The sermon emphasizes the importance of the Holy Spirit in communication, authenticity, and moral responsibility, warning against trying to bribe God with offerings.
This sermon emphasizes the importance of allowing the Holy Spirit to be the ultimate communicator, convicting hearts in various settings. It challenges individuals to assess the quality of their communication and the responsibility that comes with sharing God's message. The speaker highlights the need for genuine, Christ-like communication and the significance of true repentance and moral responsibility in worship and service.
Full Transcript
The Holy Spirit is the best communicator. He knows how to communicate. To strike conviction in hearts when people are driving their cars or sitting before their television or sitting in a movie hall.
There was silence. No questions. No questions.
Listen. If you don't have a proper, joyful communication to pass on to others, and all you have is garbage which you spill into the ears of somebody whom you can, you know, kind of accost or victimize. Has anybody done that? Has anybody done that here? Be careful.
Let the Holy Spirit be the complete, sovereign communicator here. Some of us little, lily potions that appear on the platform, layer of little account. No useful, joyous communication.
No acceptance of responsibility. I say, if I am not Christ-like, what right have I to speak His words? I have no right. So I must humble myself that the very image of Jesus may be formed in me.
Then I say, how is it plausible? That so many are worshipping images of all sorts. Am I showing Jesus? Am I showing the beauty of my Immaculate Savior? No sense of responsibility. Oh, I'll give a big offering.
I will absolve my conscience. Please take your offering home. God doesn't want that money.
God wants your will. Your motivation. Your heart.
If you are not prepared to give Him that, walk out with your heathen heart. Don't think God is to be bribed with a little money. Have you taken your moral responsibility? I have said, I have sinned.
These sheep, what have they done? They don't know any better. So they run to the rivers to absolve themselves with the water. They go through the motions of worship and their prayers and chants.
And go back to their vomit. These sheep, they don't know better because I never gave them the light. Let this punishment be upon me.
If you turn to the book of Jonah, it is amazing how this man who sought to run away from God's will, in the midst of that storm, what did he say to the mariners? In the midst of that storm, what did he say to the mariners? When they realized, in the tenth verse, first chapter, for the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord because he told them. Then they said unto him, What shall we do unto you? That the sea may be calm unto us. Twelfth verse.
And he said unto them, Take me up. And he said unto them, Cast me forth into the sea. So shall the sea be calm unto you.
For I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. There is a terrible drought in New South Wales and parts of Australia. And I was surprised to hear that Denali Quinn, where we are working and where I have preached, where I have preached, where I have preached,
Sermon Outline
- I. The Importance of the Holy Spirit in Communication
- A. The Holy Spirit is the best communicator
- B. He knows how to communicate effectively
- II. The Consequences of Unauthentic Communication
- A. Spilling garbage into the ears of others
- B. Accosting or victimizing others
- III. The Need for Humility and Responsibility
- A. Recognizing one's limitations and lack of Christ-likeness
- B. Humbling oneself to be a vessel for God's words
- IV. The Importance of Moral Responsibility
- A. Giving God one's will, motivation, and heart
- B. Not trying to bribe God with offerings
Key Quotes
“If you don't have a proper, joyful communication to pass on to others, and all you have is garbage which you spill into the ears of somebody whom you can, you know, kind of accost or victimize.” — Joshua Daniel
“I have no right to speak His words if I am not Christ-like.” — Joshua Daniel
“God wants your will. Your motivation. Your heart.” — Joshua Daniel
Application Points
- We should strive to be vessels for God's words by recognizing our limitations and lack of Christ-likeness.
- We should give God our will, motivation, and heart, not just our offerings.
- We should not try to bribe God with money, but rather, seek to be morally accountable and authentic in our communication.
