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THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS Ron Harding THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS I'm not sure if ALL of realize that these meetings are discipline times. I'm teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training reach of you in righteousness so that you are thoroughly equipped for every good work. In 6 years of ministry Tracy and I have proven to be capable of building vibrant churches from literally nothing. I'm not just talking about baptizing some people. I'm talking about making SoldOut, committed disciples, totally unified with our movement in mind & spirit. Humble people, able to be corrected and molded. Taking old crusty, lukewarm Christians who’ve been asleep in the church for years and raising them from the dead & helping them finally reach their potential I'm talking about adding to our numbers while raising up other leaders to sustain the growth. Producing this forceful advancement takes being consistent in DTimes, focusing on sodium topics in DTimes, and EXPECTING AND BELIEVING that alk disciples are good hearted disciples Eli change of err just keep preaching God's Word with the fruits of the spirit. Some of you lethally ignore these badic church building principles in your DTimes and in your lessons so you fail to unify your ministries on them and you try to build on what you already know si you don't have to do what it takes to imitate and grow spiritually. Then when things get tough you prove unfaithful being a hired hand Who runs when the wolf attacks your flock. Paul wanted to know Christ & the POWER of his resurrection. - PHILIPPIANS 3:7-16 The challenge Paul was talking about here is the Power to see horrible things and to still have the Heart of God, who forgets the sins of men To know Christ and the Power of his resurrection is to forget the sins of men, to forget the hurts and pains of hardship, and to press on towards the goal because Jesus died for you In order to do this we must have the Heart and Focus of God It’s time for many of you to see the reality of what you are building, get really humble, stop Doing your own thing, get some DEEP CONVICTIONS about these BASICS that I'm having you, and really study these lessons and make them an INTEGRAL part of your DTimes and your focus Page 1 of 5 THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS You Ron Harding are either consistently fruitful and Humble or you have Idols Idols ALWAYS get smashed Either your smash them or God Smashes them But when God smashes, it’s not like the Hulk o Slow, painful o Something you will never forget Exodus 20:3-6 1. "You shall have no other gods before me.” 2. "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand [ generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments. 1 John 5:21 “Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” 1. YOU MAKE YOUR IDOLS EXODUS 20:4 Idols are literally made up of the fear of God, removed from your heart They Make up for where your relationship with God lacks Your Fear of not having it replaces your fear of the Lord o Since you don’t fear God you easily let go of the Fruits of the Spirit when you don’t get what you want Here’s the scariest thing, when you lose the Fear of the Lord you also lose something that is precious – something that has massive impact in every area of your life-wisdom You Make Your Idols 2. YOU BOW DOWN TO YOUR IDOLS EXODUS 20:5 When you studied the Bible you studied Galatians o Any thing, any person, any dream that comes BEFORE God Doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing What happens when you put it before God? You put it BEFORE the Fruits of the spirit You are willing to let God of God and His o Doesn’t necessarily have to Page 2 of 5 THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS Ron Harding o Nobody in here pulls out our stone statue, bows down to it, shove it back under the bed and go off to work o But, we have idols in our life that are just as real that we bown down to o We even put our dreams, sometimes our dreams We bow down to school…our family…our spouse…our jobs…to ourselves...our friendships…our desire to date…our dreams Stop Bowing Down to Your Idols 3. YOUR IDOLS MASTER YOU 2 PETER 2:19 A slave does what it master tells it to do When you have an idol you are literally prostitute yourself to something Satan has commanded you to Give your whole heart to When you obey your idol instead of God with any regularity it’s mastered you STORY: I can be guilty this: What I want from my wife is so important to me that I pull out my idol of an intimate, affectionate, passionate marriage and bow down to it by getting angry that I don’t get it o I often wonder if this is the Thorn in my flesh 2 PETER 2:19 Here’s why Satan wants to master you with Idols Idols master you by stealing your heart from the Lord o Once he’s got your heart, He says, “Servant!, yess massa” o Stop reading your Bible, Obeying it hasn’t worked for your yet, Yes, massa o That blessing from the Lord isn’t what you asked him for, Stop being grateful, OK Massa o God is never going to answer you. Stop praying, yes massa o Patience isn’t going to work, tell him what you really think. o There’s no reason to be joyful, this world is a horrible place o That’s not love, even though it’s what Jesus did o With all that sin, she doesn’t deserve kindness o Don’t get your strength from God’s word, get it from your success and getting what you want It’s exhausting manufacturing the Fruits of YOUR IDOL’S Spirit If you don’t stay on top of this in Discipling times, the church will become a church of broken dreams o Every Dream of an idol get’s smashed and broken Idols Master You 4. HAVING AN IDOL IS HATRED TOWARDS GOD EXODUS 20:5 It’s actually friendship and love for something that is of the world Page 3 of 5 THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS Ron Harding Stop Hating God and Repent from Your Idolatry 5. YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR IDOLS EXODUS 20:5 Starting the Teen Ministry has shown me what your idols are and let me tell you, they are paying the price and they are paying it severely They are paying the price for your broken dreams, broken relationships, for all of your grumbling and complaining How do they pay the price, they run from the Kingdom instead of running to it. o They run to their boyfriends/girlfriend o Run to anything to get away from you and the church o Running right into sins that can destroy their lives forever Most of you are so arrogant that you virtually NEVER apologize Tuesday we talked about Apologies - Teens: o They get ignored o Mistreated o They get Discipleship forced on them o Often not greeted o Rarely get apologies Our Children are paying the price for our idolatry. Let’s wake up and save ourselves so that we can have some hope of saving them 6. IDOLS MAKE YOU FIGHT JAMES 4:1-4 Fight with each other and Fight with God Who have you been fighting with? What is it you want? Can’t you see why God won’t give it to you? Stop Fighting the Wrong Fight and Start Fighting the Right One 7. SMASHING YOUR IDOLS IS DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD 1 KINGS 15:11, 2 KINGS 23:8-16 Asa Did what was right, but failed to continue to obey, so Got killed him with an infection in the foot An eight yr Old King o Never was there a King like Josiah o Stop focusing on the idol and focus on what is missing o Discipling o Idols literally make us stupid and steal everything good from us o Help them not be stupid o Help them get it from God Page 4 of 5 THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS Ron Harding Stop making Idols, start Bowing to the scriptures and the Lord again, Remember Idols Master you and Control your spirit, They are Hatred Toward God, Our Children, their children, and their grandchildren pay the price long after our idols are gone, they make you fight. Remember Either you are going to smash the idol or God is going to Smash it. Let’s smash our idols, destroy our High places and do what is right in the Eyes of the Lord so God can save our children and take our church to the next level! Page 5 of 5