 We interrupt our program to bring you this important message Hey smart Christians I want to put out a little reminder and this is not just for those who Listen to this channel this even for those who don't listen to this channel who may have a grievance against someone like myself I want to just put something out here, and I think this is good for everyone even if you don't Believe me or like me you'll at least like and believe these words When you see a lot of the back and forth a lot of fighting and so forth What you almost always end up seeing are the hurtful Spiteful and really sinful comments that come back and forth and if you're not careful You can find yourself kind of absorbed in it I was talking to one of my moderators and he was letting me know You know what? Yeah, I can get kind of caught up in it and I just said them Well, yeah, that that's God speaking and then what happens and you turn around and get caught up in it again But you need to at least recognize who's really at play you need to understand who gets a good kick out of Christians and I'm saying professed Christians We don't know who all is a Christian and matter of fact some people may even be revealing that they're not a Christian But when professed Christians are going back and forth the enemy gets glory out of it He gets joy out of it Now does that mean that that causes people from coming to Christ? No, it doesn't the reason why someone comes to Christ or what have you or they Publicly reject Christ has nothing to do with what other Christians are doing that that can be used as ammo or as an excuse But as that has moved with their heart the point is though you could also cause a weak Christian a new Christian to stumble You can train a weak Christian a new Christian how to live ungodly by going after each other the best offense to fight against These temptations to want to get your point across and listen there Maybe there's some valid points someone who has said this needs to be checked or someone who was thinking this needs to be corrected But sometimes it's not always up to you sometimes. It's just better to be silent Can I give you a passage from the Bible now? I think that you guys are not foolish I'm not saying that but even a fool is considered wise according to the scriptures when he closes his lips When he does this when he's silent Maybe what you intended to say somebody else may come along and say it and then fine It was said but now if it's that you just have to give them a piece of your mind the Bible calls you also a fool a fool a Fool vents his feelings and we don't have to do that a fool wants people to know what they think Let someone else do it for you Let that other person be the fool or maybe that person is not a fool Maybe God is using them, but I can promise you God is not using all 100 or all 200 or however many of you He's not using all of you to do the exact same thing to condemn someone. He's not doing that We don't see that in scripture But what you can do is let someone else say it and then what you may even find out that the person has said it They end up getting condemned. You might look at them says, you know what? I'm glad I didn't say that but being quiet No one is going to assume that you are a fool or know it until you open your mouth As a matter of fact the more you get used to closing your mouth in these sort of matters The less that you have to give an opinion then when you do give an opinion then when you do speak It sticks out more But if you're always the clanging can the empty can with a little pee or the rock in it and making all the noise then Whatever you say, even if it's truthful, even if it's wise, no one's gonna hear it now I'm grateful that there's some folks that have actually defended me I am appreciative but I would say I would caution you if you do so do so because you think that what you're doing is You're defending the gospel or you're defending against sin Because remember what the Bible says the Bible says in 1st Timothy first Peter I'm sorry 315 but sanctify Christ low as Lord in your heart That's number one and always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give you to give an account For the hope that is in you with gentleness and reverence in other words I'm not here to defend all these other little things our job is defend the hopeless in us That's it. We're not defending salacious details We're not after salacious details those people that have other people sin At the forefront of their mind forgetting about their own sin Well, don't rest assured rest assured those very same people Can be confident in knowing that God has their sin at the front of his mind God will deal with if you would rather deal With someone else's sin Then God will deal with your sin if you'd rather deal with your sin first as helping someone to do with their sin That's different and if someone has done something that causes you to be angry Well again understand number one God is ultimately going to be the person who's going to deal with it You're not you're not bringing someone down. You're not the you're not David's slaying Goliath That's not you you might want to get a better account of yourself Maybe understand who you are often times some of these very same people That want to say something about someone else all the time those very same people are doing very well without that person So let me just caution you on that but if there's something that caused you to be angry, that's fine But what does the Bible said he says be angry, but do not sin Do not let the Sun go down on your anger and do not give the devil an opportunity in other words Sometimes you can be a be so upset you want to go back and check Facebook or or YouTube What have you and give a response and then it consumes you you can't even pray You can't even think because you weren't how is this response going to be handled or responding to and what's gonna be your next Response I can be guilty of that as well. We all can but let's make sure that we don't say look what it says He says he who steals must still no longer But rather he must labor for him with his own hands what is good so that he will have something to share With one who has need let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth But only such a word that is good for edification the insults Let's stop with the insults. You can make your point You can prove your point healthy dialogue and banter. That's good. That's fine But the name calling Calling people names and so forth. That's where that's where it becomes be proud now It's fun in the middle of all this this stuff man It's funny it's fun and then what do you do you get ready for the next one? And then you end up being consumed the Bible says in verse 30 do not grieve the Holy Spirit by whom you were see He says let know or let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all Malice be kind to one another tender hearted forgiving each other just as Christ also has forgiven you I think you forget this. I forget it. You forget it. We all forget it be tender hearted be kind The name calling and I mean the vitriol Don't think that because you thought that you were righteous in your indignation that you can't be punished for your sin We've got this tongue that gets in the way and when I say tongue the tongue shows up in various ways with our mouth But also with our typing Typing things and saying things what comes out of your mouth is in your heart and God is going to deal with that You can bless some you can bless God but then turn around and curse somebody with that same heart Which is really indicative of the tone. I mean of the heart because what's coming out of you is in the heart I am grateful I'm grateful that I can always go look at this channel and see what the overwhelming majority of the content is on this channel The overwhelming majority of the videos and what I try to do even in life is try to keep it Godly because what's in my heart should be a reflection of what I say what I type and so forth Now there are some channels where that's all they do Calling out someone else's sin or speaking about this person or that person. That's it That's fine. There's a place for that But again, I want my heart to be shown You want your heart to be shown and what you want to do is you want to give God something to look at You want to say God will you look at me? Let me prove for you Let judge me according to my heart according to my to my walk and where I'm struggling at God I trust that you're gonna fix it But you're gonna guide me but you cannot ask for God to bless you while at the same time you're cursing someone else Those two things can't happen. I'm saying this for people on all parts on all sides Let God be God for once in our lives. Let him deal with something call it out If you think it's in if you want further clarification I've even said even with me if you want further clarification You can email me and I'll talk to you now You can't email me and then go and gossip about the email before I get a chance to well Then I'm not gonna respond back to you But if you have a legitimate concern fine fine, if you don't want to have a conversation, that's fine. Also I'll let God deal with that But I have a concern for not just those folks who would listen to me and are friendly with me But even those who do not like me those folks who have cursed me those folks who have called me all sorts of names Who have impugned even my walk my integrity? Maybe I don't have any who have impugned my testimony. Maybe I don't have one who impugned all those things I believe that you matter to to God Other people that have been on this side they matter and Paul brings us up. He says that This little back-and-forth and saying hey, I'm with this guy I'm with that guy and first Corinthians one ten He says now I exhort you brethren by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all agree That there'd be no divisions among you Well, he didn't say agree that we don't have any differences whatsoever. Why because he and Paul I'm sorry He and and John Mark had a disagreement. He and Barnabas had a disagreement. They're gonna be disagreements That's just the nature But in terms of being together being of the same mind He didn't want that there'd be divisions amongst you there should not be divisions amongst the Christians The division should be to show who is a Christian and who is not But that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment for I've been informed concerning you guys What he says that there are quarrels among you not just disagree. I mean fighting He says now I mean that each of you is saying I'm of Paul I'm of Apollos. I'm of Cephas. I'm with that person. I'm with that person This person's that this person's this listen. Let me just say this one as Paul says Christ is not divided But number two Do not be at the ready to go and defend the man more so than you're ready to defend Christ If when someone says something about your favorite teacher your favorite youtuber What have you and you're Johnny on the spot to defend that person Rather than being Johnny on the spot to defend the gospel you my friend are insane And it may be even so that you don't have a right heart It may be even so that you don't have Christ because what kind of person would I be to not to to bypass Defending the name of Christ As Peter says, but I'd rather go defend the person who I'm cool with I'm with him. I'm with her. That's my camp. That's my group That's not what God wants and I hope we all can see that no matter Which side of the fence you've been playing and it's not just necessarily with with me or anyone else It's just how it's always been all through our lives and this started in kindergarten But if you're in your 20s if you're in your 30s if you're in your 40s 50s 60s It's about time that we grow up and that we show the world that we can have differences I'll speak my mind in terms of what I think is wrong Biblically and then move on and turn it over to God. I'll pray for you I'll pray for what I see the situation is and then leave it in the hands of God, but I will not I should not be Uh considered as someone who is letting a certain argument or differences End up being sin. I don't want to do that. I I would I personally would much rather that if a person is sinning On my behalf, I would much rather you didn't even watch this channel I would much rather you move to a different channel if Anything involving me is going to cause you to sin That's how it ought to be. There's because this walk is not about me. It's not about viewers not about subscribers It's about Giving people the gospel and teaching the word of God And to do so in a loving fashion. So guys, this is very serious Um, I didn't I didn't have any intent on talking about this But then talking to one of my moderators that is Brian Chance champ Uh, he was concerned about it because he as he said and I'm not putting his business out there He said go ahead and mention him how it was consuming him or bothering him To the point that he shouldn't be saying some of these things and that he wants to not do those things. And so Uh, then that's a good thing. That's a wise thing. That's a mature thing to do now Some folks might not believe him, which is fine, which is fine God is watching him and he knows God is watching him. And so he wants to be Accountant to the Lord. But yeah, I know Cory. They they had it coming. You don't know what they've said They need to be they need to be stopped. They need to be this and it'd be that I get it But let me tell you a quick little story true story Guy was arguing with another person And this person that he was arguing with said some just some silly things The other person was just going at him and tagging call him all sorts of names and this and that And then Afterwards we found out that the guy who had said some things maybe the wrong way or what have you This person had a mental issue. This person was mentally handicapped On the outside didn't look like he was handicapped didn't look like there was an issue He wasn't wearing a sign that said that there was something wrong with him But he was How do you think that we looked at that person now? You got into an argument with the person who had some sort of mental issue Some sort of mental deficiency and you scored a lot of points against this person who did no better Who you should have literally been there to help you know better You were a grown man and look what you did and this person was a lot younger But you just thought that the young person had it coming That's the kind of person that I know I don't know that I would necessarily trust that person in the future to deal with conflict The same thing could be said about a lot of us When some of these things are happening We don't know what's happening in the lives of these people that we're going back and forth with all we know all we see is a An avatar or profile a name and so forth and they they've given a comment And so now this person who might have some mental or emotional issues. They might be new in the faith They might be weak in the faith And so what do we do Because we're strong in the faith because we have been saved for 20 years. Let me go fight this baby christian Let me go fight this new person. Let me go fight this this young person. Let me go fight this 17-year-old christian Who's typing? Let me go fight this 25-year-old christian who's typing. Let me give him peace of my mind I can promise you this God will probably give that person more grace while in while at the same time dealing with you because you know better You can absolve yourself from any of these problems by just simply as I said earlier as the bible says just Being quiet letting some things pass again. The bible tells us that it's a fool who will vent his own Understanding or his expression once he gives a matter piece of their mind. Don't let that be us Let's just be godly even in the way that we respond because I don't recall Very often got getting upset in the bible with a person who he didn't tell to do anything And didn't if he's told you to move well then fine I can promise you he didn't tell you to go and bring somebody down by yourself Because he never did that But if you feel like something ought to be said, but you don't feel like you should you've been moved Then don't move and no one can hold you accountable But in the end guys, let's be as godly as possible matter of fact Let's go the extra mile and being overly godly even if you feel like the person that you're showing Some love to some grace and mercy to even if you feel like they don't deserve it Show it anyway. Why because that's exactly what god did to us