The Highway of Holiness
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In “The Highway of Holiness,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the condition of the church, and faith. Drawing especially from Hebrews 12, Ephesians 5, Isaiah 35, and Isaiah 60, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.
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Odle focuses on David’s example. The message argues that David’s choices are used to examine leadership, testing, repentance, and renewed dependence on God. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on holiness. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Hebrews 12. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Ephesians 5, Isaiah 35, Isaiah 60. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Isaiah 35, Psalm 119. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Malachi 4, Psalm 36. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on holiness. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on divine judgment. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
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[Music] [Music] praises [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] you are the one [Applause] [Music] we cry [Applause] [Music] your people need you again [Music] it was kind of the theme of this of this week this weekend that we had down at the revival but we're going to get this going go ahead brother david should have been at war but instead he was on the balcony of his house watching a woman bathe he lusted over her called his people said go get her i want her he took her had sex with her and then he realizes that he's in a big mess this girl gets pregnant he's got to do something about this so uriah the hittite who is the husband of bathsheba david brings him in wants him to lay with his wife and you know sort of fix things but we try to fix stuff don't we from the very beginning we sowed fig leaves from the very beginning we try to fix our sin try to cover up our sin you can't cover it up you got to get it washed clean god's got to take care of it so you ride the hit type eventually david sends him to the front line and has the husband killed okay so now david is an adulterer and a murderer and in second samuel chapter 12 verse 1 look at this then the lord sent nathan to david prophet and he came to him and said to him this story there were two men in one city one rich and the other poor the rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds but the poor man had nothing except one little you lamb which he had bought and nourished and it grew up
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together with him and with his children it ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom and it was like a daughter to him and a traveler came to the rich man who refused to take from his own flock to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come prophet of god telling a story and the sinner listening so david's anger was greatly aroused against the man and he said to nathan as the lord lives the man who has done this shall surely die and he shall restore fourfold for the lamb because he did this thing and because he had no penny then nathan said to david you are the man thus says the lord god of israel i anointed you king over israel and i delivered you from the hand of saul i gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your keeping and gave you the house of israel and judah and if that had been too little i also would have given you much more why have you despised the commandment of the lord to do evil in his sight you have killed uriah the hittite oh i love prophets [Music] and i love preachers of righteousness i love pastors who are not afraid of their people [Music] i love pastors [Music] who are not ashamed of the whole truth i love pastors who will call sin sin [Music] even if it means losing the biggest giver in the church i love pastors dear jesus some of you are watching at home the reason you're not happy is because god's not happy the reason you're not happy and you've got all kinds of stuff but you're not happy with yourself because you've wavered and the truth has been set to the side you just give enough truth to make the people happy [Music] but you don't share the whole truth nathan as he's sharing this david could have pulled out a sword and sliced off
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his head [Music] shut up nathan get out of my life this is david man of god help us jesus help us to return to the god of our fathers and steve played this and then he shared this and this is an excerpt of what he shared right after this and it's it's powerful because david responded you see the shoe fit and david in verse 13 he goes i have seen and nathan said the lord's gonna forgive you he has forgiven the iniquity of your sin but i left that out we left it out on purpose you want to know why we left it out because in america when someone is confronted they just leave the church they'll go find another church where they're not confronted is anybody paying attention you'll just find another place down the road but david responded correctly now sin is anything that jesus wouldn't do if you're here tonight and it's adultery homosexuality drug addiction alcoholism pornography internet porn whatever it is when i give this altar call in a few minutes respond don't expect tomorrow you don't have tomorrow this next one's from thursday night john kilpatrick scott's saying to us in this hour and it grieves my heart for so many people in so many christian settings that goes to church sunday after sunday and the preacher will never address what's going on he's afraid to he's afraid of the big tithe players that sits on the second row friend let me tell you something once you become afraid of the pew the pulpit has just been painted and devoured you can't be afraid of who's in the in the pew let me tell you something i i developed a saying a long time ago and i've lived by it all my life and it's this you deserve what you tolerate if you tolerate hell in the pew you're
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gonna have it in your church and you deserve it every bit of it because you tolerated it if i found out there was a homosexual in the choir i couldn't rest till i got him out if i found out there's a lesbian we're on the worship team i couldn't rest so i got her out if i found out somebody in the sunday school department and somebody on the board was in adultery i couldn't rest till i dealt with them then i tried to restore them yes but i would not let it go why because i'm a custodian of the presence of god [Music] listen to me you're not just a preacher you are a custodian god has called you to be a custodian of god's presence that means if you know something's going on in the church and something threatens the presence of god and you don't deal with it god's going to hold you accountable and if that dove flies it's your i always had this consciousness in my heart when i pastored brownsville before revival during revival and after revival that god trusted revival in my care and i was not afraid of any man i wasn't afraid to deal with the rich or the poor the intelligent or the ignorant or what color their skin was i'd deal with them why because i i cared more about god's presence than i did letting somebody offend his presence and me stand idly by i tell you what friend if i don't have but 50 and a tenth down by the river and i've got god's presence so be it so be it i'd rather have 50 in a tent down by the river and have the power of god and the presence of god that have 5 000 in a cathedral downtown are you listening to me i pastored a big church and i want to tell you something it's not what it's cracked up to be it's not what it's cracked up to be i've learned one thing and it's this give me the presence of god if it's just me and the lord give me the presence of god and there's a lot of people that will make you believe they love the presence of god until it comes and they're gone and i say adios amigos maybe we'll see again maybe we won't amen i'm getting mean now i gotta hurry cause david responded and i just wanted you to hear those things because i wanted you this morning to see that uh there are men of god out there who aren't afraid to share the truth amen and i want you to know that sometimes you know i think i get accused of being hard but i'll tell you what i love people and i want people to be right with the lord you know because i know what's available to us
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