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turn your Bibles to Philippians chapter 4 Philippians chapter 4 we're going to continue our series on deposit these things and deposit these things as we look at Philippians chapter 4 and verses 7-9 and I hope again that you'll take time to memorize these verses over the series and be able to hide them in your heart but Philippians chapter 4:7 says in the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and Minds through Christ Jesus finally Brethren what s of things are true what sort of things are honest what sort of things are just what sort of things are pure what sort of things are good lovely what sort of things are good report if they're being virtue and if there be

any praise think on these things those things which you have both learned and received and heard and seen in me do and the God of Peace shall be with you that last phrase of verse number eight to think on these things that word think in the Greek language is also can be used as an accounting term and it it can literally be transit to deposit these things and as we've talked about out uh you you you opening a checking account is free and that's like salvation you can go to the bank of Heaven deposit your soul with Jesus Christ and open your account for free and you have eternal life but if you want to draw out of your account you got to put money into that when you go to the bank you can open

account for free but you got to put money in if you want to take money out that's a simple fact that a lot of people don't understand and uh so the same thing is true spiritually we open our spiritual account when we get saved but then we've got to make deposits in order to draw upon the peace and the power of God and and so it says to deposit these things in our lives and the first one was true and that means not counterfeit that we are not counterfeit Christians but we're real and uh then the second word honest we talked about that and the word honest means honorable uh an honest person living an honest Christian Life and and then the third one is one I want to look at today and that is

what what sever things are just what sever things are just the idea of the word just is is using right judgment in Luke 12 and verse number 57 the Bible says yay and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right and so just is judging what is Right using right judgment now when we think of the word just there's a lot of ways we use that word and one of them is this idea of of you just made it in second Peter chap 2 in verses 7 and8 the bible says and delivered just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelleth among them and seeing and hearing Vex his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful Deeds now when you hear the term just lot if

you've ever read the story of lot in the Old Testament uh he was not really a a righteous man uh he was not one of those kind of people was living a very good Godly life and uh and so to use that term just lot and righteous lot is kind of a it's kind of hard to reconcile with what we know of lot you know the idea of being just made it uh have you ever just made it before the door closed for the evening you ever you ever gone to a store and you just made it uh right before we've got Home Depot next door over here now uh but before then uh the Home Depot was a little further away and whenever there was traffic if I needed something I would go over to another place down the road here called

Hardware Hawaii now Home Depot is open till like I think 8 9 10:00 at night but Hardware Hawaii closes at 4:00 and I remember one day that I uh needed something for the hardware store and I looked at my watch it was like 355 and it's just down the road here so I jumped in the car and driving down there hard Hawaii and I got there and it was it was by my clock on my radio was 359 and the guy was already no it was 358 the guy was already closing the gate and I I I pulled in before he closed the gate and I just made it in time to get that instead of having to drive down to Home Depot or have you ever had a situation where you got you were just in time for work you know you're running late you

got caught in a little bit of traffic you got you got had a stop at Starbucks and it took a little longer getting your coffee or whatever else might be and you just made it in time for work or or perhaps uh you're one of those kind of people that just got the money deposit in the bank just in time to cover the check you ever had that happen God hey we wrote a check we got to go and put the money in the bank and uh J in time and so what about just lot well just lot is just going to get to heaven the Bible says in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 and verse number 15 if any man's workship shall be burned he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire there are some people like lot

that are just going to get into heaven that's about all they have because they're not living a righteous life but they are righteous because they have the righteousness of Jesus Christ they're just because they are Justified the word justified in Romans chapter 5 turn over there with me if you would Romans chapter 5 and look at verse number one Romans chap 5 and verse number one in Romans 5 and verse one the Bible says therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ the word Justified when the Bible says you and I are Justified think of the term this way just as if I'd never sinned just as if I'd never sin when you trust Jesus Christ as your savior you

are Justified and when you stand before God it is just as if I'd never sinned now you see you can either have Justice or you can be justified if you have Justice then you're going to go to hell the Bible says in Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God in Romans 623 it says for the wages of sin is death you see if you have Justice then Justice says that you for your sin must go to hell and so we don't want Justice we want to be justified and if you get what you deserve you and I are going to get hell but if we get what God gives us we can be justified look at Romans chapter 3 3 and verses 24 and 25 through 28 Romans chapter 3 and beginning with verse number 24 being

justified freely by his grace through the Redemption is in Christ Jesus whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are passed through the forbearance of God to declare I say at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus where is both then is excluded by what law of Works nay but by the law of Faith therefore we con see that a man is justified by faith without the Deeds of the law you see you can either get Justice and if you get Justice just what you deserve you're going to die and go to Hell Without Jesus Christ your savior but if you're Justified

you can have eternal life look at verse number 27 again it says where is boosting then is excluded by what law of Works nay but by the law of faith in Ephesians 28:9 the Bible says for by grace are you saved through faith then not of yourselves it's the gift of God not of Works L any man should boast you see we can't boast when we get to heaven I got here because I was a good person we can't boast when we get to heaven I got here because I went to the right church it's not by The Works that we have done but it is according to his Mercy he has saved us and we need to realize that religion is not good enough to get into heaven if you're trusting in religion you're going to fall short but you

need to trust in Jesus Christ we are Justified ified lot was not living a righteous life but he was right with God because of his faith in God he was justified because he believed in the Savior see we need just Grace turn over to Titus Chapter 3 Titus Chapter 3 and look at verses number 5 through 7 Titus Chapter 3 we need to understand it's just Grace that's going to get us in heaven it's not Grace plus baptism it's not Grace plus works it's not Grace plus my religion it is just Grace in Titus Chapter 3 in beginning with verse number five it says not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his Mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration renewing of the Holy Ghost

which he shed on us abundantly through our through Jesus Christ Our Savior that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life you see is we're justified by the grace of God you see the word Grace you can Define as God's riches at Christ's expense in 2 Corinthians 5 and: 21 the Bible says that Heath made him Christ to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him when you get saved you take God takes your sins and puts them to Christ's account and he takes Christ righteousness and put it to your account that's the grace of God is we need to just Grace because it's only Grace that will get us into heaven we need

to come to God just as I am we sing the invitation song Just as I am I come and that's how you have to come to God look at Luke 18 Luke 18 and look at verses 13 and 14 Luke 18 and verses 13 and 14 and the publicans said but the publicans standing a far off would not lift up as much as his eyes unto heaven but smoted upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner I tell you this man went down to his house Justified um rather than the other for everyone that exalt himself should be a based and he that humbl himself should exalted he there was two men that came to pray one was a religious man that was self-righteous and depended on his own righteousness and his own works and another one

was a Publican who realized that he was a sinner that needed the grace of God and he came to God just as I am God I'm a sinner and I need you and that is what salvation is is receiving the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ as our savior it is coming to him just as I am you see what we need is we need to just be for forgiven to just be forgiven go over to Luke 7 Luke 7 and beginning with verse number 40 Luke chapter 7 and beginning with verse number 40 and 40 and Jesus answered and said unto him Simon I have somewhat to say unto thee and he saith Master say on there was a certain creditor which had two debtors the one owed 500 Pence and the other 50 and when they had nothing to pay he

frankly forgave them both tell me therefore which of them will love him the more Simon answered said I suppose that he to whom he forgave most he said unto him thou Hast rightly judged skip down to verse 47 wherefore I say unto thee her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is Forgiven the same loveth little you know in this series because I'm talking about depositing things I I I've been using money as an illustration and I and I've been giving away some some money so I'd like to do that right now so is anybody would like to have a dollar bill raise your hand if you'd like to have a dollar bill all right uh Dylan I'll give you the bill right here all right

now I don't have any more dollar bills we got a $5 bill anybody want to have a $5 more hands are going up now uh $5 bill you want one right here all right there you go he's he's smiling now all right now I got a $10 bill anybody want to have a $10 bill uh let's see I'll come over here and give you a $10 bill there you go all right and I've got a $20 bill anybody here want a $20 bill uh let's see I'll come over here and give one over here to you for a $20 bill and uh there you go all right and then I've got a $100 bill anybody want to have put your put your hands down you're not getting it folks this series is costing me a lot of money I'm not only giving away up here but we're giving away

downstairs too so I I can't afford a $100 bill but let me ask you a question who do you think's happier right now the one that got the $1 bill the $5 bill the $10 bill the $20 bill I think the one with the $20 bill I think Dylan is saying I should have waited you see we need to realize that we're just forgiven and the more we realize that the more we understand it we see how great our Salvation is you see lot he he wasn't really a good man he had a lot of problems but the Bible calls him a just man the Bible calls him a righteous man man not because of his own righteousness not because he was justified in what he did but because he believed in the righteous God and he trusted in God and God

Justified him and today that God can justify you just as if I'd never Sinn if you will come to him just as you are and receive him as your savior and trust in him to be just forgiven but you see it's more than just salvation in John chapter 10 and verse number 10 the Bible says the thief cometh but for to steal and to kill and destroy I'm come that they might have life and that they might have more abundantly God doesn't want us just to know we're going to heaven God doesn't want us just to know that we're saved but he wants to us to have not just eternal life but Abundant Life you know some some Christians some people are very Godly check writers you ever notice that some people are very

Godly checkw writers every time they write a check they pray Lord Lee there'll be enough money in my account to cover this that's not the way to live you see as a Christian I want to live abundantly I want to be able to pull out my checkbook and write a check for whatever number I need to because I know there's money there that there's enough to cover it and that's what God wants not just in finance but he wants us to know that the abundant grace of God is there not only for salvation but for so much more in our life and we can have accounts that are full that we can draw upon for the peace and the power of God see in James chap 2 veres 23 and 24 listen to what it says and a scripture was

fulfilled which Abraham believe God and it was imputed unto him for righteousness that's salvation that word imputed was deposited he deposited his soul with God for salvation for eternal life and Abraham believed God it was imputed onto him for righteous and he was called the friend of God now listen you see then how that by works a man is Justified not by faith only now some of you saying well wait a minute Pastor you said you're saved by faith not of works and we're not but by our works we're Justified listen what it says for as the body without spirit is dead so faith without works is dead also now let me let me kind of paraphrase this to kind of give you an illustration of what what

it's talking about here for as the checking account without a deposit is insufficient so faith without works is insufficient also see I'm saved by faith not of works but once I get saved I've established that account with God and what I need to do is to make deposits in that account so I can draw upon the abundance of the peace and the power of God and if if I don't make those deposits then there's nothing to draw upon my account is empty I'm still saved like lot I'm still going to heaven I'm Justified but God wants us to have not just eternal life but Abundant Life so you got to keep making deposits and in Philippians chapter 3 and and verse number 13 the Bible says Brethren I count not

myself to have apprehended but this one thing I do forgetting those which things which are behind and reaching forth on those things which are before I press toward the mark for the prize of high call of God in Christ Jesus you see with my checking account I I I make a deposit this week but guess what I have to make another deposit and another deposit another deposit because I keep drawing out I've got to keep putting in and you've got to continue to make those deposit spiritually in your account go to Romans chapter 5 Romans chapter 5 and look at verse number 20 Romans chapter 5 and verse number 20 Bible says moreover the law entered the defense might abound but where sin abounded Grace did

much more abound I'm so thankful for the grace of God the abounding grace of God you see my bank they I have to pay them for the privilege of putting my money in their Bank they've got fees they've got charges and the money in there gets what 0.2% you know uh and then if for some reason you overdraft have to check you've got insufficient funds what do they do they charge you for it uh there's a there's a fee for it now isn't that kind of crazy you don't have enough money and so they're going to charge you for not having enough money now you don't have more enough money you have less money you know it just doesn't work very well does it but you know what my God doesn't do that to me my God

says listen I want to abound in Grace with you and when we mess up God doesn't charge us all these hidden fees and all these charges his grace is sufficient for us all and God provides his grace and I'm so thankful for it and God says listen when you mess up in first John 1:9 if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness I'm so thankful that God doesn't charge me every time I sin but yet at the same time I need to get that sin right with God and I need to get back to my account and and taking care of that account with God in in Romans chap 6 and veres 1 and 2 it it says what shall we then say shall we continue in sin that

Grace May abound God forbid how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein look down at verse number 15 it says What then shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace God forbid you know it's it's not okay to overspend I I I've got actually at my bank I've got a a protection there an overdraft protection so if I happen to write a check for too much more than I have in they're going to cover that but that doesn't mean I want to just use it I don't want to depend on that I want to be able to have the deposits in there to cover it and I'm so thankful for God's grace is more than efficient and that he never stamps our accounts non-sufficient because his grace will never

run out but I I need to make those deposits so I can draw upon that Grace that I can draw upon the blessings of God and when I sin I need to confess that sin and God will forgive me and and give me his grace again and I'm so thankful for that so we need to realize and start with the thought here of this and that is that we are just made it sometimes we just made it I just made it to Heaven because of Jesus Christ not because of what I did just lot wasn't a perfect man but he was a saved man and I wonder if you're saved today but I want to look at that word just and just do it just do it in Philippians chapter 4 in verse number nine it says those things which you have both learned and

received and heard and seen me do and the God of Peace shall be in you you know you probably recognize that little sign for Nike you ever seen that little what they they call it a swish sign and and Nike what is Nike's motto their motto is just do it just do it and you and I as Christians need to be we need to have that motto as well Paul said listen what you've learned you need to do it the Bible tells us in James 4 verse number 17 therefore to him that know it to do do good and doeth it not to him it is sin you see there are some things that some of you today you know you need to do it so why aren't you doing it some of you maybe you know you're not saved then you just need to do it and

get saved some of you you know that you you're saved but you've never been baptized so why haven't you done it some of you uh you know you need to join a local church so why don't you do it some of you maybe it's that you know you need to serve or you need know you need to tithe you know need to go Soul wining uh we had brother humbard teaching in the class this morning he talking about B I think it was six or seven things that Christians are supposed to do and the thing is when you know what you're supposed to do then do it do it and what is it that you need to do today maybe what you need to do is you need to go give God a blank check in Ezra 7: 10 it says for Ezra had prepared his heart

to seek the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach in Israel's J judgments Ezra said listen Lord I'm going to find out what you want and then I'm going to do it see a lot of us say God what do you want and then I'll decide if I'm going to do it and Ezra said no Lord I'm going to give you a blank check you write whatever you want in there and I am going to do it in Ezra chapter 7 and verse 10 it says uh for I'm sorry chapter 10 verse4 it says arise for this matter belongeth unto thee we also be will be with thee be of good courage and do it and folks there's some of you in this room that you just need to do what you you know you should be doing you just need to decide you know what God you

show it to me and I am going to do it we just need to do it see we need to be Overcomers in 1 John chapter 5 and verses four and 5 it says for whato is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith who is he that overcometh the world but he that believeth that Jesus is the son of God it's interesting that word Overcomer In this passage it comes from the Greek word n it's spelled the same way I'm not sure if that's where Nike got their name from or not but it's spelled exactly the same way and you and I we need to be Overcomers we need just do it you see one of the things I want to challenge you with today is don't try do it in James chapter

1 verse 22 it says but be doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving your own selves see one of the greatest reason I believe that many of us fail in our Christian walk with the Lord is because we try you say well wait a minute Pastor don't you want us to try yes I I believe you ought to try but trying is often the excuse for not doing it let me give you an example when your kids were when my kids were little maybe you've done this with your children have you ever told one of your kids go and get this and they go down wherever it is maybe to the garage or whatever and they come back about 60 seconds later and say I couldn't find it what did you look for it yeah I tried and then you go

down the garage and you find it see they came back with the excuse I tried so I'm okay I tried and failed but that's okay because at least I tried and that's the that's the attitude a lot of us had is well I tried having devotions I tried getting victory over this sin I tried this I tried that God doesn't say to try God says do it because we can do it in the strength and the power of God not in our own strength not in our own power but we can do it in the power of God Philippians chapter 4 and verse number 13 the Bible says I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me and you and I need to realize that we can do all through Christ in Romans chapter 7: 18 and 19 says for I know

that in me that is in my flesh dwell no good thing for the will is present with me how to perform that which is good I find not for the good that I would not I for the good I would I do not but the evil which I would not that I do see Paul understood the struggle you and I if we tried to defeat sin in the flesh we're going to fail every time if we tried to do what's right in the flesh we're going to fail every time because the flesh is weak and the only way we can have Victory is to do it and and to do it we've got to put on Christ you see Nike and a lot of these other companies they spend a lot of money trying to convince you if you just wear our tennis shoes if you just wear our shirt if

you just wear whatever our product is you're going to be a better athlete right if you wear our tennis shoes you're going to play basketball better if if you wear our shirt you're going to be a better Runner you know whatever else it is they they spend all this money trying to giveit you if you just put on our product you will be a better athlete Romans chapter 13 verse1 14 says but put you on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof see folks if we're going to do it we've got to put on Christ I'm not talking about what we do in the flesh because you can't do it you will fail every time in the flesh but when you put on Jesus Christ he is the one

that can give you the power he is the one that can help you to have the victory he is the one that can do it I can do all things through Christ with strength is me problem for a lot of the Christians is they didn't even bother trying back in 1st Samuel chapter 15 Saul uh had done wrong in verse 11 it says it repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king for he's turned back from following me and have not performed my Commandments and then verse 13 and Samuel came to Saul and Saul said unto him blessed be thou the Lord I performed the Commandment of the Lord and if you go on and read the rest of that passage it talks about how the the people made me do it you know he didn't even try to do

what's right he didn't even attempt to do what's right and so often we just give into sin right away instead of seeking the victory we've got to stop trying and we've got to do it in Genesis 18 verse 19 the Bible says for I know him that he will command his children and his household after him and shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him let me ask you a question can God save you that I know that person I know that person right there and they will do what I want them to do you need to do it just do it what is it that God says to you you know you should do this so why aren't you doing it what is it you just

need to stop trying and do today then one of the thought about this word just is just one in James chapter 2:10 it says for who shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he's guilty of all see a lot of times when I talk to somebody about salvation they'll they'll they'll they'll kind of say well I'm not that bad of a person but the thing is folks if you've broken one law you've broken them all if you're hanging from a chain and I cut one link what's going to happen you're going to fall and we all fall short of the glory of God whether you sin one time or whether you sinned a thousand times or 100 thousand times and the truth is if you sin one time a day 365 days a year take that

times your age you're a pretty bad person and the truth is you and I we do a lot more than one wrong thing a day whether we have the wrong thought whether we say the wrong thing whether we get mad whether we don't do what we should do you could go on with the list over and over again and we are sinners that fall short of the glory of God and if we failed one point we failed them all and and so often what we have is this attitude well you know I'm doing pretty good and everything else just as one thing but we can't allow that one thing the Bible says in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 and: 12 and 13 all things are lawful unto me all but all things are not expedient all things are lawful for me but I

will not be brought under the power of any Meats for the belly and the belly for the meats but God shall destroy both it and them now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord and the Lord for the body years ago there was a commercial I I don't know if any of you saw this or not you're old enough to see it but they used to have a commercial for Laz potato ships do you remember their slogan you can't eat just one and see when we allow one thing in our lives that that is wrong then we we continue you ever you ever gone to the store to buy one thing and come back with a whole truckload full of food or stuff you ever you ever say I'm just going to go on the internet and look at this one

site and two hours later you're still on the internet you ever sit down watch I'm just going to watch this one program on TV and it's now midnight and you've been watching TV all night that's the flesh folks and the flesh is weak and we've got to be careful we can't allow that flesh just one in Matthew chap 26:41 watch and pray that you enter not into temptation the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak in Galatians 5:17 it says for the flesh lust against the spirit the spirit against the Flesh and these are the contrary the one to the other so that you cannot do the things that you would and there's a battle that goes on in our life every day and it's a battle between the Flesh and

the spirit am I going to do what's right or wrong it's going back to the idea that we're just is having right judgment is making the right decisions in our lives making the right judgment go over to Romans chapter 6 Romans chapter 6 and look at verses 12-4 Romans chapter 6 6 and: 12-4 Romans 6 and verse number 12 let not sin therefore Reign or rule in your mortal body that you should obey it in the lust thereof neither yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness Unto sin but yield yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness under God for sin shall not have dominion or again rule over you for you're not under law but

under grace see one one of the things we struggle with is this idea well you know I I can handle it I I I it's just going to be one and I can stop I I can control this I can handle it or this idea I I I know what I'm doing or I'm Different I know this is a problem for other people it's not going to be a problem for me or I'll be careful or I can control it in Proverbs Chapter 16:18 says Pride go before destruction and a hotty spirit before fall and right judgment is realizing that I can't handle it in the flesh I can't control it I'm not different and I don't know what I'm doing and to make right judgments in our lives Bible says in 2 Peter chapter 2: 7 and 8 and he delivered just lot vexed

with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelleth among them in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful Deeds now again the Bible calls lot just and righteous not because he did all the right things but because he had trusted in God he had trusted in the Savior the Messiah and you and I are saved by putting our faith and trust in Jesus Christ as our savior but it's interesting when you read the story of lot he messed up pretty bad he looked up the plains of of Sodom and gomorra and saw that they were green and all the good things about him and and thought he could handle it and end up losing his family in the process the Bible

says that he vexed his righteous Soul uses that word twice in verse number seven and delivered just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked and that word Vex there means we we would toil but then you go down to verse number eight and it says he vexed his righteous soul from day to day it means torture here's the point I want to make as we go through life and we're bothered by things but we don't do anything about it I know I should read my Bible but we don't I know I should go back to church tonight but we don't I I know I should spend time in prayer but we don't I I know I shouldn't watch that program I know I shouldn't go this place on the internet I know I shouldn't and the

list goes on and on and on and lot was bothered by it but he didn't in fact he got to the point where he was tortured by it and that's what sin does it just gets worse and worse and worse and it eats away your soul until you say you know what I've had enough and what s of things are just and we need to make those just deposits don't be just saved and going to heaven now if you're not saved that's where it's got to start that's the first thing you need to do because you just need to do it but what else is it that you just need to do what is it that you know this is what's right this is what's next this is where I should be and you're not then why not just do it and then we need to realize

that you can't do just one one you see you got to make that decision on the positive side I'm going to start reading my Bible and it's a struggle you're going to read it and then you're going to forget and then you're going to read it you're going to forget but you got to keep at it until it becomes a habit just do it on the negative side you got to deal with that sin and you're going to deal with it and then it's going to take grab hold again and you're going to fight it again you're going but you can't do it in the flesh you've got to do it by the grace of God in the power of God put it on the Lord Jesus Christ