his body came to david on earth attacked
his will but you know when we do sin we
shouldn't but we do if we do sin he's
got a fourth weapon
not on earth up in heaven
zechariah chapter 3 talks about joshua
the high priest this is not the joshua
who led the jews into the promised land
this is the joshua who was the high
priest when the jews came back from
and zechariah the prophet has a vision
he sees joshua the high priest up in
heaven standing before the lord aha
and satan standing at his right hand
to resist him
now the interesting thing about this is
in verse 3 joshua was clothed with
filthy garments you know why
the jews had sinned against god
the high priest was supposed to stand
before god with clean garments
but in zechariah chapter 3 up in heaven
joshua stands before god in dirty
garments did you ever stand before god
in dirty garments
the last time we sinned we soiled our garments
garments
and when we did we're standing there
before god and satan's standing there as
the accuser
and satan says to god look at joshua
he's one of your chosen he's look at
those jews down there you're a holy god
you see satan is the accuser of the brethren
brethren
revelation chapter 12 verse 10
and every time we sin he stands before
the throne of holiness
and when he accuses me before god it
ricochets back and hits me down here and
i get i get concerned and i get
discouraged the difference between god's
conviction and satan's accusation is
this the devil accuses me because he
hates me god convicts me because he
loves me
the devil accuses me to destroy me god
i finished a radio program one morning
the phone rang
here was a dear lady on the other end of
the line she said pastor i won't tell
you who i am you don't even know me i
want to ask you a question
so when i was 16 years old i fell into
horrible sin
and then i got saved and now i'm trying
to live a christian life with my husband
and my children they've asked me to be a
sunday school teacher should i do it
i said what's the problem look what i
did when i was 16.
i said my bible says the blood of jesus
christ god's son cleanses us from all sin
sin
when you gave your heart to jesus christ
who cares what happened when you were 16.
16.
she began to cry she said to think that
all these years
i've been sitting on the shelf afraid to
serve god listening to satan's accusations
accusations
all across this country i've met people
who are on the shelf because satan keeps
saying remember what you did 30 years ago
ago
remember what you said five years ago i
know about you
my heart
he wants to accuse me and make me miserable
miserable
his weapon accusation
lay hold of this believer he wants to
bring about
an indictment between me and god he
wants me to believe god hates me god's
through with me god can do nothing for me
me
satan is such a rascal before i sin he
says you can get away with it
then after i say he says boy it's all
and people believe this now look when
you've sinned when i've sinned
what do we do
well first john tells us what to do my
little children these things right eye
unto you that you sin not but if any
man's sin we have an advocate with the father
father
let's read about it in zechariah chapter three
now joshua was clothed with filthy
garments and stood before the angel and
he answered and spake unto those that
stood before him saying take away the
filthy garments from him
and unto him he said behold i have
caused thine iniquity to pass from thee
i will clothe thee with change of ramen
that beautiful
oh you see my dear friend when you and i
sin and we stand before god in filthy garments
garments
at our right hand satan stands to accuse
us but at god's right hand stands one to
cleanse us
satan is the accuser but jesus is the advocate
advocate
that word advocate means a lawyer aren't
you glad you have a lawyer up in heaven
and the american bar association cannot
did it ever dawn upon you that when
jesus went back to heaven in a glorified
was wounded
he said here reach reach and
feel my wounds my side
you know when i get my glorified body no
more bridges
and no more eye trouble no more ear
truck when i get my glorified body it'll
be perfect
he went back to him with an imperfect body
body
you know why
those wounds
so i stand before god and i say oh god
he attacked my mind and i believed his lies
lies
or he attacked my body and i got
impatient or or he attacked my will and
i got independent oh god i'm dirty
you see when i'm doing something right
the devil tells lies when i do something
lord what am i going to do
jesus steps up and says i've done it
i've done it
quote it with me if we confess our sins
he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
with weapons like these we shouldn't
lose we have the inspired word of god
we have the imparted grace of god
we have the indwelling spirit of god we
have the interceding son of god and if
god be for us who can be against us
heavenly father
we pray that the word we've studied
might go to work in our lives in our hearts
hearts
may it not just be truth that we have
learned mentally may it make its way
into our very spiritual being
to control us
lord we would daily surrender body and
mind and will we would daily have the
mind renewed by the word the will
father help us tonight to submit that we
might be able to resist lord of some
dear ones here tonight who's never been
saved may that one come to christ tonight
tonight
if there's some defeated saint of god
who needs victory may that one find in
christ victory tonight
thank you lord jesus for dying for us
when you died you whip the devil praise god
god
we're working not for victory but from
victory hallelujah
make this real to us now for jesus sake
we pray amen
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