Not Giving the Enemy the Bullet to Shoot You

Titus 2:7-8 (KJV)

7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; *that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Why Hand the Enemy the Bullets to Shoot You With?

He Has the Gun Pointed at You-

It is Empty Unless-

You Start Handing Him The Bullets…

⁃ A Pattern of Good Works

⁃ In Doctrine Uncorrupt

Thus Showing (Proving) These Actions!

1. Un-corruptness

2. Gravity

3. Sincerity

Often as Not we provide the Enemy with the very Bullet we get shot with…

Because we allow ourselves the liberties of-

⁃ A little corruptness and

⁃ A little foolishness

⁃ A little insincerity as to not embarrass ourselves…

The Enemy Will Be Shamed

When all his bullets are blanks (only noise)

RDF

牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Meek is not Weak

Matthew 5:5 (KJV)

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Meek Is…

⁃ Strength in harness…

⁃ Strength Under Control

Moses is known as the Meekest Man ever but he was far from weak!

He led over a million people from bondage and constantly wrestled with the egos of the ambitious and princes of the tribes…

Be careful that you don’t misinterpret Meek for Weak…

They shall inherit the earth and are Blessed…

Strong Bodies and Weak Character are no Replacement for Meekness…

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Unattended

Proverbs 29:15

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

Discipline Envelopes Both “Correction” and “Direction”

Though This Concept Has Become Deplorable and Distasteful to This Generation, It Is still an Absolute Piece of Wisdom That Only a Few Will Pay Attention To…

The Process is Not to Our Liking but The Results are Glorious…

It Is Easier to Just Set Back and Let The Children Make Their Own Decisions and Observe How They Unfold…

This a recipe for Disaster and Shame!

Correction with Direction are an Unstoppable Duo…

Failing to do so makes you an incompetent parent that only loves themselves and their own comfort…

Regardless of How You May Cocoon Yourself With Modern Intellectualisms and Psycho Babble

You Will Not Only Bring “Shame” to Yourselves But “Disaster” to the Child…

UNATTENDED means No Discipline and Very Little Direction…

RDF

牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

To Purge or Not To Purge?

2 Timothy 2:21

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

⁃ A Wild Fruit Tree Will Produce Fruit

⁃ A Wild Rose Bush Will Produce Roses

*Things Tended Produce More and Better

This a Law of God…

God Put a Man in the Garden of Eden, but a Garden Needed Someone to Tend to It…

Until “Someone” Planted Corn and Tended It, It was Only Available Sporadic and Undependable for Consistent Harvesting to Feed Long Term Through the Winters….

The Spirit of Mammon (the world) Drives Man Back to Inconsistency and Being Wild…

Left Alone, Oh He Will Produce But It Will Be Wild With a Small Return Lacking The Potential Returns That “Could Have Been”

But When We “Purge” and Even Prune Out What is Wasteful?

Wow! What a Difference…

Do Not Set Idly Back By Doing Nothing About “Yourself”

PURGE Out or Clean and Yes Even Prune the Things That Are Not of God, And Become a Vessel of Honor for the Master…

If You Do Nothing…

You Will Be a Fruit Tree Producing Taste-less Wild Fruit or

A Rose Bush Producing Lackluster Roses…

But If You “Do Something” Then There is a Potential for Beauty and (Master Use) for Every Good Work…

RDF

牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

After Better Than Now

Isaiah 57:21

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

There are Pleasures in wickedness

There are Enjoyments in wickedness

There are Satisfactions in wickedness

There are Prizes in wickedness

But All these Benefits are Temporal and only Provide Immediate Sensations… NOW

But the Wicked have No “PEACE…”

Peace is what lasts after the Storm

Peace is the Medicine for the Soul

Peace Comes from God…

Wickedness is Temporary and Only Satisfies “Right Now”

Wickedness May Bring-

⁃ Pleasures

⁃ Enjoyments

⁃ Satisfactions

⁃ Prizes

But It is No Equal to “Peace” that passes all understanding…

No Matter All the Others, Without “Peace” You Will Be One Miserable Creature!

You See “Peace” Comes… After

⁃ After You Obey

⁃ After You Deny Yourself

⁃ After You Submit

AFTER IS BETTER THAN “NOW”

RDF

牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Freedom Questioned

Galatians 5:1

1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Freedom defined is liberty from bondage or slavery…

⁃ Freedom is not doing what you desire

⁃ Freedom is not when restraints have all been removed

⁃ Freedom is not not having walls

⁃ Freedom is not removing the plane from underneath you without a secondary restraint

1. Structure holds the building up

2. Perimeters create form

3. Boundaries provide privacy

4. Censorship prevents anarchy

FREEDOM SHOULD NEVER BE DEFINED BY MEN OF INTELLECT AND PHILOSOPHY…

Freedom should only be by God and his word….

Individuals

Families

Churches

Will Only Survive on the Creator’s Prescription…

RDF

牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11

Man is Not Healed by Medicine Alone

Psalms 107:20

20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

An Apple a Day keeps the doctor away-

was the old saying of bygone years…

From then until now we have mightily progressed to become the slaves of not the (apple) growers but of the pharmaceutical giants!

If not them, than every other Guru of Wit and Wisdom Self Help sellers and psychologists on AI and the Web…

But when it is all said and done-

People are still hurting, sad and depressed and sick both in body and in mind… Nothing has changed other than an Increase, every year…

But God Sends his Word…

You don’t have to be injected or swallow orally-

You Just Have to Listen and Obey…

It will cost you nothing but your Will…

Remember He is the Great Physician….

RDF

牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11