Losing the Love for Jesus Christ and Compromising With the World (Clip)
The sermon emphasizes that losing love for Jesus Christ is the real reason people leave their faith, and that this loss of love corresponds directly with a love for the world and a corresponding loss of obedience to God.
This sermon emphasizes the importance of maintaining love for Jesus Christ above all else, highlighting how the pursuit of selfish desires and worldly attachments can lead to turning away from God. The speaker warns against becoming an enemy of God by prioritizing worldly pleasures over a relationship with Jesus, stressing that love for the world diminishes love for Jesus. The message addresses issues of adultery, idolatry, and the dangers of replacing love for God with love for worldly things.
Full Transcript
And say my mother's a hallelujah woman. I used to go to church. I'm Pentecostal background.
I'm Baptist background And I can hardly find any pusher. It hasn't been to church least a Baptist or Pentecostal background the pursuit of selfish desires You see young person. It's not the drug pusher It's not any seducer.
It's not the spirit of this age. It's not your evil friends dragging you down I used to preach that but I don't anymore That's all happening after you leave him, but the real reason you broke away is that you lost your love for Jesus Christ You couldn't do what you do. Now if you had any love left for him, you'll understand Jesus said he that's not with me is against me And that means that you don't you didn't walk out of me just because you didn't love me alone You turned on me You didn't only quit loving me you turn to be my enemy And it's more than you're just being for yourself.
It's more than you're just being for the devil It's more than you're being for your friends. You're against me And I heard that in my Spirits of mine the other day in prayer and it rang through my subconscious mind Oh God the terror of that not only not to love you walk away with my friends since I'm not hurting anybody I'm doing this to myself. I may do it to my friends.
But no, he said you're doing it to me You're against me because if you know with me you're against me There's no neutral ground That's why I believe the Lord commanded thou so love the Lord thy God with all thy heart all thy soul And all thy might and strength because he knew if you would do that you would never leave him never Because that would produce obedience Obedience is the byproduct of love The Bible said if any man loved the world the love of the Father's not in him. You show me any backslidden young person Sitting here in this room or in any other place where I'm preaching hearing my voice right now You I can look you right in the eye. I Can say the reason is that you have no more love for Jesus in your heart You've replaced your love for God with the love of the world you may not admit it, but you don't care for Jesus anymore You've become his enemy.
I can tell you that on the authority of God's Word and Your love for the world and for the things of the world Will correspond directly free with your loss of love for Jesus The more you begin to love the world and attach to the things of the world it corresponds with your love for Jesus You love the world more your love for Jesus goes down until it's lost Lust is not your problem. Love is the loss of it Why all the divorcing and cheating and fornicating in the house of God Well, it's wagging the prophecy. God's given me has to do with five Trumpet sounds I'm to make one is Wardom and adultery in the pulpit The number one problem in America adultery in the pulpit a spirit of adultery The building of temples The refusing to lay down idols I Didn't know my television set was an idol Till he told me And I said Lord just one little one in the back room That's what Micah said just a little idol in the back room And almost cost Israel its life Why all the divorcing in the house of God why so much love so many Christians hooked on pornography I Don't know brother swagger gets the confessions.
I get and mostly from the ministry Of pornographic cassettes Trading with one another I Don't know what you hear but I hear the sound of a trumpet I hear judgment
Sermon Outline
- I. The Real Reason for Leaving Jesus Christ
- A. It's not the world or evil influences that cause us to leave
- B. The real reason is losing our love for Jesus Christ
- II. The Consequences of Losing Love for Jesus
- A. We become enemies of God
- B. Our love for the world corresponds directly with our loss of love for Jesus
- III. The Cause of Lust and Sin in the Church
- A. It's not the problem, but rather the loss of love for Jesus
- B. Idols, including material possessions, can lead to spiritual adultery
Key Quotes
“You're doing it to me. You're against me because if you know with me you're against me.” — David Wilkerson
“Obedience is the byproduct of love.” — David Wilkerson
“Love is the loss of it.” — David Wilkerson
Application Points
- We must examine our love for Jesus and ensure it is not being replaced by a love for the world.
- Idols, including material possessions, can lead to spiritual adultery and must be recognized and laid down.
- Obedience to God is the byproduct of love for Him, and we must prioritize this love in our lives.