Episode 5
Conversation with Jesus pt 3
Takeaways:
- The teachings of Jesus Christ serve as the ultimate authority for all believers, shaping their faith and guiding their actions.
- As followers of Christ, we must prioritize the words of Jesus over all traditions and interpretations by others.
- Every doctrine or belief must be scrutinized through the lens of what Jesus explicitly stated in the Scriptures.
- The words of Jesus are not merely philosophical ideas; they represent the absolute truth essential for spiritual growth.
- To build a solid foundation for our faith, we must consistently return to the teachings of Jesus and apply them in our lives.
- Ignoring or misinterpreting the words of Jesus carries serious consequences for our understanding of salvation and eternal life.
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Transcript
Welcome to Freedom through Faith.
Speaker A:Prepare to be blessed.
Speaker A:As pastor and teacher, Robert Thibodeau leads us into the anointed study of the Word of God, teaching and empowering you how to impact your world with the gospel of Jesus Christ, teaching you how to receive the blessings and provisions of God and how to walk through this life with freedom through faith.
Speaker A:And now, here's Pastor Robert Thibodeau.
Speaker B:Hello, everyone, everywhere.
Speaker B:Pastor Bob Thibodeau here.
Speaker B:We're so blessed that you're joining us today with another session of Freedom through Faith.
Speaker B:Glory to God.
Speaker B:And we are blessed every single time we get together around the Word of God.
Speaker B:It is a privilege really to share the Word of God with you.
Speaker B:It's a privilege that we have the Word of God.
Speaker B:There are many places in this world you can't have the Word of God.
Speaker B:China is one example, right?
Speaker B:So just having the Words of God to minister to us on a daily basis, you should be in your Bible on a daily basis.
Speaker B:Now don't make Pastor Bob come through this camera and force this on you.
Speaker B:You need to be doing this on your own.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But it's a privilege to come into your living room, your bedroom, your car, your office, wherever you're listening to us at right now.
Speaker B:Today, let's go to the Lord with Word pair and we will jump right back into our Bible study on Jesus's words as the ultimate authority.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we come before you this day thanking you, praising you, worshiping you for your word.
Speaker B:Father, we pray that you'd plant your word in our hearts that take root, grow, prosper and bring forth more fruit worthy for you.
Speaker B:Lord, we thank you, Jesus, that you came here and died in our place and then rose again from the dead.
Speaker B:You ascended up to heaven seated right now at the right hand of God the Father, getting ready to come back.
Speaker B:Praise God, Lord, right now, we pray that this day the word spoken would minister to someone somewhere that they receive you as their Savior today.
Speaker B:That's what this is all about.
Speaker B:And I give you, sir, honor, glory and praise for all that you accomplished this day in Jesus name.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:We've been doing our conversations with Jesus.
Speaker B:This is the third week now and today we want to go into the authority.
Speaker B:Jesus words have ultimate authority.
Speaker B:I mean, everything we believe, folks, everything we practice, everything we teach as followers of Christ, must come back to one question.
Speaker B:What did Jesus say?
Speaker B:His words are not secondary, they are not optional, and they are not subject to human revision.
Speaker B:On this at all.
Speaker B:I know that flies in the face of many of the theologically mistrained graduates out there.
Speaker B:Yep.
Speaker B:I'm stepping all over toes just in the first few minutes of our program today.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Anyway, the words of Jesus, they are final authority.
Speaker B:It cannot be any other way.
Speaker B:It doesn't work any other way.
Speaker B:I mean, when disputes arise about doctrine, about behavior or church practices, we must look first to what Jesus taught.
Speaker B:If his words confirm a belief, we can stand firm on that.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But if his words contradict what we believe, you got to reject it.
Speaker B:It doesn't matter if you believe it's right or wrong.
Speaker B:It only matters what Jesus said about it.
Speaker B:So if he said it, he probably believed it.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Don't you agree?
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So what did Jesus say?
Speaker B:Well, tell you what.
Speaker B:Let's look over at John, chapter 12.
Speaker B:Go to John, chapter 12.
Speaker B:I want to show you something here as we get started.
Speaker B:John, chapter 12.
Speaker B:And look at verse.
Speaker B:Leave it.
Speaker B:Verse 40.
Speaker B:Right there.
Speaker B:That area.
Speaker B:Yep.
Speaker B:There we go.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker B:Verses 49 and 50.
Speaker B:I have not spoken of myself.
Speaker B:Remember what we're talking about here.
Speaker B:We've already gone over how John is considered, what, an eyewitness.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:So his testimony is reliable.
Speaker B:And here's what John testified to.
Speaker B:The fact that Jesus said.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:John's eyewitness testimony says Jesus said.
Speaker B:He said, For I have not spoken of myself, but the Father which sent me.
Speaker B:He gave me a commandment which I should say and what I should speak.
Speaker B:And I know his commandment is life everlasting.
Speaker B:So that whosoever I s. Or whatsoever I speak, therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I say his words lead to eternal life.
Speaker B:You cannot argue with that.
Speaker B:You cannot argue that his words do not lead to eternal life.
Speaker B:There is no argument on that grounds.
Speaker B:If there is, first we gotta talk about whether or not you're saved or not.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But I don't care how many degrees you have or how long you've been in the ministry and pastoral leadership or how long you've been a theological professor.
Speaker B:And I know I'm stepping all over your spiritual toes right now, but you, you, you.
Speaker B:Let me tell you what.
Speaker B:Let me revert to my military training here.
Speaker B:I. I can make it so plain.
Speaker B:You can't misunderstand me.
Speaker B:If Jesus said it, you can consider it an order.
Speaker B:If you violate his order, you're gonna pay and pay dearly for it.
Speaker B:Have I made myself clear back here to my drill sergeant days?
Speaker B:Have I made myself clear?
Speaker B:I can't hear you.
Speaker B:You know Sergeant Carter from Gomor Pyle, right?
Speaker B:Have I made myself clear, though?
Speaker B:Don't just look at me through that camera lens right now.
Speaker B:Answer me.
Speaker B:Do you understand what I just said?
Speaker B:Have I made myself very.
Speaker B:Has Jesus made himself very clear?
Speaker B:All right, now that we got that out of the way, we can move on.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Holy Spirit just dropped in my heart that when I did, that angel stood at attention.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Thank you, Jesus.
Speaker B:So if Jesus said it, Everything else in Scripture, including the writings of the apostles, must be understood in the light of what Jesus said.
Speaker B:Now let's do a quick review of what we've covered so far.
Speaker B:In part one, week one, we established that Jesus is the word of God.
Speaker B:Read about that John, Chapter one, verse one.
Speaker B:Every conversation he had carried divine weight, shaping how we understand faith, obedience, the character of God.
Speaker B:We saw that.
Speaker B:That His.
Speaker B:His words were not mere philosophy.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:We saw their absolute truth that must.
Speaker B:They must shape our lives.
Speaker B:And last week in part two, we've seen how Jesus interacted with people.
Speaker B:His willingness to heal, his response to faith, his compassion for the rejected, and his call to watchfulness to be watchful.
Speaker B:He lived out the truth he preached.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:He demonstrated the truth he preached through his actions, and he expects his followers to do the same.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Now we're going to turn to this week the authority of his words.
Speaker B:If we're to be sure of anything in our faith, it must be rooted and grounded in what Jesus himself said.
Speaker B:Many today look to theological debates and denominational traditions or interpretations of Paul and the other apostles.
Speaker B:Now, don't get me wrong here.
Speaker B:While these have their place, they cannot override the direct words of Jesus himself.
Speaker B:Hear me now, the Apostle Paul, your beloved Apostle Paul, an expert in the law, was used by God to clarify that Jesus came to fulfill the law, not abolish it.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And in case you were wondering where he got that little bit of information from, guess what?
Speaker B:He got it from talking with the disciples that were with Jesus.
Speaker B:And what do we call them?
Speaker B:Eyewitnesses.
Speaker B:As detailed from Matthew, chapter 5, verse 17.
Speaker B:And remember, Matthew was an eyewitness.
Speaker B:Paul was not.
Speaker B:Oh, do I need to say that again?
Speaker B:Matthew was an eyewitness.
Speaker B:Paul was not.
Speaker B:Paul's writings just reinforced what Jesus taught.
Speaker B:It's not the other way around.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That was an aha moment for someone right there.
Speaker B:Somebody just got it.
Speaker B:Paul's writings reinforce what Jesus taught, not the other way around.
Speaker B:Jesus, when he was teaching, he Never quoted Paul, did he?
Speaker B:No, Paul was very popular at that time.
Speaker B:Think about Paul was, You know, he's moving his way up through the Pharisee hierarchies there, right?
Speaker B:But he never said, well now folks, you know, you know that guy named Paul, Mighty well known scholar in the Pharisees circle there.
Speaker B:You know who I'm talking about?
Speaker B:Paul over there.
Speaker B:He believes the Messiah will be me.
Speaker B:No, Jesus never quoted Paul.
Speaker B:Think about that.
Speaker B:Jesus never quoted Paul.
Speaker B:Paul was taught by Jesus.
Speaker B:So how did Paul know what Jesus said?
Speaker B:He got it from the eyewitnesses, those disciples that received the direct input from Jesus himself.
Speaker B:You see how this is circling back to our need to focus on what Jesus said?
Speaker B:What did Jesus say?
Speaker B:That's the question.
Speaker B:The writer of Hebrews again, it's pretty well accepted that it was probably Paul, right?
Speaker B:And he affirms in Hebrews chapter two, verse three.
Speaker B:Matter of fact, let's turn over there.
Speaker B:Hebrews chapter two, verse three dot I want you to see, I want you to put your eyes on this.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:This is good.
Speaker B:Thank you, Jesus.
Speaker B:Thank you for remembering that, Lord.
Speaker B:He's reminding us that salvation begins with what Jesus said and was later confirmed by those who heard him.
Speaker B:Again, eyewitnesses.
Speaker B:He says verse two.
Speaker B:If the word spoken by angels was steadfast and every transgression and disobedience from the words the angels spoke received a just recompense of reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by them that heard him?
Speaker B:God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, with different miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his own will.
Speaker B:So the apostles just said what Jesus said.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And that was confirmed by God, that they were right.
Speaker B:And how did God confirm it?
Speaker B:With the miracles, laying on of hands and speaking in tongues and all that.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That means when we examine theology and doctrine and church practices, we must first go back to what Jesus said.
Speaker B:His words set the bar.
Speaker B:Nothing in the New Testament can be correctly understood separate from the teachings of Jesus.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Have we got that down now?
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:As we go through this today, we're going to examine Jesus's direct claims about his authority.
Speaker B:How his words define all doctrine.
Speaker B:Coming back up again.
Speaker B:How his words defined all doctrines.
Speaker B:Not Paul's words, not somebody, not Billy Graham's words, not Billy Sunday's words, not Bob Thibodeau's words.
Speaker B:Jesus's words define doctrine.
Speaker B:Why every single interpretation of Scripture must Align with what he taught.
Speaker B:If Jesus said it, that settles it.
Speaker B:His words are the foundation and everything else can only stand on them, nothing else.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:All right, now that I got the introduction out of the way for today, praise God.
Speaker B:We get it out now into some of the good stuff.
Speaker B:Let's look for just a moment.
Speaker B:Yes, Lord.
Speaker B:Before I dive even deeper into this.
Speaker B:Now, let's look at what Jesus had to say about his authority.
Speaker B:Okay, again, I want to remain focused on answering anything we are asking by referring back to the question, what did Jesus say?
Speaker B:So we want to talk about the authority of Jesus.
Speaker B:Let's look at what Jesus said in regards to that matter.
Speaker B:Jesus explicitly stated multiple times that he only spoke and did what the Father told him to do.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:There's several key scriptures where he made this perfectly clear.
Speaker B:I want you to write these scriptures down now and look them up for yourself later.
Speaker B:All right, I'm just going to go over really briefly here.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:John, chapter 5, verse 19.
Speaker B:He says very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself.
Speaker B:He can only do what he sees his Father doing.
Speaker B:Because whatever the Father does, the Son does also.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:John, chapter 5, verse 30.
Speaker B:By myself I can do nothing.
Speaker B:I judge only as I hear, and my judgment just pride.
Speaker B:Seek not to please myself, but him who sent me.
Speaker B:John, chapter seven, verse 16.
Speaker B:My teaching is not my own.
Speaker B:It comes from the One who sent me.
Speaker B:John, chapter 8, verse 26.
Speaker B:When you have lifted up the Son of man, that you will, then you will know I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.
Speaker B:John, chapter 12 over there, verse 49 and 50.
Speaker B:Praise the Lord, he says, but I do not speak on my own.
Speaker B:But the Father who sent me commands me.
Speaker B:He commands me to say all that I have spoken.
Speaker B:And I know that his command leads to eternal life.
Speaker B:So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:And then turn over to John, chapter 14, verse 10.
Speaker B:I love this one.
Speaker B:He says here, don't you believe that I'm in the Father?
Speaker B:Don't you believe that I'm in the Father and that the Father's in me?
Speaker B:The words I say to you, I don't speak on my own authority.
Speaker B:Rather, it's the Father living in me who's doing his work?
Speaker B:Whose work is it The Father's who's doing the work?
Speaker B:The Father.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Ah, don't shut me down.
Speaker B:I'm preaching good already.
Speaker B:Praise God again.
Speaker B:That was an aha moment for somebody somewhere listening to us right now.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:So Jesus's words take precedence over all other teachings.
Speaker B:You can read about that yourself.
Speaker B:Matthew, chapter seven.
Speaker B:Let's go back over Matthew, chapter seven.
Speaker B:Praise the Lord.
Speaker B:Yeah, you're gonna.
Speaker B:If you don't have your Bible with you, you're coming to pass Bible study.
Speaker B:You're wrong already.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Just get down, start knocking out push outs till I get tired.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:That's why you say as a drill sergeant.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Jesus made it clear that everything in life, every thing in life must be built upon his words.
Speaker B:Matthew, chapter 7, verse 24 to 27.
Speaker B:Therefore, whosoever hears these sayings, now if he's saying something, what does he say?
Speaker B:Words.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:He whoever hears my words, these words of mine, and does them I will liken to him as a wise man who built his house upon a rock.
Speaker B:So this illustration, he illustrates the analogy of two builders, one wise, one foolish.
Speaker B:The wise man, he said, is the one who hears his words and puts them into practice.
Speaker B:That man builds his house, his future, his life on a rock when the storms come.
Speaker B:Keep reading.
Speaker B:You find out his house stands firm.
Speaker B:The foolish man, however, does not apply the words Jesus says, and his house collapses when the storms come.
Speaker B:The distinction here is clear.
Speaker B:Jesus words are not merely good advice.
Speaker B:They are the solid foundation upon which we must construct our lives, faith and doctrines.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Jesus did not leave room for debate about his authority.
Speaker B:He did not say, well, now, if you follow the interpretations of the Pharisees or the traditions of men, or the traditions and doctrines of your church, you'll be okay.
Speaker B:No, show me where he said that in the Bible.
Speaker B:You can't.
Speaker B:He specifically said that safety and security are only found in his words.
Speaker B:This is critical because even within Christian circles, many base their beliefs on traditions.
Speaker B:Well now, brother Bob, I hear what you're saying here, but you know, we, we.
Speaker B:We've.
Speaker B:We've been saying we've been doing this for so long.
Speaker B:We've been doing this as long as I can remember.
Speaker B:It's just what we do.
Speaker B:Have you ever encountered that kind of logic?
Speaker B:I have.
Speaker B:Or they base what they do on denominational teachings.
Speaker B:Well, if I taught what you're saying, I've had some say.
Speaker B:If I taught what you're saying, I lose my credentials.
Speaker B:Because we have certain ways of doing things here.
Speaker B:And that's what my superiors expect.
Speaker B:And that's what all these elderly folk that have been in this church for 30 plus years, that's what they expect.
Speaker B:And if I do something, if I do what you say, I'll be out of a job.
Speaker B:Let me let that one just sit there for a second while you think about what I just said.
Speaker B:So you're saying that preaching is just a job.
Speaker B:That's bad.
Speaker B:That's bad.
Speaker B:But the worst ones are those who base what they teach and believe simply on what they teach and believe.
Speaker B:They base it all on their own human reasoning rather than referring to what Jesus actually said.
Speaker B:While Paul and Peter and other apostles provide inspired writings, no doubt about it, those writings must always be viewed through the lens of what Jesus taught his own words.
Speaker B:If there is ever a question about doctrine, the first place we need to go is not a thing theological commentary or asking a theological professor at the university what they think it all means.
Speaker B:The first place we need to go is to see what is to see what Jesus said.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:It's really as simple as that.
Speaker B:We in our own traditions try and make it complicated.
Speaker B:Jesus made it so simple that even uneducated folks could figure it all out.
Speaker B:Jesus emphasized this truth throughout his ministry.
Speaker B:John, chapter 12.
Speaker B:Turn over there.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Go to John 12.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:John chapter 12.
Speaker B:We're going to look at verses 48 and 50 again.
Speaker B:48, 250.
Speaker B:Oh, this is.
Speaker B:This is going to step on somebody's toes.
Speaker B:The one who rejects me and does not receive my words already has a judge that judge the word that I've spoken, that will judge him on the last day.
Speaker B:The standard by which we will be judged is not so much folks on our sins and what we did, because if we're a believer, those sins have been paid for.
Speaker B:They're wiped out.
Speaker B:They're not even in existence anymore.
Speaker B:Our rewards, those will only be based upon Jesus's words, not man's interpretation of Jesus's words, not the denominational traditions, not church creeds, simply the words in red.
Speaker B:His words alone.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Another critical point is found in John 14, verse 10, turn over there.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Where Jesus affirmed the words that I say, the words that I speak to you.
Speaker B:I don't speak on my own authority.
Speaker B:Rather, it's the Father living in me.
Speaker B:He's the one doing the work.
Speaker B:Every single word Jesus spoke was directly from the Father.
Speaker B:This means that when we read Jesus's teachings, we are reading the pure, unfiltered word of God himself.
Speaker B:No, think about this.
Speaker B:No other biblical figure, not Moses, not David, not even Paul can claim that level of authority.
Speaker B:They were inspired by God.
Speaker B:But Jesus was God.
Speaker B:He Is God living in the flesh and speaking directly to us?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Oh, you missed a good place to shout Amen right there.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Hurry up and catch up.
Speaker B:Shout Amen.
Speaker B:Somebody somewhere Praise God.
Speaker B:But this also explains why Paul's writings need to be viewed through Jesus's teachings, not the other way around.
Speaker B:Yeah, I know I'm stepping all over your theology right now, but listen to me here.
Speaker B:Paul himself clarified Jesus was the fulfillment of all the law and the prophets.
Speaker B:Romans 3, 21, 22, Galatians 3, 24, 25.
Speaker B:Many so called theologians today, they take Paul's letters and they attempt to build entire theological frameworks around them, all the while ignoring or neglecting, that's even worse, the actual words of Jesus.
Speaker B:Yeah, this is dangerous because Paul never contradicted Jesus.
Speaker B:He confirmed Jesus.
Speaker B:Hebrews chapter two, verse three.
Speaker B:Right, let's go back over.
Speaker B:Put your eyes on that again.
Speaker B:Hebrews chapter 2, verse 3.
Speaker B:Paul himself speaking here says, how shall we escape if we neglect such great salvation?
Speaker B:I mean, Paul reminds us salvation began with Jesus his words.
Speaker B:And those words were later confirmed by the testimony of those who heard him.
Speaker B:Paul's words do not carry that authority.
Speaker B:Let me finish reading this.
Speaker B:How should we escape we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken of by the Lord and was confirmed to us by them that heard him.
Speaker B:God also bearing them witness with signs, wonders, different miracles, gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his own will.
Speaker B:Paul's words do not carry that kind of authority that Jesus's words do.
Speaker B:He is backed by the authority of Jesus words.
Speaker B:So again we go back to the authority of direct testimony.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Don't shout me down, I'm preaching.
Speaker B:Good.
Speaker B:Give all glory to God.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Let me give you an example again from my military days.
Speaker B:No, no, no, no, no, no.
Speaker B:Better yet, from my law enforcement days.
Speaker B:Yeah, thank you Lord.
Speaker B:This is better.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Thank you, Holy Spirit.
Speaker B:Let's say there's a bad accident on the highway.
Speaker B:So much so we have had to set up a detour off the highway, send people off the highway, around the accident area, then back onto the highway farther up.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:I'm tasked with going out there and stopping the traffic from proceeding down the highway and having them to exit to protect everyone working the accident scene.
Speaker B:So I step out of my vehicle, I'm standing in the middle of this four lane highway.
Speaker B:I hold up my hand in a way that indicates traffic must stop and there's this big 18 wheeler rig come barreling towards me at about 65 miles an hour.
Speaker B:I'm standing in the middle of the highway with my arm up, palm extended, but my vehicle's behind me with lights on.
Speaker B:But all that truck really has to do is change lanes and go around me.
Speaker B:If he decides I'm not stopping, he can take me and my car and everything out of the way and just keep on going.
Speaker B:Probably not even slow down.
Speaker B:In the natural.
Speaker B:I have no power to stop him.
Speaker B:But hear me now, wearing that badge, in the proper uniform with a gun on my side, that car right here behind me with the lights flashing, what happens?
Speaker B:He hits the brakes.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:In the natural, I have absolutely no power at all to stop that truck or any of the cars for that matter.
Speaker B:But when I'm acting under the authority that has been given to me, represented by the badge, the uniform and all that, everything on that highway comes to a grinding halt right there.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And if someone decides, I'm not gonna listen to that fool, I got places to go, I gotta get somewhere.
Speaker B:And drives around, all I do is key up my radio, let the officers up ahead know that some idiot just went around me is headed their way.
Speaker B:I could guarantee they will stop him and there will be a penalty.
Speaker B:For what?
Speaker B:Not obeying me when I had been given the authority to stop him way back up the road.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And worst case scenario, they are authorized to use deadly force if he refuses to stop for them because they have to stop him before he plows through the accident scene injuring or killing other people.
Speaker B:They're outside their vehicles, working out.
Speaker B:Like I said, it will not end well one way or another if they go around me.
Speaker B:But that is what authority is all about.
Speaker B:In my own power.
Speaker B:In your own power, you have no authority at all over demons, over sickness, over disease, or your own body, your own finances.
Speaker B:You don't have any authority over any of that.
Speaker B:But operating under the authority of Jesus, Operating under and in the name of Jesus, what does scripture say?
Speaker B:Every knee will bow, every tongue will confess.
Speaker B:Jesus is Lord, all to the glory of God the Father.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:I done preached myself happy already.
Speaker B:How much time we got left?
Speaker B:We're halfway done.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Oh, thank you, Jesus.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:Remember.
Speaker B:Thank you, Lord.
Speaker B:Yes, sir.
Speaker B:Remember the demon, what the demon told the three sons of Sceva.
Speaker B:They tried to command him to come out of a person.
Speaker B:They said by the authority of Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
Speaker B:In other words, they're trying to act like they had authority, but they really didn't believe in their hearts that what they, that they had the authority, they were relying on the authority of Paul.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So the demon.
Speaker B:I love this part.
Speaker B:I, I really appreciate this demon for bringing this up.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:He said, oh, thank you, Jesus.
Speaker B:He said, paul, I know, right?
Speaker B:I'm very familiar with the apostle Paul and his authority.
Speaker B:Paul, I know.
Speaker B:And I am very familiar with the authority of Jesus.
Speaker B:I know who Jesus is too.
Speaker B:But who you, who are you?
Speaker B:In other words, he's saying here, I don't hear your spirit man speaking with that same level of authority they do.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Glory to God.
Speaker B:So what does this mean for you and me?
Speaker B:Well, I'm so glad you asked me that question.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:If we claim to follow Jesus, we must hear me now.
Speaker B:We must prioritize his words over our traditions.
Speaker B:Our traditions, our pastor's traditions, our church tradition, our denominational traditions.
Speaker B:Over the Pope's commands and interpretations, or anyone else's personal opinions, the words of Jesus supersede all their authority.
Speaker B:If any, any, any, any, any doctrine ever contradicts what Jesus said, it needs to be rejected, regardless of how long it's been taught or how many scholars support it.
Speaker B:Why?
Speaker B:It's simple.
Speaker B:If Jesus said it, that settles it.
Speaker B:There's no theological debate here.
Speaker B:There's no denominational stance.
Speaker B:There's no church pastor, bishop, apostle, pope, or any other person in any role or any authority.
Speaker B:Nobody can override the direct words of Jesus.
Speaker B:Now don't touch that dial.
Speaker B:Hang up on me already.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:I'm not finished with you yet.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:I'm not finished chopping up the unstable foundations that have been laid by well meaning but deeply misinformed people that have not, they have not led.
Speaker B:How can I say this, Lord?
Speaker B:They have led millions of people astray.
Speaker B:And I can hear someone right now, well, Mildred, who's this guy think he is, the Pope?
Speaker B:Or does he think he's Jesus or what?
Speaker B:No, you fool.
Speaker B:The one pointing everyone to Jesus, not some interpretation that some other person came up with in their theological seminary.
Speaker B:Glory to God.
Speaker B:I know I'm probably burning some bridges right now.
Speaker B:I'm not just stepping on toes today.
Speaker B:I'm amputating those babies.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:So?
Speaker B:Well, basically, you just need to get over yourself.
Speaker B:You need to get over your denominational teachings.
Speaker B:You need to get over this is the way we've always been taught and done it.
Speaker B:Get over that and get with Jesus.
Speaker B:That's what I'm trying to tell you.
Speaker B:Get with Jesus.
Speaker B:You can lose.
Speaker B:You can, you can toss out every part of The Bible, you can toss it all away, but the words in red will still be in authority.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B: You can add: Speaker B:Maybe you want to add every work ever written by Billy Sunday or Oral Roberts or Billy Graham, praise God, have your conventions approve it, add them to the Bible if you want to.
Speaker B: every single pope in the last: Speaker B:Take it all.
Speaker B:Make the Bible look like the bookshelf with the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Speaker B:Now, I. I know I just dated myself right there because most.
Speaker B:There's a lot of people listening to me right now.
Speaker B:They never seen a bookshelf of encyclopedias.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Look it up, Go down the library, ask them to show you the Encyclopedia Britannicas, and they'll show you a bookshelf.
Speaker B:Just flip little.
Speaker B:But the point I'm trying to make is this.
Speaker B:According to what we just read the words that Jesus spoke, that's all the authority.
Speaker B:That's all we need.
Speaker B:And they are what the words in red.
Speaker B:Period.
Speaker B:That's it.
Speaker B:Now I'm going to.
Speaker B:Gonna go here and step on some more toes right now.
Speaker B:You want to believe Paul's words carry authority.
Speaker B:I mean, I hear people, especially pastors and ministers, quoting the Apostle Paul all the time.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:I do it too.
Speaker B:All right, Amen.
Speaker B:But, okay, let me tell you what Paul has to say, but what I just talked about, okay?
Speaker B:You lift up the Apostle Paul as this authority, this biblical authority he is, okay?
Speaker B:Remember what we talked about.
Speaker B:He's just confirming what Jesus taught.
Speaker B:But you want to lift up Paul.
Speaker B:Let me tell you what Paul had to say.
Speaker B:Are you ready?
Speaker B:Oh, yes, sir.
Speaker B:I know, I know, I know.
Speaker B:This is gonna make somebody mad right?
Speaker B:Now turn over to Galatians chapter 2, verse 20.
Speaker B:Galatians, chapter 2, verse 20.
Speaker B:Paul here testifies, I am crucified with Christ.
Speaker B:In other words, as part of the redemptive process, Jesus was crucified for our sins.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Keep on reading.
Speaker B:Now, I was crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live.
Speaker B:My sinful man died with Christ when I accepted him as my Savior.
Speaker B:And now my spirit man has instantly been reborn and still living in this flesh and blood body.
Speaker B:That's what he's saying here.
Speaker B:Yet he says, yet it's not I, not the old sinful spirit man that I was, but it's Christ in me.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:That's what Paul says.
Speaker B:Now, let me stop right there and give you the Definition of what Christ means.
Speaker B:It's not Jesus last name.
Speaker B:Oh, Lord, I can't believe I'm.
Speaker B:Can't believe I'm getting ready to do this again.
Speaker B:Yes, Holy Spirit, I'll do it.
Speaker B:I'll tell them your hero Paul also rebuked you in that writing I just read.
Speaker B:And that that's the basis for I'm sharing right now.
Speaker B:All right, now listen to me.
Speaker B:Turn.
Speaker B:Okay, turn over.
Speaker B:First Corinthians, chapter three.
Speaker B:Praise the Lord.
Speaker B:First Corinthians, chapter three.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And we'll read verses one through four.
Speaker B:And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto the carnal, even as unto babies in Christ.
Speaker B:I fed you with milk, not with meat.
Speaker B:For up to now you were not able to bear it neither.
Speaker B:Yet you're now able, for ye are yet carnal, whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions.
Speaker B:Are ye not carnal, walking as men?
Speaker B:For while one says, I am of Paul, another I am of Apollos, are you not yet carnal?
Speaker B:Who is Paul?
Speaker B:Who's Apollos, but ministers by whom you believe, even as the Lord gave to every man.
Speaker B:Now, Paul, your beloved apostle, Paul, the one you put all your trust in, he has this to say about you.
Speaker B:Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit, but as people who are still worldly, mere infants in Christ, I gave you milk, not solid food, because you're not ready for solid food yet.
Speaker B:Indeed, you're still not ready for solid food yet.
Speaker B:Now, why would Paul say that?
Speaker B:Well, keep on reading for the answer to that question.
Speaker B:He says, because you're still worldly.
Speaker B:For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly?
Speaker B:Are you not acting like mere human beings?
Speaker B:For when one says, I follow Paul and another, I follow Apollos, are you not mere human beings?
Speaker B:We could say you say we are Baptists.
Speaker B:Another says we're Catholic, another says we're Pentecostal, another were Methodist, another one, well, we're non denominational.
Speaker B:And another you pick, praise Jesus for bringing all that out today.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Thank you, Jesus.
Speaker B:Yes, sir.
Speaker B:Yes, sir.
Speaker B:I'll tell them this scripture was just dropped in my mind too.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Hebrews, chapter 5, verse 12 to 14.
Speaker B:I'm speaking somebody out there right now.
Speaker B:Matter of fact, let's turn over there.
Speaker B:Hebrews, chapter five.
Speaker B:Oh, this is gonna sting.
Speaker B:This is gonna sting.
Speaker B:It's gonna be good.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:This one's gonna bust your spiritual bubble wide open.
Speaker B:Are you?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:By this time you ought to Be teachers.
Speaker B:You need somebody to teach you.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:You again.
Speaker B:Praise you, Holy Spirit.
Speaker B:He jumped all up and down on your feelings right there.
Speaker B:I know those of you who lift up Paul to be somebody special.
Speaker B:Oh man, Lord.
Speaker B:Okay, okay, okay, I'll keep reading.
Speaker B:I'll keep reading.
Speaker B:Yes, sir.
Speaker B:The Lord won't let me go on that topic yet.
Speaker B:So though by this time you ought to be teachers.
Speaker B:You ought to be teachers.
Speaker B:You need somebody to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God.
Speaker B:Now let me stop right there for just a moment.
Speaker B:What does it mean, the oracles of God?
Speaker B:That's just what God said.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Hold that thought and keep reading.
Speaker B:Remember, this is your beloved Apostle Paul speaking to you right now.
Speaker B:He says you ain't ready for the real meat of the word.
Speaker B:You need milk, not solid food.
Speaker B:Because everyone who lives on milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness.
Speaker B:What's the word of righteousness mean?
Speaker B:Salvation in Jesus alone.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Why?
Speaker B:Because he is.
Speaker B:Or in other words, as we're reading here, you are a child still.
Speaker B:But solid foods only for the mature.
Speaker B:For those who have the powers of discernment, trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Speaker B:Now don't shoot the messenger there.
Speaker B:That's what your beloved Apostle Paul has to say about it.
Speaker B:About you who are putting your trust, your devotions, your teachings, your denominational qualifications.
Speaker B:All on what the Apostle Paul taught, not on what Jesus taught.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Don't shout me down.
Speaker B:I'm preaching.
Speaker B:Good.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:That didn't come from me, that came from the Holy Spirit.
Speaker B:If.
Speaker B:If you didn't shout Amen right there, you missed a good spot to give praise to God.
Speaker B:Let me just leave it at that.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:What was he trying to say here?
Speaker B:Okay, let's go back to the Apostle John.
Speaker B:Let's turn over to John.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:I know we're in deep in the Bible today.
Speaker B:What's John again?
Speaker B:An eyewitness.
Speaker B:John, chapter 14, beginning in verse 26.
Speaker B:All right, now remember, this is 26.
Speaker B:This is what your beloved apostle Paul and John now has to say.
Speaker B:But the comforter.
Speaker B:Right, the comforter.
Speaker B:Remember the Apostle Paul just said.
Speaker B:Yes, sir, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God, which we said were what the things Jesus taught.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Am I right?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Yep.
Speaker B:Brother Bob.
Speaker B:You're all over this.
Speaker B:Brother Bob.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Alright, so what did Jesus teach them?
Speaker B:John, chapter 14, verse 26.
Speaker B:But the comforter, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom The Father will send in my name.
Speaker B:He will teach you all things and bring to remembrance all I have said to you.
Speaker B:That's what he just did right there.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So the focus here is on what?
Speaker B:What did Jesus teach?
Speaker B:What did Jesus say?
Speaker B:If we're focusing on what Jesus taught, he didn't use blackboards.
Speaker B:He didn't have iPads or PowerPoint presentations.
Speaker B:He used words, the spoken word.
Speaker B:In other words, Paul.
Speaker B:Paul.
Speaker B:Your Paul.
Speaker B:The Paul.
Speaker B:You have put all of your trust in all these traditions and doctrines and teachings you studied over all those years.
Speaker B:He's referring you back to one thing.
Speaker B:What did Jesus say?
Speaker B:That's what Paul's doing.
Speaker B:He's referring you back to what Jesus said.
Speaker B:Now don't look at me in that tone of voice just because I jumped all up and down on your spiritualized, traditionalized toes.
Speaker B:Again, let's go back and finish what Paul here is saying to you.
Speaker B:Pastor, teacher, theologian, pope, priest, whoever, whoever you are out there.
Speaker B:Hebrew.
Speaker B:Hebrews, chapter 5, verse 12.
Speaker B:Again.
Speaker B:Go back over to Hebrews.
Speaker B:You do have your Bible.
Speaker B:I told you bring your Bible today, didn't I?
Speaker B:Hebrews, chapter 12.
Speaker B:We'll look at verses.
Speaker B:I'm sorry.
Speaker B:Hebrews, chapter 5, verses 12 to 14.
Speaker B:Remember, this is your beloved apostle Paul coming down on your toes now.
Speaker B:Says, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God.
Speaker B:Let me stop right there for a moment.
Speaker B:What's the oracles of God?
Speaker B:What God said?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:He says you need milk, not solid food.
Speaker B:For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness.
Speaker B:Well, what's the words of righteousness?
Speaker B:Salvation and Jesus alone.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Why?
Speaker B:Because Paul refers to you as a child.
Speaker B:Then Paul says, but solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment.
Speaker B:Trained by what?
Speaker B:Constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Speaker B:Now let me stop right there for a second.
Speaker B:Again.
Speaker B:Glory to God.
Speaker B:I had no idea I'd be diving deep on this topic.
Speaker B:Praise God to Jesus.
Speaker B:Give all praise to Jesus.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Matthew, chapter seven.
Speaker B:Let's turn over the book of Matthew.
Speaker B:Praise the Lord.
Speaker B:Told you need your Bible today.
Speaker B:Matthew, chapter seven.
Speaker B:I didn't know we'd be going this deep into the Bible today.
Speaker B:But that's why I carry it with me.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Chapter seven, Matthew, chapter seven, verses 21 to 23.
Speaker B:Not everyone who says to me, lord, Lord will enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Speaker B:Now, Jesus giving a dire warning here.
Speaker B:Remember it's it's in red.
Speaker B:Which means what is Jesus speaking here?
Speaker B:All right, I think we can take what he says as final authority on what did Jesus say?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Can we at least agree on that?
Speaker B:You may disagree with me on all that stuff I talk about your apostle Paul, but can we at least agree that if Jesus said it, you need to believe it?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Help me, Lord.
Speaker B:Help me here, Jesus.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Jesus is speaking here and he says not everybody who says to me, lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Speaker B:Only the one who does the will of my Father who's in heaven, only they will enter into heaven.
Speaker B:On that day, many are going to say to me, lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name and cast out demons, do many mighty works in your name, and I'll declare to them I never knew you think about that for a minute.
Speaker B:What does it take to get into the kingdom of God?
Speaker B:What does it take to get into heaven?
Speaker B:Oh, just believing in the name of Jesus.
Speaker B:He died for our sins.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand that.
Speaker B:But let's look at the authority on this matter.
Speaker B:The words of Jesus, they're in red.
Speaker B:And let's only use what eyewitnesses have provided their testimony about what Jesus specifically said.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Go back to John 14:6.
Speaker B:Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Speaker B:Nobody comes to the Father but through me.
Speaker B:John, chapter 5, verse 40.
Speaker B:Yet you refuse to come to me so that you may have life.
Speaker B:John, chapter 3, verse 36.
Speaker B:Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.
Speaker B:Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God will remain on him.
Speaker B:John, chapter 5, verse 24.
Speaker B:Truly, truly, I say to you.
Speaker B:Whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life.
Speaker B:He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Speaker B:John, chapter 15, verse 4.
Speaker B:Abide in me, and I in you.
Speaker B:The branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides as part of the vine.
Speaker B:Neither can you unless you abide in me.
Speaker B:John, chapter 8, verse 12.
Speaker B:Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world.
Speaker B:Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have everlasting life, folks.
Speaker B:That's what eyewitnessed John, the disciple of Jesus, his beloved.
Speaker B:That's what Jesus said.
Speaker B:That's what Jesus said.
Speaker B:Keep up with me.
Speaker B:Now turn back to Matthew.
Speaker B:Oh, I'm giving.
Speaker B:I'm.
Speaker B:I'm.
Speaker B:If this is the military and we were in a firefight, I'm unloading everything I got on you right now.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Matthew 14.
Speaker B:That's where I was.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Matthew.
Speaker B:Chapter 14.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Verse 3.
Speaker B:14.
Speaker B:3.
Speaker B:For Herod laid hold on John.
Speaker B:Bottom Prison.
Speaker B:Oh, I'm sorry.
Speaker B:I got the wrong scripture here.
Speaker B:Let's see.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Anyway.
Speaker B:I'll read what I got.
Speaker B:And he opened his mouth.
Speaker B:Taught them Saying Jesus opened his mouth and has taught them.
Speaker B:Here.
Speaker B:Notice this.
Speaker B:Over and over.
Speaker B:He's always Jesus.
Speaker B:Always teaching.
Speaker B:How's he teaching?
Speaker B:How did Jesus teach anybody who said he didn't have PowerPoints and loudspeakers?
Speaker B:He's speaking words to them.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:What did I just do?
Speaker B:I shared with you what your beloved Paul said.
Speaker B:I can't make it any plainer than that.
Speaker B:I don't know where you're getting your misinformation from.
Speaker B:Well, yes I do.
Speaker B:From those theologians who are so well trained and misinterpreting simple words by using their big words.
Speaker B:So all it does is confuse everyone who you know so that the only thing they do is just trust this.
Speaker B:What he's saying is true.
Speaker B:You know, make them.
Speaker B:They want to make themselves seem smarter than you are.
Speaker B:What do we call that on a base level?
Speaker B:What do we call that?
Speaker B:Lying?
Speaker B:Who would he call people who lie to us?
Speaker B:Liars?
Speaker B:Ouch.
Speaker B:That stomp hurt somebody's feelings right there.
Speaker B:I know it did.
Speaker B:I know it did.
Speaker B:Wasn't me speaking.
Speaker B:That was the Holy Spirit speaking through me.
Speaker B:And what?
Speaker B:Using the words of Jesus.
Speaker B:The words Jesus said to do the conviction.
Speaker B:Not Pastor Bob.
Speaker B:You're under conviction there.
Speaker B:Don't blame Pastor Bob.
Speaker B:That's what the Pharisees and Sadducees used to try and do with Jesus too.
Speaker B:Wasn't it?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:But he put them in their place every single time they tried.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Let's go back.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Let's go back and finish what Paul's saying to us.
Speaker B:I forgot where I left off.
Speaker B:Hebrews chapter five.
Speaker B:I think I told you Matthew.
Speaker B:And I think it was Hebrews.
Speaker B:Chapter 5 is what I wanted to do.
Speaker B:Verse 12 to 14.
Speaker B:Though by this time you ought to be teachers.
Speaker B:You need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God.
Speaker B:Oh, that's.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:The oracles of God.
Speaker B:What's that?
Speaker B:What God said.
Speaker B:He said Paul says.
Speaker B:Your beloved Paul here says you need milk.
Speaker B:Not solid food.
Speaker B:Everyone who lives on milk is still unskillful in the word of righteousness.
Speaker B:What's the word of righteousness?
Speaker B:Salvation in Jesus alone.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Why?
Speaker B:Because Paul is referring to you as a child.
Speaker B:Then Paul says, solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment, trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Speaker B:So again, we are talking about knowing the difference between good and evil.
Speaker B:That takes us back to the book of Genesis, right?
Speaker B:That's been the battle all along, isn't it?
Speaker B:So let's continue talking now.
Speaker B:This few minutes we have left about Jesus is teaching.
Speaker B:I'm building on his solid foundation.
Speaker B:I mean, that's.
Speaker B:That's what got me started.
Speaker B:Yes, sir.
Speaker B:Thank you, Jesus.
Speaker B:That's what got us started down this path.
Speaker B:Jesus concluded his analogy of the wise and foolish builders.
Speaker B:Remember, that's what we're talking about before we went down that little rabbit hole there.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But Jesus provided us a warning that we need to build our spiritual houses, our spiritual foundation, on solid ground.
Speaker B:His word, the rock.
Speaker B:And he did this with a strong, strong warning of storms are coming, boys.
Speaker B:Every believer is going to face trials and challenges and moments of testing.
Speaker B:The only way to withstand these storms and have a firm foundation is trusting in what Jesus said.
Speaker B:If our beliefs are rooted in anything else, then we're building on the sand.
Speaker B:Any other person's teachings, we're building on the sand.
Speaker B:If you're taking what brother Bob says here and says, well, that's his interpretation.
Speaker B:Your house is built on sand.
Speaker B:I'm pointing you to the red words in the Bible.
Speaker B:Those are what Jesus said.
Speaker B:He's the rock.
Speaker B:Take what he said.
Speaker B:Anybody else who points you in any other direction wants your house to collapse like a house of cards.
Speaker B:So the question put before us today is a simple one.
Speaker B:Are we building our lives on the solid rock of Jesus's words or on the shifting sands of some human being's interpretation?
Speaker B:If we stand on what Jesus said, we will never fall.
Speaker B:Never, ever, ever, ever.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So what do we need to do?
Speaker B:We need to study the words of Jesus.
Speaker B:That's the bottom line here.
Speaker B:Jesus made it clear his words were not his own words, but the words he spoke were given to him directly from the Father.
Speaker B:Again, you go read it.
Speaker B: John: Speaker B:I know his command leads to eternal life.
Speaker B:So whatever I say is just what the Father's told me to say.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That means every word Jesus spoke carries divine authority.
Speaker B:He was not simply another religious teacher or a prophet or a good man.
Speaker B:He was, is the very voice of God in human form.
Speaker B:His teachings were not optional suggestions for life or philosophical ideas.
Speaker B:They were and still are the 100% absolute truth.
Speaker B:If Jesus said it, we must.
Speaker B:It's not an option.
Speaker B:We must believe it.
Speaker B:We must not an option follow it.
Speaker B:We must not an option build our lives on that foundation.
Speaker B:Get somebody.
Speaker B:Shout Amen.
Speaker B:Somebody somewhere.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Many people today base their faith in Jesus simply trusting on traditions that they have followed for whatever reason, or the writings of the apostles like Paul.
Speaker B:And then they built their traditions and their doctrines about what Paul or the Pope or what Martin Luther or whoever said without first aligning them with Jesus.
Speaker B:Words, folks.
Speaker B:Without just total trust and confidence that you can find all the answers of life's problems.
Speaker B:If you don't just trust that you can go to the words of Jesus and find the answer to everything that's plaguing you, you need to learn how to do that.
Speaker B:I can't say it any simpler than that.
Speaker B:You just need to go back and say, what did Jesus say about this situation?
Speaker B:However, as we studied, Hebrews 2, 3, probably written by Paul reminds us salvation was first spoken by the Lord and then confirmed by those who heard him.
Speaker B:What does that mean?
Speaker B:It was based on answering the question, what did Jesus say?
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Paul himself consistently pointed people back to what Jesus said, reinforcing what Christ had already taught and established.
Speaker B:When there was any dispute about doctrine, Christian living faith, or anything else, the very first question we should always ask is what?
Speaker B:What did Jesus say?
Speaker B:Jesus himself warned that those who rejected his words will be judged by those words in the last day.
Speaker B: John: Speaker B:Folks, that's serious stuff.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That means that ignoring or misinterpreting what Jesus said comes with some serious eternal consequences.
Speaker B:If our beliefs are are rooted in not what Jesus taught, but what in others taught, then we're building the foundation on our eternal salvation.
Speaker B:On very shaky ground again.
Speaker B:Matthew 7:24 27 reminds us that only those who what hear his words, not the words of others, and put those words into practice only they will stand firm when the storms of life come.
Speaker B:That's why studying the words of Jesus is essential.
Speaker B:This is why we're going through this Bible study right now.
Speaker B:The words of Jesus are the foundation of faith, the key to spiritual growth and the roadmap to eternal life.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:You have to read what Jesus said.
Speaker B:You have to meditate and pray on it.
Speaker B:You must apply them to your daily life.
Speaker B:Only the words of Jesus and His words alone can be the standard of truth.
Speaker B:Nothing else can override or contradict them ever.
Speaker B:If we are to be true disciples of Christ, we have to return to the source.
Speaker B:Not opinions, not traditions, but the very words of Jesus himself to lead, guide, and direct our steps every day moving forward.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:I pray you got a lot out of this today.
Speaker B:I know I did.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:I'm.
Speaker B:I'm going to do something that I normally don't do.
Speaker B:I'm going to ask you to participate with me in getting this message out to the world.
Speaker B:I'm going to put a link, a very special link down in the show.
Speaker B:Notes or commentary.
Speaker B:However you're viewing this right now, it'll take you to a website that will explain a very, very, very important project that Pastor Bob is a part of and is supporting and how you can be blessed by sowing a very special offering.
Speaker B:The website is Divine Publication World.
Speaker B:Divine publications dot World.
Speaker B:Making sure it's dot WORLD not dot com Divine Publications dot World.
Speaker B:I'll put the link in the comments section down below.
Speaker B:Check it out.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:I'm not going to take.
Speaker B:Take the time to explain it here because we're all out of time.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But the URL will be down below.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So if something we talked about today has resonated with you, I want to pray with you right now.
Speaker B:If you want to receive Jesus as your Savior, I want to.
Speaker B:I want to pray with you right now.
Speaker B:Just bow your head and pray this out loud.
Speaker B:Loud enough for your own two ears to hear.
Speaker B:Lord Jesus.
Speaker B:I don't know what it was today, Lord, but your spirit's tugging on my heart right now.
Speaker B:So I want to repent of my sins and plead your blood over my life.
Speaker B:Come into my heart.
Speaker B:Created me this new man, one that loves God, one that loves you and Lord Jesus, I thank you that I can now say I am saved.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:You believe that?
Speaker B:Email me@brotherbobstfm.org till next time, Pastor Bob, rewriting you to be blessed in all that you do.
Speaker A:You have just heard a message of encouragement from anointed pastor and teacher Robert Thibodeau with Freedom Through Faith Ministries in Baltimore, Maryland.
Speaker A:For more information on the Freedom Through Faith Ministries ministries, or to invite Pastor Thibodeau to your church, please Visit our website, www.ftfm.org.
Speaker A:that's FTFM for Freedom Through Faith Ministries.
Speaker A:Again, that's ftfm.org until next time.
Speaker A:When we gather together around the Word of God.
Speaker A:Be blessed and remember, we serve an awesome God.
