Reporting his news

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to "Try Jesus!" If this is your first time joining us, it’s great to have you with us. I would like to thank all the new members for joining "Try Jesus."

I would also like to welcome those in Arizona, Utah, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada, Mississippi, and Oregon. It is a pleasure to have you with us today. The Lord continues to expand his word!

"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD."  (Psalm 122:1 KJV). The Lord is indescribable and uncontainable. We gather to seek him above all today. He is an amazing God!

Hallelujah! Our God is an awesome God, he reigns from heaven above, with wisdom, power, and love, our God is an awesome God! He is our strong rock, our fortress, our place of refuge, our immovable, unshakeable, God!

Praise our great shepherd, who still leads us beside still waters. How many of you are still following your great shepherd since last week? Are you moving on the road he leads on or are you still following the world’s wide road?

That wide road still leads to pain and destruction. Everyone has moved since last week. Even if you rejected the gospel from last week, you're still moving. You're a week further away from your date of birth, right?

Someone said, "If you feel distant from God, guess who moved?" Stay connected. Be like Mary Magdalene, cling to him. (John 20:16-17). Let's look to our soon coming Savior this morning.

"Heavenly Father, once again I thank you for gathering hearts, and minds to "TRY JESUS" all over the country. This indeed is your work, and it is marvelous in your own eyes. Lord, you are still the only way, truth, and life for those in darkness.

Lord, thank you for taking care of us since last week. You continue to be our shepherd so that we never lack anything. You continue to cover us when we lay down in your presence. You refresh our soul this morning.

Lord, we open our hearts to your amazing righteousness. Even when we walk through storms, your strong right hand upholds us and keeps us from stumbling. There is no weapon formed against us that will prosper.

Holy Spirit, open our eyes to see the truth that sets us free. Bless those today who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Holy Spirit please break down the walls of pride and self-righteousness this morning.

Lord, guide our thoughts and words today, bringing them into agreement with your living word. Jesus, help us to focus on what is true, honest, lovely, and of good report, as your word encourages us today, in your name we pray, Amen."

We've all heard the phrase, "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." The two key words in that phrase are standing and falling. Standing is something we were all created to do, right?

Since you were taught to stand as a toddler, you had this incredible desire to keep standing. I'm sure many if you have photo albums of your children and grandchildren trying to take those first few steps of victory to keep standing.

There are many parents who have the evidence and proof to report to all who would ask about their children taking those first few steps to conquer those wobbly steps to standing upright.

I love to see those beautiful smiles light up as they approach mom or dad with the evidence of marked up knees from all that crawling when they wanted something. This is something that everyone can attest too.

Most people enjoy hearing reports of children taking steps for the first time, Amen? I mean who would ever object to this kind of news, right? They can be referred to as "feel good" stories. They can be reported without any opposition.

At least we hope. We do have people in our world who frown at any feel-good reporting. Have you ever been around people who are pessimistic about everything? Have you noticed there are many unhappy people today?

Misery loves company. Sometimes "group think" gathered and mired in quicksand type thinking will believe reports without knowing if those reports are factual or not. Just go along with the crowd, right?

Never test the source of where the reporting is coming from, some will tell you. I've taught many courses in Bible studies about who or what are you in-flu-en-ce-d by? Many people engage in activities without knowing the simple answer, "Why?"

I've spoken to many people who avoid news reporting because they say most reported news is depressing and sad. The newscast seem to make more newsworthy reporting towards negative content than highlighting positive reports

There are many people today who are low information gatherers. They are like sponges who soak up news that would fill up a flea’s mind and then believe it to be the only source of what they heard. So many are easily duped this way.

Many today make snap judgements without listening too or gathering all the facts before stating their position on a particular topic. They will run with phrases in the streets, and when you ask them to define it, they don't have an answer.

Here's some good news and bad news scenarios I want you to think about for a moment. The good news is you got the job; the bad news is the pay is half what you thought it would be.” How should you feel? Should you investigate?

“The bad news is, your house and all your belongings were destroyed in the fire; the good news is no one was hurt.” Depending on how you say it, how would you process this devastating news? Again, investigative past your feelings.

How would you handle this type of reporting concerning yourself or a family member you loved deeply? Read this carefully. “The bad news is you have cancer; the good news is what you have is treatable.”

Now read it this way. “The good news is what you have is treatable; the bad news is you have cancer.” Does any of these readings affect you in any way? Are your emotions triggered differently? How is any type of reporting gathered in your psyche?

Many individuals see the world in an upside-down fashion. They call evil good and good evil. They call happiness sad and sadness happy. There are people who purposely love chaos over peace.

There are people who love creating manufactured mayhem and uproar. But what do you prefer in terms of "Good News or Bad News?" Should truth matter if it affects you and your family?

If there were a rapist walking the streets in your neighborhood, wouldn't you want the whole truthful evidence in describing what the suspect looks like? When you or your family can be affected you want absolute correct information, no doubts?

News can be collected in various ways. Again, we live in a world where news comes from the darkness that it is grouped in. The problem is, it doesn’t start with good news, and end with good news.

Wouldn’t it be great to hear: “I have some good news and some good news, which would you like first?” Wouldn't that be amazing? How often do you hear it throughout our society? The places where good reporting is heard, is scoffed at.

Here’s some surprising news to many of you, God’s news is bad for good people, and good for bad people. Did you get that? I have some not so pleasant news to report this morning. The bad news is you're not a good person.

You're the worst, and so am I. But see, unlike the world's media, I have the unchanging words of a living powerful creator to back up my reporting with his powerful factual living truth. His words, not mine. Let's start right here, his truth.

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23 KJV).

10} "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11} There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12} They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

13} Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14} Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15} Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16} Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17} And the way of peace have they not known: 18} There is no fear of God before their eyes." (Romans 3:10-18 KJV).

But when we (as sinners) come to God in repentance through the washing and cleansing of our sin, through the blood of Jesus, accepting Jesus as Lord over our lives, then God sees us as righteous. Not by our works, but what Jesus did for us.

Please read into your spirit or study group aloud to hearts that are thirsting for God's unchanging reported truth. It will only and forever be his truth that sets the lost heart free. There is power in his breathed living word.

"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." (Romans 4:5 KJV).

20} "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

21} For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 KJV).

"And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith." (Philippians 3:9 KJV).

The Apostle Paul counsels Timothy to look to his past and to hold to the basic teachings about Jesus that are eternally true. Looking back to your testimony and sharing that great news, allows the light of God’s redeemed truth to shine to others.

14} "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

15} And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16} All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17} That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." (2 Timothy 3:14-17 KJV).

[Some people believe the Bible is a collection of stories, fables, myths, or merely human ideas about God. The Bible, however, is given by God; the words are God’s words.]

[Through the Holy Spirit, God revealed his person and plan to certain believers, who wrote down his message for his people through a process called inspiration (2 Peter 1:20-21).]

Again, it's easy to receive all reported facts of someone's beautiful baby learning to walk. The evidence is undeniably factual. Even if you just report it as word only. But having that childlike faith is what God desires from us.

Today we are hearing all kinds of reports in this nation. But it is extremely important as to whose report will you believe. Many people today are gullible and will swallow hard unsubstantiated reported words without investigating them.

You see beloved, the world and a lot of people in it today like to go along with the majority; they like to go along with the influential, they like to go along with those who think they know.

By the way, where are all the voices who used to support women in all endeavors they took up? From the women's suffrage movement to the feminist movement to "I am woman, hear me roar!"

Why are they timid now concerning some men taking over the sports they played in? Could it be because they made their millions that they just let their counterparts suffer? Or could it be they are just afraid and go with the majority?

The once powerful voices used to roar like lions. Now they allow the crowd to silence them into being timid house mice. But God's true believers don't cow down to the masses. When it comes to true reports I prefer to go along with the Lord and believe his report.

You see beloved, when it comes to having belief in the Lord, the true Christian doesn't budge, sway, wobble, teeter totter, waver, or vacillate when grasping truth and factual evidence of the report of the Lord.

God’s people must guard against all evil reports concerning our Lord and Savior, and against his true body of believers, the church. Please read (Numbers 13:17-33; 14:1-6). Now that you have read it, let's examine this evil report.

Evil reports can open the door to fear and emotional irrational steps that can harm others. Let’s look at those involved. So, we find ten men giving a negative report, and two men giving a positive report.

How many times have you readily accepted something you heard about over the news on TV, radio, or your next door neighbor and swallowed it whole as absolute fact? Did you try to seek more information?

Did you try to search out those with a more professional understanding of the reports you heard? How come many people will go get a second opinion on the maintenance of their car but won't stand on absolute truth from a godly source?