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Flush It
Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Jan 5, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: We all need to remove things from our lives. Events, people and things that hinder us from living an abundant life.
🚽 🚽 FLUSH IT 🚽🚽
Pastor Timothy Porter
Text : Acts 20:7-12
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🟦One night, a small, ineffective church caught on fire and burned to the ground.
Several from the community, as well as the church, had gathered to fight the blaze, but to no avail!
It was a total loss.
Looking around at the people gathered there, one church member saw a local man who had always been opposed to the work of the church and who refused to attend church.
The church member said to him, “Well, I never saw you come near this church before.”
“No,” said the man, “but then, I have never seen this church on fire 🔥 either 🟦
💢We met last Sunday night right here for the sole purpose of seeking the Lord in revival.💢
Only He can sent it, I didn't bring it and I can't preach it up and we can't sing it or work it up!.
We need something today that only God can give us. We need some of the things the early church had that we are missing in our day.
Not only do we need some things we need to get rid of some things!
I want to preach a message today I have titled "FLISH IT"
??STAND ~ READ ~ PRAY??
The main person in this narriatve is A young man named Eutychus.
[If you feel out of a window 3 stories down you'da cuss too...LOL]
??? The context. Paul is in the midst of his second missionary journey in Greece. Stops at a samll town named Troas for a week. He goes to church on Sunday to preach.
Now Notice with me some truths The Holy Spirit reveled to me this week in this passage that I know can help us today.
"EVERYBODY SAY FLUSH IT!"
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When we flush something we are geting rid of waste? Right?
Before I lead us in to a series of messages "I AM A SIMPLE CHURCH MEMBER."
I must teach what a church member is not. That is
a.] A stay at home attender
b.] A closed mouth congerant. {protect the gospel}
c.] Watcher { you are affirm/call out/ hold accountable}
d.] Don't Care Attitude.[Be conserned of the healt/growth/finanices]
e.] Stay alone [God created you to be together/ We are better together}
f.] Act a fool outside this huse
g.] Not to disrespect/ back bite/ starve/ no compassion for you Pastor.
These are a few trhings a church member is not.
Why Church membership.
1] Membership clarifies that Redemption creates distinction.
God stated this in Ex.11 when He sent the plagues on the Egyptians.
In fact Paul, said "Don't be unequally youked." [marriage] Paul first applied it to church membership. Paul said aging in 1Cor. "We are the temple" orginal language
2] God Himself modled membership
Two months aftwer God redeemed His people He counted them
Membership turns the key to the kingdom.
Let me be clear membership will not save you or get you into heaven but it does affirm deny
the gospel proclamation.
Form the very beginning church membership the congeration affirming ones testimony and docrtine of Jesus Christ visibly what Heaven has already seen visibally
The whole idea of church membership is for it to look like Heaven Here. [we are along way from it]
How do we get to being this knid of church member? YOU FLUSH SOME THINGS!
🟣1.} FAKE WORSHIP (John 4:21-24)
Notice there was nothing fake about Eutuchus worship. He was in church at midnight
MIDNIGHT HOUR
John 4:21-24 (NKJV) ?21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
In diffirent translations s is cap in some lower case in others. When you study this out you will fing in is almost near impossible to differinate the two between mans spirit of Gods spirit.
Here is the thing - You can not worship in Spirit without the Holy Spirit being present.
You can not worship in Thruth without the Holy Ghost touching you.
Stop hindering the Holy Ghost of God ! Let Him in this place! raise your hands and open your mouth beg Him to come and sit dowen with us and WORSHIP!
