1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,400 I could rest you in your arms forever 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:12,320 Cause I know nobody loves me better 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:17,600 Hold on to me 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:29,120 Hold on to me 5 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:40,640 Hold on to me 6 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:45,520 We pray for blessings 7 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,520 We pray for peace 8 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,960 Comfort for family 9 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,640 Protection while we sleep 10 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,320 The sermon title today is 11 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:05,040 Inside Out and No Quit In Ya 12 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,040 Inside Out and No Quit In Ya 13 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,040 I know that's kind of slang and whatever 14 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,040 But I'm hoping it helps us to remember a little bit 15 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,440 We have been working through a series 16 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,640 Of God's creation called 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,240 Being a Fanatic 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,480 And each week we've talked about 19 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,080 What it takes to become a Fanatic 20 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,080 And then as just a little bit of a snippet at the opening 21 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,120 I've talked about why it is that you might want to become a Fanatic 22 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,600 So I've just got to real quick go down the list 23 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,600 Part one we talked about dying with Christ 24 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,600 We talked about how we had died with Christ 25 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,600 In fact the Bible says that 26 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,600 Jesus died for all of us 27 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,600 And if he died for all of us then all of us have died 28 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,600 That's what the Bible says 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,600 And we are now living beyond our own deaths 30 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,600 If you've been saved 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,600 Part two we talked about storing up treasures 32 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,600 And how the treasure houses of our family 33 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,600 Of the family of God, our treasure houses are in heaven 34 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,600 And how we store up our treasures 35 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,600 In heaven rather than on earth 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,600 Part three we talked about 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,600 Seeking first the Kingdom of God 38 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,600 In particular as we talked about 39 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,600 Seeking first the Kingdom of God 40 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,600 We talked about seeking it 41 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,600 In our relationships between us and other people 42 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,600 In our person 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,600 Inside us and then is the local church 44 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,600 And we want to see the Kingdom of God come 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,600 And I think that when it says in the Lord's Prayer 46 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,600 We pray, thy Kingdom come 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,600 That's what it's talking about 48 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,600 We talked about worry and regret 49 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,600 And we talked about the two greatest enemies 50 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,600 In particular we talked about how God cares about us 51 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,600 And he cares about this moment in time 52 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,600 Right now, right here 53 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,600 And what you do with it 54 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,600 Matters to God 55 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,600 Even though as we heard C.S. Lewis say 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,600 Earlier 57 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,600 God has no limit 58 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,600 In the amount of time he can have 59 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,600 But if he is present in every single time 60 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,600 It makes sense that he is concerned about 61 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,600 Every single moment in time because he is present there 62 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,600 And that we would use it in a way 63 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,600 That honors him not in worry 64 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,600 Which means thinking about the things of the future 65 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Or in regret, thinking about the things of the past 66 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,600 But living right now in the moment 67 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,600 And then we talked about having an answer for everything 68 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,600 Last week we talked about having an answer for everything 69 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,600 And we essentially summed it up as 70 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,600 That he is the answer for everything 71 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,600 And our faith in him 72 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,600 And scripture provides us 73 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,600 With the right thing at the right time 74 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,600 To deal with what we're facing 75 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,600 And then today we're talking about 76 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,600 Our insides out 77 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,600 And no quit in you 78 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,600 That's the title for today. We are not done 79 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,600 There will be two more sermons in this series 80 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,600 And I can tell you their titles now 81 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,600 But I won't. You'll have to come or listen in 82 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,600 To hear what they are, okay? 83 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,600 And then after that point in time we will be transitioning 84 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Into kind of a new topic 85 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,600 So that's where we're at 86 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,600 I want to talk to you today about 87 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,600 There's a little quote from C.S. Lewis 88 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,600 There is one thing 89 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,600 And only one thing 90 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,600 Now get this, there is one thing and only one thing 91 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,600 In the whole universe which we know more about 92 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,600 Than we can learn 93 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,600 From external observation 94 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,600 And that one thing 95 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,600 Is mankind 96 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,600 We do not merely observe 97 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,600 Men or women if you're a woman 98 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Rather 99 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,600 We are men or women 100 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,600 In this case 101 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,600 We have so to speak 102 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,600 Inside information 103 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,600 You know what it is like to be a person 104 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,600 You've been there, you've experienced it 105 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,600 In fact you have a unique load of information 106 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,600 About what it is like to be you 107 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,600 And so we can say we are in the know 108 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,600 I submit to you then 109 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,600 Because we are in the know, we know 110 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,600 As we've been looking at it for the last several weeks 111 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,600 We know that we were 112 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,600 Created to be like what we've been studying 113 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,600 You can feel in your 114 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,600 Inner most being a need to be 115 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,600 A fanatic, a need to be 116 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,600 About something, a need to be 117 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,600 About purpose and focus 118 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,600 One thing, and God 119 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Made us that way 120 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,600 And as C.S. Lewis 121 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,600 Being a theologian and a teacher 122 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,600 And a famous author of children's stories 123 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,600 And was on the radio 124 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,600 In World War II explaining all the bases of Christianity 125 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,600 All while the war was raging around them 126 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,600 All of that was going on 127 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,600 C.S. Lewis was making the statement 128 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,600 That you kind of get this already 129 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,600 Right? So I don't have to argue 130 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,600 With you or try to convince you 131 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,600 About becoming a fanatic 132 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,600 Solomon said, and I'm very much paraphrasing 133 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,600 But he said, this is the best way to go 134 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,600 Just kind of put one foot in both worlds 135 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,600 One in the kingdom of God and one in the kingdom of men 136 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,600 Because there's a lot of good stuff in the kingdom of men 137 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,600 All kinds of good things to entertain and be a part of 138 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,600 And there's a lot of good stuff in the kingdom of God 139 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,600 And all kinds of good things and an eternity awaiting 140 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,600 Then later he said, oh no 141 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,600 That was a horrible idea 142 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,600 I was being ripped in two 143 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,600 And I submit to you that most men lived their lives ripped in two 144 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,600 Most people 145 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,600 Are struggling with should I do this or should I do that 146 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,600 Should I be like this or should I be like that 147 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,600 And the reason is because we were 148 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,600 Not created to have that 149 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,600 Roaring debate going on all the time 150 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,600 We were created to be going one way 151 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,600 The way, the right way 152 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,600 And going with all that we are 153 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,600 But the world is so tempting 154 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,600 And so full of other things 155 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,600 Even things that will rear up and try to be gods themselves 156 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,600 That we latch onto them 157 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,600 As they're passing by 158 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,600 If you 159 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,600 Get the picture for a moment, a man on a skateboard 160 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,600 He's going about 15 mile an hour 161 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,600 Three times walking, max walking pace 162 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,600 Going down the street and a car 163 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,600 Goes by in the opposite direction 164 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,600 Doing about 35 mile an hour 165 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,600 Now he's thinking to himself 166 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,600 I'm going about 15 mile an hour 167 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,600 I'm doing pretty good, got a pretty good pace on 168 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,600 But that car is going 35 mile an hour 169 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,600 Now if I just reach out 170 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,600 And latch onto that car with all 171 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,600 My might 172 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,600 I'll whip around and I'll be doing 35 mile an hour 173 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,600 In that direction, it's not the direction I really want to go 174 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,600 But I'll whip around and I'll do it 175 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,600 And you know what the results of that are 176 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,600 Right? So at the best you're going to crash 177 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,600 And probably at the worst you're going to be 178 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Ripped apart, your arms are going to be ripped off 179 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,600 Or whatever. One time I was driving 180 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,600 Into Cedar Point and they had all 181 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,600 These cones lined up and we were coming a little bit later 182 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,600 And they didn't have cars lined up or anything 183 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,600 And there was orange cones going by 184 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,600 And I thought it would be the coolest thing to open the door 185 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,600 And reach out and grab an orange cone 186 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,600 We were driving by about 20 mile an hour 187 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,600 I about broke my hand 188 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,600 And I thought, if you're going to go one way 189 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,600 And you should be going the other way 190 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,600 The process of turning is 191 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,600 A process, right? 192 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,600 And we understand that, okay? 193 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,600 If you say for example, like I know I should go to bed 194 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,600 At a reasonable time every night 195 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,600 And you say I'm going to start going to bed at a reasonable time 196 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,600 I'm going to stop staying up late watching movies 197 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,600 And reading books and playing games 198 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,600 Where I'm going to go to bed at a reasonable time every night 199 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,600 And if I want to do any of that kind of stuff 200 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,600 I'll do it in the morning before school or before work 201 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Or when I have, and I'll be more energetic 202 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,600 Than carrying that out and trying to do that 203 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,600 That's another thing, right? 204 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,600 Most of the time when you make a decision about how to change your life 205 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,600 It just doesn't just click 206 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,600 It's not just all of a sudden, I'm going to change this behavior 207 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,600 And maybe if it does 208 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,600 It goes for a while 209 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,600 I remember years ago, Judy wanted to quit smoking so bad 210 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,600 And she went and got hypnotized to quit smoking 211 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,600 And she quit smoking for 60 days 212 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,600 It lasted for 60 days after she got hypnotized 213 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,600 And then one day 214 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,600 She had a frustrating day and she picked up a cigarette 215 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,600 From that moment on, she was smoking every day again 216 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,600 And she was like, I've never smoked before 217 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,600 And so she had that 218 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,600 Moment in time where she made the decision 219 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,600 She got the hypnotism and then for 60 days 220 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,600 She was able to stop and then she was right back at it 221 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,600 I submit to you, you've had all of these experiences 222 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,600 You know what this is like 223 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,600 You know what it's like to tame your doubts 224 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,600 You know what it's like to struggle with your decisions 225 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,600 You know what it's like to make a decision that you think will be good for yourself 226 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,600 And be unable to carry it out 227 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,600 The fact is, we are complex beings 228 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,600 And we have first hand knowledge of this 229 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,600 And some of the things I'm going to say to you 230 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,600 They're going to go by kind of quickly 231 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,600 But part of that reason is because you already have this experience 232 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,600 You already know, as a human being 233 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,600 You already know what I'm talking about 234 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,600 Whether you're lost or saved 235 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,600 I think saved people who have Christ, have wisdom, have the Holy Spirit 236 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,600 They kind of can discern it a little bit 237 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,600 And maybe see when it's one and when it's the other 238 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,600 But everybody can feel it 239 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,600 In Psalm 139 240 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,600 The psalmist writes this 241 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,600 He says in Psalm 139, 13 242 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,600 For you formed by inward parts 243 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,600 You wove me in my mother's womb 244 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,600 So basically he's recognizing 245 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,600 We have inward parts 246 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,600 Notice it doesn't say inward part 247 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,600 We have inward parts 248 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,600 We have outward parts 249 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,600 And we have inward parts 250 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,600 If we didn't have outward parts, there would be no reason to distinguish that we have inward parts 251 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,600 You have parts 252 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,600 But he says, you wove me in my inward parts 253 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,600 God did it, God authored you as a person 254 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,600 And you can say 255 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Well, I went through this, I went through that 256 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,600 All these things changed me 257 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,600 I'm dealing with this lack of self-discipline 258 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,600 Because of the experiences I had when I was a kid 259 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,600 Yes, I get all of that 260 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,600 In fact, the Bible says that God orchestrated 261 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,600 All of those factors so that you might 262 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,600 Search around for him, that's Acts 17 263 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,600 And find him and realize he was never far away 264 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,600 In the first place 265 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,600 But the fact is, God wove your inner parts 266 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,600 He made you while you were still in your mother's womb 267 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,600 To be who you would be 268 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,600 You have inward parts 269 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,600 And God made them 270 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,600 And then in 1 Samuel 16, 7 it says 271 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,600 Now this is the story 272 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,600 I'm going to give you the preface so you understand the story 273 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,600 This is the story where David is being chosen as the next king 274 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,600 And Samuel is coming to anoint the king 275 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,600 And they bring all the brothers of David 276 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,600 He's the smallest, probably least attractive 277 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,600 Least masculine looking 278 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,600 Least physical of all of them, he's young 279 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,600 And they bring all of the older brothers 280 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,600 Who are strong, some of them are handsome 281 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,600 Some of them are kind of regal looking 282 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,600 Look like they make good kings 283 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,600 They bring all of them before Samuel 284 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,600 And God says, nope, nope 285 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Nope, nope, nope 286 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,600 Every single time he says, no that's not the one 287 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,600 And finally David comes 288 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,600 And then 289 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,600 The Lord said to Samuel 290 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,600 Do not judge from his appearance 291 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,600 Or from his lofty stature 292 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,600 Talking about whether he is able to look like a king 293 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,600 Or not, because I have rejected him 294 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,600 That's talking about the other brothers 295 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,600 God does not see 296 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,600 As a mortal who sees the appearance 297 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,600 The Lord looks into the heart 298 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,600 And then he goes on right after that 299 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,600 To choose David 300 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,600 The youngest, least regal, least strong 301 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,600 Least attractive of all of the brothers 302 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,600 Possibly 303 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,600 He may have had some traits that were better than others 304 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,600 The bottom line is 305 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,600 God looks on that inward self 306 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,600 Now you and I both know 307 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,600 That the outer self 308 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,600 While it has its troubles 309 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,600 Is easier to change 310 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,600 Than the inward self 311 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,600 You get a diagnosis and the doctor says 312 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,600 You can't eat that anymore, you can't live that way anymore 313 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,600 Or you're going to die 314 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,600 And you're like, I've got to change it now 315 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,600 And you finally change it after years of trying to 316 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,600 And it's changed, and it doesn't bounce back the other way 317 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,600 Because your life is now at stake 318 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,600 Or your pain goes away 319 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,600 And you realize, hey, I had pain, now I don't have pain 320 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,600 So changing that was the right thing to do 321 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,600 And I'm not going to go back 322 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,600 You were 40 pounds overweight, you worked out, you lost all the weight 323 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,600 Now you're not going to go back to being the person before 324 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,600 That you were 325 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,600 It is easier to change the outward 326 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,600 Than it is to change the inward 327 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,600 And the inner part, he sees the interior 328 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,600 The inward parts then include 329 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,600 Your heart, while the outward appearance 330 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,600 And inward heart condition 331 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,600 Are two different things 332 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,600 So even as you sit here today 333 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,600 You may be coming across 334 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,600 As a pretty good guy or a pretty good girl 335 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,600 You may be, everyone's thinking 336 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,600 Hey, they're in the right place, the right time, doing the right thing 337 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,600 Look how respectful they're being 338 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,600 Look how well they're handling themselves or whatever 339 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,600 I'm so glad for that 340 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,600 But God is not looking only at the outward appearance 341 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,600 In fact, it says he judges 342 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,600 By the inward, the heart 343 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,600 Which then it's two different things 344 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,600 Which is a problem 345 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,600 Because the heart is not good 346 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Our heart is not good 347 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,600 Jeremiah 17, 9-10 348 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,600 Says, the heart is more deceitful 349 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,600 Than all else and is 350 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,600 Desperately wicked 351 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,600 Or desperately sick 352 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,600 Who can understand it? 353 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,600 And then it goes on to say 354 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,600 I the Lord search the heart 355 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,600 I test the mind 356 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,600 Even to give to each man according to his ways 357 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,600 According to the results of his deeds 358 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,600 So there's a couple things to see in there 359 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,600 The first thing is that God, again 360 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,600 Recognizes that your heart is messed up 361 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,600 Or at least outside 362 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,600 Christ is messed up, right? We'll get there in a minute 363 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,600 The heart of man is messed up 364 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,600 And we realize that if you're a Christian 365 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,600 You remember what it was like when you were not 366 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,600 I do, my heart all over the place 367 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,600 One day this, one day that 368 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,600 I want this, I'm going to get it no matter what it takes 369 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,600 Now I really screwed up my life 370 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,600 And I'm going to heal it no matter what it takes 371 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,600 I'm going to go back the other way, I'm going to make everybody think I'm okay 372 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,600 And so on and so on and so on 373 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,600 Because our hearts were wicked 374 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Outside Christ, you can remember 375 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,600 What that was like 376 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,600 God says I search the heart 377 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,600 I test the mind, so you've got two inward parts 378 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,600 You've got the heart and the mind 379 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,600 Those are both inside you 380 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,600 Is your mind outside? You ever hear the old saying 381 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,600 I give you a piece of my mind? What does that mean? 382 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,600 What does it mean when somebody gives you a 383 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,600 piece of their mind? 384 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,600 Hannah, what does it mean? 385 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,600 What would that mean? 386 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,600 I'm going to give you a piece of my mind 387 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,600 What does that mean? 388 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,600 Have you ever heard that saying before? 389 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,600 Yeah, had your mom ever said it? 390 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Put her on the spot 391 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,600 Have you ever said that? Okay Holly, what does it mean? 392 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,600 I'm going to give you a piece of my mind 393 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,600 Yeah 394 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,600 Yeah, so that you dress them down 395 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,600 You yell at them, you tell them why they're wrong 396 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,600 That's what it means to give a piece of your mind 397 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,600 So that's an outward behavior, right? 398 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,600 But your mind is not outward, it's inside 399 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,600 That's what we understand 400 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Human condition, we understand these are inward parts 401 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,600 Your mind, your heart, that's your inward parts 402 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,600 Your actions, the things you do outside, those are your outward parts 403 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,600 When you touch something 404 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,600 With your hand, that is an outward action 405 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,600 Your hand itself is an outward 406 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,600 Action, this is the skin 407 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,600 It's outside all of the other organs 408 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,600 I feel it on the page 409 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,600 The page is clearly outside me 410 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,600 And the skin senses it outside me 411 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,600 It is outside me as well, it is how I connect with the world 412 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,600 My mouth, my actions, these are how I connect with the world 413 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,600 And God is judging my heart 414 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,600 And my mind, it says 415 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,600 Testing my mind and judging my heart 416 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Even to give 417 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Each man according to his ways 418 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,600 According to the results of his deeds 419 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,600 So in other words, what you do 420 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,600 You're going to get it back from God 421 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,600 That's what he's saying 422 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,600 Because he is searching your heart 423 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,600 And testing your mind 424 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,600 Remember, God formed our 425 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,600 Inward parts 426 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,600 He wove us in our womb 427 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,600 You have inward parts, God made them 428 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,600 But the world killed them 429 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,600 Your inward parts 430 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,600 You submitted 431 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,600 Your inward parts 432 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,600 To the world 433 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,600 You submitted your inward parts 434 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,600 To outward actions 435 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,600 Had a little bit of 436 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,600 Altercation 437 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,600 Controversy between me and Ariana 438 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,600 Yesterday, and then as I was explaining 439 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,600 It to her, saying, you know, okay 440 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,600 Our actions 441 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,600 Govern our feelings 442 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,600 Or our feelings 443 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,600 Govern our actions 444 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,600 That's the choice that people tend to make 445 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,600 But notice that your feelings 446 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,600 And your actions, that's 447 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,600 Both pretty outward 448 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Your heart and your mind 449 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,600 Govern your feelings, which then govern your actions 450 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,600 Or your heart and your mind 451 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,600 Govern your actions, which then govern your feelings 452 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,600 People are so 453 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,600 Surface 454 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,600 Everyone's going around, he said to me, she said to me 455 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,600 She behaved a certain way, he looked like 456 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,600 It tasted like 457 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,600 Everything is about the outside 458 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,600 But God's not like that 459 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,600 God's all about the inside 460 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,600 Right? 461 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,600 Some people in this room are wearing 462 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,600 Sweatshirts, somebody in this room 463 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Is wearing a tie, I think I'm the only one 464 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,600 Right? 465 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,600 Neither is more appropriate for worship 466 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,600 God is concerned about the inside 467 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,600 Not the outside 468 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,600 But don't kid yourself, those 469 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,600 Outside actions, they say something about 470 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,600 The inside 471 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,600 You have inward parts, God made those inward parts 472 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,600 But the world killed them 473 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,600 You submitted those inward parts, your heart and your mind 474 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,600 You submitted them to your actions 475 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,600 Your actions are that which 476 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,600 Flows out of a man 477 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,600 Is that which makes a man unclean, Jesus said 478 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,600 And also the wages of sin 479 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,600 Is death, Paul wrote 480 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,600 And so when you engage 481 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,600 In sinful behavior 482 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,600 You submit your insides 483 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:07,600 Your heart and your mind 484 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,600 To the effect of that sinful behavior 485 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,600 And die, your inside dies 486 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,600 You become separated from God 487 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Those inward parts that were created 488 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,600 To have that perfect union with the Lord of the Universe 489 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,600 To be one with God 490 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,600 Are now separated by the choices 491 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,600 That we have made 492 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,600 Or the ignorance that we have allowed 493 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,600 To persist 494 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,600 That's why Peter writes 495 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,600 This way, 1 Peter chapter 3 verses 3 and 4 496 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,600 He says, your adornment 497 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,600 Does anybody know what that word means, adornment? 498 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,600 It's like your dress or what's on your outside 499 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,600 What you look like, right? Your jewelry 500 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,600 Your dress, the hair, etc 501 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,600 He said, your adornment 502 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,600 Must not be merely external 503 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,600 So in other words, you shouldn't 504 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,600 Look like a certain thing, only on the outside 505 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,600 It shouldn't be braiding the hair 506 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600 Wearing gold jewelry or putting on dresses 507 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,600 But 508 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Let it be the hidden person 509 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,600 Of the heart 510 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,600 With the imperishable quality of a gentle 511 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,600 And quiet spirit 512 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,600 Which is precious in the sight of God 513 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,600 In other words, you should 514 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Be walking around 515 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,600 Looking like 516 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,600 And hold on, because I submit you will 517 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,600 Whether you like it or not, you should be walking around 518 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,600 Looking like what's on the inside of you 519 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,600 You find a young man who 520 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,600 Looks good, acts good, talks good 521 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,600 And you go, ah, I can have him 522 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,600 I mean, he's alright, I can have him as a friend 523 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,600 Or I can have him as a boyfriend, or I can have him as a husband 524 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,600 Right? 525 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,600 But then you get to know him a little bit 526 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,600 And you find out the inside doesn't look like 527 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,600 That at all, it's dirty, nasty, it's a problem 528 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,600 It's offensive and possibly dangerous 529 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,600 We're supposed to wear our 530 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,600 Quiet, gentle spirit 531 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,600 On the outside 532 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,600 These things are precious in the sight of God 533 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,600 You can wear all the jewelry 534 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,600 Dress up all the fanciest, you can say all the right words 535 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,600 You can do it all perfectly 536 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,600 But God is looking on your heart 537 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,600 And your mind 538 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,600 And if you do it all perfectly and God looks at your heart and mind 539 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,600 He's going to say, you're outside 540 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,600 Don't look like you're inside 541 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,600 I'm judging you not on your outsides 542 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,600 But your insides 543 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,600 In fact, your outsides are causing a break 544 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,600 Between me and you 545 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,600 This thing that I create in your insides 546 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,600 I created that to be a perfect relationship with me 547 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,600 But you're submitting it to your choice of actions 548 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,600 On your outside 549 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,600 And I can't be like that 550 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,600 I will not walk with you 551 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,600 I will not lie with you, I will not steal with you 552 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,600 I will not cheat with you, I will not murder with you 553 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,600 I will not lust with you 554 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,600 And so you choose to do those things 555 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,600 Outside me, away from me 556 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,600 That's how death 557 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,600 Enters in and we become objects 558 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,600 Of wrath, dead in our trespasses 559 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,600 And sin 560 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,600 Rather Peter was saying, you can wear 561 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,600 You can actually wear your heart condition 562 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,600 You can choose to do so 563 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Any amount of good looks that are only 564 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,600 External are sin 565 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,600 Though possibly greatly desirable 566 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,600 In the world, people think, oh he shows up on time 567 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,600 Or he works hard, or he looks good 568 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,600 Or he's got all these different ways that fit 569 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,600 We're going to hire him, we're going to pay him, we're going to bless him 570 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,600 They may even temporarily 571 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,600 Yield wealth and great influence 572 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,600 He always does what he says he'll do 573 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,600 I can trust him 574 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,600 And so then you come and you tell them 575 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,600 What isn't true and they believe you 576 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,600 Because as far as they know, you always do 577 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,600 What you say you'll do 578 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,600 But you can wear your actual heart condition 579 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,600 And I submit to you that a lot of people do 580 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,600 It's written this way 581 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,600 To sum up, all of you be 582 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,600 Harmonious, sympathetic 583 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,600 Brotherly, kind hearted and humble 584 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,600 In spirit, not returning 585 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,600 Evil for evil or insult for insult 586 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,600 But giving a blessing instead 587 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,600 For you were called for the very purpose 588 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,600 That you might inherit a blessing 589 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,600 See, God has a better plan 590 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,600 God's blessings are eternal 591 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,600 And worth more than the world's 592 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,600 Best rewards 593 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,600 The problem is 594 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,600 We bought into as 595 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,600 Non-Christians and even as Christians sometimes 596 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,600 We bought into this idea 597 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,600 That we can get what we want 598 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,600 We can make our insides feel better 599 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,600 By taking the things of the world 600 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,600 Let's be realistic 601 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,600 Chocolate tastes good, produces 602 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,600 Serotonin in your brain 603 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,600 And you will feel better if you eat chocolate 604 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,600 That's a reality 605 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,600 Unless you don't like chocolate 606 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,600 In which case your particular 607 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,600 Thing might be something else 608 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,600 It might be ice cream or pizza 609 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,600 You have something that when you eat it 610 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,600 Makes you feel better 611 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,600 But feeling better is only surface 612 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,600 It's not truly 613 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,600 Affecting your heart and your mind 614 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,600 It's temporary at best 615 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,600 So you can wear your heart condition 616 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,600 But you also can go after 617 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,600 These other things that will 618 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Overcome your feeling bad 619 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,600 About your heart condition 620 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,600 They will make you feel better 621 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,600 God has a better plan 622 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,600 His blessings are eternal and worth more 623 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,600 Than the world's best rewards 624 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,600 There are a lot of people running around 625 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,600 Even right now who are 626 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,600 Putting their outside appearance 627 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,600 Up pretty well 628 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,600 They look pretty good on the outside 629 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,600 It's been like that way for a long time 630 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,600 All the way back to Adam and Eve 631 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,600 Pretty much 632 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,600 See Adam and Eve's insides were messed up 633 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,600 And they knew it 634 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,600 And they knew that as soon as they ran into God 635 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,600 That he would know it 636 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,600 And so they hid 637 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,600 And that's what people are doing 638 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,600 That looks a little bit like what God would want 639 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,600 In Matthew 23 640 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,600 Verses 24 and 28 641 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,600 Jesus is speaking 642 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,600 He says, you blind guides 643 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,600 Restrain out a gnat and swallow a camel 644 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,600 Woe to you 645 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,600 Scribes and Pharisees 646 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,600 Hypocrites 647 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,600 For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish 648 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,600 But inside they are full of robbery 649 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,600 And self-indulgence 650 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,600 You blind Pharisee 651 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,600 First clean the inside of the cup and of the dish 652 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,600 So that the outside of it may become clean also 653 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,600 Woe to you 654 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,600 Scribes and Pharisees 655 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,600 Hypocrites 656 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,600 For you are like white-washed tombs 657 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,600 That means like white-painted with white paint 658 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Which on the outside appear beautiful 659 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,600 But inside they are full of dead men's bones 660 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,600 And all uncleanness 661 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,600 So you too outwardly appear 662 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Righteous to men 663 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,600 But inwardly you are full of hypocrisy 664 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,600 And lawlessness 665 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,600 Hear me now 666 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Nor will I ever call you to be a better person 667 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,600 To look better to the world 668 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,600 Would it be nice that we could look better to the world 669 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,600 And everybody could think that we're honest 670 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,600 And everybody could think that we're true 671 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,600 And hardworking and giving and merciful 672 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,600 And serving and all those kinds of things 673 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Would it be good so that then we could share the truth about Jesus? 674 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,600 Well, sure, that would probably be a wonderful thing 675 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,600 But if that becomes our motivations 676 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,600 If our job is to be better on the outside 677 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,600 Then we've totally missed what God has called us to 678 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,600 You don't become a fanatic by being better 679 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,600 In fact, there's an argument about Christianity in the early Christianity 680 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,600 All of the disciples pretty much died for their faith, all of them 681 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,600 They died because they believed that Jesus died and rose again 682 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,600 And they were willing to die because they knew that if they died 683 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,600 They too would rise again 684 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,600 So then there's an argument that basically says 685 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:18,600 That they wouldn't have died if they knew what they were dying for was a lie 686 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,600 See, they saw Jesus alive again after his death 687 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,600 At that point in time, what were they going to do? 688 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,600 They saw him die, then they saw him alive again after his death 689 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,600 So what were they going to do? Now you're going to kill me? 690 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,600 So, no, I'm going to recant, I don't believe in Jesus 691 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,600 No, you can't do that because they saw him dead, they saw him alive 692 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,600 So there was no way to go back 693 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,600 They were trapped going forward as fanatics 694 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:45,600 They were crying out praises to God for him allowing them to suffer like Jesus suffered 695 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,600 For him allowing them to die like Jesus died 696 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,600 They were grateful for the suffering that they experienced 697 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,600 Because they knew that Jesus, who experienced the same suffering 698 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Had come back to life in a divine form 699 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,600 And so the argument goes like this 700 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:06,600 It says that some men will die and some men will even die for a lie 701 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,600 That's how it works in militant Muslim circles 702 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,600 For example, they die for a lie 703 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:16,600 But no men will die for a lie that they know to be a lie 704 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,600 Why not just recant and survive? It's a lie 705 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,600 And so that's the argument 706 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,600 And here's what he's saying 707 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,600 He's saying, these are men who lived a lie 708 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,600 They were hypocrites, they cleaned the outside of the cup 709 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,600 And I don't want to be, and I don't want you to be, a hypocrite 710 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,600 I don't want you to clean the outside of the cup and go around looking good 711 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,600 So that people will come to our church or serve in your ministry 712 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,600 Or treat you with respect or pay you more money 713 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,600 None of that matters at all 714 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,600 Cleaning the outside of the cup for all of those purposes 715 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,600 Leaves you where they were at 716 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:48,600 It makes you a hypocrite 717 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,600 And he says, whoa, and by the way, when God says, whoa to you, that's bad 718 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,600 Whoa is bad 719 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,600 And he says, whoa to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites 720 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,600 Like whitewashed tombs, full of dead bodies, full of dead men's bones 721 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,600 So you too outwardly appear righteous to men 722 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,600 But inwardly you are filled full of hypocrisy and lawlessness 723 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,600 That must not be us 724 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,600 But again, we have a problem, don't we? 725 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:19,600 We have a problem because our hearts are messed up 726 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,600 They're wicked and nasty 727 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,600 And they need repair 728 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,600 Boy, you know, I bought a watch once 729 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,600 And then after I bought the watch I was like, man, I can't figure out how to 730 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,600 The battery went dead 731 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,600 I'm like, I can't figure out how to get the battery changed 732 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,600 And then I was out and about and I saw a jewelry store 733 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,600 The jewelry store said they could change the battery 734 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,600 I thought, well, I could just pop in there for a moment, get the battery changed 735 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,600 And I thought about it, I'm like, I'm busy today and I won't do it 736 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,600 I put it off a couple of times 737 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,600 And then I thought, you know where I should take the watch back to get the battery changed? 738 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,600 I should take it back to where I bought it 739 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,600 And I went back there and I had a sign that says, if you buy a watch from us 740 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,600 Your watch batteries are free for life 741 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,600 So I had them change the watch battery 742 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:02,600 I wore that watch for a long time after that 743 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,600 I never put a second battery in it 744 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,600 So had I, I could have got it for free 745 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,600 But my point is this 746 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,600 Who made your innermost parts? 747 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,600 God did 748 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,600 And when your innermost parts are messed up 749 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,600 And they are because they've been submitted to your outward actions 750 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,600 Who are you going to take them to to get them repaired? 751 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,600 God! You go to God to get them repaired because he made them 752 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,600 He wove them, it says 753 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,600 From the beginning he created them 754 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,600 You can wear an outside appearance in keeping with a heart condition 755 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,600 Unlike your own, but it's not going to do you any good in eternity 756 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,600 It's not going to do you any good in your relationship with God 757 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,600 So, hint, don't do it 758 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,600 Don't wear an outside appearance 759 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,600 In other words, if you get all dressed up and go to a meeting and pretend to be honest 760 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:47,600 And you might get the job 761 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,600 First think about what's really inside you 762 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,600 Is that who you are? 763 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,600 Before you tell somebody, for example, before you begin like this way 764 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,600 As young people are so fun 765 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:03,600 Let me be honest or I'm going to be honest, right? Comma, like that 766 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,600 We start that way, honestly, going to be honest, right? 767 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,600 And that's the thing that people say comes from the internet 768 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,600 It's proliferated conversation now 769 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,600 If you go into court, by the way, you say that, you know what the opposing lawyer will say 770 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:19,600 He'll say, so you say you're going to be honest, so what else are you lying about? 771 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,600 Why do you need to say I'm going to be honest with you? 772 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Just be honest, right? 773 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,600 So the point is, if you would say I'm going to be honest 774 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,600 Then before you say I'm going to be honest, ask yourself, are you an honest person? 775 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,600 Is your insides in line with that course of action? 776 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,600 Are you just saying you're going to be honest this time? 777 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,600 Because you're trying to convince the person that you're listening to 778 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,600 That you mean what you say or maybe because you're hesitating to say what you're saying 779 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,600 James writes over in James chapter 1 beginning in verse 19 780 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,600 This you know, my beloved brethren, for everyone must be quick to hear 781 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,600 Slow to speak and slow to anger 782 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,600 For the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God 783 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,600 Before I go any further, I just want you to know that I have been a person 784 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:06,600 And I have met many people over the years who have what I call a high sense of justice 785 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,600 They want things to be right 786 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:13,600 And when they're not right, they get angry and they get them fixed 787 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,600 Except you know what the problem with that is, according to what we just read 788 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,600 The anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God 789 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:24,600 If you get angry and that gets it fixed, even though it is now right 790 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,600 It is still not the righteousness of God 791 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,600 Why do you think that is? 792 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,600 Because that other person is responding in their outward self to your anger 793 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,600 Rather than responding in their inward self 794 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:40,600 They won't respond in their inward self because they're protecting their inward self from your anger 795 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,600 So they're not going to change because you're misbehaving 796 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,600 They might do what you asked them to do that time because you were mad 797 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,600 But it's not going to bring about the righteousness of God 798 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,600 That's what James says now on in verse 21 799 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,600 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all the remains of wickedness 800 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,600 In humility, listen to this 801 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,600 Putting aside all filthiness 802 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:06,600 In humility, receive the word implanted which is able to save your souls 803 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,600 So what is your action? 804 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:14,600 What is your outward action that has the inward result of saving your inward parts? 805 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,600 The answer is 806 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,600 Receive the word implanted 807 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:21,600 That's what you do 808 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,600 You take the word of God and you allow it to affect you internally 809 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,600 This is a problem because then when you read a verse that says thou shalt not bear false witness 810 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,600 And you interpret it as you cannot lie 811 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:36,600 And you become an honest person because you have an instruction not to lie 812 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:37,600 Not to bear false witness 813 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:42,600 You have done exactly the opposite of that which will affect your inward parts 814 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:47,600 If you say I'm not going to steal because I know the Bible tells me I should not steal 815 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,600 And you choose outwardly to never steal again 816 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,600 And so you're never stealing 817 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,600 Because you read a verse that says you should not steal 818 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,600 And you mentally made a choice to follow the commands of the Lord 819 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,600 That is not what the Bible said you were supposed to do 820 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,600 Rather what you were supposed to do was take that word internally 821 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,600 Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee, David wrote 822 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,600 Take that word internally and apply it to the dark areas of your heart 823 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,600 Apply it to the person that is in here 824 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,600 And when you apply the word internally 825 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:25,600 It is able to save, read, bring back to life into connection with God 826 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,600 Your internal parts 827 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,600 Receive the word implanted which is able to save your souls 828 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,600 Then he says but prove yourself, test yourself 829 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:39,600 Doers of the word and not merely hearers who delude themselves 830 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,600 In other words if you just hear it and even if you just hear it and do 831 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,600 For a while for example 832 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,600 For if anyone is a hearer and not of the word and not a doer 833 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:52,600 He is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror 834 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,600 For once he's looked at himself and gone away 835 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,600 He has immediately forgotten what kind of a person he was 836 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,600 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty 837 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,600 And abides by it, that means lives by it 838 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,600 Not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer 839 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,600 That man will be blessed in what he does 840 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,600 The message is in there and the one has been preached so many times 841 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,600 I've personally heard it and I've never exactly preached it 842 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,600 But I've personally heard it preached multiple times 843 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:20,600 It is if you listen to the word and actually carry it out 844 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:21,600 You'll be blessed in what you do 845 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,600 You heard that right? You heard that in there 846 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,600 If you listen it and carry it out 847 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,600 You will be blessed in what you do 848 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,600 It's in there 849 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:34,600 He said but one who looks and abides by it 850 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,600 An effectual doer blessed in what he does 851 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,600 That's one message 852 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,600 But guess what that message is? 853 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,600 If you on the outside, if you submit your outside to the word of God 854 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,600 You'll be blessed in what you do 855 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,600 Hence well, hence prosperity, trustworthiness, etc. 856 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:50,600 Right? 857 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,600 However, there is a second message in there, isn't there? 858 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,600 The second message was 859 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,600 Putting aside all filthiness in humility 860 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,600 Receive the word implanted which is able to save your souls 861 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,600 It's not good enough to get out of bed today and read 862 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,600 Thou shalt not lie and not lie 863 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,600 That's not good enough 864 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,600 It really never was 865 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,600 Because even while you were not lying 866 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:12,600 You were doing something else wrong, right? 867 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,600 You had a dirty flesh nature on the inside 868 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,600 What is called the natural man 869 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,600 And it was messed up and it was separate from God 870 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,600 And so it's not good enough to start doing the right things 871 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,600 After you've already done one thing wrong 872 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:26,600 And it wasn't just one thing 873 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,600 It was many things 874 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,600 And then Jesus said it this way 875 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,600 Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing 876 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,600 But inwardly are ravenous wolves 877 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,600 In other words, their outsides are so much different from their insides 878 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,600 You will know them by their fruits 879 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,600 Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 880 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,600 So every good tree bears good fruit 881 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,600 In other words, the outside comes in line with the inside 882 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,600 But the bad tree bears bad fruit 883 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,600 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit 884 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,600 Nor can a bad tree produce good fruit 885 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,600 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire 886 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,600 So then you will know them by their fruits 887 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,600 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven 888 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,600 But he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter 889 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,600 Your outside appearance is tied to your actions 890 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,600 And your actions are tied to your inside condition 891 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,600 So yes, you can work it from the outside 892 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,600 Say what I look like is going to be tied to what I do 893 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,600 And what I do is supposed to be tied to who I am on the inside 894 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,600 And as a human being, because you understand the human condition 895 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,600 You can make a break with that 896 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:29,600 You can say I'm not going to do that 897 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,600 I'm going to be this way on the outside 898 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,600 And make everybody think a certain thing about me 899 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,600 While on the inside I'm all dirty and nasty and filthy and not doing it right 900 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,600 Not really walking with the Lord 901 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:40,600 God is not affecting me internally 902 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,600 I'm doing all this on the outside 903 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:43,600 That could get you through your whole life 904 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,600 People live that way and show up 905 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:46,600 And that's why he said 906 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,600 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven 907 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,600 Because there were people who prophesied 908 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,600 They said, we prophesied in your name 909 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,600 We healed in your name 910 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,600 And he didn't say, oh no, you did not 911 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,600 Rather they said they prophesied in his name 912 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:58,600 They healed in his name 913 00:34:58,600 --> 00:34:59,600 And he said, get away from me 914 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,600 I never knew you 915 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,600 You see, you need an internal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ 916 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:06,600 That will then drive your actions 917 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,600 Which will create your appearance 918 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,600 When your actions bespeak an inward condition 919 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:12,600 That does not truly exist 920 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,600 Then that is hypocrisy 921 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,600 And Jesus said, woe to you hypocrites! 922 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,600 So first submit your inward man 923 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,600 And then match your outward man to your inward man 924 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:26,600 That's how it works 925 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,600 Get real 926 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,600 You as a human know that there are parts inside you that were broken 927 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,600 They were broken by the way people treated you 928 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,600 They were broken by the things that you did 929 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,600 Things that you said 930 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:38,600 Things that you wanted 931 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:39,600 They were broken by your desires 932 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:40,600 Whatever, they were broken 933 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:41,600 And you needed healing 934 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,600 And you get that healing by going to God 935 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,600 I've recently started playing pickleball 936 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,600 Invited out by one of my sons 937 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:49,600 Kind of enjoyed it 938 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,600 Then I read an article just recently that said there was a particular day 939 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:53,600 I think it was a Friday night 940 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:59,600 In which 13% of all the injuries that came into emergency rooms 941 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,600 Across the entire country were pickleball related 942 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:04,600 Is that crazy? 943 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:05,600 So it was a certain evening 944 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,600 13% of everybody that came to the emergency room was pickleball injuries 945 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,600 You know why that is? 946 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:12,600 Because anybody can play pickleball 947 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:13,600 It's fun 948 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:14,600 The rules aren't hard 949 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:15,600 Anybody can do it 950 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,600 Now, not everybody's going to be great at it 951 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:18,600 But you go out and play pickleball 952 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:19,600 And this is what you do 953 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:20,600 You play a little harder 954 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,600 You play a little faster 955 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,600 Now, you haven't worked out in months 956 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,600 You don't eat right or whatever 957 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,600 But you go and you start playing 958 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:28,600 Then you play a little harder 959 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,600 And then one moment you slam down 960 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,600 And you tear your Achilles tendon 961 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,600 Or whatever 962 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,600 Strain your back, etc. 963 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:37,600 And then you're done playing pickleball 964 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:38,600 And you can't move the next day 965 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,600 And you go to the emergency room 966 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,600 What's happening is people are allowing, wanting, desiring their outward man 967 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,600 To do something that their inward man can't do 968 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,600 This applies to sharing the gospel 969 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:50,600 You go to try to share the gospel 970 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:51,600 And you just can't 971 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:52,600 You're timid 972 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:53,600 You're afraid 973 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:54,600 You're like, I don't know how to say this 974 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,600 I don't know what to say to this person 975 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:57,600 I don't even know 976 00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:58,600 What if they ask me a question? 977 00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,600 I have no answers 978 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,600 You are a human 979 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,600 Saved by the God of the universe 980 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,600 With mended insides 981 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:05,600 You have all that you need 982 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,600 The only problem is you need to bring your insides and your outsides together 983 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:10,600 And walk like that 984 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:11,600 Because that's what you were created for 985 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,600 That's what will make you a fanatic 986 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,600 And that's what you were created for 987 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,600 Ezekiel 11.19 says 988 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,600 And I will give them one heart 989 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,600 And put a new spirit with them 990 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,600 And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh 991 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,600 And give them a heart of flesh 992 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,600 That they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances 993 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:31,600 In other words, follow the rules 994 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,600 And do them 995 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,600 Then they will be my people 996 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,600 And I shall be their God 997 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,600 But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations 998 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,600 And as you go after the things in the world that are not of God 999 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,600 I will bring their conduct down on their heads declares the Lord 1000 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,600 So there was a people of God 1001 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,600 There was always going to be a people of God 1002 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,600 And we can become that people of God 1003 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,600 If indeed we submit our hearts to that God 1004 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,600 And if on the other hand you submit your actions 1005 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,600 And try to work inwardly 1006 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:01,600 I submit to you 1007 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,600 You'll just never get there 1008 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,600 That's why Jesus was able to say to Nicodemus on that fateful night 1009 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:08,600 You must be born again 1010 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:09,600 Even though Nicodemus fasted 1011 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:10,600 No food or water 1012 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:11,600 Two days a week 1013 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,600 Probably Tuesdays and Fridays 1014 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,600 Nothing 1015 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:15,600 24 hours 1016 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:16,600 No food or water 1017 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:17,600 The entire book of Genesis 1018 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:18,600 Word for word 1019 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,600 We struggle to memorize verses 1020 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,600 He had the whole book of Genesis beginning to end memorized 1021 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,600 His entire preaching calendar was filled up every week 1022 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,600 In a different worship place 1023 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:29,600 Synagogue, temple 1024 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:30,600 All the way around the circuit 1025 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,600 Because he was a desirable preacher 1026 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:33,600 And Jesus said to him 1027 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,600 You must be born again 1028 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,600 Or you will not see the Kingdom of God 1029 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:43,600 Because his inward parts were not on the course that God had set for him 1030 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,600 Because his inward parts were not aligning with his outward parts 1031 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:47,600 Yes he was a preacher 1032 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,600 Yes he was a faster 1033 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:49,600 Yes he was a teacher 1034 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:50,600 Yes he was desirable 1035 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:51,600 Yes he was growing 1036 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,600 But his inward parts were not aligning with his outward parts 1037 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:55,600 And Jesus said 1038 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,600 You've got to be born again 1039 00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,600 It starts that way 1040 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,600 Babies don't learn to walk before they come out of the womb 1041 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,600 They don't learn to make dietary choices before they come out of the womb 1042 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,600 They don't learn to decide whether they're going to take medicine or not 1043 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:07,600 Before they come out of the womb 1044 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:08,600 First you've got to be born 1045 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,600 Then those decisions are heaped on you 1046 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:11,600 And it's the same way 1047 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,600 If you're trying to live as a Christian 1048 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,600 You've not yet become a Christian 1049 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:15,600 Stop now 1050 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:16,600 You're wasting your time 1051 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,600 In fact you may get ahead in the world 1052 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,600 Your actions may be blessed by following the things that the Lord has led you to do 1053 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:24,600 Except he's not Lord 1054 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,600 And he's not actually leading you to do that at all 1055 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,600 You're just following the instruction book for life 1056 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:35,600 When in reality what you need to do is submit your inward parts to the Lord of the Universe for healing and correction 1057 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,600 And then he says this 1058 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,600 36 of the same book 1059 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,600 Chapter 36 verse 25 1060 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,600 And that's what's been going on since the Garden of Eden 1061 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:12,600 That's how God can say you have no excuse 1062 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,600 Because you're a human being 1063 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:21,600 And you can feel your first hand experience to know that your insides were broken, were incorrect 1064 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,600 You needed healing, you needed resetting, you needed re-birthing 1065 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:25,600 You knew that 1066 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,600 And you kept making rules for yourself and living for them 1067 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,600 And then breaking the very same rules that you made for yourself 1068 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,600 Or that the world made for you 1069 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:34,600 Or even the ones that you learned from me 1070 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,600 Breaking them over and over again because your insides are screwed up 1071 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,600 You get your insides healed by bringing them back to the one who created them 1072 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,600 Who wove them in the first place 1073 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,600 You couldn't fix your heart, you can't even find your heart 1074 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,600 It's not the organ that beats in your body 1075 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,600 It's the center of your decision making 1076 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,600 It's the center of all that you care about and yearn for 1077 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,600 It's your heart, it's your inward being 1078 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:56,600 It's a spiritual thing 1079 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,600 You can search the entire body from toe to toe 1080 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,600 You can do a PET scan and you'll never find it 1081 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:01,600 It's not there 1082 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,600 It exists in a spiritual realm but it exists inside you 1083 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,600 And God can fix it 1084 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:06,600 And God can heal it 1085 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,600 And then you can wear it on the outside 1086 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,600 That's what we've read 1087 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:14,600 It's happened a number of times 1088 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,600 We're almost ready for that video, Arden 1089 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,600 It's happened a number of times that I've seen people get saved 1090 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,600 They've given their life over to the Lord 1091 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,600 And then they've gone back into the same environment that they lived in before 1092 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,600 Where their mom or dad are not Christians 1093 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,600 Or the people that live in their neighborhood are not godly 1094 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,600 Or whatever 1095 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,600 And they go right back into that same environment again 1096 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,600 And they really struggle with being who it is they have now come to be in Christ 1097 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,600 You know why that is? 1098 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,600 Because their outside begins to take such a big priority 1099 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:51,600 Because their outside begins to take such a big priority 1100 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,600 They're worried about it again, right? 1101 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,600 And you've got to not do that 1102 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:02,600 It seems a little selfish but in the midst of everyone else wanting something from you 1103 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,600 There is one thing you must want more 1104 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,600 So we're going to have an object lesson and a video at the same time 1105 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,600 So first of all I need a volunteer 1106 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,600 In fact I'll take two volunteers to do a little craft 1107 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,600 There's Arden, I need one more, and Haley 1108 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,600 So I'm going to give you these two straws 1109 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:24,600 You guys are going to work together 1110 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,600 And while we watch this little video that we're about to watch 1111 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,600 I want you to create one single straw out of all four of those straws 1112 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,600 That is as long as you can make it 1113 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,600 So end to end 1114 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:39,600 No tape allowed, you have to do it by craftiness 1115 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,600 And then we're going to watch this video for a few minutes while they do that 1116 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,600 And then we'll be in our conclusion 1117 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,600 We can't find it 1118 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:54,600 Should be okay 1119 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,600 That's pretty close 1120 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:00,600 We don't have to go back 1121 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,600 Right where it ended was where we wanted to be 1122 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,600 Unless it kept going 1123 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,600 It doesn't have to take us in the lump 1124 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:15,600 Okay 1125 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:41,600 Okay 1126 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:16,600 Okay 1127 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:46,600 Okay 1128 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,600 That's not bad 1129 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,600 That wasn't as good as it ought to have been 1130 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,600 The old story 1131 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,600 What you are comes out in what you do 1132 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,600 A crabapple tree can't produce eating apples 1133 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,600 As long as the old self is there 1134 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,600 Its taint will be over all we do 1135 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:07,600 We try to be religious and become passive 1136 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,600 We try to be kind and become patronizing 1137 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:14,600 Social service ends in red tape and officialdom 1138 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:18,600 Unselfishness becomes all showing off 1139 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:22,600 I don't mean of course that we're to stop crying for the good 1140 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,600 We've got to do the best we can 1141 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,600 If the soul is just fool enough to go into battle with a dirty rifle 1142 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,600 He mustn't run away 1143 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:35,600 But I do mean that the rural cure lies far deeper 1144 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:48,600 Out of ourselves and into Christ we must go 1145 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:50,600 Two things to take away from the video right away 1146 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,600 Is that one, this problem that we're dealing with today 1147 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,600 Is not new 1148 00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,600 Ever since there have been Christians 1149 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:01,600 People have said I'm going to do the good thing 1150 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,600 I'm going to do the good thing 1151 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:08,600 A Christian is a little Christ 1152 00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,600 A Christian is a little Jesus 1153 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,600 A Christian doesn't do the things that he has done 1154 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:20,600 Rather a Christian is a person like Jesus was 1155 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,600 In fact it says we ought to walk as he walked 1156 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,600 And that naturally will equate to being honest 1157 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,600 Trying hard, showing up, doing the work 1158 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:33,600 Spending your blood, sweat, and tears if necessary 1159 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:40,600 It will equate to letting your insides govern, drive, and show 1160 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,600 In the practical we say things like 1161 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:49,600 Does this course of action line up with what God wants me to do? 1162 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,600 And we say it all the time, don't we? 1163 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,600 What if that is not the right question? 1164 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,600 What if the question is does this course of action line up 1165 00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:01,600 With who God wants me to be? 1166 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:05,600 And if it does, then you pour yourself into it 1167 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,600 Is this what God has shown me to be and to do? 1168 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,600 Does God's Word, which I am learning, command my choice 1169 00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:15,600 Or disallow a certain option? 1170 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:17,600 There has never in all my life I sat and thought on this 1171 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,600 And meditated on this and prayed on this 1172 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,600 Been a time at which I could honestly say to you today 1173 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:26,600 That I asked God what I was supposed to do 1174 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:31,600 In a certain circumstance, did that, and regretted it later 1175 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:32,600 Never once. 1176 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,600 Now, have there been times in which I asked God what I was supposed to do 1177 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,600 Did what he told me to do, and then as far as this world was concerned 1178 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,600 It sucked, somebody got mad at me, I got hurt 1179 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,600 A young man put out a hit on my life, you know, things like that 1180 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:47,600 Have those things, bad things like that happen? 1181 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:52,600 Yes, bad things sometimes come out of obedience to God in this lifetime 1182 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:55,600 But never have I regretted it because I could always say to myself 1183 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,600 I know, I did this, I am this because it's who God made me to be 1184 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:03,600 And in that moment, I felt whole 1185 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,600 And I don't know that there's any worse thing 1186 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,600 Than to feel like what you're doing is hypocritical 1187 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,600 To feel like what you're doing is not real 1188 00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:12,600 That it's not who you are 1189 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:17,600 That you're somehow being forced to be something that you're not 1190 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,600 Cassandra Clare, I won't forget you, don't worry 1191 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,600 Cassandra Clare said, and you're going to go, and right away you're going to go 1192 00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,600 I have no idea who that is, and that's okay, that's good actually 1193 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,600 Says, I believe people are more than one thing 1194 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:34,600 It is one of the great lessons of growing up, learning that people can do both 1195 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:36,600 That's the exact opposite of what I'm saying today 1196 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,600 You can search that and find it all over the internet 1197 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:44,600 What I'm saying to you is you couldn't do both, but you're not meant to 1198 00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,600 What you're meant to do is have a right relationship with God 1199 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,600 And then have all of your actions line up with Him 1200 00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:52,600 That's what you're meant to do 1201 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:56,600 Then, and we're in our conclusion now 1202 00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:58,600 There's no quit in you 1203 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:03,600 There's no quit in you because not only does the eternal God of the universe 1204 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:09,600 Create eternity new in you so that you will go to heaven and live for what we consider to be an eternity 1205 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,600 I submit to you it's infinite, it's more than an eternity 1206 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:16,600 But it's infinite that we will live with God once we get there 1207 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:20,600 And He does that in people whose souls He mends 1208 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,600 When He saves us internally, we do that 1209 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:26,600 Now you can live like a dirt bag the rest of your life and still go to heaven 1210 00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:28,600 But you certainly shouldn't 1211 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:35,600 You should wear your insides that God has now created on your outside and it will lead to all form of action 1212 00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,600 But it also will bring you into conflict with the world 1213 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:42,600 Sometimes you will not be blessed the way you would like to be blessed 1214 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:48,600 Then they will deliver you to tribulation, He says, and they will kill you and you will be hated by all nations because of My name 1215 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:53,600 At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another 1216 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,600 Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many 1217 00:50:56,600 --> 00:51:00,600 Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold 1218 00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:05,600 But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved 1219 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:10,600 If you're living on the outside something different than what's on your inside 1220 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:14,600 I hate to break the news to you but you ain't gonna make it 1221 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,600 It's not gonna happen 1222 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:22,600 You're just gonna wind up in the spiritual emergency room trying to figure out why your insides couldn't power your outsides to do what you did 1223 00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:28,600 How did I wind up physically broken? How did I wind up not right? How did I wind up not able? 1224 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,600 When I thought my outsides were in line with the Lord 1225 00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:35,600 Because your outsides in line with the Lord have to be driven by your insides in line with the Lord 1226 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:39,600 You've got to be born again, you've got to submit your internal for God's healing 1227 00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:43,600 And then having done so, unified, go forward 1228 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,600 Or I would say don't go forward at all 1229 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:49,600 If you're not willing to do the work like stretch, eat right, get a little bit of rest 1230 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:51,600 Don't get a hobby like pickleball 1231 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:58,600 If you're not willing to do a little bit of work, study your Bible, pray, memorize, meditate, share your faith 1232 00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:01,600 Serve, give, practice the spiritual disciplines 1233 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:05,600 If you're not willing to do some work, then your hobby of Christianity 1234 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,600 A. It's gonna cost you a lot more than you're willing to pay 1235 00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:11,600 You're gonna break up, fall apart in the process 1236 00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:19,600 It's gonna destroy you physically while your body is not able to pay what your soul could pay 1237 00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:23,600 But on the other hand, if you're willing to be a fanatic, you're willing to be born again, start fresh 1238 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:27,600 Submit yourself to the God of the universe and live forward with all that you've got 1239 00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:31,600 Then all the rest, all your actions, your heart, your hands, your mind, your mouth, your eyes, everything 1240 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:37,600 All of that will come in line with your interior which has been fixed by Jesus, rewoven to be correct 1241 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:41,600 And you'll be able to stay the course 1242 00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:44,600 Apply this same standard to anything we choose to do in life 1243 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,600 If you can't stay the course in a thing, if you think about something, you think, okay, like 1244 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:52,600 So if the persecutions truly break out next week 1245 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,600 And I don't think I'd still be doing this 1246 00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:58,600 Let's say you're playing a game or building something or whatever 1247 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:02,600 And then you say, okay, but if the persecutions break out, I'm gonna be hiding my Christianity 1248 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:05,600 I'm gonna be doing Bible study behind closed doors, I'm gonna be worshiping on my own 1249 00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,600 I'm not gonna let anybody know that I'm a Christian which means I can't do sports anymore 1250 00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,600 I can't do choir anymore, I can't do my hobbies anymore, I can't build this anymore 1251 00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:15,600 I can't do that anymore because I'm gonna be a different person on that day 1252 00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:18,600 Because I know right away, right around the corner is Jesus coming 1253 00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,600 I'm investing in these things now because it's gonna be a long time before he gets here 1254 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:25,600 But now that I know he's coming like tomorrow or the next day, I'm gonna spend my time focused on God 1255 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,600 If that's the way your life is structured right now 1256 00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:31,600 Then you need to start cutting out some things that are in your life 1257 00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:35,600 That aren't in line with your inward person 1258 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:37,600 And instead build your inward person 1259 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:41,600 Like C.S. Lewis said, why do you think the world thinks Christianity is a little bit selfish? 1260 00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:46,600 Because real Christians are concerned about the chief most important thing 1261 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:50,600 Real Christians are concerned about the chief most important thing 1262 00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:58,600 And that is that their insides stay in line with the Savior of the universe sent by Jesus who died for that honor 1263 00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:02,600 He's in charge of everything now, which means if he's not in charge of your inside 1264 00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,600 Then something is isolating your insides from him 1265 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:11,600 Ephesians 2, Paul writes that we are saved by grace 1266 00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:14,600 That means God will come and do this thing for you if you let Him 1267 00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,600 He will do the work for you if you let Him 1268 00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:21,600 But it also says that we are saved by grace through faith 1269 00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:23,600 Now is faith an external thing? 1270 00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:27,600 Is it something you can touch, draw, write, eat, wear? 1271 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:31,600 No, it is not, it is an internal thing 1272 00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:35,600 But it is an internal thing that by the admission of that very verse 1273 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:37,600 It says we are saved by grace through faith 1274 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:41,600 It is able to create a channel between us and the living God 1275 00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:42,600 May I borrow the straw? 1276 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,600 No, thank you very much 1277 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:49,600 Here's our finely crafted instrument 1278 00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:57,600 Faith acts as a straw and if I had a cup of water here 1279 00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,600 And enough reverse pressure, it looks like it probably would work 1280 00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:03,600 I could suck some water through this straw 1281 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:07,600 Or if I had water pouring down here and I had an empty cup over here 1282 00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:10,600 I could stick this straw just barely in the water that's pouring down 1283 00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:12,600 And I could watch it drizzle into the cup 1284 00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:14,600 I believe it would work 1285 00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:16,600 It might fall apart in the process 1286 00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:19,600 And it might get shorter 1287 00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:24,600 But I guess it would only probably take the smallest little bit of this straw 1288 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:27,600 To redirect the flow of water 1289 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,600 You don't need much faith 1290 00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,600 It exists in your human condition 1291 00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:36,600 If you're here and you're not saved, you're not a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ 1292 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,600 And you understand you have this faith already 1293 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:43,600 You just need to believe in God for this salvation that he offers 1294 00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:49,600 And then to live as a fanatic, you just align your insides with your exterior choices 1295 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,600 And wear your heart on the outside of your body 1296 00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,600 Stay the course 1297 00:55:55,600 --> 00:56:00,600 The greatest sports players, I can't remember the commentator who said this 1298 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,600 But he said, talent's easy to come by 1299 00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:09,600 Like there are millions of guys in the US right now who have talent in basketball 1300 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,600 Not hundreds, but millions 1301 00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,600 Talent's easy to come by 1302 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:16,600 And in their neighborhood, it makes them always win 1303 00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,600 Because they have talent, they win all the time 1304 00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,600 They're talented and nobody else has their talent 1305 00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:22,600 Or a few guys do, but they still 1306 00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:23,600 Maybe they mix it up with a couple of them 1307 00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:25,600 One guy wins one time, another guy wins the other time 1308 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,600 If they're on the same team, they always win because they have talent 1309 00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,600 So the guys who go pro or the guys who go the distance 1310 00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:33,600 They don't go based on talent 1311 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:35,600 Because lots of people have talent 1312 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:37,600 I have talent in basketball and baseball 1313 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:39,600 I just never did anything with it 1314 00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,600 I'm not a good basketball player or baseball player 1315 00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:46,600 But I can do it as talent is when you can do it without really training in it 1316 00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:48,600 Lots of guys have talent 1317 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:52,600 But when you add talent to effort 1318 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:54,600 It turns out when you take your talent 1319 00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,600 And you wear it on the outside 1320 00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:58,600 So you get up before everybody else gets up 1321 00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:00,600 You show up before everybody else shows up 1322 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:01,600 You do the work that nobody else is willing to do 1323 00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:04,600 You shoot a thousand baskets when everybody else shoots ten 1324 00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:06,600 You play hours and hours of basketball 1325 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:08,600 When everybody else just plays around a little bit 1326 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:12,600 And you turn talent into something new 1327 00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,600 Now talent won't get you to heaven 1328 00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:17,600 Nor will any other interior traits 1329 00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:19,600 Because your insides are messed up 1330 00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:20,600 And you need them fixed up 1331 00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,600 And you got them fixed up from God 1332 00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:24,600 So what am I saying? 1333 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,600 To become a fanatic, here's what you do 1334 00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:28,600 Open everything that's in you 1335 00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,600 To God 1336 00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:36,600 No exclusive rooms or preferences 1337 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:38,600 You're hiding nothing 1338 00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:40,600 And you humbly come to God and say 1339 00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:43,600 Okay God, everything that's in me 1340 00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:45,600 I give it to you 1341 00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:46,600 You fix it 1342 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:47,600 You wove it in the first place 1343 00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:48,600 Now you fix it 1344 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,600 And then once you've done that 1345 00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:53,600 You let that fixing of God 1346 00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:55,600 That born againness 1347 00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:57,600 Affect everything that's on the outside 1348 00:57:57,600 --> 00:57:59,600 And now finally, finally 1349 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,600 You're moving all in one direction 1350 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,600 No longer are you a car or a skateboard 1351 00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:07,600 Or going one way with a car going the other 1352 00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:08,600 Tempted to go 1353 00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:10,600 Maybe I'll just latch on 1354 00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:11,600 When the pastor preaches 1355 00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:13,600 Or when the Bible speaks 1356 00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:14,600 Or when the Holy Spirit convicts 1357 00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:15,600 You say, oh maybe I'll just do it 1358 00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:16,600 Maybe I'll just repent and turn 1359 00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:17,600 And go the other way 1360 00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:18,600 Maybe I'll just look to God 1361 00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:19,600 Maybe I'll just do it 1362 00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:20,600 Maybe I'll just do it 1363 00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:21,600 Always, that's the human condition 1364 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:22,600 Always wondering, would this work? 1365 00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,600 Can I do this? 1366 00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:25,600 No longer like that 1367 00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:27,600 But now you and you 1368 00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:28,600 All that is you 1369 00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,600 Your mind, your soul, your heart, your body 1370 00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:31,600 Your actions, your choices 1371 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:32,600 All that is you 1372 00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,600 Moving at whatever pace in one direction 1373 00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:38,600 That's what it takes to become a fanatic 1374 00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:41,600 You gotta have your insides on your outside 1375 00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:46,600 And no quick in you 1376 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:48,600 I ask the praise team to come forward at this time 1377 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:50,600 And lead our closing hymn 1378 00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:51,600 And if you're here today 1379 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:53,600 And you would say either A, you've never given your life 1380 00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:55,600 To the Lord Jesus Christ in earnest 1381 00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:56,600 Then you do that 1382 00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:57,600 Doesn't matter what people think 1383 00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:58,600 Or if people think you have 1384 00:58:58,600 --> 00:58:59,600 But if you know you haven't 1385 00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:00,600 Then you say to God today 1386 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:04,600 Okay, Lord, fix my insides 1387 00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:08,600 Come and live in me and fix my insides 1388 00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:10,600 And then let's go forward your direction 1389 00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:11,600 If on the other hand you'd say 1390 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:13,600 I'm here and I have 1391 00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:14,600 And I've experienced what you're talking about 1392 00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,600 But I've been putting on airs 1393 00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:19,600 Pretending to be somebody I'm not or whatever 1394 00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:21,600 Then you turn to God again today 1395 00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:24,600 And you say, okay, God, make my insides 1396 00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,600 Also my outsides 1397 00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:28,600 So I can be just one person 1398 00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,600 So I'll no longer be torn in two 1399 00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:34,600 And I can be that fanatic 1400 00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:38,600 That I know the only way I'll ever feel whole 1401 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:40,600 Is when it's all of me going one way 1402 00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:42,600 And if you respond 1403 00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:44,600 The Lord is ready to respond 1404 00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:46,600 You just stand with me and sing this song 1405 00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:48,600 And if the Lord has spoken to your heart in some way today 1406 00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:50,600 Then you respond during this time 1407 00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:52,600 You can come forward, take my hand and pray together 1408 00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:55,600 Or you can pray right where you are and talk to God 1409 00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:57,600 And then let us know what conversation is taking place 1410 00:59:57,600 --> 00:59:59,600 However you want to handle it 1411 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,600 We are Jesus 1412 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,600 And we cry 1413 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:37,600 Holy, holy, holy 1414 01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:39,600 And we cry 1415 01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:44,600 Holy, holy, holy 1416 01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:46,600 And we cry 1417 01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:51,600 Holy, holy, holy 1418 01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:59,600 Is the Lamb 1419 01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:02,600 We fall down 1420 01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,600 We lay our crowns 1421 01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:12,600 At the feet of Jesus 1422 01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:16,600 The great next-day 1423 01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:24,600 Mercy and love at the feet of Jesus 1424 01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:26,600 And we cry 1425 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:31,600 Holy, holy, holy 1426 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:33,600 And we cry 1427 01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:38,600 Holy, holy, holy 1428 01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:40,600 And we cry 1429 01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:45,600 Holy, holy, holy 1430 01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:53,600 Is the Lamb 1431 01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:58,600 Holy, holy, holy 1432 01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:06,600 Is the Lamb 1433 01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:09,600 We fall down 1434 01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:12,600 We lay our crowns 1435 01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:18,600 At the feet of Jesus 1436 01:02:18,600 --> 01:02:22,600 The great next-day 1437 01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:30,600 Mercy and love at the feet of Jesus 1438 01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,600 And we cry 1439 01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:37,600 Holy, holy, holy 1440 01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:42,600 And we cry 1441 01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:47,600 Holy, holy, holy 1442 01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:51,600 Holy, holy, holy 1443 01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:54,600 Is the Lamb 1444 01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:59,600 Holy, holy, holy 1445 01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:02,600 We fall down 1446 01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,600 We lay our crowns 1447 01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:12,600 At the feet of Jesus 1448 01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:15,600 The great next-day 1449 01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:23,600 Mercy and love at the feet of Jesus 1450 01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:25,600 And we cry 1451 01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:30,600 Holy, holy, holy 1452 01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:32,600 And we cry 1453 01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:37,600 Holy, holy, holy 1454 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,600 And we cry 1455 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:43,600 Holy, holy, holy 1456 01:03:43,600 --> 01:03:49,600 Is the Lamb 1457 01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:54,600 Holy, holy, holy 1458 01:03:54,600 --> 01:04:01,600 Is the Lamb 1459 01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:06,600 Holy, holy, holy 1460 01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:08,600 All right, so Aaron came up here today. 1461 01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:09,600 Come up here, son. 1462 01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:12,600 Sharing with me 1463 01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:14,600 kind of the way things have been going. 1464 01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:16,600 And just basically saying once I turn back to the Lord, 1465 01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:18,600 I'll let you share a little bit your own words. 1466 01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:19,600 Yeah. 1467 01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:23,600 I haven't lived with the inside. 1468 01:04:23,600 --> 01:04:24,600 It's in my heart. 1469 01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,600 On the outside, exactly the best of my ability. 1470 01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,600 I haven't been the husband that I want to be. 1471 01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:34,600 I want to show the world that what's in my heart is God. 1472 01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:38,600 And that's inside and outside. 1473 01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:45,600 My heart is in one place, and that's in this place where I'm looking for the Lord, 1474 01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:47,600 for the best of my ability. 1475 01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:50,600 I've been in prayer and repentance, 1476 01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:54,600 so things I've done that have not shown that 1477 01:04:54,600 --> 01:05:01,600 align with that that I have in my heart. 1478 01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:04,600 I actually would be in prayer for Aaron then, as he's committed himself. 1479 01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:05,600 We've already talked to the Lord. 1480 01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:08,600 I think the Lord's already done the work here today. 1481 01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:10,600 And now there's the living it out. 1482 01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:11,600 And you might be in a similar place. 1483 01:05:11,600 --> 01:05:15,600 You can be a Christian and be living what you think is right 1484 01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:17,600 or doing quote unquote your best. 1485 01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:19,600 And it's just not good enough. 1486 01:05:19,600 --> 01:05:21,600 It wasn't good enough to get saved. 1487 01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:23,600 And it's not going to be good enough going forward. 1488 01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:27,600 God can do what we cannot do. 1489 01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:29,600 In him, all things are possible. 1490 01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:31,600 He is able. 1491 01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:32,600 There was a moment in time when Jesus said, 1492 01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:34,600 Oh, it's hard for a rich man to come into the kingdom of God. 1493 01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:37,600 The truth is, we're all pretty rich. 1494 01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:40,600 Not necessarily wealthy rich, money rich, but rich in a lot of ways. 1495 01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:42,600 And even though we're here in this building, 1496 01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:44,600 I have this opportunity to live in the nation that we live in. 1497 01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,600 There are a lot of positive things made available to us, 1498 01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:48,600 and that would definitely have qualified. 1499 01:05:48,600 --> 01:05:52,600 It is hard to come into the kingdom of God when you got a lot going on. 1500 01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:56,600 You got a lot going for you when your relationships are pretty good 1501 01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:58,600 or your money's pretty good or it's hard. 1502 01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:01,600 So then they asked me, so well, then who can? 1503 01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:03,600 And God said, what? 1504 01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:06,600 So we've got all things are possible. 1505 01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:09,600 In other words, even a rich man can come into the kingdom of God. 1506 01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:11,600 Anybody can. 1507 01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:13,600 They'll take this one step. 1508 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:17,600 And then I'm just I know for a fact, and I have struggled with it myself, 1509 01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:20,600 but I know for a fact that there is only one way forward. 1510 01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:24,600 You just you just don't get out of bed in the morning and leave your liver in the bed. 1511 01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:26,600 You just don't get out, get up from the breakfast table, 1512 01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:28,600 leave your feet under the table. 1513 01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:32,600 You go wherever you're going all together, all your physically and goes from one place to the next. 1514 01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:35,600 And it's the terrible thing to think you'd ever have to have an annotation 1515 01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:38,600 or to have a major part of your body removed. 1516 01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:41,600 So physically, we understand that. 1517 01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:45,600 And yet we want to leave our heart out of this. 1518 01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:47,600 Or leave our mind out of it. 1519 01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:49,600 What you put in your head will affect your actions. 1520 01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:50,600 Your mind is meant to go. 1521 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:51,600 This is the hierarchy. 1522 01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:57,600 Your heart regenerated by Christ rules your mind and your mind makes your decisions and your body does the work. 1523 01:06:57,600 --> 01:06:58,600 That's the hierarchy. 1524 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:03,600 And until you submit your heart to the Lord like that, you're not all going in the same direction at once. 1525 01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:05,600 And we feel skittish, you know, we feel nervous. 1526 01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:06,600 We feel frustrated. 1527 01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:08,600 We don't. Why is it going the way I want it to go? 1528 01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:14,600 You know, if you're safe, your soul will die again. 1529 01:07:14,600 --> 01:07:16,600 You won't go to hell. 1530 01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:18,600 But you can sure feel like that's going to happen. 1531 01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:21,600 You feel like there's a distance, a rift between you and God. 1532 01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:22,600 We don't want that. 1533 01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:25,600 I don't mean emotional, I mean spiritually. 1534 01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:30,600 And as I share with Aaron, since we started talking about these things, words seem to fail. 1535 01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:32,600 But this was not one sermon standing alone. 1536 01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:33,600 Also, it's the sixth in a series. 1537 01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:35,600 We are fanatic for Jesus. 1538 01:07:35,600 --> 01:07:39,600 That means all of us go in his way. 1539 01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:41,600 Whatever that is, you've got to turn your heart over. 1540 01:07:41,600 --> 01:07:42,600 Does anybody else need to say a word? 1541 01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:45,600 And then we're going to close in prayer. 1542 01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:57,600 All right, to remind you, after a brief break, we will have a membership meeting today with a few very important motions on that meeting and some information that I need. 1543 01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,600 Everyone is welcome, even if you be here and you're not a member of your welcome state. 1544 01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:03,600 That is where you would appeal for membership, if you're not a member. 1545 01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:08,600 After you say, yeah, I want to join the church or deal with any membership issues that may arise. 1546 01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:10,600 Yes, I'll go quick. 1547 01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:20,600 I found out yesterday that my nephew Miguel, my sister's kind son, his dad passed away in a work-related accident. 1548 01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:21,600 Oh, Jesus. 1549 01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:22,600 Yeah. 1550 01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:23,600 OK. 1551 01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:26,600 He's not taking it very well at all. 1552 01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:32,600 So your prayers are coveted for Miguel, who's going to the loss of his dad, and unexpectedly he's going to work there. 1553 01:08:32,600 --> 01:08:33,600 That's very good. 1554 01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:53,600 Father, I thank you so much for offering the opportunity, authoring the process, giving your son, Jesus, to make it work and also to make it abundantly evident. 1555 01:08:53,600 --> 01:09:06,600 Then writing in the structure of all creation that the God of the universe alone, you alone, our master, creator, 1556 01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:12,600 that you desire a personal relationship with us on an individual basis, one on one. 1557 01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:15,600 It is a beautiful thing when a man and a woman get married. 1558 01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:21,600 They love one another, hopefully, vimically, and they work toward oneness. 1559 01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:37,600 But you made it possible for each of them to be one with you, by the death of your son, atonement, repudiation for sins, by loving us. 1560 01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:43,600 And in your love, and in our relationship with you, we find peace. 1561 01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:47,600 We know that you, he who is in us is greater than me that is in the world. 1562 01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:57,600 We find hope, that hope which is in Jesus Christ who lived, died, and rose again. 1563 01:09:57,600 --> 01:10:05,600 And I can say, and people might have a hard time understanding, but I can say that I have met him personally. 1564 01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:08,600 I have been in his presence, he's been in me. 1565 01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:15,600 And just the same as James, the brother of Jesus, while he was alive, might have said, 1566 01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:22,600 he's crazy, calls himself the son of God, even though they say he does miracles, whatever, but he's crazy. 1567 01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:30,600 And then after Jesus died and rose again, James was changed forever knowing that Jesus was indeed who he said he was. 1568 01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:36,600 And it would have been the same for me. For 25 years I thought Christianity was nuts, it was hard work, 1569 01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:40,600 there were so many things that I didn't want anything to do with. 1570 01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:46,600 And then when I met Jesus, everything changed. So there might be somebody in this room who has not met you personally, 1571 01:10:46,600 --> 01:10:52,600 not had that personal experience knowing that God has fixed their insides, that God is walking in them now, 1572 01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:57,600 that they can walk in him now. 1573 01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:02,600 I pray Lord that you'll be patient with that person and keep calling that person to yourself until it is so. 1574 01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:08,600 Maybe even right now in this moment if I think, I can do this, I think I can give my life over to the Lord. 1575 01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:14,600 And what if I did, what would that look like? And they're afraid because they know that being a fanatic means going forward, 1576 01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:19,600 energy going forward, one direction, going forward, serving and giving and loving and living for the Lord God. 1577 01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:25,600 And that's crazy until it's the only thing. 1578 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:29,600 And I pray Lord for those of us in this room who can say it's the only thing that we will be united with, 1579 01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:36,600 our interior and our exterior. The truth, Lord, is bring our insides to the outsides so that all the world can see the love, 1580 01:11:36,600 --> 01:11:42,600 see the mercy, see the service. As your word says, that we might be your light. 1581 01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:48,600 In him was life and that life was the light of man. And now we are called the light of the world. 1582 01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:54,600 Help us Lord, not contain it, but rather display it. 1583 01:11:54,600 --> 01:12:01,600 Thank you for being with us during our service today. Bless each family, each person here as they go about living for you 1584 01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:06,600 and discovering the universe. We pray it all in Jesus name. Amen. 1585 01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:12,600 Thank you very much. This concludes our services, but we will be back in this room in about five minutes for the membership meeting. 1586 01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:32,600 So if you've got some business you need to conduct, please do that and then be back.