1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,880 I have a great relationship with my parents and I'm very grateful 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:04,880 for them. 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,180 I love them dearly. 4 00:00:07,180 --> 00:00:11,220 I have two great moms once in heaven and once here still. 5 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:13,420 And God has been really good to me. 6 00:00:13,420 --> 00:00:15,420 I have an awesome dad. 7 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:17,820 I have an almost daily relationship communicating with my 8 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:18,820 dad. 9 00:00:18,820 --> 00:00:19,820 Love him a lot. 10 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:21,320 And I am thankful for him. 11 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,820 And I am thankful for cell phones and video calling that we can 12 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:28,260 still connect with each other and stay together. 13 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:31,300 Stay communicating with each other every day. 14 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:33,600 But I also remember a time when I was pretty upset with my 15 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:34,600 parents. 16 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,500 Anybody have that going on in your life? 17 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:41,700 Times when my parents frustrated me and I have taken that legacy 18 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:44,780 and I do that with my kids today, I'm sure. 19 00:00:44,780 --> 00:00:48,920 I remember my parents being pretty strict with us in some 20 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:49,920 areas. 21 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,580 I really like music and my parents are pretty strict with 22 00:00:51,580 --> 00:00:53,080 music with me. 23 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,520 And so I remember having a Walkman who remembers Walkmans with 24 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,020 cassette tapes and headphones. 25 00:01:00,020 --> 00:01:04,760 And I remember listening to tapes that they didn't know I had and 26 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,100 that I recorded off the radio and thinking, man, I wish my 27 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:11,000 parents weren't so lame. 28 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,240 I remember thinking, you guys are like looking at me like, 29 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,940 did anybody here ever have that kind of a thought process? 30 00:01:16,940 --> 00:01:20,840 My parents, I remember thinking, and I remember thinking if 31 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,820 those people were my parents, then everything would be okay. 32 00:01:24,820 --> 00:01:27,420 You guys are like judging me right now. 33 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,420 I feel like. 34 00:01:28,420 --> 00:01:31,260 I was real young, okay? 35 00:01:31,260 --> 00:01:34,160 But I remember thinking if I had other parents, they would be a 36 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,000 little bit less strict and my life would be so good in so many 37 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 ways. 38 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,200 I would have so much more freedom because my parents cared 39 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:47,240 about what I did and what came into my life, what voices I was 40 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,240 listening to. 41 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,480 And as a teenager, that's not always fun. 42 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,820 But today, I'm really, really thankful for my parents. 43 00:01:55,820 --> 00:01:58,820 And I literally remember the people that I was thinking about, 44 00:01:58,820 --> 00:02:01,920 if they were my parents, then now I know what happened to their 45 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,920 kids and I'm like, I'm glad they weren't my parents. 46 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,800 Because my parents really helped me out. 47 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,900 I remember the people I was talking about, like I said, 48 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:14,900 and I'm really glad that my parents, that my wishes, 49 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:17,240 sometimes the prayers you don't have answered are God's grace in 50 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,680 your life, amen. 51 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,180 Not that I prayed for my parents to go. 52 00:02:20,180 --> 00:02:23,040 That sounds weird, but my point is the wishes and hopes that I 53 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,380 had, I'm glad that they didn't happen. 54 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:29,220 The discipline and correction my parents were demanding in me, I 55 00:02:29,220 --> 00:02:30,680 am so grateful for today. 56 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,220 And maybe you're a teenager in here and you have thoughts like 57 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:34,560 I have. 58 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,700 I think it's normal for teenagers to want more freedom. 59 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:43,400 But maturity demands that freedom comes with responsibility. 60 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,400 Right? 61 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,600 Responsibility demands discipline. 62 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,600 Right? 63 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:55,580 What we're trying to do with our kids is to go from my discipline 64 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:59,880 putting put on them to self-discipline happening in their 65 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,920 lives and to listening to the conviction of the Holy Spirit 66 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:07,260 disciplining their own hearts and their own minds. 67 00:03:07,260 --> 00:03:08,800 Is anybody on that train with me? 68 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,660 That's what we're trying to do. 69 00:03:10,660 --> 00:03:14,520 And self-discipline isn't always fun. 70 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,340 Now I want you to think about God's plan of redemption. 71 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:22,200 I want you to think about how Jesus showed up and how it works 72 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,040 about being saved and being born again and what that means. 73 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,380 In God's plan for us, now I want you to think about this. 74 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:31,380 Maybe you've never thought in these terms. 75 00:03:31,380 --> 00:03:35,220 God's will is not just for converts. 76 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:38,620 God's will is for disciples. 77 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:39,620 Okay? 78 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:41,820 God's will is not just for converts. 79 00:03:41,820 --> 00:03:43,660 God's will is for disciples. 80 00:03:43,660 --> 00:03:45,700 Jesus does not want just converts. 81 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:49,560 Now, does God want people to be saved? 82 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:50,660 We want people to be saved. 83 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:51,660 We want people. 84 00:03:51,660 --> 00:03:53,700 I want Finley to get saved. 85 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:54,700 That's what I want. 86 00:03:54,700 --> 00:03:55,700 You want that? 87 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:56,900 Want Hancock County to get saved? 88 00:03:56,900 --> 00:03:59,980 I pray for my kinsmen that they would be saved. 89 00:03:59,980 --> 00:04:01,440 That they would know Jesus Christ. 90 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,820 But that's not where it stops. 91 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:07,140 Because we want that, we also want people to follow after Jesus 92 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:08,140 as disciples. 93 00:04:08,140 --> 00:04:10,660 A convert, they get saved and then they move on. 94 00:04:10,660 --> 00:04:13,980 A disciple says, this is not the end. 95 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:16,900 The baptism isn't the end. 96 00:04:16,900 --> 00:04:18,820 The baptism isn't what converts them, by the way. 97 00:04:18,820 --> 00:04:20,940 It just is a first step of obedience. 98 00:04:20,940 --> 00:04:27,980 But that step of obedience continues in our everyday walk with the Lord. 99 00:04:27,980 --> 00:04:32,340 Salvation being born again is the beginning of the Christian life, not the end. 100 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:36,220 How many of you guys are excited about people getting baptized, getting saved, ran and I'm 101 00:04:36,220 --> 00:04:37,860 so excited? 102 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:39,540 Your father-in-law led you to Christ. 103 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:41,140 That's an amazing thing. 104 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:42,660 What a great way to start a relationship. 105 00:04:42,660 --> 00:04:44,900 What an incredible thing. 106 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:48,620 Even this week, people are not in the building, outside the building. 107 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:53,100 Our people, our church members helping people come to know Christ. 108 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:54,100 That's an amazing thing. 109 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:55,300 That's an incredible thing. 110 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:56,980 But that's not where we stop. 111 00:04:56,980 --> 00:04:59,300 It's where we start. 112 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:05,660 In the Great Commission, there's this phrase that says, teaching them to observe all things 113 00:05:05,660 --> 00:05:06,660 I've commanded you. 114 00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:08,860 Go into all the world and preach the gospel of your creature. 115 00:05:08,860 --> 00:05:09,860 That's part of it. 116 00:05:09,860 --> 00:05:13,980 Go, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and 117 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:15,380 the Holy Ghost. 118 00:05:15,380 --> 00:05:21,860 Teaching them to observe or to obey all things that I've commanded to you. 119 00:05:21,860 --> 00:05:27,060 We reach people, then we teach people to obey all that God commanded. 120 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:30,580 The obedience is not so that they will be saved. 121 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:34,540 The obedience that we're looking for is because they have been saved. 122 00:05:34,540 --> 00:05:37,300 Do you get it? 123 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:40,660 And so, think about this. 124 00:05:40,660 --> 00:05:48,940 Have you ever noticed that the word disciple is closely connected with the word discipline? 125 00:05:48,940 --> 00:05:50,940 Disciple discipline. 126 00:05:50,940 --> 00:05:57,780 To follow Jesus, to observe all the things he commanded us to do, means we must be disciplined. 127 00:05:57,780 --> 00:06:04,060 And walking with him through prayer and scripture, hearing it from him through your scripture 128 00:06:04,060 --> 00:06:05,060 eating. 129 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,060 That takes discipline. 130 00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:13,540 And using not just to hear the word, but to do it takes discipline. 131 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:19,540 And this means that in the discipline process, if you're being discipled or if you're discipling 132 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:25,500 others, and by the way, if you follow Jesus, God's plan for your life is to make disciples. 133 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:26,740 Right? 134 00:06:26,740 --> 00:06:32,660 This is God's, God desires for everybody who's a believer to make disciples of all nations. 135 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:36,180 It's not something for us to get interns to do. 136 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:37,180 Right? 137 00:06:37,180 --> 00:06:38,180 It's for everybody. 138 00:06:38,180 --> 00:06:39,180 Say everybody. 139 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:40,180 Yeah, that's right. 140 00:06:40,180 --> 00:06:43,300 Everybody that knows Christ ought to make disciples. 141 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:44,300 Okay. 142 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:49,900 So, this means that in the discipleship process, if you are being discipled or you're discipling 143 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:57,060 others, there is a necessary place for, here's the word, dun dun dun. 144 00:06:57,060 --> 00:06:58,660 That's like, you know what I mean? 145 00:06:58,660 --> 00:06:59,660 Dun dun dun. 146 00:06:59,660 --> 00:07:02,180 It's like, oh no. 147 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:04,540 There's a need for correction. 148 00:07:04,540 --> 00:07:07,860 Ooh, correction. 149 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:09,060 Who likes correction? 150 00:07:09,060 --> 00:07:11,740 Right, nobody. 151 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:12,740 Nobody likes correction. 152 00:07:12,740 --> 00:07:18,780 In fact, the Bible says about itself, all scripture is given by inspiration of God and it's profitable 153 00:07:18,780 --> 00:07:25,540 for doctrine, what we believe, for reproof, stop thinking that way, that's wrong. 154 00:07:25,540 --> 00:07:29,200 For correction, stop acting that way. 155 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,900 For instruction and righteousness, start acting this way, right? 156 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:35,220 That's God's plan. 157 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:38,380 If you're going to grow to be like Jesus, to start to observe all the things He's commanded 158 00:07:38,380 --> 00:07:43,580 you, there are things that need to be corrected in your life and in my life too. 159 00:07:43,580 --> 00:07:45,540 I'm in the boat with you. 160 00:07:45,540 --> 00:07:49,700 The subject at hand today then, as we're looking at the passage, why I'm bringing all of that 161 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:53,380 up, is correction. 162 00:07:53,380 --> 00:07:54,980 The subject at hand is correction. 163 00:07:54,980 --> 00:08:00,300 It's really kind of the subject at hand in almost all of the book of 1 Corinthians. 164 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:03,980 Paul is correcting the Corinthians and he's been correcting them throughout the book and 165 00:08:03,980 --> 00:08:06,260 he addresses that fact here. 166 00:08:06,260 --> 00:08:08,420 Here's what I want you to know. 167 00:08:08,420 --> 00:08:11,500 Correction is essential in your life. 168 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:14,140 Correction is essential in my life. 169 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:17,740 Anybody here ever do anything wrong? 170 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:18,740 You're laughing. 171 00:08:18,740 --> 00:08:20,420 Like, anybody here do anything wrong? 172 00:08:20,420 --> 00:08:21,620 I do things wrong all the time. 173 00:08:21,620 --> 00:08:25,260 I need to be corrected, right? 174 00:08:25,260 --> 00:08:26,820 It's essential in our lives. 175 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:29,500 But nobody loves correction, do we? 176 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:30,860 Who loves being grounded? 177 00:08:30,860 --> 00:08:33,460 Who loves being restricted? 178 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,740 Who loves spanking? 179 00:08:35,740 --> 00:08:37,400 It's not fun. 180 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:42,700 But the correction is essential for all of us to be what God wants us to be. 181 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:48,580 So what I love about exposition preaching, meaning going book by book through the Bible, 182 00:08:48,580 --> 00:08:52,740 is that this is not a passage of the scripture that I can't wait to get to the correction 183 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:53,740 passage. 184 00:08:53,740 --> 00:08:55,820 This is going to bring all kinds of people here. 185 00:08:55,820 --> 00:08:58,220 Hey, come to my church, hear about correction, right? 186 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:00,340 And how you need to be corrected, right? 187 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:03,940 But there's so much life in discipline. 188 00:09:03,940 --> 00:09:08,860 There's so much life in obedience and doing what God wants us to do. 189 00:09:08,860 --> 00:09:14,580 And when God says, don't, he wants you to, what you need to hear is, don't hurt yourself. 190 00:09:14,580 --> 00:09:16,740 You need corrected and so do I. 191 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:20,820 As believers in Christ, we must understand the role of correction in the discipleship 192 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:25,860 process, becoming like Jesus, and what's needed for that to take place. 193 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:30,860 And correction best happens with these three elements in mind, okay? 194 00:09:30,860 --> 00:09:35,860 The first thing that really helps correction to actually be effective and actually to work, 195 00:09:35,860 --> 00:09:36,860 okay? 196 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:40,660 The first element is this relationship. 197 00:09:40,660 --> 00:09:41,660 Relationship. 198 00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:48,100 Now, we're going to read through this passage starting in verse 14. 199 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:52,900 But before we do that, and we've already done it, but we're going to do it as we go through, 200 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:53,900 think about this. 201 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:56,300 Paul has been really direct with the Corinthians. 202 00:09:56,300 --> 00:10:01,020 He had called out division in their ranks in this church. 203 00:10:01,020 --> 00:10:05,660 And he's told them that the division is coming from pride, right? 204 00:10:05,660 --> 00:10:11,060 He told them in verse 6 that the purpose, back in the same chapter in verse 6, he tells 205 00:10:11,060 --> 00:10:18,540 them that the reason that he keeps bringing himself and Apollo's up is to humble them. 206 00:10:18,540 --> 00:10:23,660 He used himself and his Apollo's as an example, as it says in verse 6, so that no one of you 207 00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:27,060 will be puffed up for one against the other. 208 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:32,100 Towards the end of today's text, he says to them, but I will come to you shortly if the 209 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:37,340 Lord will and will know not of the speech of them which are puffed up, but with power. 210 00:10:37,340 --> 00:10:38,340 We're going to look at that in a second. 211 00:10:38,340 --> 00:10:42,300 But basically he's saying, some of you that are talking junk, you don't think I'm going 212 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:45,940 to come and I'm coming. 213 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:47,940 And we're going to deal with what you're talking about. 214 00:10:47,940 --> 00:10:49,180 I don't worry about what you're talking about. 215 00:10:49,180 --> 00:10:50,940 I care about what you do. 216 00:10:50,940 --> 00:10:52,420 That's what he's saying. 217 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:56,580 So they have this arrogant attitude as a church. 218 00:10:56,580 --> 00:10:59,180 And he's coming to correct that arrogance. 219 00:10:59,180 --> 00:11:01,380 And that's what he's been doing for four chapters. 220 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:05,940 And in so doing, he's been firm and direct and even employed what looks like sarcasm 221 00:11:05,940 --> 00:11:08,180 in verse 8 to 10, which is much to my delight. 222 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:10,220 I love sarcasm. 223 00:11:10,220 --> 00:11:17,140 So when we get to verse 14, we see why Paul feels like he can do this correction. 224 00:11:17,140 --> 00:11:18,820 And it's this idea of relationship. 225 00:11:18,820 --> 00:11:20,780 Look at verse 14. 226 00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:23,820 He says, I write not these things. 227 00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:24,820 What are these things? 228 00:11:24,820 --> 00:11:26,660 The things that I've been doing and correcting you. 229 00:11:26,660 --> 00:11:32,020 I'm not telling you these because I'm trying to, what does he say, verse 14, shame you. 230 00:11:32,020 --> 00:11:36,580 I'm not trying to embarrass you or to shame you or to put you down. 231 00:11:36,580 --> 00:11:38,460 Here's why I'm doing it. 232 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:45,100 But as my beloved sons, I, what is it? 233 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:46,900 Warn you. 234 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:48,900 His goal is not to shame. 235 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:52,020 There's a difference between humility and shame, right? 236 00:11:52,020 --> 00:11:54,460 What he's trying to do is give them a different way to think. 237 00:11:54,460 --> 00:12:00,060 And he says, I'm doing it, my approach to you is like a dad to sons. 238 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:01,500 And he calls them beloved sons. 239 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:03,860 What does beloved mean? 240 00:12:03,860 --> 00:12:06,020 You are dear to me. 241 00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:07,620 I care about you. 242 00:12:07,620 --> 00:12:09,300 I love you. 243 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:11,060 You are like my beloved sons. 244 00:12:11,060 --> 00:12:17,380 And any dad that loves his kids will correct his kids. 245 00:12:17,380 --> 00:12:21,740 If you don't discipline your kids, you're not loving your kids the way you ought to love 246 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:24,300 them, right? 247 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:25,300 It's the same with Paul. 248 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:27,340 Paul is saying, I'm like a father. 249 00:12:27,340 --> 00:12:29,220 I am, I love you. 250 00:12:29,220 --> 00:12:32,940 And so what I'm doing is I'm warning you. 251 00:12:32,940 --> 00:12:38,180 He calls them sons because it's a familial and accurate representation of their relationship. 252 00:12:38,180 --> 00:12:41,620 He loves them and is connected to them like a father. 253 00:12:41,620 --> 00:12:47,820 So his response is to lovingly warn, warn them. 254 00:12:47,820 --> 00:12:53,260 To warn means this, that the price of the correction is worth it to avoid the price 255 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:54,740 of the bad behavior. 256 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:56,580 Does that make sense? 257 00:12:56,580 --> 00:12:59,860 The price of the, this is a great principle when it comes to dealing even with our own 258 00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:01,380 kids. 259 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:06,380 The price of correction has to be worth it to fix the behavior. 260 00:13:06,380 --> 00:13:10,660 Like a father who loves his kids and will warn them incorrect than Paul is warning these 261 00:13:10,660 --> 00:13:11,660 Corinthians. 262 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:14,140 Now, why does he feel like he's a dad? 263 00:13:14,140 --> 00:13:16,660 Why does he feel like he has this dad relationship? 264 00:13:16,660 --> 00:13:17,660 Look at verse 15. 265 00:13:17,660 --> 00:13:18,860 He says it. 266 00:13:18,860 --> 00:13:24,980 For though you have 10,000 instructors in Christ, instructors like a teacher, like a 267 00:13:24,980 --> 00:13:30,420 helper, yet you have not many, what does it say? 268 00:13:30,420 --> 00:13:31,540 Teachers. 269 00:13:31,540 --> 00:13:41,180 For in Christ Jesus, I have begotten you through the gospel. 270 00:13:41,180 --> 00:13:47,260 So here he's differentiating himself between people who are teachers and people who are 271 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:48,260 fathers. 272 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:50,620 What does that look like? 273 00:13:50,620 --> 00:13:56,860 Well, fathers have a relationship with their kids from conception to death. 274 00:13:56,860 --> 00:13:57,860 You agree? 275 00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:59,940 You're like, well, my dad isn't around. 276 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,220 Yeah, but you were around because your dad was around. 277 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:05,100 Does that make sense? 278 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:07,740 So everybody has a father. 279 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:08,740 Everybody has a father. 280 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:10,860 Our father's ought to be present, amen. 281 00:14:10,860 --> 00:14:13,180 And life begins at conception. 282 00:14:13,180 --> 00:14:14,180 Right. 283 00:14:14,180 --> 00:14:18,580 So, but fathers have a relationship with their kids from conception to death. 284 00:14:18,580 --> 00:14:21,620 Fathers share a name with their kids. 285 00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:22,620 Right? 286 00:14:22,620 --> 00:14:27,460 Fathers, you can have far more teachers than you have fathers. 287 00:14:27,460 --> 00:14:28,460 Right? 288 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:32,140 You have one father, you have lots of teachers. 289 00:14:32,140 --> 00:14:37,140 Fathers should be personally invested in their kids in a way that even teachers aren't. 290 00:14:37,140 --> 00:14:41,740 Fathers, fathers get to know their kids uniquely. 291 00:14:41,740 --> 00:14:45,900 You have a lifelong insight into their behavior. 292 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:47,300 Right? 293 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:50,780 Fathers are deeply connected to their kids reputationally. 294 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:51,780 Right? 295 00:14:51,780 --> 00:14:56,140 If you've got a bad kid in your class as a teacher, you're dealing with them, but they'll 296 00:14:56,140 --> 00:14:57,260 be gone next year. 297 00:14:57,260 --> 00:15:01,980 But if your kid's not acting right, they have the same last name you got. 298 00:15:01,980 --> 00:15:02,980 Right? 299 00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:05,820 All my kids are Jennings. 300 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:06,820 Sometimes that's good. 301 00:15:06,820 --> 00:15:08,540 I'll stop there. 302 00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:09,540 Okay. 303 00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:13,180 So, it's always good, amen. 304 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:17,860 So Paul says that he feels the position of a father toward them because he was there. 305 00:15:17,860 --> 00:15:20,420 He says, I have begotten you through the gospel. 306 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:25,020 Now Paul's not claiming that he's the one that saved them. 307 00:15:25,020 --> 00:15:31,300 What Paul's saying is, I shared the gospel with you and because you heard the word, faith 308 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:32,300 comes by... 309 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:34,020 Is that the verse? 310 00:15:34,020 --> 00:15:35,020 Yeah. 311 00:15:35,020 --> 00:15:38,580 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 312 00:15:38,580 --> 00:15:44,740 I was there when the word was spoken to you and it got planted into your heart and you 313 00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:50,060 responded and faith became salvation. 314 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:51,140 God saved you. 315 00:15:51,140 --> 00:15:53,420 You were born. 316 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:54,420 What? 317 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:55,420 Again. 318 00:15:55,420 --> 00:15:59,260 I was there when you were born. 319 00:15:59,260 --> 00:16:00,260 Right? 320 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:05,020 That was a part of what God allowed me to do. 321 00:16:05,020 --> 00:16:10,740 And so, he's saying, I was there when you first believed. 322 00:16:10,740 --> 00:16:15,260 I was the one who tried to raise you and I'm going to continue to lead you. 323 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:19,260 He has a relationship with them because the gospel and the Holy Spirit brought the life, 324 00:16:19,260 --> 00:16:22,780 brought that message that came to them under Paul's faithful stewardship. 325 00:16:22,780 --> 00:16:26,580 So he's not saying this in a way that he's claiming to be better than anyone else. 326 00:16:26,580 --> 00:16:30,380 He just spent the whole last four chapters saying, no one's... 327 00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:32,820 This is all God did this, right? 328 00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:35,940 But in terms of responsibility and stewardship, he's saying, I'm like a father to you and 329 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:41,220 I'm loving you and I'm warning you and I care about you and I have this relationship. 330 00:16:41,220 --> 00:16:47,420 And if I can't correct you and if I can't correct you, who can? 331 00:16:47,420 --> 00:16:52,980 If you haven't been, it hasn't been proven to you that I love you, I loved you before I met you 332 00:16:52,980 --> 00:16:57,100 because I gave my life to the Lord to come and give the gospel to you. 333 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,020 Does that make sense? 334 00:16:59,020 --> 00:17:00,180 What am I trying to say? 335 00:17:00,180 --> 00:17:06,820 He was invested in a relationship with them, right? 336 00:17:06,820 --> 00:17:12,500 He's saying that he has the position to correct them because he has this unique position. 337 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:17,060 Now there is something to this, to relationship when it comes to correction. 338 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:20,940 There are some things that only a father can say to their kids. 339 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:26,500 As a dad, I have a unique ability to disciple my kids that you do not have. 340 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:32,340 And as I'm having that ability, I have a responsibility with my kids that you don't have. 341 00:17:32,340 --> 00:17:33,820 You know why? 342 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:36,500 You don't live in my house. 343 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:41,380 You don't have a responsibility to their mother like I do. 344 00:17:41,380 --> 00:17:43,620 You haven't known them like I do. 345 00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:48,420 There's a greater chance that you won't be around them in 20 years. 346 00:17:48,420 --> 00:17:50,380 A greater chance than me in that. 347 00:17:50,380 --> 00:17:53,180 Here's what it means for, so what am I trying to say? 348 00:17:53,180 --> 00:17:57,940 I'm not saying I'm better, I'm just saying there's a personal relationship that happens 349 00:17:57,940 --> 00:18:04,060 and because of that we have a responsibility and sometimes that means to warn, to correct. 350 00:18:04,060 --> 00:18:11,500 That's why when my kids say, but dad, that family does it, those kids do it, I said they're not my kids. 351 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:16,220 You're my kids and in our house we're not going to do that. 352 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:17,860 That make sense? 353 00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:22,140 Because I have a relationship with them, that's how it ought to be. 354 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:24,420 And as that I have a responsibility to them. 355 00:18:24,420 --> 00:18:26,980 Here's what that means for the discipleship of other people. 356 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:34,220 There has to be a relationship that's established so that people give you permission to correct them. 357 00:18:34,220 --> 00:18:35,620 Right? 358 00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:41,460 You don't go up to somebody in the grocery store and say, that was a horrible choice you just made with your kids. 359 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:44,100 Oh, my name, I'm Ben Jennings. 360 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,100 Right? 361 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,980 Like, who are you to correct me? 362 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:49,060 You don't even know me. 363 00:18:49,060 --> 00:18:50,740 Does that make sense? 364 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:53,180 Do some people need to be corrected? 365 00:18:53,180 --> 00:18:54,380 Do I need to be corrected? 366 00:18:54,380 --> 00:18:58,140 Man, I take that a lot better if you know me. 367 00:18:58,140 --> 00:19:02,700 If you have a relationship with me, if you care about me, man, I'll be a lot more willing 368 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:06,260 to listen to you and to receive that correction. 369 00:19:06,260 --> 00:19:07,740 You know what that means? 370 00:19:07,740 --> 00:19:10,460 That means church is important. 371 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:12,700 We ought to have relationships with each other. 372 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:17,340 We ought to know each other and love each other. 373 00:19:17,340 --> 00:19:21,780 Sometimes that correction is allowed by people because of the position that you employ. 374 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:24,740 You're the boss, you're the teacher, you're the pastor. 375 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:29,220 Sometimes people respect the position so they listen to the person that occupies that position. 376 00:19:29,220 --> 00:19:35,340 But eventually, when corrections needed, people will only listen to you because they know you love them 377 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:38,540 and that you have their best interest at heart. 378 00:19:38,540 --> 00:19:43,460 People don't care about what you know until they know that you care. 379 00:19:43,460 --> 00:19:45,900 There must be a relationship with them. 380 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:50,020 And so that means this, and this is true in parenting and it's true in our relationships. 381 00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:55,580 Rules without relationship leads to rebellion. 382 00:19:55,580 --> 00:20:00,220 Rules without relationship can lead to rebellion. 383 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:05,900 It's true in our parenting, it's true in discipleship, it's true in our relationship with each other. 384 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,780 Relationship is a key. 385 00:20:08,780 --> 00:20:11,900 If correction is needed, you have to have a relationship. 386 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:13,180 It's what happens best. 387 00:20:13,180 --> 00:20:14,780 So how does that happen? 388 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:19,740 Well, there's a second element that must be part of the discipleship process when correction is needed. 389 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:24,180 That second element is investment. 390 00:20:24,180 --> 00:20:28,260 It's cool to have a positional relationship, but that happens when you... 391 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:32,300 What needs to happen in that relationship is investment. 392 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:38,820 So he says in verse 16, wherefore, because this is true, because I have this relationship with you, 393 00:20:38,820 --> 00:20:44,540 because I've already invested in you, he says, wherefore, on the basis of what I just said, 394 00:20:44,540 --> 00:20:47,820 because I have a history with you, because I was there when you were saved 395 00:20:47,820 --> 00:20:51,380 and I'm warning you against that which could hurt you and divide the church, 396 00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:55,940 because we are called to steward the relationships and the assembly and the gospel itself, 397 00:20:55,940 --> 00:21:01,540 on that basis, he says, I beseech you, I plead with you. 398 00:21:01,540 --> 00:21:08,220 I've warned you now, I'm asking of you, be ye followers of me. 399 00:21:08,220 --> 00:21:12,380 Be ye followers of me. 400 00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:14,700 Now that's a bold thing to say, isn't it? 401 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,140 That word, followers, the word in Greek, mimitates. 402 00:21:18,140 --> 00:21:20,580 It's where we get the word mimic from. 403 00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:23,300 He's saying, imitate me. 404 00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:26,020 Be like me. 405 00:21:26,020 --> 00:21:31,140 Another place he says is, follow me as I follow Christ. 406 00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:32,740 Right. 407 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:36,020 So he's saying, hey, I beseech you, I plead with you. 408 00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:37,860 Do what I do. 409 00:21:37,860 --> 00:21:39,740 Think like me. 410 00:21:39,740 --> 00:21:43,340 And obviously he goes on to say, act like me. 411 00:21:43,340 --> 00:21:46,180 Do the kind of thing that I would do. 412 00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:51,860 This is not Paul saying here, just to be clear, I should win the leader contest. 413 00:21:51,860 --> 00:21:52,740 Right? 414 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:56,740 He says, some of you say I'm a Paul, I'm of Apollos, I'm of Cephas, and I'm of Christ. 415 00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:59,740 He's not saying, forget those other guys, be like me. 416 00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:01,060 That's not what he's saying. 417 00:22:01,060 --> 00:22:03,780 He's saying, I was there when you got saved. 418 00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:06,780 I have a relationship with you, I'm invested in you. 419 00:22:06,780 --> 00:22:10,580 So act like me, do what I do. 420 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:13,540 I led you to Christ, lead someone else to Christ. 421 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:16,500 I'm calling you to unity with each other and to not be puffed up. 422 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:20,020 I'm calling you to humility, to be willing to suffer for Christ's sake as good stewards 423 00:22:20,020 --> 00:22:21,020 of the gospel. 424 00:22:21,020 --> 00:22:25,740 So what he's saying is, do that, act like that, stop fighting. 425 00:22:25,740 --> 00:22:30,940 Do what I've invested in you, do what is in keeping with that investment. 426 00:22:30,940 --> 00:22:35,500 Then he says, let me make another investment into you. 427 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:38,700 Look at this, this is amazing, look for 17. 428 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:45,260 For this cause, what's the cause? 429 00:22:45,260 --> 00:22:46,900 What's the cause? 430 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:48,860 I want you to imitate me. 431 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:51,300 I want you to be like me. 432 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:55,440 Stop doing this, start doing this, be like me, so that you can be like me. 433 00:22:55,440 --> 00:23:02,460 For this cause, I have sinned unto you, what's the next word? 434 00:23:02,460 --> 00:23:05,820 Timothyus, who was Timothy? 435 00:23:05,820 --> 00:23:09,220 Timothy was Paul's son in the ministry, and that's what he says. 436 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:12,980 I sinned unto you, Timothyus, who is my beloved son? 437 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:15,300 Who are they? 438 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:16,300 He says it. 439 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,580 You guys got to stay with me. 440 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:20,940 It's cold outside so it's hot in here. 441 00:23:20,940 --> 00:23:23,740 Some of you guys, I'm putting you to sleep, I'm sorry. 442 00:23:23,740 --> 00:23:25,980 Stay with me, all right? 443 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:31,860 He says, what does he call them when he says I warn you? 444 00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:35,060 As my beloved sons, I warn you. 445 00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:41,660 Now he's saying, because I want you to imitate me, I have sinned unto you, Timothy, who is 446 00:23:41,660 --> 00:23:46,140 my beloved son and faithful in the Lord. 447 00:23:46,140 --> 00:23:52,140 He's saying, I've invested in Timothy like I've invested in you, and Timothy is acting 448 00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:54,140 like me. 449 00:23:54,140 --> 00:23:58,740 Timothy's doing the things that he should be doing, and so what I'm going to do is I'm 450 00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:00,540 going to send him. 451 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:05,340 Paul had invested in Timothy like a father does a son, and the result of that was faithfulness 452 00:24:05,340 --> 00:24:07,180 and fruitfulness. 453 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:11,940 He was trying to get the Corinthians to be faithful and humble and fruitful, so he says, 454 00:24:11,940 --> 00:24:14,740 I'm sending you Timothy, what's he going to do? 455 00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:17,780 What do I expect Timothy to do when he gets there? 456 00:24:17,780 --> 00:24:28,420 Who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ? 457 00:24:28,420 --> 00:24:32,300 Hey, I want you to act like me. 458 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:37,460 It's not just know what I know, it's do what I do. 459 00:24:37,460 --> 00:24:42,540 So to do that, I'm sending you someone who acts like me, someone who's being obedient 460 00:24:42,540 --> 00:24:43,780 the way I am. 461 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:47,540 I'm sending you him, my ways which are in Christ. 462 00:24:47,540 --> 00:24:50,780 So here's the important topic, all right? 463 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:55,940 Some of you just got saved, baptized, praise the Lord, that's not the end, it's the beginning. 464 00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:59,100 Some of you have been doing this a long time, you need to say to somebody, hey, follow me 465 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:01,540 as I follow Christ. 466 00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:03,380 Here's what it means, though. 467 00:25:03,380 --> 00:25:09,380 Discipleship is not just about knowing. 468 00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:12,660 Discipleship is not just about knowing. 469 00:25:12,660 --> 00:25:20,420 Following Jesus isn't about knowing, following Jesus is about doing. 470 00:25:20,420 --> 00:25:21,740 Discipleship is about doing. 471 00:25:21,740 --> 00:25:26,980 Paul knew Timothy was ready to help this church because Timothy lived the way he ought to live. 472 00:25:26,980 --> 00:25:29,620 He did the things Paul taught him to do. 473 00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:36,540 It's about doing because Paul had invested in Timothy through discipleship until Timothy 474 00:25:36,540 --> 00:25:40,220 became a mimic of him as he followed Christ. 475 00:25:40,220 --> 00:25:45,300 Because the Corinthians had been evangelized by Paul and had a relationship with him through 476 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:50,580 which they could receive this correction, now they could have this Timothy come and help 477 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:54,740 them to be and to do what Paul was trying to get them to do. 478 00:25:54,740 --> 00:25:56,460 What did that mean for Paul? 479 00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:59,620 Well, finish the verse. 480 00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:06,100 He'll bring you to remembrance of my ways which be in Christ as I teach everywhere in every 481 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:07,100 church. 482 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:08,620 You know what that means? 483 00:26:08,620 --> 00:26:12,300 Because I multiplied in Timothy and he can go help you, I can go do for somebody else. 484 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:13,780 What's been done for you? 485 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:18,700 Isn't that a cool way to do things, right? 486 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:20,540 It wasn't all on Paul. 487 00:26:20,540 --> 00:26:23,380 Paul was freed up to invest in other people to do the same thing. 488 00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:25,780 And this is the way we think about it in the Great Commission. 489 00:26:25,780 --> 00:26:27,460 That's the mission of our church. 490 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:29,740 It's the key to leading your family. 491 00:26:29,740 --> 00:26:32,460 You get to raise your grandkids' parents. 492 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:37,620 Who thinks that's a good idea? 493 00:26:37,620 --> 00:26:42,860 Because you don't want to raise your grandkids, you'll do it if you need to, right? 494 00:26:42,860 --> 00:26:46,780 We get to raise the next generation's parents. 495 00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:48,140 It's the key to leading our family. 496 00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:49,140 It's the key to our church. 497 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:53,300 We reach people, we teach people, then we send them out to minister. 498 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:58,540 People get saved, people get trained, people are sent out to do the same. 499 00:26:58,540 --> 00:27:02,220 Evangelism, discipleship, service and sending. 500 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:04,100 And what's the aim of the discipleship? 501 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,100 Here's a good question. 502 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:06,100 This is a good question. 503 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:09,860 I should have put it on the screen, but it's a great question. 504 00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:14,740 Is the person being discipled, imitating the person who trained them? 505 00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:21,580 And is that leading to God honoring faithful and fruitful ministry? 506 00:27:21,580 --> 00:27:23,300 That's the question. 507 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:27,980 Is the person being discipled, imitating the person that trained them? 508 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:38,020 And is that leading to God honoring faithful and fruitful ministry? 509 00:27:38,020 --> 00:27:41,020 Are our ways the ways of Christ? 510 00:27:41,020 --> 00:27:48,260 And are people following and imitating Christ because they're following and imitating us? 511 00:27:48,260 --> 00:27:53,100 Anybody ever hear be a parent and realize, my kids are watching me? 512 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:57,020 Anybody see kids imitate you? 513 00:27:57,020 --> 00:28:00,620 All of a sudden you play that song on the radio and they start singing the lyrics and 514 00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:02,340 you're like, what are you saying? 515 00:28:02,340 --> 00:28:04,500 I need to turn that off. 516 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:05,500 Right. 517 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:10,020 Because they're going to imitate what you do. 518 00:28:10,020 --> 00:28:12,100 It's an important thing. 519 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,460 Here's the last thing. 520 00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:17,100 Element number three, it's important in correction. 521 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,740 To call people to a decision. 522 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,020 Element number three is decision. 523 00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:26,740 Verse 18, here's what it says. 524 00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:32,020 Verse 18, now some are puffed up as though I would not come into you. 525 00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:34,020 What are you saying? 526 00:28:34,020 --> 00:28:35,020 Some of you are prideful. 527 00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:38,620 You think you're just going to keep living however you want to live and running the church 528 00:28:38,620 --> 00:28:42,300 however you want to run it in ways that aren't right. 529 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,060 And you think I'm not coming to correct you. 530 00:28:44,060 --> 00:28:46,740 That's what he's saying. 531 00:28:46,740 --> 00:28:50,540 Verse 19, but I will come to you shortly. 532 00:28:50,540 --> 00:28:55,460 Why do you think he said shortly there? 533 00:28:55,460 --> 00:28:58,420 Everybody here ever heard of life 360? 534 00:28:58,420 --> 00:28:59,740 Know what that is? 535 00:28:59,740 --> 00:29:05,460 Or if you have an apple phone, you have find my. 536 00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:09,420 What it is for those of you who aren't as nerdy as I am. 537 00:29:09,420 --> 00:29:13,860 Everybody that's in your family, there's a service where you can see where their phone 538 00:29:13,860 --> 00:29:18,060 is and you can see where they are, right? 539 00:29:18,060 --> 00:29:22,460 And so I'm excited about that when Megan's coming home to make dinner. 540 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:24,740 You know? 541 00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:30,180 And I'm like, oh, she's around the corner, amen. 542 00:29:30,180 --> 00:29:34,060 They didn't have that in Paul's day, right? 543 00:29:34,060 --> 00:29:36,660 And so what he's saying to them is some of you think I'm not coming. 544 00:29:36,660 --> 00:29:41,940 Let me tell you, I'm coming shortly. 545 00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:47,180 My parents used to go on dates when I was a teenager and they'd give me a list. 546 00:29:47,180 --> 00:29:48,660 Anybody ever have that? 547 00:29:48,660 --> 00:29:51,100 A list of chores to do. 548 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:55,180 And I didn't know when they'd be back, but I knew that they'd be back. 549 00:29:55,180 --> 00:30:00,020 And I knew that I was supposed to have that list done before they got back. 550 00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:05,860 And when that garage door started to open, I was either thrilled because it meant they're 551 00:30:05,860 --> 00:30:09,780 bringing home, my mom's going to have a to-go box and I'm pretty excited about that to-go 552 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:11,420 box. 553 00:30:11,420 --> 00:30:14,380 Or it meant, oh, no, I didn't get the list done. 554 00:30:14,380 --> 00:30:16,380 So I was either excited or I was terrified. 555 00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:17,620 You guys with me? 556 00:30:17,620 --> 00:30:18,620 Okay. 557 00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:21,060 Paul's saying, you think I'm not coming to correct. 558 00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:22,660 I'm coming to correct. 559 00:30:22,660 --> 00:30:23,660 Shortly. 560 00:30:23,660 --> 00:30:25,660 It's going to happen. 561 00:30:25,660 --> 00:30:31,700 And of course he says, if the Lord will, and we'll know not the speech of them which are 562 00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:33,620 puffed up, but the power. 563 00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:36,020 What is he saying? 564 00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:39,940 There are people in your midst that are creating division. 565 00:30:39,940 --> 00:30:45,140 They think I'm not coming to correct and they're talking a good game while I'm not there. 566 00:30:45,140 --> 00:30:48,780 But when I get there, I'm going to find out not what they've been saying. 567 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:53,020 I'm going to find out what they've been doing. 568 00:30:53,020 --> 00:30:55,980 Not just the speech, but the power. 569 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:56,980 Right? 570 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:58,780 Does that make sense? 571 00:30:58,780 --> 00:31:03,300 So he says, he goes on to say, here's my point. 572 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:07,260 It's one thing to talk about life transformation and spiritual insight. 573 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:11,300 It's another thing to have that be the fruit of your life and ministry. 574 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:13,740 That makes sense? 575 00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:19,980 So he says, verse 20, for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 576 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:25,660 Now if you were to take this verse out of context and just read that verse, you would 577 00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:30,340 come to a conclusion that it contradicts so much over the scripture emphasizes the word, 578 00:31:30,340 --> 00:31:31,340 right? 579 00:31:31,340 --> 00:31:35,460 The word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. 580 00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:40,540 The truth that this word in word here is not referring to the word of God, but to the word 581 00:31:40,540 --> 00:31:44,900 of the puffed up people in verse 19. 582 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:47,940 To deal with it on a more practical level, think of it this way. 583 00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:55,140 Many people talk a good game, but don't put any points on the scoreboard, right? 584 00:31:55,140 --> 00:32:01,700 I remember early on playing basketball and my dad saw me talking trash to the guys I 585 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:07,420 was playing and after the game he said, son, stop talking. 586 00:32:07,420 --> 00:32:10,380 Let your game do the talking. 587 00:32:10,380 --> 00:32:13,380 Let the scoreboard do the talking. 588 00:32:13,380 --> 00:32:17,580 You shut your mouth, right? 589 00:32:17,580 --> 00:32:21,180 And that talking is only good until you can back it up, right? 590 00:32:21,180 --> 00:32:28,100 So what he's saying is, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. 591 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:33,940 By your fruit you shall, by their fruit you shall know them, right? 592 00:32:33,940 --> 00:32:39,700 So what Paul ends this section, what he's saying is, you need to act right and I'm going 593 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:43,900 to come and correct you and see if you're acting right. 594 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:47,060 And then he ends the letter with this, of this section of the letter with this question. 595 00:32:47,060 --> 00:32:48,500 I love this. 596 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,780 Verse 21, what will ye, you know what he's saying? 597 00:32:52,780 --> 00:32:54,100 What do you want? 598 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:55,500 How do you want this to go? 599 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:59,220 I'm like your dad, I'm showing up. 600 00:32:59,220 --> 00:33:01,700 How do you want it to be when I show up? 601 00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:06,820 Shall I come into you with a rod? 602 00:33:06,820 --> 00:33:08,940 What's a rod? 603 00:33:08,940 --> 00:33:13,940 It's an implement of discipline. 604 00:33:13,940 --> 00:33:16,460 Anybody here, I'm not going to ask you to raise your hand. 605 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:22,540 Is anybody here familiar with the idea of a paddle? 606 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:25,580 I'm very familiar, right? 607 00:33:25,580 --> 00:33:27,460 That's what he's saying. 608 00:33:27,460 --> 00:33:31,700 Are you going to need more correction when I show up? 609 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:35,860 Or am I going to show up and we're going to be able to have love with each other? 610 00:33:35,860 --> 00:33:37,980 In a spirit of meekness. 611 00:33:37,980 --> 00:33:39,420 Do you want me to come with a rod? 612 00:33:39,420 --> 00:33:40,420 Should I bring the paddle? 613 00:33:40,420 --> 00:33:41,980 Should I bring the rod of correction? 614 00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:43,860 Should I come in a disciplinary tone? 615 00:33:43,860 --> 00:33:48,460 This is not advocating that we have a Trinity Baptist rod, by the way. 616 00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:50,780 We're not beating people. 617 00:33:50,780 --> 00:33:52,300 It's a symbolic thing, right? 618 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:54,540 Should I come in discipline? 619 00:33:54,540 --> 00:34:00,380 Or should I come having you already showed yourself to be humble and corrected and right 620 00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:04,180 with each other and loving each other? 621 00:34:04,180 --> 00:34:07,740 Do you want me to come more tenderly because you've already humbled yourself? 622 00:34:07,740 --> 00:34:12,860 Do you want my discipline or do you want self-discipline? 623 00:34:12,860 --> 00:34:16,300 You get it? 624 00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:18,580 So here's my point. 625 00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:22,500 Discipline is needed for life. 626 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:28,140 Parents have to distribute discipline among the children until the children take discipline 627 00:34:28,140 --> 00:34:29,540 on for themselves. 628 00:34:29,540 --> 00:34:34,100 And an enemy to discipline is pride. 629 00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:35,700 That's what he's trying to correct in them. 630 00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:36,700 You're puffed up. 631 00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:37,700 You're arrogant. 632 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:40,340 You're not teachable. 633 00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:43,340 Be teachable is what he's saying. 634 00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:48,420 I don't have to be, people sometimes think I don't have to be disciplined because I've 635 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:49,940 already arrived. 636 00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:53,420 I don't have to be disciplined because I don't think it's that important. 637 00:34:53,420 --> 00:34:57,900 And what Paul is saying is this, follow me as I follow Christ. 638 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:58,900 Live like me. 639 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:01,980 Be reminded of my ways by Timothy. 640 00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:06,700 And I'm coming if the Lord wills and I will come ready to impose discipline on you. 641 00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:12,700 But it would be way better if you humbled yourself and began to live as Christ followers 642 00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:15,300 should. 643 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:18,620 So what's your decision? 644 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:20,220 Which one do you want? 645 00:35:20,220 --> 00:35:24,260 Now here's what the Bible says about our relationship with God. 646 00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:30,660 Whom the Lord loves, he chasens and scourges every son he receives. 647 00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:35,580 And if you know Christ is your Savior, you can live in such a way that goes in opposition 648 00:35:35,580 --> 00:35:37,060 to what God wants. 649 00:35:37,060 --> 00:35:41,020 Or you can just be obedient and do what he wants. 650 00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:43,140 You know what he wants? 651 00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:45,860 It's right here. 652 00:35:45,860 --> 00:35:46,860 It's right here. 653 00:35:46,860 --> 00:35:48,420 You can do what he wants. 654 00:35:48,420 --> 00:35:51,340 You can live as he wants you to live. 655 00:35:51,340 --> 00:35:53,580 And it is so much better. 656 00:35:53,580 --> 00:35:55,700 And so let me just make this real practical. 657 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:57,260 You're like, this is a weird message. 658 00:35:57,260 --> 00:36:00,700 I'm just delivering the mail. 659 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:02,140 Let's just ask ourselves some questions. 660 00:36:02,140 --> 00:36:03,140 Ready? 661 00:36:03,140 --> 00:36:04,140 Some of you may need to write this down. 662 00:36:04,140 --> 00:36:05,140 Here it is. 663 00:36:05,140 --> 00:36:09,660 I'm putting this in first person, my, me, I. 664 00:36:09,660 --> 00:36:11,700 Are you ready? 665 00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:16,380 Is there any need for correction in my life? 666 00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:22,860 Is there any need for correction in my life? 667 00:36:22,860 --> 00:36:26,140 You know what I have noticed in my life? 668 00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:32,820 It's a lot easier to see the need for correction through the window than it is in the mirror. 669 00:36:32,820 --> 00:36:33,820 Anybody with me? 670 00:36:33,820 --> 00:36:36,900 Man, it's a whole lot to know how to deal with my kids. 671 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:41,380 And it's sometimes hard to deal with a man in my mirror, right? 672 00:36:41,380 --> 00:36:44,860 Is there a need for correction in my life? 673 00:36:44,860 --> 00:36:52,620 Number two, am I prideful or arrogant in any area of my life, fostering an attitude that 674 00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:57,300 is not very teachable? 675 00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:03,180 Am I being prideful and fighting what God is trying to teach me? 676 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:06,140 Number three, here's a good question. 677 00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:14,740 Who do I have in my life that I've given the ability to correct me? 678 00:37:14,740 --> 00:37:21,260 Who do I have in my life that I've given the ability to correct me? 679 00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:26,140 Sometimes everybody around you knows what needs to happen, but nobody wants to tell 680 00:37:26,140 --> 00:37:30,940 you because you're not making it easy on them to tell you. 681 00:37:30,940 --> 00:37:33,060 So are you all raised right? 682 00:37:33,060 --> 00:37:34,660 Neither am I. 683 00:37:34,660 --> 00:37:36,980 I have that same problem. 684 00:37:36,980 --> 00:37:41,740 Who have you given that you've given the ability to correct you? 685 00:37:41,740 --> 00:37:47,580 Number four, when it comes to my family, my kids, here's a question. 686 00:37:47,580 --> 00:37:54,660 Do I have the kind of relationship with them that fosters the ability to correct them? 687 00:37:54,660 --> 00:37:55,900 What do I mean? 688 00:37:55,900 --> 00:38:00,020 You have the responsibility to correct your kids, but if you're a jerk to them all the 689 00:38:00,020 --> 00:38:06,700 time, if they don't know that you love them by your actions and your words and your deeds, 690 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:09,660 it's going to make it really hard for them to listen to you. 691 00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:15,860 If you're telling them to not do the things that you're doing, if you're hypocritical, 692 00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:20,340 it's going to be a hard thing for them to follow your correction. 693 00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:23,620 Are you investing in them? 694 00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:28,500 Am I calling them to making right decisions? 695 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:31,700 So do you see how this connects with the text? 696 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:35,340 Like am I investing in my kids? 697 00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:38,420 Do I have a relationship with them that helps them in that? 698 00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:40,540 Number five, here's a question. 699 00:38:40,540 --> 00:38:45,300 Am I making disciples? 700 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:49,220 Am I making disciples? 701 00:38:49,220 --> 00:38:58,180 Meaning, are there people who are following Jesus and becoming fruitful? 702 00:38:58,180 --> 00:39:02,020 Because you're following Jesus and you're teaching them how to be fruitful. 703 00:39:02,020 --> 00:39:08,100 Is there anybody that you're able to look at and say, follow me as I follow Christ? 704 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:10,380 Are you making disciples? 705 00:39:10,380 --> 00:39:16,020 So if you're a believer and you're here today, those are five great questions that maybe you 706 00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:17,900 need to answer. 707 00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:21,740 Now, one last thing. 708 00:39:21,740 --> 00:39:27,420 The first correction that needs to be made in your life, if you haven't corrected this, 709 00:39:27,420 --> 00:39:30,860 is your view of Jesus. 710 00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:34,500 God sent Jesus to perfectly keep the law. 711 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:38,220 Jesus never sinned. 712 00:39:38,220 --> 00:39:41,700 Jesus never needed to be corrected. 713 00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:43,340 Are you with me? 714 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:47,540 Jesus never needed to be corrected. 715 00:39:47,540 --> 00:39:48,740 He never sinned. 716 00:39:48,740 --> 00:39:55,940 But then he died on the cross, taking the payment that we owed, that you owe, which is 717 00:39:55,940 --> 00:39:58,300 the wrath of God. 718 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:03,460 And because he died on the cross and died for our sins and rose again from the dead, you 719 00:40:03,460 --> 00:40:05,980 can righteously be forgiven by God. 720 00:40:05,980 --> 00:40:12,700 I was talking to some people before the service today, and they said, people don't know sometimes 721 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:14,700 what they don't know. 722 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:17,740 People know that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. 723 00:40:17,740 --> 00:40:22,900 And so sometimes they think, well, if Jesus died on the cross for my sins, I'm good. 724 00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:28,180 But it takes a step of faith, for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of 725 00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:30,020 yourselves is a gift of God. 726 00:40:30,020 --> 00:40:31,620 Not of work, not of any man should boast. 727 00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:34,740 It's not enough to just know that Jesus died on the cross. 728 00:40:34,740 --> 00:40:41,620 At some point you have to repent and turn to Him by faith and believe. 729 00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:49,420 Not believe that he did it, but trust in him and his salvation for you. 730 00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:52,460 Because he did, you can righteously be forgiven by God. 731 00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:55,940 When you call on the Lord to save you, he'll do it. 732 00:40:55,940 --> 00:40:57,660 The Bible calls that being saved. 733 00:40:57,660 --> 00:40:59,540 It calls it being born again. 734 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:04,060 If you've never been saved and you die, you're going to spend eternity separated from God 735 00:41:04,060 --> 00:41:06,700 and hell forever. 736 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:15,420 Not a very marketable thing to say, but it's the truth. 737 00:41:15,420 --> 00:41:18,620 If you're a sinner, you are a sinner. 738 00:41:18,620 --> 00:41:21,100 And you've never trusted in Jesus Christ as your Savior. 739 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:25,300 You need to get that corrected. 740 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:29,060 We don't want that for you to go to hell. 741 00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:30,620 That's not God's desire for you. 742 00:41:30,620 --> 00:41:32,260 Be open to correction today. 743 00:41:32,260 --> 00:41:38,580 Don't let pride keep you from believing in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation. 744 00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:44,140 Repent and believe the good news that Jesus Christ died, not just for everybody, but that 745 00:41:44,140 --> 00:41:47,860 he died for you. 746 00:41:47,860 --> 00:41:49,420 Place your trust in him and be saved. 747 00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:50,740 Here's what I know. 748 00:41:50,740 --> 00:41:56,740 If you pray and ask God to save you from your sins, he will save you. 749 00:41:56,740 --> 00:41:57,740 He'll save you. 750 00:41:57,740 --> 00:42:25,740 Would you bow here and close your eyes today?