Hallelujah! Amen. Let's turn to Genesis. I want to go over some areas that we teach on, of course, a lot in so many different ways, but it's been a long time since we've specifically taught on this subject, and [I'm] just trying to be prayerful and see where we are as Father is directing our course.
You know, we've shared so many times the emphasis here in the ministry of committing to faithful men, those that are able to teach others also. One of the first responsibilities that we have in that mandate is to teach our children and to make sure that they're trained up and raised up in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord, and just to go back and evaluate where we are as a fellowship, where we are in our individual homes.
You know, it's very obvious what's been done in our midst in the political realm, especially here in our nation, but it's pretty obvious to me that with all that we've done politically, militarily, we've lost. We've become socialists as a nation, and frankly, the generation that voted this leader in was raised up through the ranks and through the schools to believe in it. It's how they think. And we sit here and we're so differently programmed that we find it hard to believe that somebody could be that naive or accept that ideology, and yet here we are all these years later; they won...
Generations, Part 2
September 26, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Let's see if we can pick up where we were this morning. We are dealing again with a very sensitive area, and we're very aware of that. I think we can begin to see that the real issue we are trying to address, as it pertains to our fellowship here, is arriving at the biblical order of God in our homes and in the fellowship. It is an awareness, so that we are not ignorant of Satan's devices. I don't think it takes a genius. We can look around and see what is going on in the secular realm today. Children are taught to question authority. Things that sound ludicrous to you and me-I heard some of the information from people among us that work in the secular arena, in education. They were sharing of the different things that they were privy to. I think it is interesting. How do you feel about a college student's parent calling the dormitory that the child is living in, so they can address the authority there on a daily basis to make sure that their child is making their bed? I am not making this up. Does anybody think that is strange? What about the parent that will fly across country, to contend with a child's counselor on campus because of a grade that was given?
You and I are sitting here thinking that this is nonsense, and this is foolishness. It is the world that we live in. If we think that it is not going to have some kind of an effect on us, then we need to rethink that. The fact of the matter is this: we are living in a realm, in a society, where we have been taught for generations that authority is the "bad guy," and authority is always wrong. We, the individuals, are always taken advantage of and oppressed. We have and bear no responsibility. We can sit here and see it very clearly in some cases. We realize we're dealing with a spirit because, beloved, here is the issue that we have talked about from the very beginning, time, and time again. Satan is after the order that God has established, because truth thrives the best in order, in unity, in humility, and in an environment of humility or teachability...
Generations, Part 3
October 10, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Amen! Let's turn to Ephesians 6. We want to continue along the lines that we were on. Just looking at the hour that we're in, and the need to really--I think, probably escalate all that we've done over these last years in trying to prepare our children to stand in the midst of this crooked and perverse generation. But you know, we've been talking a lot lately about the gospel being generational and the responsibility that we have to give the emphasis to this generational principle in the midst of living in a society, really, that promotes independence of each generation. We've seen it, you know--it's a natural thing for young people to want to be independent; we have the youth culture, and we see it in the secular, you know, everybody--every generation kind of just mocks the way the younger generation dresses or the music they listen to, even in the secular realm.
And so, the natural tendency, because of the Adamic nature, is for independence, separation; you know, identifying our generation, our way of doing things. But in the kingdom, there's only one way to do it, amen? The Lord's the same yesterday, today and forever; so there's no new way; there's no twenty-first-century way; there's no... I've always felt strongly about this where the emphasis of the youth culture--we've always had in our ministry "youth ministry" but never separated it from the whole community. You know, we're all one; the body of Christ is one. We've drifted away from the role of the patriarch in our society today. I want to talk about that a little bit, and yet I don't want it to be seen as abusive, because when we teach on the patriarchal principle--you know, the true patriarch isn't going to try to micromanage his children's family. Because we're all separate entities, we have separate gifts and separate calls. But the patriarch is responsible to see that his children and his children's children remain faithful to the Lord, amen?...
Generations, Part 4
October 10, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Let's see if we can continue along and the Lord minister to us on this subject. Let me ask a question before we get started. How many of you, growing up--young people, middle to later teens and twenties--how many of you, looking back now, really thought you were smarter than your parents? How many of you readily sought counsel and advice from your parents? Let me see your hands. Two? That's about right. How many of you had your parents try to give you advice and you resented it? How many of you wish you had done it differently? Let's go home. We're all the same, every generation; amen? It's the condition of the fall of Adam's children, this pride, the independence, the tendency of every man to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, is what we're battling. It's nothing unique. When people approach us, and really we never get beyond that in our lives--the need of counsel and the multitude of counselors--it brings us a safety.
We're never going to get to the place where we can become independent, self-sufficient. The Scripture says, "No man lives to himself [especially of those of us in the community of the kingdom of God] or dies to himself." The question we're asking is: do we have a teachable spirit? Are we a people who have a teachable spirit or are we prideful, rebellious, independent, self-willed--all of those ugly words, that we like to call, "Well they're adults now, so I'll let them choose. They're adults now; they need to make their own decisions." There is a time when they do need to make their own decisions, but, listen closely, not without counsel; amen? There's a time when they need to make their own decisions, but not without counsel. For many of you teenagers and young adults--when I talk about young adults, I'm talking about those under thirty...
Generations, Part 5
October 13, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Hallelujah! It didn't take long to fire me up. It's supernatural; it's not natural. We are believing for a miracle; amen? We are fighting against everything that seems to be historically the case, naturally the case, "but with God all things are possible;" praise God! (Matthew 19:26). So, as we look to make this investment, and we see God's original purpose as He spoke to Abraham (that the covenant might be perpetuated), He said, "I have chosen you because I have confidence that you will teach your children and your children's children all of these statutes, to keep these commandments" (Genesis 18:19, Deuteronomy 4:9). We were talking Sunday about the necessity in this hour to do away with the twenty-first century Jesus--the mentality of the "Grandpa God"--and realize that "our God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29) (amen?), and that He is a jealous God (Deuteronomy 4:24), and to see restored in our lives, as the patriarchs--the parents--a fear of God, and not a fear of losing our children, a fear of being out of step with society, or a fear of being held to our own doctrines, but to fear God and to pursue Him with all of our hearts in this last hour, and to work diligently (as we were sharing about driving the nations out from among us) to pull down their idols, for this [the Bible] is our wisdom (amen?), not the world's methods. This [the Bible] is our wisdom! (Deuteronomy 4:5-6).
This Word is truth; praise God! (John 17:17). There is no other way to do it. In spite of everything the world tries to bring into our midst to influence us--whether sociologically or economically--we are not manifesting a care or a pursuit of the world. We have come out from among them; we are separate; we are that royal priesthood, that holy nation (2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 Peter 2:9). As soon as the financial situation gets a little tougher, you will feel the pressure when it comes to honoring God with your first fruits. We are going to feel a little bit of pressure when we have to start changing our lifestyles...
Generations, Part 6
October 17, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Amen. We had a great--I'm sure all of you ladies got all of the information from the men's meeting yesterday, and we're thankful for that.
We had an outstanding men's fellowship yesterday as we were dealing with the subject of training up a godly seed, preparing ourselves for the adversity that's at hand, living in the day, of course, as we've talked about for so long--that in the last days iniquity will abound and the love of many will wax cold.
So we've got to keep ourselves stirred up. Amen? We're no exception. We go out there every day, and we're vexed. When we go on the job, whatever contact we have with the world's system, we're being vexed. We have all of the different secular humanist vehicles of media, television, all of these talk shows that are on. All of it comes from one basic source: the worship of the creature more than the Creator. It can manifest itself in numerous ways, and so we have to guard our hearts and realize that we don't go unscathed. We're influenced.
In the church itself, if you go out and you go into the Christian bookstores or you listen to the Christian media, stop and listen to how many of these people now that are the experts are psychologists. They try to say they're Christian psychologists, but there is no such thing. There is no science of psychology in the Scriptures. So what we need to realize is that the moment you get Freudian philosophy mixed in with biblical principles, you have a lie. "...
Generations, Part 7
October 24, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Hallelujah! Amen. We want to continue on our study with the godly seed and the vision that we have here as a fellowship. The Scripture, of course, is a hallmark foundational scripture for us: "http://...commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also" (2 Timothy 2:2). You know, that's part of what raising up the next generation is all about. We're looking for faithful men. We're looking for young people that have a heart for God, and that's who we're going to commit to. We're going to see that these children, then, are raised up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
There is a question that the Lord asks that I think sometimes we're very aware of, but we need to really take it to heart. The Lord said, "http://...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8). That's quite a statement, isn't it? "When I return, will I find faith? Will I find people looking for Me? Will I find people that are living according to My statutes that really have given themselves to the kingdom?" I think it goes along with the passage that we're all very familiar with. It's spoken of so much in these last days, but the statement that Father makes that in the last days, there is going to be a great falling away. "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold" (Matthew 24:12). "When I return, will I find faith on the earth?" Faithfulness, a diligent people that are doing it My way.
So, we've talked about the real obvious focus of the enemy. What was one of the first things that Satan introduced into the family after the fall? Adam and Eve--we know the broken order that took place there. They are put out of the garden and, tragically, one of the first things that a family experienced was what? Their children. What happened in their home? The murder of Cain and Abel. Where is it that Satan is going to attack the kingdom of God? He is going to attack the home. He's going to attack and try to bring division, schism in the home between husbands and wives, between generations of children and their parents; because he understands that a house divided against itself cannot stand...
Generations, Part 8
October 27, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Our kids are in public school there. We're really encouraging the ministry there, the families, to get the kids stirred up to make some organized effort at evangelizing the schools they're in. Hopefully, get such a spiritual revival going that they will throw them out and tell them to go back where they came from. We're just believing God to really move on the hearts of them to see that in the place that we are, we want to be offensive not defensive. We're not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God unto salvation.
So there's that tendency, you know, when the government agencies were on them and all of these things to kind of withdraw and go, "Oh, did we do something wrong? Nobody likes us. We're not approved. We're different." What you have heard by the Spirit of God in the inner recesses of your heart, shout it from the housetops. We have nothing to be ashamed of as we're proclaiming this gospel. We are the light of the world, and we are the salt of the earth. We want to encourage them in that and also at the same time, encourage ourselves in that, because it's not far away for us.
How many of you enjoyed Sunday night the ministry by the skit team? Did you? Great job, wasn't it? Did the message come home pretty clearly? You know, sometimes being able to visualize it a little bit is very helpful. It might not be that far off. Are we ready? What do you think? Are you ready? We all know it's going to be grace. None of us is ready in our own strength. But are we preparing ourselves? The key is going to be how much we're separating ourselves to the presence of God, how much of our time and energy is being used for eternal things instead of temporal things, you know, the real identifying of where our treasures are...
Generations, Part 9
October 31, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Hallelujah!! Let's turn to the book of Mark for just a second. I thought that we were done Wednesday, but I want to continue along the lines that we've been on; dealing with the aspect of understanding that the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven is, is really generational. Our relationship with the Lord is individual; it's specific; it's dynamic--no question--but none of us lives to Himself or dies to himself. Amen? We're not our own; we're bought with a price. The Lord has placed us in His body--say it--as it pleases Him. So, we really don't have a lot to say about our function and our role in the body of Christ or in the community, in God's community. He gifts us according to His sovereign purposes; He places us by His sovereign will.
He's given very specific guidelines of the order of the ecclesia, the church, and how it's to function; the roles of all the specific people within the church. We've been pointing out very importantly: the church is comprised of families. The family was God's original unit. The family, as it came to our natural existence, preceded the church even though the church in eternity preceded the family; because the Lamb was slain from before the foundations of the earth. Now, when the family was formed and God created man and man was made in His own image, Father said, "It is not good for man to be alone." This is a very interesting thing, because Adam had to be very fulfilled in his relationship with Father, as he walked with Him in the cool of the day and fellowshipped with God. But God being so separate in His holiness and in His uniqueness, that fellowship was limited on Adam's part. God could fully fellowship with Adam, but Adam couldn't fully fellowship with God because he couldn't know Him as He needed to be known. In his innocence, he knew Him as well as the creature could know the Creator...
Generations, Part 10
November 3, 2010 • Pastor Star R. Scott
Hallelujah! Amen. We are going to continue this teaching. We keep trying to finish this subject, but we really want to give it the time it deserves, and to try to help us see that there is a bigger picture here that we want to address. We have been talking about the principal that the covenant of God, and the kingdom, is an institution to which God relates Himself generationally. In the teaching we said that He reveals Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He called Abraham the father of our faith; and we know that He called him, and He stated the reason: He said, "The reason I chose you is that you will teach your children, and your children's children." That's the will of God; amen?
In our study, we have said we must really come to grips with what we believe; because, for generations now, we have been taught that, when you are eighteen years old, you are a man, and you go out on your own. You have your family, you are responsible for that, and that shows that you have matured, that you have come to age, and that has now become the realm of your authority and your oversight. We have lost the biblical patriarchal pattern. If you went out and started sharing this in the work place and where you live, do you think it would be accepted? Do you think people would buy it? How many of you think that people would actually mock you, question you, and ridicule you? People would think it was laughable, absurd, antiquated. In so many different aspects we have been brainwashed by the secular, and the church has been vexed by the secular, to where we don't even think twice about its manifesting itself in the body of Christ and the church in the way that it does in the world. Now, we have been taught here, as a fellowship, to honor the Lord in every way He reveals Himself to us. We will continue to talk about the home and the patriarchal role and generational principles; but back off for a moment and let's think: What is it that is really under attack by the enemy of our souls, by the enemy of the kingdom of God? Thessalonians speaks very clearly that in the last days, "only he who now letteth will let" (2 Thessalonians 2:7). What is it that is being restrained by the Holy Spirit at this time? It's the secret power of lawlessness...
