The NXR Podcast - November 09, 2022


DAILY TRUTH - Pray For Your Pastor

Topics
Theonomy and Post-Millennialism Conference
Hosted by
Joel Webbon Harrison Smith Antonio Griffith Dale Partridge Wewsley Todd Calvin Robinson
Mentioned
Hebrews Jamie White Joseph Boot Gary DeMar Joel Webin Apollos Paul
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Length

9 minutes

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1,277

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79

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Summary

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In this episode of Daily Truth, Pastor Ken teaches on the importance of submitting to the leaders of a church, and how to have a clear conscience in order to act honorably in all things. God bless!

Transcript

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00:00:00 Hey guys, real quick, before we get started, I have a small request.
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00:00:17 Thanks.
00:00:19 Jesus said,
00:00:20 Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:00:25 You're listening to Daily Truth.
00:00:30 Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17 through 18, not written specifically to women, written to all the members of the church, all the saints, all Christ people, both male and female alike.
00:00:41 And yet I think there's much that we can glean in regards to submitting to those who we are learning from.
00:00:48 The leaders of a church.
00:00:51 Obey your leaders and submit to them.
00:00:53 for they are keeping watch over your souls
00:00:57 as those who will give an account.
00:01:01 Let them do this with joy
00:01:03 and not with groaning.
00:01:09 I feel like we all groaned a little bit today.
00:01:13 For that would be of no advantage to you.
00:01:17 Rather, I love this.
00:01:19 I want you to see this.
00:01:21 I've used Hebrews 13, 17.
00:01:22 I used it just a few weeks ago in the Sermon on Membership.
00:01:25 But I want you to see the very next verse.
00:01:29 It says, pray for us.
00:01:33 For we are sure that we have a clear conscience desiring to act honorably in all things.
00:01:41 That what the author to the Hebrews is saying to the members of that church
00:01:46 is something as God is my witness.
00:01:49 that the elders and I can say to this church
00:01:54 that we have a clear conscience
00:02:01 desiring to act honorably in all things.
00:02:06 Notice, the author to the Hebrews,
00:02:10 unless Jesus wrote the book,
00:02:12 which we're fairly certain he did not,
00:02:14 then it was a man.
00:02:16 Whether he be an apostle or an elder,
00:02:18 whether it be co-written between Apollos and Paul
00:02:21 whatever the theory might be
00:02:23 the point is this
00:02:24 it was a man
00:02:25 and if it was a man 0.53
00:02:26 it was a sinful man
00:02:28 however sanctified he may have been
00:02:31 still a sinner nonetheless 0.95
00:02:32 so notice what he does not say
00:02:34 for we are sure that we have a clear conscience
00:02:36 and that we have always acted honorably
00:02:40 in all things
00:02:41 he's not speaking so much
00:02:45 to his past ministry history
00:02:48 and saying that we have always led without fail.
00:02:53 That we have always led the church
00:02:56 and our ministry and our preaching and our counsel
00:02:59 and our ruling and deliberation
00:03:01 and all the things that we have done.
00:03:03 It has always been right.
00:03:06 It's not what he said.
00:03:08 Rather, he says, we have a clear conscience,
00:03:11 not because everything we've done has been right.
00:03:14 We have a clear conscience because as God is our witness,
00:03:17 By his grace and his grace alone, we desire to act honorably in all things.
00:03:25 And so, too, in echoing his words, my words to you as one of your pastors, provided that you'll still have me.
00:03:34 Is that the elders and I desire, genuinely, as God is our witness, desire to act honorably in all things.
00:03:44 As we guide this church into perhaps a more conservative doctrinal position, it is because we desire to act honorably in all things.
00:03:56 When I slow down and preach on a text as controversial as this one for three or four weeks, it is because we desire to act honorably in all things.
00:04:07 when we perform
00:04:10 the most unpleasant portions of ministry
00:04:14 such as church discipline
00:04:16 it is because we desire
00:04:19 to act honorably in all things
00:04:22 that is not a claim
00:04:25 of a sinless track record of ministry
00:04:28 I have failed
00:04:30 but it is a claim by the grace of God
00:04:34 that I and the elders can say
00:04:36 We have a clear conscience, not in regards to a sinless past, but in regards to a genuine desire to act honorably as we move forward.
00:04:47 Our desire is to act honorably.
00:04:51 So, look to the beginning of that same verse.
00:04:56 Pray for us.
00:04:59 Pray for us.
00:05:00 i'm grateful in the providence of god and his sovereignty for what happened today because it
00:05:06 it gives you a wonderful picture of my job
00:05:10 for god's sake pray for us
00:05:16 please we covet your prayers it is not easy to shepherd the flock of god
00:05:27 it has not been easy as of late
00:05:30 doesn't look like it's necessarily going to get any easier in the future
00:05:35 I desperately need prayers for strength
00:05:39 that I would be just as strong
00:05:43 in my life
00:05:46 in my family, as a husband, as a father
00:05:50 as a Christian
00:05:52 as I appear to be when I stand behind this pulpit.
00:06:00 Pray for us.
00:06:03 Obey and submit to your leaders.
00:06:06 It is the word of God.
00:06:09 And when you struggle, when you doubt,
00:06:14 when you begin to question,
00:06:17 as I see it, you have two primary,
00:06:19 I won't say exclusive, but two primary options.
00:06:22 if what we are doing is a breach of cardinal truth,
00:06:29 that is primary doctrine,
00:06:32 and as we'll see later in 1 Timothy 5,
00:06:35 and as we will witness, it seems,
00:06:37 in one of our upcoming members' meetings,
00:06:40 bring a charge.
00:06:41 If the elders and the deacons of the church,
00:06:44 if the officers of God's church are failing
00:06:46 in terms of primary doctrine,
00:06:49 bring a charge before the church.
00:06:52 But if not, and you're struggling,
00:06:57 then first and foremost, bring a prayer before the Lord.
00:07:02 If it's a primary failure, primary heresy,
00:07:07 bring a charge before the church.
00:07:09 I do not want to preach God's word if I'm a heretic. 0.81
00:07:14 So put me out of my misery. 1.00
00:07:16 Tie me up and burn me at the stake. 0.96
00:07:18 if it's primary bring a charge to the church if it's not bring a prayer to the lord
00:07:27 it doesn't mean that you cannot come to us with concerns and questions but there is a difference
00:07:34 in coming to the elders of a church who are not erring in primary doctrine it is something that
00:07:39 is secondary or tertiary there's a difference in coming to them to correct them versus coming to
00:07:46 them to learn from them, to ask for clarity. There's a difference in saying, I heard you say
00:07:52 this. What did you mean by that, brother? Could you help me understand? Versus coming to the
00:07:58 elders of a church and beginning to lecture them and rebuke and correct them for grievances and
00:08:08 differences on secondary doctrine. Oh, hi. I didn't see you there. Thanks for sticking around. I've 0.72
00:08:15 got an important announcement to make. That's the Theonomy and Post-Millennialism Conference.
00:08:20 2023, May 5th, 6th, and 7th, the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Theonomy and Post-Millennialism.
00:08:27 We've got the speakers that we've already had lined up. That's Dr. James White, Dr. Joseph Boot,
00:08:32 Dr. Gary DeMar, non-doctor Pastor Joel Webin, but we also have a bonus speaker, and that is Dale
00:08:37 Partridge from Real Christianity. Perhaps you've heard of him. If not, you should start listening
00:08:42 to his podcast. It's fantastic. Dale Partridge is going to be joining our team. We're going to
00:08:48 have live panels on Friday night and Saturday night where you'll be able to write in questions
00:08:52 and get them answered. We're also going to have a catered barbecue, Texas-style barbecue meal
00:08:57 on Friday that's a part of your registration fee. All that is covered. So you need to get there.
00:09:03 This is how you do it. Go and register right now at rightresponseconference.com. Again,
00:09:09 That's rightresponseconference.com.
00:09:12 God bless.