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You know, if you look through a lot of the New Testament, Epistles, you know, where the books are there?

Realize that, you know, they were written a lot of the time to very specific situations that were going on.

And that's why they started to write to those different groups of people.

You know, we also see the same thing in the Book of Revelation where we see the seven churches, you know, he was writing specifically to needs of those churches.

What God wanted those churches to hear.

And, you know, really that's what pastors try to do, too.

We try to come and speak and give a message of what we feel.

God is leading us to share with you and, you know, it's always my intention to try to share a message.

That's based on God's word is inspired by the Holy Spirit to feed you.

Some lean spiritual meat at the time.

You need it.

So that God can continue to lead you in the direction, he's going to and, you know, that's why I feel that part of filling my calling as a pastor in my role, as a Shepherd is that, you know, we have to address.

The current spiritual condition that we see in our nation, in our world, in our community, and even in our own church in as individuals.

And you know, we even see the same thing throughout the Old Testament where the prophets were speaking to particular situations that were going on within the nation of Israel.

You know, it wasn't like, you know the prophets just woke up one day and said, you know what I think today.

I'm going to write a book of Prophecy.

That's just not how it happened.

You know, they were led by God to write these things because God was trying to address particular situations, you know, they aimed their arrows at a very specific Target.

They weren't just shooting hoping that they would hit something somewhere something.

He was leading them to talk to these people about and you know, when God is speaking to a particular situation, you can always be sure that the holy spirit is going to be present and active working in the hearts and minds of men and women helping them to see what God is trying to show them.

You're one of.

The greatest examples I think, is he know, when King David, send the Nathan Prophet, Nathan came to him, and he told him a little Parable, a little story about, you know, kind of a hypothetical situation.

See what David's reaction would be to end when David reacted and passed his judgment on this sinful, man for what he had done.

Nathan looked at him pointed his finger at him and said you are that man.

Can we find that and 2nd Samuel 12:7?

And I always think, you know.

What was David's reaction there?

I don't think you could accurately record it by writing it down, probably what his reaction was when he realized that this horrible situation that the prophet Nathan had been describing to him.

Was exactly what he had done.

You know, you'd like to think that immediately he threw off his crown and his robe and drop to his knees and repented.

And he did do that.

It was shocked over.

How did you know that?

But, you know, this, I thought about that, and thought about that situation, you know.

I wonder how often do we see?

People doing particular things in their life that we know, they shouldn't be doing things that we call sin and we look at them and we think how can they do that?

Someone should really tell them that.

That's not right.

The problem is, we all know that we do the exact same thing.

How many times do we like King David in that situation pass quick judgment on them thinking all?

That's horrible.

We should do something about it.

Not admitting that we are guilty of the same thing ourselves.

Cuz, you know, it's when these prophets are different, people that God called out or talking to these specific situations that we see it happen of the sheep being separated from the goats.

You know, those who are actually trying to listen to God's voice and live the way God is calling them are separated from those who are simply ignoring God.

So, you know us the title.

There is the voice of God speaking.

I don't think the main question is is this the voice of God speaking when we hear things like that?

I think the real question is, how many of us are willing to hear the voice of God? Do we really want to hear what he has to say? Are we really open to God leading us?

And maybe even telling us that we're heading down the wrong path.

You know, Jesus said in Matthew chapter 23, verse 34.

And then I'll jump the 37 and 38.

He said, therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers.

Some of them you will kill and crucify others.

You will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

And jumping to verse 37, it says Jerusalem Jerusalem.

You who killed the prophets and Stone.

Those sent to you how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers, her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Look, your house is left, you desolate.

It doesn't sound to me.

Like, those people were too willing to actually hear the voice of God where they

They fall more in line with the groups of people who want to hear the things that tickle their ears and satisfy, what they want to hear.

But the thing we see is we see this pattern repeated over and over again throughout scripture.

We need to realize that the holy spirit will not come and reform carnal.

Stubborn people who refuse refuse to obey God.

He's not going to.

And as we look at the things going on in our world and our nation and likes it, even our own Community, we know that we need sweeping Reformation.

We know that that's what needs to happen.

That's what's needed to happen for a long, long time.

And every day just proves that point more.

Let me give you a definition as it's given in a religious dictionary about reformation.

It says change by removal of false or abuse has and a restoration to a former good state.

You don't think that's a definition.

Too many people would argue with it enough to reform.

Something.

You're trying to get rid of the bad and return, it back to its better state.

You know, really the whole Redemption story is about God, trying to restore Fallen Humanity.

That's the whole idea.

And that's the whole idea of scripture.

And what's the story being told there?

But, you know, the problem with that definition is that first word?

Change.

You know, it's the whole idea of change that really disturbs people.

I think that's because all too often.

We as people we become used to the status quo of, you know, and we almost get to a point where both of the way things are there.

The way things have always been and it's like, we almost think those are the very word of God just because as well, that's what we've always done.

That's how it's always been.

In other words, he know, we don't get to the point where we look at things that are going on even within the bigger church and we don't ask, you know, God is this of you?

Where do we find the sin scripture?

Where do we see God teaching at that?

This is how we're supposed to do it.

Where is this in the Bible?

No, unfortunately, we think because this is what's being done.

It's what has been done.

It's what everyone's doing.

So that makes it right.

that makes it okay, that, you know, we should be okay because, well, if everyone's doing it, surely not everyone's wrong, so, Whatever the majority thinks is, right.

But then, the problem is, we get farther and farther down that road.

And then all at, once we find ourselves in a religious situation that we realize isn't of God.

We realize that we've allowed ourselves to be led into a place that isn't where God wants us to be that.