The title of the sermon: “WHO DO YOU CARE ABOUT?”
This is a topic that really needs to be talked about in today’s world. Who do you care about? Really? Don’t just mouth it or speak it. For example, you might say: “I really care about God. He’s number one. He’s everything to me.” But, is He actually? Or, are you just spouting off at the mouth? Is garbage coming out of your mouth?
If you love God, you will follow His commandments. Love is the fulfilling of His commandments. If you care about God, you will do what He says. But, I want to make sure we get all this right today. For example, I could say to my wife: “If you love me, you’ll do what I command you to do.” But this isn’t actually true in all cases.
God’s Commandments Are Love
If I command her to rob a bank, she would be breaking God’s commandments. This is not love. God’s commandments are love. Following His commandments = LOVE AND CARE FOR SOMEONE.
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
That’s pretty simple right there. Those are words that come straight from the mouth of Jesus Christ. If you love anyone, you MUST be keeping the commandments of God in order to love them. If you think that you care for someone but do not keep God’s commandments, you do not care for them. To show someone that you care and love them, what would you do? Start doing what God says.
Is it good to love and to care for other people? Yes, this is what God wants from us. But He’s first. All of this love comes from Him. You cannot love without God Almighty. Do you see how you must love Him first in order to love others?
John 15:9-11
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
If you want to be happy and joyful, it all starts at the Almighty Creator of all things. So many people in this world are looking and seeking for JOY in their life. But they will never find joy unless they seek God first. God loves His people. You must be saved first. You must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and receive everlasting life.
Love Fulfills the Law
This is love. Jesus commands us right there to continue in His love. If we keep His commandments we abide in His love. Jesus kept all the commandments. His Father loves Him because He keeps His commandments. It’s not my commandments that matter UNLESS I align with God’s commandments. When I command my wife and children to do what God says to do, this is love.
As a husband and the 100% absolute leader of my home, I must get this right in order to love my family. When we get this right, not according to this world but according to God, we will have joy. We will have peace. We will have happiness even through the hardest of times. When we’re having difficulties and great troubles, we go through them by doing what God says.
Romans 13:8-10
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
I don’t owe any man anything. But I am to love my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. If I love you, I have fulfilled the law of God. If I steal from you, I do not love you. If I don’t steal from you, I show you love by following God’s words. Many people will accuse me of having hate or being a hate preacher because I preach against sin. I preach against sodomites or homosexuals. I preach against fornication and adultery. I preach against alcohol. I preach against drugs. I HATE ALL THESE THINGS.
God commanded me to hate all of these things. When I do what He says, I have love. We are to love the good and hate the evil. We must establish judgment just as God says. How do we establish judgment? We use God’s words. Then we know what is right and wrong.
Doing God’s Commandments Shows Love
For example, I will not debate whether or not homosexuality is good or bad. I already know because God tells me. You can call that whatever you want. People will say, “Jesus said to love thy neighbor as thyself.” But what they actually mean is that Jesus allowed sin and was okay with sin. God commanded me to preach against sin. If I don’t preach against sin, I do not have love.
But, as expected, this world tells us that we don’t love when we do what God commands us to do. For example, if you care about God and love Him, you will find a good church and you will get there. If you care for God and love God, you will preach the Gospel. If you care for God and love God, you will get baptized in water. You will never forsake the assembling of yourself with the people of God who love Him and care for Him.
1 John 3:23-24
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Hey, if you want to love at all, you must believe in the Son of God, Jesus Christ. When I say believe in Him, I mean trust Him with all your heart, soul, and mind. When you see and hear the word of God, just like this Scripture right here, you simply trust what He says.
If Jesus says, “Believe in me, and I will give you everlasting life,” trust Him. He’s not a liar. We are not good. Good = perfect. God is good. We are not. There’s none good but one and that is God.
Trust Christ for Salvation
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” We need Him and Him alone to be saved. Salvation is not of our works. Salvation is of the works of God. Jesus did all the work. There’s nothing left for you to work to be saved. Understand this. Believe this. And be saved today. He says that He gives everlasting life right now, TO YOU, if you will simply believe in Him.
When you do that, you are born again at that moment. It’s not at any other moment but the moment you trust Him. Then you are saved forevermore. Then you have experienced the love of God because you are now a part of His family. But don’t be deceived. Now it’s time to get to following His commandments. You’re saved, but it’s time to work for God. If you love God, HEY, show me that you love Him. You might say, “I don’t have to show you anything. You’re nothing.” God commands you to show me.
God commands His people to do what He says. If you want to show me you love God, you’ll do what God says. I will use Prudence from Australia as an example. I’ve never met her in person, but I hope to one day. She listened for a while to the sermons and the preaching here. She changed her life completely. She listened to the sermons in the Book of James. I preached to show me that you love God.
Examples of Putting God First
And she showed me. She proved it. She asked me to help her find a good church. I only know of one in Australia. That church is New Life Baptist Church with Pastor Kevin Sepulveda. That church was about an 18 hour drive for her. She picked up everything, moved, got there, got baptized, attends church faithfully, is growing in the Lord, goes soul winning, and is joyful now. She checks in with me every so often, and she inspires other people to do what God says to do.
If one person get’s saved from this, it’s worth an eternal soul. No one can make this happen but God. Thank God that He gave us His words to preach.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
God is a faithful God. For example, I have a faithful wife who loves me greatly. It’s great to know that I have my wife here backing me up in what I do. I don’t have to worry about her at all. It’s great knowing that I have a Godly woman with me.
Deuteronomy 11:1
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
We don’t love God by keeping His commandments a couple days out of the year. We are to keep His commandments ALWAYS. We aren’t part time Christians.
Promises for Those Who Love God
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
This is what happens. When you love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, He works for you. He gets things done for you because you are working together to fulfill His will for you and others. If you want your life to change for the good, simply do what God says to do.
Deuteronomy 11:22
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Deuteronomy 19:9
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
God never breaks His promises. There’s a condition to these promises. IF, IF, IF.
Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Obedience Brings Blessing
Do you want to live and multiply? I sure do. Do you want to be blessed by God? I sure do. I don’t need the things of this world. I want to be blessed in heaven.
Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
So you get the point here, right? TAKE DILIGENT HEED to what I am saying. Don’t ignore what I’m saying. Don’t minimize what I’m saying. WAKE UP and HEAR.
1 John 5:2-3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
The Bible can’t be more clear. “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.” “By this we know that we love the children of God.” His commandments are not difficult.
2 John 5-6
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
“This is love, that we walk after His commandments.” Now, we understand love. We know what this means.
Examples of True Care
With all of this foundation laid today, I want to move into the next part of this sermon. This part might be uncomfortable for many people who might watch this who haven’t been in a good church. They’ve been in a worldly church or in the things of this world for too long. So it is uncomfortable. You might not like my words. You might hate me and my words after this. SO BE IT.
My job as a preacher of God’s words is to tell you the truth. And I’m not afraid to tell you the truth. You should want to be surrounded by people who will tell you the truth. Let’s get straight to some examples of things happening in this world today that are gross and sickening.
Children and Education
I see children being sent to the public schools and private schools to be taught and cared for by strangers. No. No. No. If you have children out there, it’s time to start loving them and caring for them. Remember, you saw all the Scriptures that tell us what love is. Not the world’s definition. Wives and women, you are to be keepers at home and care for your children.
Titus 2:3-5
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
I hope these Scriptures are making more sense to you now. Aged women are to teach the younger women the right ways. To love their husbands and children. How? By doing what God says. To be keepers at home that work hard for their husband. The husband is the leader according to God’s words.
Not Emphasizing Riches Over Children
And that husband is to follow the Lord Jesus Christ with a PASSION. Hey wife, we’re following Jesus Christ. No matter what, my wife, we will serve the Lord. Now, follow me while I follow Jesus Christ. My wife could make a hundred thousand dollars a year or more as a registered nurse. I don’t care. God commands me to love my wife by doing what He says. She is a keeper at home now. And she’s good at it. She’s amazing at what she does because she is fulfilling the role God gave her.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
You will be pierced through with many sorrows if you don’t do what God says to do. He’s trying to save your children, but He gave you choices to make.
Dogs, Idolatry, and Priorities
Let’s move on to another example. And this is one that makes me sick. This makes me want to vomit. Listen, this is one of the nastiest, vile, and corrupted deceptions in this country today. People are taking one of the nastiest animals in existence and raising them up to be gods. I speak of dogs. I SPEAK OF THE ANIMALS. Dogs.
Philippians 3:2
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
I have preached that Scripture many times before. God relates dogs to sodomites or homosexuals. And we know how vomit worthy sodomites happen to be. They act like dogs. They do things sexually that dogs would do. Totally nasty and rejected by God.
But think of these things. Dogs are animals and should never live inside the home. They should never become pets. WAKE UP TO REALITY. The dogs lick their own butts. They lick you in the face. They spread disease. I’ve been accidentally licked in the face by a friend’s dog. That should be a crime. They spread disease. They are not clean at all. They have a disgusting smell to them. They stink up your home.
Beware of Dogs
Matthew 8:30-32
And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Jesus chose to save one man over a great herd of swine (about two thousand). They drowned. They choked in the sea. Jesus did that. One man is more important than all the dogs in this world. One baby is more important. One woman is more important. One daughter is more important. One son is more important. One neighbor is more important than all the dogs that have ever lived.
100% truth: DOGS ARE NASTY. All of them. Your dog isn’t better than other dogs. “But MY DOG is clean. I keep my dog clean.” That’s impossible. And if you do, you’re abusing the dog. A dog is a wild animal. Their purpose in the Bible is to lick up blood. They are like buzzards and vultures. Would you bring a nasty vulture who eats road kill into your house? Of course not.
Loved Ones vs. Animals
Husbands, love your wives. NOT YOUR DOGS. Who do you care about? Who do you love? Do you love video games more than your own children? I’ve seen this before with my own eyes. I’ve seen lesbians leave their husband and children to go find another lesbian to make themselves “happy.” YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY AS A LESBIAN. That’s the truth. Do you love money more than humans?
All of these things are killing people and sending them to hell. It’s not funny, but it’s true. Love the right things. This would be human souls who can either have everlasting life or everlasting death. This who we love and care for. If you love and care for humans, then do what God says. When you do what God says, humans will end up going to heaven because you did what God said to do.
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
The husbands are to lead their wife in the right ways. Having dogs around isn’t a part of that AT ALL. Either make the choice to love and care for your husband or wife OR DON’T.
Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
A good husband is to be a good leader. Stop worrying about dogs and put your care into humans. Think of what’s happening out there. DOGS ARE NOT IMPORTANT!!! They are killers. They continue to kill humans over and over again. And it’s never their fault. Let’s invite killers into our homes to live with our children, give them breathing problems, and more. Duh. Do you not see this? Get the nasty dogs out of your homes.
We Are to Serve Humans Over Animals
Would you, as a man or a woman, lose a spouse over a dog? “But my dogs are so important.” Not to God. If they aren’t that important to God, why are they so important to you? You might say, “Well, I love my dog.” But God commands us to love people, not animals, with the priority we see in Scripture.
Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
In other words, stop making dogs important. OTHER ANIMALS TOO. Do you understand this?
Conclusion: God or the World?
A virtuous woman won’t be too happy with a man who raises dogs to her level. God doesn’t do this. Humans are important to God. This is truth. People who walk in neighborhoods in the future will have to wear mud boots because of all the dog poop. I walked in a neighborhood once and kept stepping in it over and over as I was walking and talking to someone.
So, would you be living with the swine or pigs before long? How far are you going to go? People who care more about dogs than humans are blind. If you love the dog more than your wife, that’s messed up. If you love the dog more than your child, that’s messed up. We need to do what God says. Stop worshipping animals.
Ephesians 5:25-27 (repeated) shows how a husband is to love his wife. Not the dogs. This is enough to understand. Enough said.
Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Will you stand there with Joshua? Are you for God or are you against God? Let me be very clear. YOU DON’T WANT TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE. God clearly tells you what will happen to you. Don’t be on the side of the worthless dogs.
Let’s pray.
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