Sunday Morning Sermon Series - Pastor Jeff Shipley (Date:10/17/2021)

The Need for Biblical Doctrine

Now I want you to pay attention. It wasn't anything in Israel wasn't their military.

This is not a very popular topic or I should say saying. But it takes a man to raise a man and I am so happy and so pleased here at this church that we have so many men especially young men in their 20s and 30s that take an active role in Raising young boys to become men.

So y 'all pray for them. They're headed on their way home today and I know that they have been successful in serving the Lord. Secondly, I Apologize for not being in here earlier. Apparently the power went out and pastor Jeff's sermon notes went bye-bye so pastor Jeff has spent the last 25 minutes rewriting his sermon and I hope and pray that it is correct.

But this Wednesday, we're gonna take a hiatus on our systematic verse by verse commentary through the entire Word of God, we're gonna Take this starting this Wednesday. We're gonna do seven doctrines and I Implore you please if you don't understand biblical doctrine, you're gonna have a struggle.

Understanding the Word of God what doctrines are are simply the essence and basic fundamental truths that God is trying to Communicate through his word and a doctrine will be found in Genesis as much as it is found in Revelation.

It is found throughout the whole Word of God. Simply knowing Bible stories is not God's understanding of knowing Scripture. Okay, there's no stories in the Bible. Sorry guys, it is fact. Historical it is the sovereign Word of God, please if you're not understanding biblical doctrine very well.

Please come starting this Wednesday, and we're just going to take a seven-week hiatus to discuss seven major doctrines of the Word of God. Last thing before we begin is This I am calling as the pastor for a special called business meeting next Sunday morning.

A Church Business Meeting and an Opportunity to Minister to Bill

Now this will be bill you're in the wrong place. Security, okay. Okay. We are going to be discussing actually, brother bill was an opportunity that we have as a church to minister to bill for bill to minister to us and Before I move forward with this.

This is one of those things that I think and I believe the people here at Witten need to hear so Next Sunday right after the invitation time won't take too long. I just need to have a pastor church moment About some opportunities that we have coming up.

David’s Sin, Repentance, and the Power of Grace

All right. This is part two of pictures in grace now. I know a lot of you. Especially those of you that have been sat under my teaching for the last 17 years. You have heard me discuss The issue of David and his ultimate failure.

You have heard me talk about that how David did bad things and all that other stuff in God. But I can't find a better Illustration in God's Word for how powerful God's grace is a beautiful picture Cannot be found of God's restorative grace.

And so we're going to be in Psalms 51 this morning talking about this now for those of you that don't know I'm going to give you a brief synopsis of Where we are the year is about Maybe 1010 BC literally we are reading something that was written a thousand years Before Jesus Christ was even born.

Okay, let that ferment in your little head. God has been at work since he said let there be light and he has not stopped working Since that time and one of the things that God is trying to communicate to a lost and dying world is that his grace is the only hope we have in the Restoration of our sinful selves back to God.

It is not your works. It is not your righteousness. It is not your efforts that will restore you back to God. Some of us in this room are still looking for a religious Adherence to feel the peace of God and it yet continues to escape you.

Guys, I'm here to tell you not in a level of condemnation but an extension of an invitation of God's Word to leave your filthy works on the floor and Simply run to the grace of God. David here is the king of Israel now.

Historically, I could sit and speak for the next six hours About the military economic and political history of Israel during this time. Unfortunately, we don't have that time, but I'm here to tell you it's a pretty awesome.

Awesome thing. David was of the tribe of Benjamin and he was the least of all the tribes and basically it'd be like this think of Who's like a really white trash redneck in here Ben is that Ben? No, there's been who's that?

Matt Dillon. Oh my god. That's perfect. All right white trash redneck HVAC guy. Just yeah, it's Matt. Okay. Think of Matt becoming The president of the United Nations tomorrow. Actually, I kind of be kind of cool.

But that's what's happened. David was a shepherd boy. God said that's gonna be the next king of Israel. Everybody went. And yet he became the king of Israel and David was a walking stud he was sealed team six stud I mean him and about 40 other guys literally ran away from people trying to kill him would attack him and then move back away and melt into the hills of Judah and no one could find him.

He was that kind of a stud. He was finally anointed king and in Israel took over all of the Middle East. It was the most powerful Military and would become the most wealthy country in that region. David was a man of God.

Most of the Psalms you read in your little Bible were written by David. His son Solomon wrote most of Proverbs. David is talked about time and time again in Scripture of being this awesome man of God in Hebrews God actually says David was a man after my own heart.

In other words if you want to measure Super Christian or whatever. Here's God. God said David was closer to him than anybody else. David when he was younger loved the Lord, but as things kept moving He got kind of burned out.

You know what I mean in your spiritual life He got kind of burned out and David started believing his own press well There was one last remaining enemy of Israel the Ammonites and you can still Amman Jordan Ammonites get it.

So once again go to your little Google. It's right there. But anyways, this was about 40 miles away from Jerusalem the capital and David simply said hey, man Let's take these guys out. Our supply lines from the east are going to be secure.

Let's do this and so for the first time as the king of Israel David did something different. He had won so many battles. He was at the top of his game and for the first time he did this all of you guys Go fight.

I'm gonna hang here in the capital hmm first failure in leadership guys first failure as a pastor as a president as whatever if You send people to do what you're not willing to do if Fathers to your children if you have a standard for them that you do not Mediate on yourself.

You're a failure as a leader and your kids are gonna grow up and you won't believe that they're gonna say this. But let me tell you what they're gonna say. They're gonna say this their church is full of.

And you know where they learn that not in church, but from you. From you, when's the last time your kids saw you open up the Word of God at home, hmm right. Husbands, it's great that you have an AR -15 to defeat the Russians parachuting out of the sky great.

Awesome. The number one enemy you have to defend your family against is your selfishness your apathy. Mark my words and Grandparents who you've already matriculated through that and your kids are now grown and jacked up and you're going well.

We did the best we could guess what grandparents you still have a responsibility to first repent and confess of your failures to your children and then become the Example to your grandchildren that you were supposed to be to your children.

Okay. So David's at home. His troops are off fighting now. Judean well actually Palestinian homes had a unique characteristic. Matt Mike. Is that Mike? Dude, I'm so happy you're here for real man, so Matt Mike Parker all you got we have more HVAC guys.

You can swing a stick at now. I don't I don't understand but anyways. Back then they had an HVAC see a they had an air conditioning system. And it was this they used airflow in their houses to pull air in.

They would create basically a vortex in their house, but in the summer times that still was not enough. So most people back then even the poor people their roofs were flat. They had a slight grade to them, but they were really flat.

There's there's there's a roof man right there. They were really flat and in the summertime They would actually go and sleep on the roofs. That's where they slept to keep cool. Well one night David's out on his roof and You have to understand Jerusalem and once again, you can look at a topographical map right now.

Jerusalem is on a hill. It's called Mount Zion. Mount Moriah. Yeah, those two. David's palace was up on a hill and so as he's out. He's kind of looking down on the rest of Jerusalem and he looks over there off a main street.

And there's a chick on a roof taking a bath. Www .hotbathsheba .com. So he's sitting there on his roof and he's looking over and David should have done this. David should have gone. Whoa walk away, but here's what David did.

Young men know what I'm talking about forget that you men know what I'm talking about. Huh? Walking with your wife somewhere some chick walks by and your neck suddenly goes right. Am I the only guy in here?

That's a heterosexual, right? Okay, come on. David fails to be a leader then he fails morally and Then he does this. Here's the thing. Here's where? Here's where that temptation became sin. David started making a plan.

He called one of his servants over and said hey man, who is that chick? He goes. Oh, that's Bathsheba. That's one of your soldiers wives. David said. Bring her on up to see me. So Bathsheba comes up there and of course everyone makes Bathsheba this little innocent sheet.

No, man. She wasn't. She walks up in David's bedrooms like big boy. Right, right. She's doing maybe something this you know right. David Bathsheba have sex. This goes on for a little while and then one day David's at the palace and he gets a message from Bathsheba.

And it says I'm pregnant. David goes. Oh No. Cuz you got to remember. David is the head of the nation. David's the head of the army. David is also kind of like a shepherd pastor in the temple area. They didn't have a temple yet, but the worship area.

Oh. So here's what David does. Instead of confessing instead of repenting instead of doing all that David says hey send a letter to the army to have Uriah come home to give me a report About the war. So Uriah comes home and David says hey man.

Thanks to report. I'm glad everybody's doing good. Hey, man, go on home and Sit with your wife for a little bit. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? You know what I mean? And his idea was Uriah and Bathsheba would watch Netflix and chill out.

And then the baby would just be Uriah's and everything would be cool, right. David gets up the next morning and Uriah is sitting and has slept at the door of the palace. And David's like, what are you doing Uriah?

You're lazy boy and your woman's over there way and this is what he says now you talking about a man of honor. He says if my brothers who are in the field can't be with their wives. I'm not gonna be with mine.

That's a stud right there. David says okay, man. You're going back the army and I want you to take this note with me with you and the note basically said this. Hey general, I want you to attack the main gate.

Quit doing the whole siege thing send your Raya and about 30 of your men to attack the gate. Crazy crazy suicide mission. But he did it on purpose and he said once they start attacking tell your men to pull back and leave Uriah there.

Uriah dies the death. Dies the death. Here's what Bathsheba did. Bathsheba went. Yeah, all right, let's get married. She marries him. The baby dies. Baby dies. Psalms 51 was written by David after a pastor a Prophet comes to David and says boy.

You're a liar. You need to repent. How bad have y 'all jacked up in your lives? Let me ask you this this morning. What sent right now if I said the number one sin in your life keeping you from God's grace right now is what?

Okay anger apathy pride anybody else. Laziness fear. Bitterness. Who said what over here? Selfishness. Overeating. I don't know nothing about that. Yes all that stuff. David did all that plus he murdered plus he committed adultery.

Plus he failed as God's leader. And he writes this. After he's busted he writes psalms 51. Read with me. Psalms 51 verse 1 says this. Be gracious to me. God according to your faithful love. According to your abundant compassion blot out my rebellion.

Wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin for I am conscious of my rebellion. And my sin is always a before me against you and you alone. Have I'd sinned and done this evil in your sight. You are right when you pass sentence.

You are blameless when you judge indeed. I was guilty when I was born. I was sinful and my mother conceived me. Guys, I'm gonna give you four things very quickly. Four things about grace. The first one is this grace is Conviction.

The Holy Spirit convicts one of two ways. He convicts one of two ways. Number one in this room this morning. The Holy Spirit could be convicting some of you that you are not a Christian and you need to be saved.

That's the first thing the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit works in our lives to bring about a realization. That I am hopelessly lost in my sin. That's the first thing the Holy Spirit does. But he does a second thing if you are a Christian and a child of God and you are living in sin or rebellion.

Let me tell you the fun thing. The Holy Spirit does. He sits there and goes. Hey Shipley. Jeff, what you doing boy? Well, what happened was. And man, I'm telling you and some of you May not have this experience, but I'll tell you about mine.

It's this. When I'm in rebellion against God and I'm sinful man, God does not. You think your wife nagged you? My wife ain't got a nothing on the Holy Spirit. My gosh, you think Vicki has a loud mouth?

It ain't nothing. Compare Scott, huh? He ain't saying a word. That's a smart young man. Guys. The Holy Spirit is like a two-year-old asking why? Except the power of God saying why are you? What are you doing?

Oh, and you'll try to suppress it. You'll justify it. Well, I acted that way because he did this and that blah blah blah and you'll do all that garbage. I don't help does it. And the loneliness of the night as you're laying in that bed and the Holy Spirit is Convicting you your sin you will mutter out some sort of half-hearted prayer.

Lord. Please forgive me I but you have no intention of repenting guys. I tell you Conviction is grace and here's why I have never whipped another kid in My life that did not belong to me now. Kick my kids rear ends all up and down the road.

Sometimes it seemed like. Especially with it now my daughter did nothing wrong, but them four boys. Man, I had to beat them from an inch of their lives. I know and by the way. Some of you people I've seen your kids.

You need some help. Okay. Seriously, because when your three-year-old boy is running the house. When your three-year-old daughter is looking at your wife or your woman going now and you sit there and go one two.

You need to get out of the liberal mindset of how it is to raise a kid and go back to what the Word of God says. Cuz if not. You're signing those kids up for destruction. But we'll get to that some other time.

Conviction. Conviction is Grace, you may feel like God goes I hate your guts or some of you may see God as maybe your children or your father or your mother. You're pathetic. You're worthless. I can't stand you get out of my sight.

If you were really sorry, you wouldn't have done it again. None of those are words from God. Absolutely, none of them. God's Word his conviction is Grace. If God is convicting you that means you belong to him.

How long will you wait in the misery of a broken? Relationship with God without being restored by his grace. How much longer you gonna let that pride. Cash checks your butt doesn't have the money to cover.

How long are you gonna sit in rebellion? Because you are afraid of losing the filth of the world and not seeing the riches of God's grace. Guys grace is Conviction number two. It's this. Grace is Confession.

Look here at verse one. Look what it says. It says my sin is always before. I'm sorry verse one. It says be gracious to me according to your faithful love according to your abundant compassion. Blot out my rebellion.

Private sin can be repented of privately. Public sin needs to be repented of publicly. That's the way it works. Okay, you don't have to be like some of these. I see these side shows on TV where you come down here and go.

Well, you know, there's an old joke where the guy's preaching a revival and it's called tell it all. God comes in and says they're in the church server. He goes. Well, I was a gambler and the preachers like that's right.

Next guy comes up and says I cheated on my wife and the preacher goes that's right. Third guy comes up and said I had relations with my farm animals preach that I wasn't told that one boy. Confession To each other is one thing.

But confessing your faults to God now some of you are struggling with a sin alcoholism pornography. Unfaithfulness, whatever and you by yourself and the Lord can't overcome that. That's why God invented this thing called the church.

You see the church's responsibility. And I know this is not taught in our culture anymore that our lives with God are private. Ain't nobody's business and stop judging me and all that other liberal horse garbage.

It has nothing to do with the reality of God's Word. It says confess your faults one to another that you may be healed. Right, see that's that Humility and that humbleness that comes along with confession and all of that is grace.

Guys understand that grace is Conviction. Grace is also confection a confession. Third thing is this if you keep reading in verse 5. It's this it's cleansing. Watch this verse 2 wash away my guilt and Cleanse me from my sin.

I'm gonna make a confession today. I don't know if I've ever even told my wife this. Huh? No, I have no farm animals. No, no, no Gwen was somewhere and I want to say she was shopping in Millington with her mother.

I cannot remember but that sounds familiar. But Josiah was about a year year and a half. He was he was at the age where he's doing this when he won't you know. And he's pulling himself up that age, whatever that age is.

Well, he had a Diaper issue. Now, I don't change girls diapers. I just think that's weird. I've always been that way if Ashley's diaper was dirty Gwen, you know, I didn't mind changing my let me rephrase I changed my boys diapers.

All right, and it was not a great experience ever. But Josiah was a nasty little boy. That boy would eat and he would eat off his knuckles. What I mean by that is he had his own food processor and his left and right he would whatever I put on the tray he would grab it and Squeeze it to death and then eat it off of his knuckles makes me want to sick to my stomach just talking about it.

Well, his diapers were nine kinds of nasty. All right, and that's all I'm gonna say because I don't want to gross y 'all out. Well one day Gwen's off running around and Josiah Had a diaper issue. He had a wardrobe Malfunction where the little elastic around the legs said I quit and give up and they gave loose.

And I'm trying to be a little bit Smooth about this, but all you mamas in here know what I'm talking about. The bed his legs in his hair everywhere. Blow out. Who said that Mike you got it blow out. Amanda just wait baby.

It's coming. Is she here? She's not here. Wait, son. It's coming. So I'm sitting there and I know this happens not because I saw it first. But because I was walking down the hall while he was in his crib.

I went. Oh my gosh. And I opened up the door and he was there in his nap and I was like, ah Do what? Oh, he was no he was awake at this point going. This don't I'm telling you I will hurl my McNuggets all over this floor.

And I didn't. I was just like, oh my gosh, this is oh. He's like He doesn't realize how nasty he is. And I want to say that as a intelligent logical Adult I grabbed the wet wipes and did I wish I would have said I Put him in the shower, but here's the thought process in my head.

If I put him in the shower to clean him up, then what do you got to do? Clean the shower. So I stripped him of everything that was on him took him outside in our front yard. And James and Warford Sat him on the concrete sidewalk grabbed the garden hose.

I'm not kidding you. And started spraying this naked white, baby and I mean I was even doing the lift and leg and you know pulling stuff apart to get the nooks and crannies and Ha now that ridiculously long metaphor and analogy and the failure of me as a parent Is to illustrate?

The reality of where I am today. Some of you in this room actually believe that Josiah Could have got up. Pulled off the filthy clothes climbed out of the crib went into the shower turned on the water.

To a tepid temperature so it wouldn't burn his little sense of baby skin. Wash himself off put a diaper back on him and put clean clothes on. Has anybody ever seen an infant do that? You know why they're incapable of doing it.

Here's the reality. They don't actually understand how revolting they are. Some of you people are sitting in this church and you're a good moral person. But you don't understand what you look and smell like to God.