REMEMBERED BY OUR ACTIONS || Rev. Adeola Akanbi

I want to speak briefly with us on this title.

Remembered by our actions, remembered by our actions. My text

is taken from the Book of Ecclesiastis, Chapter twelve Versus

thirteen and fourteen. Ecclesiastis Chapter twelve, thirteen and fourteen. Ecclesiastics

Chapter twelve, thirteen and fourteen. This is what the Bible says.

Now all has been heard. Here is the conclusion of

the matter. Fear God keep his commandments, for this is

the duty of all mankind. For God bring every deed

into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good

or even. What we do in life determines.

How we will be remembered.

This study of Ecclesiastes twelve thirteen and fourteen.

Teaches us God's.

View on our actions and their lasting impact. Can you

ask yourself, people of God, this money, what will I

be remembered for?

Will I be remembered for? Coming? Lets to judge?

You know what on the day this man was buried

because of emotion, things that he did, you know will

not be able to say it. All that day is

also you will not be able to see it because

of what emotion. But you know what God does not

deal with emotion. God doesn't deal with emotion. As pure

as clean as it is. How God is going to

meet every one of us. I know he surrendered his

life to Christ. I know he was baptized. I know

it was an active service. He did all he could.

He made his mistakes in his errors. But this other

one I can see he has gone right. It doesn't

matter what I say, but the little I know it

because he.

Was my younger brother. But why will we build remember bad?

For weill be.

Remembered as one who does not protect in the life

of the church. Will you be remembered as one who

is careless about his life? Will you be remembered as

one who is careless about his eternity? Will you be

remembered as one who does not care about the concerns

of humanity? The writer of Ecclesia Sis, after reflecting on

lies many, he concludes that our main purpoles is to

fear God and obey him. One day, everything we have done,

whether good or bad, will be judged by God. This

should encourage us to live in a way that honors

the Lord. From that passage, our look at two things

from that passage. Number one thing you see in that

passage is the duty of every person, the duty of

every man that you will see in Vest.

Thirteen.

And what is that duty? Fear God and obey him.

Fear God and obey him. What does that Fear God means?

Fear God means having a deep respect for God, acknowledging

is power and his holiness. That's what it means to

fear God. The Bible says Improvers, Chapter nine, verse ten.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

That Bible passage also says, Kip is commandments. This is

how we show that we truly respect and love God.

If you say you love God, if you say you

respect God, if you say that you Christian, then you

must obey his commandments.

If you don't obey his commandments, then.

You are not a Christian. John fourteen, verse fifteen. The

Bible says, you love me, keep my commandnames. How does

this apply to us? Fearing God means letting his will.

For those of us that are writing, please write this

one down. Fearing God means letting his will guide our thoughts,

guide our words, guide our actions. That's what fearing God

means meaning that the will of God is what is

guiding what.

You are thinking.

The will of God is what is guiding what you

are saying. It is the will of God that is

guiding how you are behaving.

So I ask you this morning, people of God.

Is the will of God guiding your thoughts, the way

you think and what you think?

The Bible says that I said, I think.

So is when you see somebody behaving the way you're behaving,

that is what is in your brain?

Is the way you're thinking? Is the word? Is the

will of God guiding your words?

What you are saying out, everything that you spill out

of your mouth, is it according to the guidiance of

the will of God? Your actions? How you behave is

this God that is guiding it. But the thing is this,

how do you know the will of God? If the

will of God must guide your thoughts, if the will

of God must guide your words, if you will of

God must guide your action.

How do you know the will of God?

The will of God is not known except is the word.

If you're far away from the world of God, you

are far away from the will of God. And in

that same verse, obey God's word gives our lives meaning

and impact, both now and in eternity.

So when you obey the word of God.

There is meaning to your life, not just now, but

even in times to come in eternity. In verse fourteen,

that verse fourteen emphasizes that God judges all our actions.

That's number two. God judges all our actions. The verse says,

for God, we bring every deed, every deed into judgment,

including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

God we bring it to judgment. God, we bring it

to judgment.

Someone once said the woman was telling a friend, that's

the way of some people. The woman was telling a friend.

The woman said, like, say this, your husband, y get

enough for hand. We go share our more, all of

us go share. But because your husband not to get

for hand, I maym we know if you share? What

does that mean for another woman to confront a friend

and telling the friend that you see that you're that.

You have in your house. Eh, that husband would have

been for all of us.

Like say the man gets enough codifer hand, save the

man to give a cool differ hand now waited free hand.

Be that.

On actions will be judged by God.

There is second path to this summon. So all action,

all the words.

Eh, that's what.

We're do in the second in the second part, but

let's finish this first part. When somebody comes up to

tell you all of those things, and the person is

a Christian, right, do you think that person's thought is

guided by the will of God? For God we bring

every deed into judgments, including every hidden thing, whether it

is good or bad. Just think for a moment, Think

for a moment, what I do. Those things that you

have done, eh, those thoughts that you have had, whether

it is good, whether it is bad. Everything we come out.

God is not only our creator, but also our judge.

Every action, whether it is seen by others or done

in secret, will be judged. It will be judged. Matthew,

Chapter twelve, that's thirty six. The Bible says everyone, we

have to give account on the day of judgment for

every empty world they have spoken, every empty word that

they have spoken, they are going to give account of

it for the day of judgment. What does every empty

word mean? Every empty word? We do better study. That's

that's the text for this part two. But look at

it that every word in Greek it means I mean

it says, rema are gone.

What does that means? It is? It means I do

I do word?

Careless word, unprofitable word, or what less word? These are

words that serve no good purpose, lack of sincerity or

a spoken is spoken anyhow, You just open your mouth

and just drop something. You don't care the impact that

it's making in the life of others, empty words. What

will you be remembered for? From the Bible, we have

people that were remembered or that we remember them for

good actions. Abel in Genesis chapter four, vers.

Four.

The Bible says that Abel was remembered for offering is

sacrifice that policed God.

All right, that's what we know a blfor it brought.

Our whoffering, an offering that pleased the Lord. What kind

of offering do you bring? What will you be remembered for?

Joseph in Genesis chapter fifty nineteen to twenty one, Joseph

was remembered for forgiving his brothers and saving many lives.

And Joseph was saying, after the death of their father

and your brother's again, you see, our our father said

you should not be angry with us and with everything

that we have done, and Joseph replied and told them

you intended to hunt me, You intended to hurt me.

But God intended it for good, to establish what is

now being done, the saving of many lives. It was

remembered for forgiving his brothers. How many of us are

hear this money? That many have offended you? And you

have written it in your heart, and you said yes,

shading no forgiveness. I tell you it's away a ticket

to alfire. Unforgiveness, it's a ticket to alfire. It's a

ticket to al fire. How about those that were remembered

for bad actions in the Bible? Came was one of

them Genesis chapter four, bus Head. He was remembered for

jealousy and mother. He mothered his brother. He mothered his brother.

He was jealous, He was jealous of his brother.

How about Jezebel In Second Kings chapter nine Versus thirty

and thirty two seven, Jezba was remembered for leading Israel

into saying and I doolecty. What will you be remembered for?

What will you be remembered for? How do we apply

this to our lives? Think about your daily choices. What

are the decisions that you make every day. Are they

plesten to God your decisions? Every day I did plesten

to God. Remember that even secret actions will be judged

by God.

As you engage the journey of this week? Do you think.

That God will be pleased by everything that you do?

Number? Three things? Is this living in life that matters?

How can we live in life that matters?

What should we do? What should we forecaus on as

children of God? What are the things that we should

be pursuing as Christians? Number one is faith and obedience.

The Bible says in the Book of Imprils doubterih level,

verse six. Without faith, it is impossible to please God.

Pursue faith, pursue obedience. Our faith should lead us to

obey God and trust in Him completely all the.

Days of our lives.

Faith and obedience, those are the things that we should

pursue in our journey. Number two is for us to

pursue love and servece to others. Love and serve it

to others Matthew twenty two, thirty seven to thirty nine.

The Bible says, love.

The Lord your God, without your heart, without your strength,

with and love your neighbor as your soul. Love the Lord,

your God. Love your neighbor as yourself. If you love

that person, you won't plan any evil against that person.

The moment you begin to think of negative things against

someone else, what that means is that.

You're going out of the will of God.

Acts of kindness and love leave a lasting impact. Number

three day of what we should continue to pursue its

integrity and holiness. First Bitter, Chapter one, verse sixteen. The

Bible said, the only because I am holy, the only

because I am holy. We're moving towards perfection. We are

not all perfect. But you know what, let us pursue

that integrity and holiness. That's what the Bible is. So

how do we achieve all of this in our lives

as Christians today? Number one way to achieve these is

daily devosion, daily devotionion, spend time in prayer and Bible study.

Spend time in prayer and Bible study. Number two.

Save others, show love.

Through acts of kindness. Show love through acts of kindness.

Number three mentor the next generation. Teach and guide the

younger believers, your children, those who are not your children.

Show them the way, let them know the love of Christ.

Leave them a right.

And that is the way that we can embrace it,

this legacy. Repent regularly, that's number four. Repent regularly. Turn

away from scenes that can destroy your testimony, every kind

of scene that can destroy your testimony as a child

of God, as a Christian, stay away from it.

You know them, you know them.

You know those things, and I'm sure the Holy Spirit

is reminding you of them right about now. Go and

bury those things before they bury you. And then, for

fourth section of my message is this God's judgment and

our legacy. The last part of that verse or first

part of chapter verse fourteen says for God shall bring

every work into judgment, whether you like it or not.

God's judgment is certain.

The only help that you can do for yourself is

to leave a purposeful life, to live a life that

brings glory to God. That's the only way you can

escape this. God's judgment is certain. Second Corinthians, chapter five,

verse ten, the Bible says, for we must all appear

before the judgment's seat of Christ. It doesn't matter what

you think you're going to appear there. You don't need

to consider yourself or bother yourself about those who are

not even Christian at all. There are only two opportunities

for every human being to meet with Jesus. Either they

meet within as the lamp that was crucified on the

cross of cavalry, meeting as the judge of all humanity?

How do you want to meet this God?

For those who follow Christ, judgment is not a condemnation,

but a review of our faithfulness those who have surrendered

their lives to Christ. Judgment is not that God is

going to condemn them, no, but God is just going

to show them and tell them how faithful they have

been while they were here. Revelation chapter fourteen, Vest thirteen,

the Bible says, blessed as the dead who die in

the Lord, Why their.

Deeds follow them? Amen? Amen.

Listen to that passage again. Revelation fourteen thirteen. Blessed at

the dead who die in the Lord, their deeds follow them.

Let me say this again. I've been saying it. When

this man died, I received a lot of call and

everybody will save me soul rest in perfect peace. And

my response is thank you. I didn't say amen, because

that is not a prayer. That prayer is not the

will of God. It is borne out of emotion. Look

at what the Bible says, blessed I did dead who

die in the Lord.

M hm.

Let's take it to twists around those who did not

die in the Lord I did blessed, they're not blessed.

Now those who die in the Lord, they're blessed. Why

because they are deeds did actuals our behavior? Our attitude,

h we follow after you, and when you get there.

Jesus was saying to those by his rights, I was sick,

you came to visit.

I was in prison, You came to visit. I was hungry.

You feed me. I was thirsty. You give me water.

And then as the question, Lord, when did we see you?

And we attend to you, saying, as much as you

have done it to any of these little ones, you

have done it to me and for the gods who

are by the left. May you not be got in

Jesus name. You know the fearful thing is that among

the disciples of Jesus, as Jesus was teaching all of these.

Things, there was a Judas I know.

The cry of my every day as I pray for

Shilo Baptist Church, is that Lord, I pray that every

member of Shilo Baptist Church, as they hear me.

It's not sif they're not hearing. They're hearing.

But you see as you are hearing, and there is

no repentance, there is no turn around with you. On

the day of judgment, it's going to wait for you.

He's going to wait for you. Jesus told us by

his left I was in prison, you didn't come.

I was hungry. You didn't feed me. I was thirsty.

You didn't give me water to drink. And I said,

when did we see you? And we didn't do this. Oh,

you're thinking you're going to see Jesus physically. No no, no, no,

you're not going to see in physically. But he said,

in as smuch as you have done it to any

of these.

Your action.

Part of our vision as a church is that we

develop a personal, authentic faith, all right, that pro this

is what go deed, that produces good deeds.

That kind of fact.

That's what we're talking about, because on the day of judgment,

your faith and your action will stand for you. What

are you going to show when you get to that place.

So when you say to somebody, ah, sorry, I may

so resting perfect peace, supposing that person has not been

a Christian. Number one the person has not behaved well,

or the person has been one of us. He has

been coming to Shillobatis churge, and all of us thought

that he's a Christian, she's a Christian.

Ah this listen. You see.

The point is that because as far as I'm concerned

as a pastor, and will bring the body here and

will bury the body, you understand. But when it gets

to God, God, we say, don't worry. My son does

not have the ability to see beyond earth, all right,

So you know he has tried his best. And that's

when somebody die and say, come my gift testimony. Everybody

was stand there. Ah, it was nice, but right in

your heart, you know that person was holding you. It

was nice, he was beautiful, It was this, It was that.

But what was that other thing in your heart? That

person slapped you the other day? And you have not

forgiven the person, and yet you're saying the person was nice?

Our did? Our did? It is not the prayers lay.

In other religions, all right, other religions we pray, my

God rest their soul.

It is soul.

Has surrendered itself to Jesus Christ, then that soul we rest.

But I can tell you yes, that's so. We rest

somewhere When I never or hearth fire, it will be somewhere.

But where is You're also going to be? What will

you be remembered? For? As I conclude, blessed are the

dead who die in the Lord, Their dates follow them.

How will you be remembered? Is the question of today.

Life's purpose is to fear God, orbear him, and leave,

knowing that He will judge all who Are our actions?

Our den choices determine our legacy and how we will

be remembered, both on earth and in eternity. Are your

actions drawing others closer to God? Or pushing them away?

Is your attitude not the one that when people hear? Is?

If this one a Christian me and become Christian? It

means that you have become someone who blows people from

coming to the Lord.

I tell you what.

There is serious punishment for those who do that. How

can you live in a way that places God and

leaves a good legacy? The challenge this money is this.

Make a personal decision today to fear God and obey

his word. Take practical steps to ensure your actions glorify

God and bless others.

Remember, life is too short. Life is too short.

But you know what, as short as life may be,

our actions have eternal impact. Life is short, but our life,

our actions have eternal impact. People of God, what would

be said above you on that to day? What is

your contribution to Shiloh Baptist Church? What is your contribution

to Shiloh Baptist Church?

Sunday?

Sunday tonic, You disappear, nobody knows anything about you. Then

later on you come, you complain, Oh, there's no love

in this church, the church that does not know anything

about you. There is our fellowship. You are never there.

There's worship that you are never there. There's MMU, you

are not there.

WMU.

They don't know anything about you. Youth, you are not

even functional.

Yet you want the people of God to know that you?

Is this a Britens life of pretense is against the

will of God?

Can we make a turn around? Today? Twenty twenty five

is just beginning, and I'm sure.

Just early this year, just daily two weeks right, there

was somebody that's you know, related to the to the

man of mass. The person was traveling to one pick

up people from the east and just at somewhere around

on the way to look at your dad. The person

didn't get there if they could, had accidents, and I

think it was the only one who died. And then

some of us are here and we're thinking that there

is there are greater things ahead. This young man had

a lot of plans here. We had some plans together.

We had some plan together. It was also traveling, and

the accident boom, and that was all. No room, no room,

people of God, no room to make a change. There's

going to be that time if you're waiting for a

time that you are going to be sick, and then

that time you'll be able to organize yourself. That time

may never be there. It may never be there. That

accident happens, and that is all. And they touch that life,

and that life that was talking and talking and talking

suddenly as tone lifeless.

What happened.

The end has come. Jesus had come for him. When

with Jesus come for you. It can be tonight.

Only remembered, only remembered, only remember bad by what we

have done.

That is all that anyone we think of you, only

by what you have done, whether good or evil. I

want to give room to some people this money, people

who are considering I've not come to make you afraid,

all right, and I've not come to make you sorrow.

But if it is to make you sorrow, let it

be a godly sorrow. And the Bible say, godly sorrow

does what leads to repentance, but godly sorrow leads to destruction.

It makes you more stubborn things of God. We're going

to be taking that song again. We're going to be

taking that song again. And as we take that song,

I want you to reflect over your life.