Truth in Love Eph 4:15

Hello everyone, thank you for watching the video tonight this evening. I've got again with me

Pastor Jeff from Reapsville Baptist Church I'm thankful that he is continuing to join me to give us his insights and what the

Lord has been teaching him So he can teach us Pastor Jeff and I have been going through the fruits of the

Spirit and it's been very encouraging I've learned a lot and I hope it's been encouraging to you

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Thank you. Good that thanks Absolutely, absolutely

So you've been doing okay and Anything that we can be praying for Just for our upcoming services.

We're having a Having a meeting tomorrow to decide If we're going to keep just doing the

Sunday service or if we're going to modify them with with COVID and everything so it's

We're working on it, so I'm just praying that God will allow that to be a smooth Meeting and that we'll continue to honor him and do what he has called us to do

Absolutely. I know You as well as other all other pastors, you know have that have that weight

Making those tough decisions among all the other things that you have to deal with So let's let's be in prayer for Pastor Jeff and let's be in prayer for all other pastors and church leaders

Elders and deacons in the church that are making these decisions who want to who want to Protect their flock and love their flock with at the also the on the other hand you want to continue to gather together and worship, right?

Yeah, absolutely. And I think the hardest thing One of the hardest things for us is not having a choir

Our choir is really missing the singing and I know the singing has been one of the big points with the science behind Spreading COVID.

So, you know, it's I know our choir director, you know, just just remember him in prayer and And our choir because I know they wanted to get back at it.

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So without any further ado Let's let's jump right in and continue the study and look at the fruits of the

Spirit tonight We are looking at patience or long -suffering We have looked at love joy and peace and tonight is patience

I guess I will go first again what we've been doing is I've been looking at the the

Counterfeit fruit and and pastor Jeff has been looking at the authentic fruit And I think that's important to look at both so that we can see

What's evident in our personal life our individual life and so that when we see what's manifesting itself in our life

We can know well, I'm either Leaning or trusting or conforming to Christ and and letting the

Holy Spirit work in me or I'm trusting in the flesh and so I think it's important for us to look at both the counterfeit fruit and the the actual authentic spiritual fruit that God produces in us and so with the with the counterfeit fruit of patience

I found four things and I want to quickly go over those those four things

Where we find counterfeit patience. The first one is we We will simulate patience

Or give a counterfeit patience When when we are trying to be controlling or or you know a person that is a very controlling person that person

Will try to control others and they'll try to control um their circumstances to such a degree that they seem patient because You don't ever have frustrations because everything goes your way

Everything goes your way when you're in control of everything. Uh, hey, brother roger. Thank you for watching.

Yes praying for revival. Absolutely Um brother roger at will commented. Can you see the comments?

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That's okay, though. As long as you can see me. Okay, absolutely So yeah, yes Okay. Well, yeah, we're right there with you brother roger uh, we we're praying for revival we move with the holy spirit god to be working and and we are

We are praying that the holy spirit would would use us in in that and and you as well

So yes, we want to see a move of god For sure for sure, um, but yeah the the the first uh counterfeit, um evidence or or Uh sign of of counterfeit patients is is being controlling or or a controlling person

And and like I was saying when you control everything You can't ever get frustrated. So it will it will stimulate patience because you don't ever get frustrated

Uh the second one. Um Oh Mom and dad. Hey mom and dad.

Thanks for watching Yeah, um the the second counterfeit patients, um is is being naive um

Wait before I go there. I do have scripture to go with these verses or these um, these four different types of Counterfeit patients the first one now being a controlling person

Um, i've got galatians chapter 4 verse 17 and it says they eagerly seek you not commendably

But they wish to shut you out in order that you may seek them out. So What's going on here is

I believe um And and I need to do some further research to to confirm this but paul speaks often uh warning the different people in the different churches at that time of the judaizers who want them to get back into Being underneath the law and some of them were even um, they were okay with being a christian but they wanted to Make sure that you remained under the law as well.

And um You know those folks that that wanted you to to be under the thumb of the law um

They they would it says that they eagerly seek you out to shut you out So that they so that they you will seek them so that they can keep some type of control over you and so that that's kind of why

I pick galatians chapter 4 verse 17 because that's what a Controlling person will do is try to uh, hey tammy

Thank you for watching. Uh, tammy rogers is with us. Um They'll they'll try to uh have control over you.

Like I said no frustration is a is a Counterfeit patience, but you're you're controlling the situation.

Uh, the second one is being naive. Um So a person that is is naive

Um, they they only see the the general goodness in others so that um, so that when someone sins against us

They can they can have a lot of resentment towards god, you know Why why are they doing this to me?

So they're so naive that they they just see what's um, Supposedly good, you know scripture says there's no one good.

No, not one But you know the the general good the the common grace that god gives all of us

That's that's all they see and they'll let people run over them. They won't they won't stand for truth

Um so that when bad things happen to them They will um, they'll have this resentment towards god and and it will it will counterfeit or simulate patience

But it's actually a counterfeit patience And the verse that I chose for this one is proverbs 27 12

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself the naive proceed

They they ignore it. They just see the good and then they pay the penalty so And then the third one is is someone who is is being cynical um

Being cynical is a is a counterfeit or shows a counterfeit patience. Uh someone who is cynical

Um is learning to live with sin by lowering the standard for themselves and lowering the standards uh for others

And so that they say well, you know, everyone's a sinner. We're all sinners and and so you just kind of Ignore sin by lowering the standard just to that degree that it it almost doesn't exist

And you and you say to yourself. Well, nobody will change and um, and maybe even everyone's out to get me um kind of mentality so so it can be a

It can be a form of counterfeit patience to to be a cynical Uh person because you you just you overlook sin you you lower the standard so much

And the first verse that I saw for that one was first john 4 1 it says beloved Do not believe every spirit

But test the spirits to see whether they are from god because many false prophets have gone out into the world

So we don't we don't want to be cynical and lower the standard we want to test the spirits Um, and and that can give us a false sense of of patience relying on the flesh

Um, and then the fourth one my final one uh counterfeit Patience, uh an evidence of counterfeit patience is being a self -righteous person

Um, you elevate yourself above others to the degree that uh, you know

You're too good to even help the naive person or the cynical person, you know You may you may see the problem with their lifestyle and and who they are but you know, you've elevated yourself

Above them so much that you don't want to be bothered by them So you you portray this counterfeit patience where you're you're not being bothered uh by the

The meek and the lowly or the weak the people that need your help Um, and so the verse that I saw for that one was romans 14 1 it says now accept the one who was weak in faith

But not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions So we won't we we don't want to ignore them or think we're better than them to try to give a false sense of patience

Uh, you know showing some kind of false piety in ourselves, but we want to accept those who are weak help those who are weak

Um, and I hope I hope those four things were helpful to you as you examine yourself and say do

I have You know counterfeit patience or do I have authentic patience? Holy spirit patience and and with Holy spirit patience authentic patience.

I want to turn it over to pastor jeff to look at what what does that actually look like?

Thank you. Um, absolutely Um, I just want to go ahead and say if y 'all see a kid walking behind me.

I know he's there um you know mom's working so Um, he's in he insists on being in a room with me.

So, uh, I hope I hope it's not too distracting But uh, it is what it is right now at this point. So y 'all just trying to bear with me um

Yeah, so, um, you know the the king james, uh says long suffering uh, we translate that into patience and um

Patience is one of those things that we we look at sometimes and a lot of people Uh have a hard time with Uh, a lot of people will say, you know,

I just i'm not blessed with a lot of patience They get angry quickly. They fly off the handle quickly and maybe maybe that's someone that's watching this.

I want you to know something um that You know if that's you don't don't beat yourself up over it

But just give it to god and let him help you through that And let him help you change that so, um,

I think And and thinking about patience, you know as all of the fruit of the spirit I think this is important for us to remember all the fruit of the spirit that we're doing um

The lord demonstrates or he has demonstrated These fruit he has demonstrated patience toward us.

We are uh, initially we're reflecting Uh that that he has uh that he himself has demonstrated

So to reflect, um God's patience in the way To be patient toward others in the way that we ought to Um, first of all, we've got to understand his long suffering toward us his patience toward us

I think far too often we take for granted. Um, we take for granted his long suffering toward us and uh, we kind of take advantage of it and You know that that ought never be the case

Some people say well, you know, I can I can just do whatever I want to after all He's a loving forgiving god so I can do whatever

I want to that is not uh That is not god's idea of grace

And that's not his idea of of us being uh, the um, the christians that we should be so, um when we're thinking about authentic, um long suffering or patience

I think first of all, we've got to see individuals through Uh the eyes of christ we have to see others through the eyes of christ

Understand that we're all Every every person every man woman child everybody watching this we're all flawed human beings every single one of us myself

You brother robert, uh, we are all flawed human beings and you know, it's important for us to know that because we all have the have the

You know, we can all get it wrong We can all miss the mark we can all have an attitude that we shouldn't have toward others um

And you know, there's there's people maybe in our lives where we we struggle with patience And so how do we have patience with those particular people?

um, you know, and I know You know, maybe we're we're not thinking about necessarily just people that we're dealing with of course patience spans a lot of uh, different facets but um

I think a lot of times we have a hard time Dealing with other individuals.

And so the reason I bring that up is because uh, what we must do we must see

Uh, not just a difficult person But we've got to see that person

Through the eyes of christ that they are. Um, they are, you know, just as flawed as we are

Okay, they deserve uh, nothing just like we do but god is still gracious.

God is still faithful He is long -suffering toward them And he's been long -suffering toward us and I think it's imperative that we remember that We're supposed to reflect that same long -suffering toward others um

You know, he's told us to love others as he has loved us in that same way And to do that we must have patience, you know when we think about uh, you know, people say well, you know, they're just You know, we people have said, you know, that person is just a jerk that person just you know, they're difficult

Well, we don't understand we cannot know the things behind other people's demeanor.

We don't know what led to that We don't know what their upbringing was. We don't know what kind of day they've had

So it's important that we be patient with others and and reflect god's patience to them true patience because um

We can do a lot of damage if we don't um You know like it says this is a fruit of the spirit.

There's nothing that we can do on our own This is something that we have to trust god to do in our lives and when we submit it to him

Then we're going to see that Um, we're going to see that come to fruition in um in our interactions with others um another another way that um, we

Can show uh, we need to show true authentic patience Is uh in the trials that we face in the in the the um

The hardships that we face as uh as individuals as christians Uh, everybody's going to have trials.

It doesn't matter if you're a christian or if you're a sinner Wherever you are in your life, we're all going to have

Uh those trials it rains as the bible says on the just and the unjust so, um, you know for us

We look sometimes when we say man, it's really getting hard life's really getting hard when

People say when it rains it pours And and they people say and i've said myself.

It seems like when one thing goes wrong 30 things go wrong Um, but I think it's important for us to try to stop seeing these trials not as a um as a hindrance, but as an opportunity and um with that, you know just thinking about in Second corinthians 12 where paul was citing his thorn in the flesh.

He's talking about uh, this thing We're not told specifically what it is. We we can you know kind of uh guess about it

But in reality, we don't know but this thorn in the flesh He says, you know, i've got this thorn in the flesh He prayed three times and every time god says what my grace is sufficient for you

And so he realized that his trial that he was going through was not a hindrance

It was an opportunity and in uh, second corinthians 12 in verse 10

Uh paul says after the lord has has told him my grace is sufficient for you He says therefore

I take pleasure in infirmities reproaches Necessities persecutions and uh distresses for christ's sake when i'm weak

Then am I strong? I think it's interesting. That's important for us to remember that those trials are not just things to um

To mess with us. There's a thing. There's ways that god can show himself faithful in our lives

People say sometimes if god loved me this wouldn't be happening or if god loved me this wouldn't be happening again over and over again, um sometimes we might feel like job or um

Or joseph, you know, uh, he joseph over and over in the pit again over and over again and uh, and joe lost everything all in one swift, uh act and people say man, you know

I kind of feel like that. I feel like you know, not not one thing happened wrong, but 20 things happened wrong

Well, and we say if god loved me then you know, why is this happening? The answer is this god does love us

But god desires for us to learn god desires for us to grow And nobody ever really shows growth on a mountaintop.

It's in the valley that we grow uh, so, uh We've got to change our attitude maybe toward those trials that we're facing and things are hard.

I know but the trials um are seasons that god desires to teach us that to grow us to mature us and We look sometimes and say well i've been waiting i've been struggling and you know

I've been patient for a long time and i'm about to my breaking point The thing we got to remember is that god's timing is perfect If we if we look back to john chapter 11 when when jesus was going to lazarus and he finds out lazarus is sick um, he initially

More or less just tells his disciples. Well, let's wait around here two more days Um, if I have a friend and I have the way to heal him my obvious answer is to go and heal him

But jesus had a greater purpose and jesus Uh waited around two more days he shows up what everybody thinks is four days late, but he knows what he's going to do

What i'm trying to get you to understand is and everybody to understand is that his timing is always perfect every single time

If you've waited 10 years I'm telling you, um, if you've been patient for 10 years and you feel like you're out of patience

Give that to the lord get honest with god tell him god i'm struggling with this and I want to tell you god

Will give you strength. He will give you power that you didn't know you had and uh, he will uh

Grow that patience within you. Um, so Understand that trials are not just uh god picking on us trials that we face are opportunities for us and um

Thirdly, let's remember How he has been long suffering toward us when we think about Um, you know his patience toward us

I didn't deserve god's patience. I still don't deserve god's patience uh his uh his amazing grace when

I mess up He still says he's faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness when

I mess up when I blow it when I repent He is patient with me and he loves me and uh in spite of me

How many chances has he given us he said well, you know in a numeral amount, you know just time and time again, um

We deserve nothing yet. Uh, you know romans 5 8 says while we were still sinners christ died for us.

So, uh, You know, I think when we remember how patient he is toward us

Um, it can help us say wow, you know, maybe I need to be more patient with other people and uh

You said well, I can't really do anything about that. Well, the great thing is that there's everything god can do about that so if we're lacking in true genuine patience and by that I mean

You know just when you hear something when you feel someone being difficult

Give that give those initial feelings to god. Okay god, uh Help me with this

Help me to be patient as you are patient with me and um Furthermore don't take his patience for granted uh his grace toward us

Yes, his grace is there to pick us up when we fall but it's important that we don't intentionally say well

I can give into the flesh now because Uh, you know, I know god's gonna be patient with me I think if that's if that's the case and that's where we are

We need to come to know jesus as our savior lord because we don't truly understand His uh his amazing grace and his love toward us so, um

You know, I and I may have digressed a little bit, but that's what god laid on my heart tonight for patience.

Um, so Brother i'm gonna turn it back over to you Oh And when

I was looking down, I hope nobody thought that I wasn't paying attention. I was I was taking notes there and uh man, you you brought out some good points that Uh really encouraged me.

Um Um, let's see here, um We want we want to look at how god, uh god is patient um and learn from that, um

Let's see. What else did I write down? Oh, oh trials don't see them as a hindrance but an opportunity wow, um,

I had to jot that one down uh, let's see oh, yeah, when paul says when

I am weak you are strong and and he found uh, uh I take pleasure in my firmness.

Wow wow, that is Amazing that he was able to rely on god and trust in him that much.

Um Oh, this was a good one. Uh, no one shows growth on the mountaintop I mean if if you think you're on the mountaintop, you don't have any further to go but but you show growth when you're in the valley and that was uh,

Uh, man, that that was a good point and uh, tammy tammy Brings up a good point that you made god is always on time

You said his timing is perfect and that's exactly right. He he's in control.

He knows what he's doing. His timing is perfect Absolutely. Um And then

I thought that last one was really good. Um, don't take his patience for granted Wow that that was really good and and and will keep us from abusing grace and um, you know getting into Justifying our sin and and things like that.

That was some really good points and i'm glad I jotted those down tonight. Um, one of the things that you

Talked about several times. I've heard it described as preaching the gospel to yourself

When you're interacting with with other folks who it's it's becoming difficult to be patient with them um

I think basically what you were describing is what i've heard before is preaching the gospel to yourself, you know, look at Uh, look at who

I was before christ And and look at what christ has forgiven me

You know, how how can I not treat them with patience with grace because of what god has done for me?

um, that's and I think that's Basically what you were you were saying several times.

Um, That was just encouraging to me and I and I hope it was encouraging to you who are watching um if it was

We hope that you will pray for us as we continue to to go through god's word together Look at the fruits of the spirit.

Uh, we want to we want to sharpen each other We want to share god's word with you and be an encouragement

And uh We want revival to come we want to pray for that and we want to reach out to uh to our community

And we're trying to do that together and um, we thank you for your prayers and your comments

Thank you for watching. Thank you for your support. Um For for those who haven't experienced, uh, you know, we've covered love joy peace and now we talk about patience

For those who have not yet experienced god's love joy peace and patience um

They need to come to christ, right? We we want we want them in our family.

We want you to come to christ And so we're going to flip -flop it again and pastor

Jeff, if you have just a moment if you'll share the gospel for for someone who may be watching

That has not responded to christ And come to him in faith Absolutely.

I would I would love to um, and you know, um I I think it's

I think it's important especially in in these times that we're that we're facing right now There's so much uncertainty

And uh, there's a lot that a lot of people are afraid of of what's what's coming and the things that are going on in our lives, but you know,

We don't have to be afraid when we know christ the uh, the bible tells us that uh,

That that one day there's there's coming a time that uh, you know, we're not going to worry about this world anymore but that's only for those who have

Accepted christ as their savior and the reality is it doesn't matter We say well i've been too bad or i've done too much wrong

I've heard people say you know what i'll come to church one day But I have to get some things right in my life first and that is so backwards and satan has blinded

So many people by that they think that they've got to clean up the outside first What christ does is when we surrender our lives to him, which i'm getting to that in a minute

But when we surrender to him, he begins to clean us up in here and then those This manifests itself to the outside so we don't clean ourselves up.

He cleans us up from the inside out but Friends the only way to do that is

First we have to admit that we are a sinner admit that yes

I am damaged goods just like every other person. I have missed the mark Uh romans 3 23, there is none righteous.

No, not one. There is no one That has ever uh been good enough to get to heaven.

So understand that none of us are good enough Admit that you're a sinner. I you know, we all We all are uh, we've all missed that mark

Uh, then we've got to just acknowledge him as our savior and lord jesus,

I believe Uh that you died on the cross for me. I believe that you uh Rose again three days later you paid for my sins and um

And trust him as your savior. Jesus. I trust you as my savior and lord and uh, you know

Believe on him believe on his finished work And uh, then commit to him commit your life to him admit believe and uh commit confess to him and uh

I'm telling you once you do that the bible says it's simple Um, it says if we confess with our mouth jesus, okay and believe in our heart that god raised him from the dead then we shall be saved

And it's not just for good people. It's for uh, all of us. It's he he uh loves us so much

Uh, you know the whole world all of us So we've not gone too far if the lord is stirring in your heart right now to give your heart to jesus

It's not too late for you Um, he's stirring in your heart for a reason that's because he is he is compelling you he is

Uh drawing you by the power of his holy spirit right now and uh All you've got to do is, you know admit you're a sinner believe on him trust in him

And his finished work on calvary repent of your sins And uh take him as your lord and savior.

I guarantee you one thing you will not regret that decision It'll be the greatest decision you ever made

Amen, amen to that and if today if that is you if you've come to christ today

Contact one of us Um, let us know let us know around where you're you live

And we will point you in the direction of a good bible believing and preaching church

And where you can get involved you can get baptized Because that's the the first commandment the first act of obedience that we want to follow after god has saved us

Uh where you can get baptized where you can hear good good bible preaching and you can learn grow and and also um

Participate and and obey christ by by loving others Um and participate in his kingdom, um, if you're if you're around our area if you're around the the reeseville area

Vail area go visit pastor jeff at reeseville baptist Um, he'll him and the folks there will welcome you and and you'll get discipled there go visit those folks

And if we can pray for you, let us know. All you have to do is type me Um, I haven't seen anyone so far to request prayer, but we want to remember

We'll remember pastor jeff and and all the other pastors who are preparing to to preach tomorrow and as they are also trying to make decisions, um, not not just in um, these difficult times, but Uh when you may have a congregation that opposes some of the decisions that that those in our government make um that makes um

There's so many factors that make your decision jeff and and so many other pastors decisions very difficult

So pray for our pastors as they prepare to preach as they make decisions with the leaders in their church, uh pray for um reeseville's choir and their choir director

Let's see. Tammy says please continue to remember april Wow, okay You want to remember april?

Absolutely Okay, thank you tammy want to remember april got it, all right

Remember remember your choir director and your choir as they uh, uh, um Deal with the things that they're going through and and missing missing getting together and probably missing the choir practice

As well as singing during worship time. So I know i'm I enjoy choir practice every time

I got I was able to do it So if you're still with us, we'd love for you to pray with us and let's go to the lord worship him and pray at this time

Father, we thank you so much for this time that you've given us together to to fellowship with one another to sharpen one another to Encourage one another

And to to share with our community father. We we love you And we want to see um others

Come to you. Um Those who already know you as their savior father We desire for ourselves and for them to to continue to grow

In you and for those that don't know you father. We desire that you would continue to be saving souls in our community

Father we want to pray for pastor jeff and all the other pastors Uh as you prepare their minds and their hearts

As they prepare for for preaching tomorrow preaching your word. We ask your blessings on them.

We ask that you would anoint them As they uh preach and proclaim your word we pray for them

And the deacons and the elders of each church as they are making decisions On how to proceed moving forward as we take a couple steps forward take a couple steps back

These decisions are not easy and they're difficult. And so father we lift These folks up in prayer to you that you would give them clarity and understanding and wisdom in their decisions

Pray for um all the other ministries and ministers in the churches specifically um the folks at at reeseville the the choir and the choir director and the the difficult things that they are battling and and dealing with and and also

Those folks who are just missing getting together and singing and um leading their their congregations in worship and in song

Uh father will you comfort their heart? And help us all have patience as we wait to get back together father we want to pray for this.

Um this lady named april and her family I'm, not familiar with the circumstances, but father we know that you are and we we pray for your help

We pray for your encouragement. We pray for your glory And father we pray for your intercession in that circumstance um

We know that all things work together for your good For for our good and your glory

And so father help us to trust In your work Father we pray all these things in jesus name.

Amen. Amen All right. Thank you everybody for watching. Thank you pastor. Jeff for being with me

I really really appreciate you and your insights and like I said if if you watch this video later

Let us know how we can pray for you If you've turned your life to if you've submitted to him submitted to christ reach out to us

Let us know that too. So remember that jesus is king go live in that victory