Matt Slick Study - What God Do You Want To Serve?

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So thanks a lot Andrew. You're the man. It's one other thing I had to do. What was it? Oh we're working up bugs and so we have some incredibly talented people except mainly one who is working on and stuff and Lindsey's great and So we'll be working through that let me pray we'll just jump on jump on in I'm gonna talk about this.

What's on the board behind me Lord Jesus? I want to thank you for this time and I asked Lord that you would bless it. I asked that you would anoint these words and Lord that you would receive glory through our communion here through our effort to serve you to know you and I asked Lord that you'd bless the hearers everywhere and.

And Lord just ask all this in your name. Amen. All right. I Recently had a conversation with someone that I've said I've had this conversation with people before. But if you ever had it where sometimes, you know, the 15th time you hear something.

It hits you hits you extra and that's what happened recently I've heard this statement. I I don't want to serve a God like that. I've heard different formations of it. I refuse to worship such a God. I will never bow down to a God like that.

Whatever it might be whatever variations there are. That's the one that I see. I don't want to serve a God like that. I is the first Word in it. Let me tell you about the conversation that I've had pretty consistent and it's I can put a conglomeration of Conversations.

I've had hundreds of conversations where I have taught biblical theology people say oh, you're a Calvinist. Look, I'm just teaching biblical theology. I'm just quoting scripture to you for example, we were I was talking to some to a woman and she said One thing and I said another we had a really nice conversation.

I have no doubt that she was saved and. And We were talking about our children and How I have a white wayward wayward child and I said come on in and I said, um, I said, you know I'm glad that I said there were two women and this what I knew this when I didn't and I said to her It's the first woman.

I said I'm so glad that God's in control and I can trust him and she said well What do you mean? He's in control and it was she wasn't being challenging. I said, you know I take great comfort in that in in all that and she goes.

Oh, yeah, and so one thing led to another we got talking about What it mean to be reformed because I said that's part of reformed theology. She goes she said well that I'm reformed too because I believe in the sovereignty of God and I said Well, there's a little bit more to it than that.

I said we believe in you know, generally those who are reformed believe in TULIP. She had no clue what it was and So it's hard to describe to her TULIP just T Total depravity that people are touched by sin and all that they are.

This is not some denominational thing folks. This is what scripture teaches. We're by nature children of wrath. Ephesians 2 3 we you know. We're slaves to sin. Romans 6 14 to 20 we're dead in our trespasses and sin Ephesians 2 1.

We cannot the unbeliever cannot receive spiritual things. 1st Corinthians 2 14, but these are just scriptures no one seeks for God. No one does good Romans 3 10 11 and 12. So I quote people these things and I did and I didn't do it rapid-fire with her.

I was very gentle and I said, yeah, that's that's what we teach and she said well, then that would mean. Oh, I said one more thing. I said and that's why the Bible says that God grants that we believe Philippians 1 29 and He grants us repentance.

2nd Timothy 2 25 wasn't trying to convert her so to speak I was just informing this is what we teach and She said oh No. Well, then that would mean it was up to God and not up to us. And not to our free will.

I said that really caught me and I said well I said but this is what the scriptures teach and We're born again not of our own will. John 1 13 says and we need to bow down to the Almighty infinitely Almighty God, he's the one in control and she says.

She says this. I don't want to serve a god like that and I've had this conversation like this many times over the years and as you guys who watch me know. Listen to me, you know, I quote these verses because I've been doing it for 37 years.

I've been quoting the scripture to people and You know, I don't do it to show off. I do it because I want people to know where it says that it's not just me. That's what it says. And so if that's what the case is if that's what's going on.

If that's what's going on then okay, where was I think okay. If I'm quoting these verses and that's what's going on. Then people need to believe what the Word of God says. Period they need to believe what the Word of God says.

That's what has to happen. They have to believe what God's Word says. You'd think that right, but she says I don't want to serve a god like that. And it's just it just I had to go do stuff and I went to the gym and worked out and I'm thinking about it.

You know and I'm going you know, I'm gonna write about this and I've got an article I'm working on about it and. And I started thinking. You know break this down and go through this. I don't want me my desires my My understanding.

I don't want. I don't want. I've had people say I would never serve. I will never do. I don't want. But it's always about what they want. Not what the truth is. This is what's interesting when I quote the scriptures to them.

They don't want the God of Scripture. What they want is the God of their own understanding their own making. The God who is the blonde-haired blue-eyed Caucasian surfer Jesus. They want what they've been taught and the crap that they've been taught in churches all over America this idiocy.

And it's what it is, but it's up to you and your free will. It's not up to you and your free will and go through Romans 9 914 does not depend upon the man who wills or the man who runs but upon God who has mercy you're born again of not.

Of your own will of John 113. That's what's going on. He chooses us for salvation. 2nd Thessalonians 2 13. He appoints us to eternal life. Acts 13 48 the ones who are given by the Father to the Son will come to the Son John 6 39 now.

But this I don't want this is what I you know let me expand this. I will decide what God ought to be. I Will decide what he needs to be. I will decide now. Where are they getting this crap? They're getting it from the churches the very churches.

Now what I want to do is read something to you, I'm gonna go to 2nd Timothy, I believe it's second Tim. They got a lot of verbs go this way. I got a lot of verses. I can go to let's see. I want to read the scriptures.

Incidentally had all my notes printed up and left them on my desk, and I came here. So now I'm just going online and doing my stuff. I'm so bright when it comes to stuff like that so 2nd Timothy 4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled.

That's 2nd Timothy 4 verse 3. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled. I don't want to serve a God like that. We could rewrite this and we could say something like I Want The God that I Like.

We could rephrase it like this. I want the God that I like. Or I want the God that I like that Makes me feel good. There's lots of things that this you know, I want the God that I like that makes me feel good.

I Want what I want for my security my issues my reasons my desires my preferences. I Don't want to serve a God like that. If someone came to me and said look Matt I'm gonna teach you something teach me here's some scriptures.

Bang bang bang bang bang. I would never say after hearing the Word of God quoted. I don't want a God like that. I mean they realize what's being said. I'm quoting the scriptures to them. God is the one who appoints us to eternal life.

Acts 13 48 as Many as had been appointed to eternal life believed he causes us to be born again first Peter 1 3. We're born as the content is born again. John 1 12 and 13, but in verse 13 not of your own will.

I don't want a God like that. Well, then what do you want? It's time that people start realizing that the Word of God is not there for your convenience. The Word of God is there to reveal who Jesus Christ really is.

The Word of God is there for you to learn and to repent and to come into harmony with what the Word of God says and It was just yesterday's are hearing this so many times it upset me. I don't want to serve a God like that.

I don't want it's about what I want. It's about what I prefer. It's about what I think is right about what I desire. In other words my desires are above the Word of God now Jesus said in Luke 22 42 22 42 believe that's it.

He said not my will be done, but your will be done. He's in the garden and he doesn't want to go to the cross. He's praying to the Father. I Let this cup pass for me. Nevertheless, not my will but your will be done.

He didn't say I don't want to serve the Father like that. That's what basically what's going on. I don't want to serve the Father like that. Is that what we hear Jesus say? Would we ever hear Jesus say anything like that?

No. But we do hear plenty of so-called Christians tell us and tell me and tell others. They don't want to serve a God that is accurately properly represented in Scripture the sovereign King. The Lord they don't want him what they want is.

What they want is that blonde haired blue-eyed Caucasian surfer idol that they can see as that super gentle person and it's all about your free will. It's all about you and your ability because that's how you have to be.

That's how God has to be in order for things to be right. They want God a certain way. They have man-centered humanistic theology. I don't want to serve a God like that. Now look to serve. Now notice that they say this.

I don't want to serve a God like that other ways of saying this is follow. I Don't want to follow a God like that. I don't want to believe in. Okay, I've had those too, all right I've had those come up too.

I don't want to follow a God like that. I don't want to serve a God like that. I don't want to believe in a God like that. Now maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm smarter than all of them. Because to me it seems rather obvious that this is stupid.

I don't know about you, but this is stupid. I don't want to serve God like that. I don't want to follow a God like what you're saying as you quote scripture. I'm like, oh maybe you should say something like, I want to follow God in truth no matter who and what he is as revealed in his word.

That's the attitude that needs to happen. So if someone came to me and told me something about the Lord, for example, in this context that I hadn't heard before, I'm going to say, show me in scripture.

I'm not saying I'm not going to serve a God like that. Show me in scripture. If you can show me in scripture, praise God. You can't show me in scripture, I'm not going to affirm that. Now also, coincidentally, my eldest daughter is wayward and every now and then, the real nice people, generally atheists, will bring her up and talk bad about me because of that.

You know, they'll accuse me of all kind of stuff, right? Okay. Well it often happens that the, there's a certain group of Christians, let me just say. They call themselves Christians and then they often attack me for my reformed theology, my belief in God's sovereignty.

And they did that this week by attacking my daughter and saying, this is what happens when a Calvinist father teaches his daughter. I mean, just real bad stuff. One person, no, two people in multitudinous comments, two people said, folks, that that's inappropriate.

Okay. One of the guys, well he said it was so nice, I said anytime you're in Boise, you come over, you got a place to stay, I'll buy you a steak. He was godly and compassionate. I don't care if you agree with Calvinism or not, I don't care.

But the heart is growing cold. I'm going to talk about some of this, I'm going to blend this in with signs of the end times. You'll see what I'm getting at when we get to that. So people say, I don't want to serve a God like that or a God.

And then they'll say, for example, that these other God is false. I have had people tell me, sorry this is about reformed theology, it's what it is. I've had people say to me, well the God of Calvinism is not the true God.

What? The God of Calvinism is Trinitarian? The God of Calvinism is eternal? The God of Calvinism, the second person became flesh? The God of Calvinism is Jesus in flesh? That's not the true God? Oh no, your God, your God predestines people to hell.

And I trick them. I don't know about you, but I believe that God works all things, even the wicked for the day of evil. You go, that's heresy Matt. Really? I just quoted Proverbs 16 for you. I do this all the time to them.

And I'll quote them the scriptures and they call it heresy and say, you're the heretic, you don't believe in God's Word. And I'll tell you why what's going on here. I'll tell you what's going on later.

They'll say, that kind of a God who is like that. We'll get into this. What is the that that they don't want to serve? It's this. It's that he's sovereign, that he elects, he predestines. Okay, election also means choosing.

Whoops, got another one there. All right, they don't want that. They don't want what? Now this is what's key. This is what's key. I always get this kind of, not always with everybody, but I frequently get this statement.

And when I do, it's always in reference to those who deny God's sovereignty, deny God's right to elect, deny God's right to predestine. They deny these things and then they say they don't want to serve a God like that.

And I warn them. I say, then you better be careful what you say. Because I'm quoting you scripture and you're denying the scriptures. You might inadvertently be insulting the true and living God. You better be real careful.

I think people say to me, you're not even a believer Matt because you believe in this. Seriously. And I say, if I'm not a believer because I believe in this and you call this a false God, then you deny this, then you're not believing in the true God.

And these are the same ones who generally will attack me left and right. Now this isn't a personal vendetta revenge thing. I'm just saying this is what's going on. So they don't like the idea that God is sovereign, that he elects, he's choosing, and they don't like this.

This is one doctrine they hate. They hate. It's called reprobation. All right. Reprobation. To be reprobate means destined to hell. He makes all things, even the wicked for the day of evil. What if God, although willing to demonstrate his wrath, endured with much patience, vessels of wrath prepared for destruction.

Romans 9 22. Now people say, I don't like that. Right. You don't. You don't like the true and living God. You don't like the idea that he's sovereign. This is a sign of apostasy. It's a sign of apostasy.

I'm gonna get into this. So I don't want, but Jesus would follow God, to serve, honor, believe, worship. That's always, that's thrown in there too. I will never worship a God like that. They're deciding what God they want.

They're deciding which God they want to serve. Which God they want to believe in. So here's the question. Are they Christians? Are they saved? Are they regenerate? I'm not saying yes. I'm not saying no.

I'm just saying, if they want to serve a certain kind of God, are they then idolaters? And this is a question that has to be asked. Wait. It has to be asked if they are serving a false God. Because this is what God says.

He is the sovereign King. 1st Timothy 1, 16, 17. He does elect Ephesians 1, 4, and 5. He does choose 2 Thessalonians 2, 2, 13. He does predestine Ephesians 1, 4, and 5. Romans 8, 29. And Reformation, Proverbs 16, 4.

Romans 9, 22, 23. I mean, I quote these things to people, and they hate the Word of God, and they hate the true and living God, because He does not fit what they want. That blonde-haired, black, Caucasian surfer image.

Why is that? The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they'll accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires. This is what they're gonna want.

They're gonna want to have a teacher tell them what they want God to be. Now, what I'm gonna do here, give me a sec, get to my notes. So on Monday afternoon, I was on ABN Satellite TV via Skype. Do this every now and then.

Sit in my office, we get on TV, goes out over Europe, it goes out over Africa and stuff. We talked to the Muslims. It's a great outreach. Aramaic Broadcasting Network Satellite TV. And so I've been out there many times, and anyway, we had a discussion with, actually coincidentally, with the guy that I knew in college.

Ken Samples, a great guy, and he and I went to college together, haven't talked in, I don't know, I mean, I couldn't even tell you what decade. It's just been a long time. So our discussion, he and me, and he and myself, and Tony Gurley, doing a great job there at ABN Satellite.

Anyway, we were discussing end times. Basically, eschatology. What are the different views? It was just real light. We weren't arguing about which is right or wrong. It's just why this or why that. It's just basic stuff.

And we're just trying to be informative. We had a Muslim on, and he gave the Muslim position. Fair enough. It motivated me, though, to do a little bit of research. Motivated me to start writing an article on what the issue was.

What are the signs of the end times? What are the signs of the end times? So I did a lot of research, and I've got a list of 23 things. 23. Now, there's more. You'll see how I have to word them and group them.

I'm going to go over some of the stuff. This is Matthew 24, verse 3. As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying, tell us when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?

What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age? And Jesus answered and said to them, see to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in my name saying, I am the Christ, and will mislead many.

False Christs. Okay. Okay. Verse 6. You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. So that's another thing. Do not be frightened, for those things must take place. But that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom in various places.

There'll be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

At that time, many will fall away, apostasy, and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.

Now, I'm going to skip around and read various things. In Luke 21, 10 through 11, then he continued by saying to them, nation will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes in various places, plagues and famines, and there'll be terrors and great signs from heaven.

So, earthquakes, plagues, famine, signs in the heavens. 1st Timothy 4, 1 through 3. But the Spirit explicitly says that in the latter times, some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits, spiritism, right there, and doctrines of demons by means of hypocrisy, of liars, seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

Now, let's go to 2nd Timothy 3, 1 through 5. But realize this, in the last days, difficult times will come, for men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power.

Avoid such men as these. Now, let's go to 2nd Timothy 3, I already did this, 4, 3, and 4. The time will come when they will not endure such sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they'll accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires.

I don't want, and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn to myths. I don't want, I don't want, I will not serve a God like this. 2nd Peter 3, verses 3 and 4, know this, first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lust, and saying, where is the promise of his coming?

For ever since the father's fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation. Now, I could reinterpret this a little bit and just say, you know what, the mocking of the return of Christ is the mocking of Christ himself.

Taking his name in vain is a subcategory of that, which we are very familiar with. Jude 17, 18, and 19, but you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, in the last times there will be mockers following after their own ungodly lusts.

These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly minded, devoid of the spirit. I saw a picture of someone who, from someone on their phone recently, who went out to that stupid women's march in D .C., and out in that stupid ungodly thing, they took a picture of people, women, standing there saying, if Mary had done her job aborting Christ, we wouldn't be in this mess.

And they were telling me other stuff that was going on. I said, send me those pictures. Now I regret not having gone out there. I thought, women, there's, you know, a march, whatever. It was, they said it was ungodly.

It was pagan. Now, you could also read in Daniel 12, 4, but as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time. Many will go back and forth, that implies travel, lots of travel, and knowledge will increase.

That's undoubtedly happened. Now, we can go to 2 Thessalonians 2, 3, and 4, let no one in any way deceive you. For it will, the return of Christ, will not come unless the apostasy comes first. The man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called God or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

Revelation 13, 14 through 17, and he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it is given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.

And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many who do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. And he causes all the small and the great and the rich and the poor and the free men and the slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or sell except the one has this mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

This is part of what's going to happen at the end times, right? Now, I didn't include every verse, and I can go back in and modify this article and include more because I did more research today. So let me summarize 23 things, 23 things, okay, that the Bible talks about.

There's probably more that has to deal with the end times. Now, when is this in here? Presence of false Christ and false prophets, that's Matthew 24 verses 5 to 11. I got every single one of these I have a reference to.

So instead of me saying every reference, you can go on CARM and you can go look up this article, what are the signs of the end times, okay? And the references are there at the bottom. So presence of the false Christ and false prophets, war, persecution of the faithful, apostasy, lawlessness increase, lawlessness increases, and love grows cold.

Earthquakes, famine, and plagues, increase in selfishness, lovers of self, money, and pleasure, arrogant, disobedient, ungrateful, and unholy. They will be haters of good, conceited, appearing godly, but are not.

Mocking of Jesus, increase of knowledge, rise in spiritism, the decay of marriage, false teaching, the gospel will be preached to the whole world, that's good. Signs in the heavens, sun and moon will be darkened, the signs of the son of man will appear in the sky, not sure what that means, but that's worth an interesting study.

Abuse and destruction of the earth and its resources, that's out of a Revelation 11, 18, he punishes those who did this, okay? All the nations of the earth will be gathered against Israel, that's yet to come, the rebuilding of the temple, the arrival of the antichrist, enforcement of the mark of the beast, and repentance of Israel and the Jews, then they come to the faith in Christ.

So there's some good, there's some bad in here. Now, when I was working on this yesterday, I was going, okay, list this out, that's today, and that's today, and I'm going, that's today, that's today, that's today, oh my goodness.

You know, when you hear little bits at a time, yeah, yeah, people are mad, okay. I was like, oh, it's kind of interesting that on one day, I had to do a show that dealt with this, and another day, I encountered this, and the juxtaposition really got my attention.

Now, I have to say that, you know, I'm a pessimist. I think it's going to get bad. I don't think it's going to get better. I believe it's going to go downhill. I believe it's going to be very bad, and I believe we're going to have to prepare to run for our lives.

Now, a lot of people right now, they don't want to hear that. Where's the bloodthirsty Caucasian surfer Jesus who can comfort me? But that's what I believe is going to happen. Why? Because of what God says.

This is my interpretation of Genesis 2 .17, because he said, God said to Adam, the day that you eat this fruit, you will die. Did he die that day? Yes, he did, because God said he would. He said, you will eat, you eat it, you're going to die.

Did he die? If you say no, then God prophesied and failed. You can't say that. He died. So think, would he die? He didn't die physically, though he was dying physically. He separated from God, and that's what happened.

Now, Adam represented us. 1 Corinthians 15 .22, in Adam all die. My personal opinion is that included in the statement, the day that you eat of this, you will die. And Jesus says in Matthew 24 .22, if those days, that I just read all this stuff, if those days be not cut short, no flesh would be left.

In my opinion, this is my opinion, as pessimistic as it is, my opinion is that Genesis 2 .17 will culminate with the return of Christ in a gigantic celestial, I told you so. I suspect that what's going to happen is, he's going to come back and stop us from killing ourselves.

The way sin works is it leads to death. The wages of sin is death. The day that you eat of this, you will die. If he doesn't come back, no flesh will be left. My personal opinion, and it's just my opinion, if you disagree, that's fine, I'm not going to be upset.

My personal opinion is this, that things are going to get so bad, that the last moment before we basically destroy ourselves in this world, Jesus is going to come back and stop it. And certain things are going to happen in that last day, it's a whole other study.

But up to that point, we cannot get the arrival of the Antichrist until the church goes apostate. The Christian church is weak, because it puts itself first before the Word of God. And because what it's doing is, it's desiring to feed its own flesh.

It desires its own wants. And it even, the church largely, too many people I should say, want God to be what they want God to be. This is why the biggest churches in America are positive confession churches.

God loves you. Now folks, I could get a church to grow. I could. I'd lose all my friends here. I'd lose all the respect of everybody in this room. But I could do it. Because all I would do is study what Joel Osteen says, what Joyce Meyer says, what Kenneth Copeland says.

I would go through stuff like Stephen Furtick. I'd listen to him. I'd imitate T .D. Jakes. He's a great communicator. I'd put it all together. I would take their stuff, and I would repackage it. And I would do my best.

I'd watch myself on video to get to the place where I could make people feel good, while I appear to be godly. And a church would grow. Why? Because people would go, oh man, I love that service. Oh, that was so good.

Felt great getting my ears tickled. Or let's do a, I'll start a church, okay? I mean, I'm exaggerating to make this point. On the radio. Okay, I'm starting a church. It'll be in two months, if you guys want to come.

It will not be fun. I'll require you bring your Bibles. If you don't bring your Bible, I'll give you a stern look. We'll provide one for you. You, hopefully, will open your Bibles and look at it. And I expect people to come up to me sometime in the next few weeks and say, after we're starting, saying things like, I'm not sure I agree with you.

Good. That means you're listening. All right. What do you not agree with? Maybe you're right. Let's work through it together. I would expect the men to be leading in the church. The worship team, if you don't have your stuff together, you're done.

The elders, if we ever get any elders, after I train them, you better know what your stuff is. Not talking perfection. I mean, how many people, how many people go, yeah, sign me up. I want to go into that.

You know, they come out. I could just see somebody driving by from the, I really feel good about myself church, driving by and took a wrong turn, and people come out. Oh, man. They go, what happened in that church?

Oh, man, it's got beat up by Reverend Slick. And they go, oh, yeah, that makes sense. I've heard him on the radio. He's just unloving, unkind. I go, yeah, but you see that rod of truth. Man, it really just, it hit me hard.

Now I've got some repenting to do. And they go, well, you don't want that. We're going to go over here until we get it served at a restaurant. And I'm exaggerating, but you see what I'm saying. Who'd want to go to something like that?

Now, yes, I can be touchy feely. I like to do that too, believe it or not. I don't want my reputation to be ruined by being too touchy feely. I'll be preaching in a couple of weeks on the eternal covenant, eternal sonship, the incarnation, and eternal fellowship, and how it relates to communion.