Walking Disorderly

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Amen! Thank you Father for this day. We thank you Lord; we praise your holy name.

Thank you Father for your love for us: you gave your Son for us; you are for us; you are with us. Thank you Father. Your ways are true and just. Thank you Lord.

Today’s program is called, Walking Disorderly. Let’s turn to 2 Thess 3:6, But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Notice: this is a commandment from the Apostle Paul to the Church. 

Let’s turn to Acts 20:32, Paul said, "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " Eph 4:28, Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Psalm 128:1, Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. These are His ways: to eat the labor of our own hands, and we will be happy, and it shall be well with us. Prov 21:25 & 26, The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not spare. 

Let’s turn to Mat 5:43, Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. God is always giving. Acts 17:24 & 25, God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. He gave His Son, His only beloved Son, for us, that we might live. God is always working: He is caring for and sustaining His entire vast creation, every moment, continuously. If you are His son or daughter, through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for you upon the Cross, He has provided for you all things in Him. Php 4:19, And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. But, like Him, you must work. As we have seen in the scriptures we have read, we must labor with our hands in that which is good, that we too may have something to give to someone in need. We must fear Him and walk in His ways, as we read in Psalm 128, and we will be blessed, when we eat the labor of our hands; we will be happy, and our wives and children will be blessed, and we will have something to give to others in need, and we will be blessed in giving to them. If we refuse to labor, we should not eat. That is a commandment from the Apostle Paul to the Church. If we eat, we are eating someone else’s labor of their hands. Paul said we should support the weak. There are those who are weak, disabled or elderly, and they cannot work very much, and we who are able are supposed to labor and take care of our own needs, and help others in need as God leads us. If you are a Christian: someone who claims to be a follower of Jesus, and you are able to work, and you are lazy, and you don’t want to work; if you’re not working, but you’re eating other men’s labors, you are walking disorderly and you need to repent. You need to go to work now! Ask God for a job. He can give you good work. Be willing to do whatever He gives you, and work hard and do a good job, serving Him and those you are working for, and He will bless you. You will be happy when you fear Him and do this and eat the labor of your own hands and give to others as He leads you to help them. 

You will also have something to give to God. Give Him a tithe and an offering as He prospers you, and you will be blessed.

There are some people in the Church who know how to manipulate other people to give to them, and they live off of their labors. They are wicked, and unless they repent and do their own work, they will have to give an answer to Jesus for what they have done. He knows your works. Are you one of those people, REPENT! FEAR GOD! You may be able to deceive some people, but you’re not fooling God. He knows you and He is going to give unto everyone of us according to our works. 

Prophecy:

I am God Almighty! Those of you listening to My servant Rob this day, Consider these words that I have given Him to speak to you. All of you who are able must work. I will be with you in your work; I will bless you, as you work and serve those for whom you are working, and you will have to give to others; you will be happy; you will be blessed, says the Lord. But if you refuse to work, and you try to manipulate others to support you, you will be cursed; you will not be blessed; that is not a blessing. So, if that’s you, turn and repent and walk in My ways, says the Lord, and you will be blessed.

God is serious about this: this is really serious stuff. This is not some game. Rom 2:4, Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. 

We know people who have disabilities, but they are working hard and providing for their own needs and the needs of others. They are not relying on other people to take care of them. If you are not disabled and you are able to work, you need to work, doing that which is good, and God will bless you; you will be happy. If you live off of other people’s labors, you will not be happy. Repent and turn to God, and learn His good ways, to walk in them. He loves you and He will help you. God is working and giving, and as His children, we need to be doing the same: working and giving as He provides. 

I am speaking these things by experience. Both my wife and I have been blessed through our work. God gave us work; we worked hard; we worked unto Him; we sought to do excellent work and do a good job and God blessed us, for many years. So I know this by experience in my own work. The first thing that happened to me, when I became a Christian, was I got a job. Before that, I was living off of other men’s labors as a sinner. 

But when I got saved, the first thing God led me to do was get a job, and He gave me a good job. And He will do the same for you. I learned to really enjoy my work, even though it was hard sometimes.  The work is not always easy, but it is always a blessing to labor, working with your own hands, providing for yourself and for others. God was with me in my work, protecting me, and blessing me with many good jobs, and He will do the same for you, if you will look to Him and trust Him and walk in His ways.

Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name, for every person reading this message. Anyone who is not working, and they know that they should be working, Lord, help them. Move in their hearts; grant them repentance and grant them a good job; lead them to a good job, I pray Father, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com .   

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)