Action Not Words

1 Samuel 2:23-25 (KJV)

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

1 Samuel 3:13 (KJV)

13For I have told him that (I will judge his house for ever) for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

Verbal Disapproval is Weak…

*Without Consequences…

Verbal Correction Needs

Physical Enforcement…

Words and Fireside Chats Will Not Always Be Enough…

Restrain- Means (You) as the parent are Responsible for your Children’s behavior!

Better to Train and Demand Obedience While they’re young and not wait until they’re Teenagers….

Proverbs 29:15 (KJV)

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Don’t Say “No” if You’re Not Going to Enforce It!

Your Family Dynamics and Culture-

Do Not Override “Scripture”

You Could Very Well Be the Master of Your Family’s Destruction…

ACTION NOT WORDS

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Things May Not Be As They Seem

Mark 16:12 (KJV)

After that he appeared in (another form) unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

Another Form…

The Disguise was used to hear their true thoughts…

*Often true as not, we adjust in the presence of those we esteem greatly!

This lesson wasn’t as much for Jesus’s (need to know) as it is for (their) and (our) admonition to learn…

Often Strong Emotional Feelings, Resulting from Extreme Crisis have a Tendency to “Blind”

Our Eyes to See Clearly…

⁃ When Our Trial Darkens the Day…

⁃ When the Pain Blinds and or Blurs Our Vision…

Look “Carefully Around” You

It Could Be That the Lord

Has Arrived (in another form) and is Even Now Speaking…

These two men later recounted the event and said,

“Did not our hearts burn within us as He spoke”

Things Are Not Always As They Seem…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Blinded by Familiarity

Mark 15:39 (KJV)

And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

The Danger of Familiarity-

⁃ The Loud Chime of the clock

⁃ Living near train tracks

⁃ Hearing Constant Warnings

⁃ Your Pastor’s Voice

One Day-

You No Longer Notice the Time.

One Day-

You No Longer Hear the Horn and Rumbling Walking on Train Tracks.

One Day-

The Warning is Not a Drill

One Day-

The Message Was For You and You Weren’t Listening

Israel Had Had Thousands of Years of -

⁃ Prophets

⁃ Messengers

⁃ Kings

⁃ Preachers

And Yet At Calvary-

It Was a Pagan Gentile Soldier Who Saw Truth!

“Truly this man was the son of God”

And Not the Very People

Who Were (Familiar)…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Headhunters

Psalms 53:2 (KJV)

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

A Headhunter-

Is a recruitment professional who specializes in finding qualified candidates for open positions within an organization.

God is Looking for Qualified People That Are Seeking a Better Position!

As Ardent Soul Winners…

We looking for people who are seeking for a better position in life…

And God is Looking Down from Heaven to See if Anyone is Seeking Him!

He Will Find Who It Is

That Seeks Him…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

A Greater Currency

Proverbs 11:4 (KJV)

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

(Currency)-

the monetary substance used for payment in exchange for goods and or services.

Yet the accumulation of (Riches) Becomes Worthless in the Presence of a Wrathful God…

Whereas “Righteousness”

Is the Currency That Delivers You From Wrath and Death…

Better to be Poor and Righteous than Just Rich When Facing a Wrathful God!

Better Hope That You Have Right Kind of Currency When Facing God!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Become Peacemakers

James 3:18 (KJV)

And (the fruit) of righteousness is sown in peace of them that (make peace.)

Apparently Beyond “What you sow, ye shall reap”

What We Sow is Indicative and Influential in All We Do…

Moreover the (fruit) or Benefits of Righteousness

Is Automatically Inserted

Whenever We Make Peace!

While I’m Making Peace

Not Battlefields…

I Am Reaping Unbelievable Benefits of Righteousness!

It Is No Wonder That the Lord Said That These “Peacemakers”

Shall Be Called the Children of God!!!

So I Wonder?

“If”… You’re Not a Child of God, Who’s Child Are You?

Become a Peace Maker Today!

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

A Word to the Wise

Psalms 33:11 (KJV)

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

• Much Counsel is Situational

• Much Counsel is Time Sensitive

• Much Counsel is Generational

• Much Counsel is Temporary

Whereas God’s Counsel-

“Stands Forever”

Superseding “All” Generations for “All” Time!

The Wisdom of Men and Women Have Limits and “Expiration Dates”

The Beauty of God’s Wisdom/Counsel and Thoughts, is That It’s-

• Always Current

• Always Relevant

• Always Right

A Word of the Wise from God is Greater Than

(All the wisdom of men put together)…

Instead of Google or AI

Try “Prayer” to God…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11