Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. This is Dale Jackson welcoming you to the Lamp and Light broadcast, coming to you from the studios of Central Baptist Church in beautiful Ocala, Florida. Lamp and Light is a ministry. It takes a book of the Bible, verse by verse, teaching it as it is to men as they are, without compromise or apology. Speaking the truth in love is our purpose, and to give the lamp and light to all. The Bible stands, though the hills may tumble. It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble. I will plant my feet on its firm foundation, for the Bible stands. I don't know what your vocation is in life. But use it for God. You might be a mechanic. You might be a doctor. You might be a pharmacist. You might be a cook. You might be a maintenance worker. You might be a plumber. And you have done much for God's house and God's man. And that is a spiritual blessing. Luke forewent a great monetary opportunity to serve God with the gift God had given him. Some are as the rich man who could not forsake his riches in order to follow Jesus. Some cannot forsake security or the comfort and the ease of a present standard in order to do the hard work of the ministry. Oh, if more would, and we had this backing in prayer, there might even be a waiting list in your church to be a Sunday school teacher or work in a bus ministry or sing in a choir. If more Christians truly had a heart heart like these servants listed in Colossians 4 7 through 14 you see we find so often the pleasures of life and home are loved more than God and we don't act it's the person who loves God more than mother father son or daughter husband or wife that's the person that who is in action. Your gift may be music, it may be teaching, it may be needlework, it may be art, it may be cooking. You're paid by the world, but don't you know that that gift you have can be used freely for God. Now finally, we have, after all these positive things being said about servants, we see finally here in Colossians 4.14, Demas greet you and Demas doesn't say anything about Demas just says his name Doesn't say beloved doesn't say anything about him in the Philemon letter Demas is called a fellow laborer in This letter which was written next he's just simply called Demas and then finally in 2nd Timothy chapter 4 verse 10 it'll say Demas having loved this present world hath forsaken me You know, that word forsaken is defined as to let one down. And I'm not sure that Demas was leaving religion. It was just that the love of this present world was so great that he could not serve in a fundamental Bible believing Bible preaching ministry. Many ministries take on the look of the world today. They conform to the world. Now that word conform the Bible means to fashion yourself after something on the outside. Transformation takes place from the inside and works its way out. But conformity looks at the outside thing. You know, sometimes people they say you got to change. It's the world we live in. You got to change. And that's right. You should be more holy today than you were a year ago. But you know, it's not change when you start looking like the world, talking like the world, going to the worldly places, singing the worldly songs, using the worldly music and drinking the worldly drink, talking the worldly talk. That's not change. That's reverting back to form. Change is when you're even more holy. Oh, that we'd have more that would just see that and change and not allow their ministry to take on the look of the world. Listen to the strong language of these verses. 1 John 2, verse 15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loved the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Now that's very clear. James 4, 4. Listen to these strong words. Ye adulterers and adulteresses. Now how would you like to be called an adulterer or adulteress? He says, no, you're not. that the friendship of the world is entity with God. Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Now, I'm preaching in the state of Florida. We have in this state some places called nude dancing places, OK? For lack of a better term. Sometimes they are advertised on our interstate. One that comes to my mind that is near us is called Cafe Risque. Now, if you can have nude dancing and the type of music they use, they dance to, If you take that type of music, and you put it in a church, and you only put Christian words to it, that does not save and redeem the music. That music is still worldly. And what you've done is as 1 Peter 1, verse 14 says, you fashioned yourself according to the former lust, the lust before you had, you were saved. And now you're headed back towards it. Liberty, never, ever. applies to the flesh. Liberty, Bible liberty, applies to the spirit. Now, what happened to demons can happen to you. I was in a man's house visiting one time that had visited our church. And boy, he asked me my stand on the Bible because he believed it was word for word inspired. And you'd only use the King James Version of the Bible, which we use. And he was against carnality. He spoke against alcohol. He spoke against movies, dancing. I mean, the whole bit. I was quite impressed with today. The same man is in a church with the deacon's drink. The pastor goes to the movies and they don't use his King James Bible rather they use some kind of a perversion. Well, that happened to that man that I would have never thought would have happened to him. It can happen to me. It can happen to you. That's why we must always, always continually walk with God, be faithful, serve and resist the devil. My friend look the devil will use tiredness the faults of others whatever he can to discourage you Don't let him you just keep on keeping on God sees Now one thing I can say for Demas Demas at least is saved in Luke chapter 19 verses 24 through 27. I We read these words from the lips of Jesus and he said unto them that stood by Take from him the pound and give to him that hath ten pounds And they said unto him Lord. He hath ten pounds For I'm saying to you that to everyone which hath shall be given and from him that hath not Even that he hath shall be taken away from him But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them bring hither Slay them before me Now those are pretty strong words my friend Demas is Like a Christian that appears at the judgment seat of Christ. He loses reward But he saved so as by fire but those without Christ are Slain before him that is they are cast into the lake of fire Now you don't want Christ to reign over your life Then my friend You are headed to that lake of fire He loved you. He shed his blood. He left the glory of heaven came to this earth Just to die for all your sin when he was dying for your sin. He was dying for every sin you ever have or ever will commit He was buried and three days later He rose from the dead. He did that for you. He did that for me And he did that because he loves you. And my friend, will you take him as your personal savior? You see, not only do you Not want to go to hell if you knew what it is If you knew what that lake of fire was you wouldn't want to go to it The bible describes it as a lake of fire where you do not cease to exist You're tormented day and night forever and ever you cannot escape and you find out that You have pain you have tears you have gnashing of teeth there You just can't get a moment's rest You don't want to go there The bible says that he's not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. He doesn't want you to go there He says in first Timothy 2 that he would have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth You see he wants to save you. He loves you My friend if you decide you want to hold on to the world your love for the world Will lead you to hell with the rest of the world. He said brother Andy. I don't want to go to hell I don't want to go to a place like you just described Then why not ask Jesus to be your Savior? Jesus said in John 14 6, I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes unto the father, but by me. And my friend, nobody else can save you. Only Jesus. What must you do? Admit that you're a sinner. Romans 3 23 says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That includes me. That includes you. Romans 6 23 it says for the wages of sin is death. That's final complete separation from God forever in the lake of fire and my friend That's the wage. That's what we have earned every one of us because we've all sinned But God doesn't want you to go to hell and although you've earned to go to hell. I Romans 623, the last part of that says, but the gift, not something that we earn, not something that we get good enough for. He says, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Now, on your part, you must be willing to repent. Repent, you therefore be converted that your sins may be blotted out within times of refreshing shall come from the Lord. Acts 319 says, repent, turn from your sin, turn from depending on yourself and be converted. Give your life to Jesus Christ. And believing that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you, shedding his precious blood, and then raising from the dead three days later, through prayer, invite him into your life as your personal savior. Romans 10, 10 says, for with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made to salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. If you really want Jesus to be your Lord and savior, then pray this prayer, dear God, I know I am a sinner and I need forgiveness. Forgive me of my sins. I believe that Jesus Christ shed his precious blood on the cross and died for my sins. I believe that three days later he rose up from the dead. I am willing to turn from sin and I right now invite Jesus Christ to come to my heart and my life as my Lord, as my God, as my Savior. Save me right now. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name. Amen. Now, my friend, if you just trusted Christ as your Savior, you've just begun a wonderful new life with him. Now, read your Bible every day. Get to know Jesus Christ better. Take time every day to talk to God, that is to pray. Be baptized. Get into a good, independent, fundamental, Bible-believing Baptist church. If you don't know of a church in your area, look in the Yellow Pages, and they'll usually have churches listed under Baptist Independent. And get in there. Let the Bible be the final authority. And go to a church where Jesus Christ is preached and the Bible is the final authority. Tell others about your faith in Christ. Well, I see that my time is up. I want to thank you for listening to our broadcast today, and my friend, May the lamp of God's word be the light 1714 Southeast 36th Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34471. You may also visit us by our website and freely download the sermons by clicking on the sermon library. That site is www.sermonlibrary.org. centralbaptistocalla.org. Again, the address of Lamp and Light Broadcast is 1714 Southeast 36th Avenue, OCALA, FL 34471. and our website is www.centralbaptistlocala.org. This is your announcer Dale Jackson saying, may God's peace be with all who are in Christ Jesus.