WEBVTT 00:00:08.779 --> 00:00:12.300 True beauty. In today's Faith2C message. 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:16.600 We will talk about true Beauty what God regards 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:20.300 as beautiful our first scripture today is Proverbs 00:00:20.300 --> 00:00:24.800 chapter 31 verse 30 It says charm is deceitful 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.739 and beauty is passing but a woman who fears the 00:00:27.739 --> 00:00:32.390 Lord she shall be praised So what is true beauty? 00:00:32.829 --> 00:00:36.450 Well, it is having a beautiful spirit. One that 00:00:36.450 --> 00:00:39.409 reflects Jesus and the fruit of the Holy Spirit. 00:00:39.750 --> 00:00:42.109 And I know it's cliche to say beauty starts on 00:00:42.109 --> 00:00:44.630 the inside, but it really does. Who cares if 00:00:44.630 --> 00:00:47.250 I have a trendy outfit if my attitude is not 00:00:47.250 --> 00:00:49.829 reflecting Jesus? Another thing I want us to 00:00:49.829 --> 00:00:52.450 get from this scripture, Proverbs 31 verse 30, 00:00:52.710 --> 00:00:54.929 is that Jesus does not look at the physical. 00:00:55.270 --> 00:00:58.909 Yes, he made us in his image, and we are all beautiful, 00:00:59.049 --> 00:01:02.740 but God looks He doesn't just measure beauty 00:01:02.740 --> 00:01:05.760 by how we look, as the world does. He measures 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.400 beauty by how we are, if we're reflecting Him, 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:12.239 if we are showing the fruit of the Spirit, which 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:16.700 are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.540 gentleness, faithfulness, and self -control. 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:23.019 Our second scripture is 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:26.420 4, and this says, you should clothe yourselves 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:29.459 instead with the beauty that comes from within. 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:33.000 The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:36.780 which is so precious to God. So, like I said, 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:39.420 God looks at beauty differently than how the 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:42.359 world looks at beauty. God's standard of beauty 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.299 is spiritual, but the world's standard of beauty 00:01:45.299 --> 00:01:48.040 is physical. Have you ever taken a doom scroll 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.739 on social media and seen that a lot of people 00:01:50.739 --> 00:01:52.879 look the same? There's nothing wrong with hopping 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:54.840 on a trend or two, but make sure that the trend 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.019 is honoring to God and also just because someone 00:01:58.019 --> 00:02:00.859 you saw on social media looks a certain way doesn't 00:02:00.859 --> 00:02:03.680 mean God created you to be the same way as that 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.219 person. We shouldn't try to change ourselves 00:02:06.219 --> 00:02:09.400 because God has already created us beautifully. 00:02:09.539 --> 00:02:12.139 Instead of putting the emphasis on what we're 00:02:12.139 --> 00:02:14.860 wearing or how we did our hair, let's put the 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.099 emphasis on how we clothe our spirits with the 00:02:18.099 --> 00:02:20.080 fruit of the Holy Spirit and I'll let you in 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.900 on a little secret. When we stop worrying about 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:27.319 how we look It literally kills comparison. Our 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.280 last scripture today is 1st Timothy chapter 4 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.840 verse 8 and I want to read this in two versions. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:36.039 Let's start with the easy English Bible version 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.090 which says People say this, if a person works 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:41.710 to make his body strong and healthy, that will 00:02:41.710 --> 00:02:44.370 help him a little. But if a person works to live 00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:47.090 in a way that makes God happy, that will help 00:02:47.090 --> 00:02:50.689 him much more. But the ERV version also says, 00:02:51.030 --> 00:02:53.509 training your body helps you in some ways, but 00:02:53.509 --> 00:02:56.490 devotion to God helps you in every way. It brings 00:02:56.490 --> 00:02:58.710 you blessings in this life and in the future 00:02:58.710 --> 00:03:02.520 life too, which is heaven. So, what I want us 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:05.259 to get from the scripture is that, yes, God wants 00:03:05.259 --> 00:03:07.560 us to take care of ourselves and He wants us 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:11.000 to treat our body with respect. That means eating 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.180 proper food, working out, and doing stuff to 00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:16.659 keep it healthy. But He also wants us to take 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:19.500 care of our spirits, because true beauty starts 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:22.419 from the inside. God won't ever ask us how many 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:24.699 likes we got or how many followers we gained 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:28.599 from a new post. God will ask us how many people 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:31.280 we led to Him through our actions and behavior 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.400 because of how we spoke and if we reflected Jesus. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.939 Another thing I want to say too is the physical 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:41.120 beauty is only for a season, but the spirit is 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.800 for eternity. The scripture says that we should 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.620 set our minds on heavenly eternal things and 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:49.539 not things that pass away. And one of those includes 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:51.939 physical beauty. It's not going to be there forever. 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.500 But the impression that we can make on people 00:03:54.500 --> 00:03:58.939 no matter how old we get is how we treated them. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.659 How we presented ourselves and what our attitudes 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:04.139 were like. But the only way we can get to that 00:04:04.009 --> 00:04:07.270 is if we take the time we have right now on this 00:04:07.270 --> 00:04:10.889 earth to allow God to shape us into Christ likeness. 00:04:12.870 --> 00:04:15.810 So, our points for today are 1) take care of 00:04:15.810 --> 00:04:18.509 the physical, but more importantly, take care 00:04:18.509 --> 00:04:22.389 of the spiritual. 2) don't forget, God's beauty 00:04:22.389 --> 00:04:25.629 standard is all about the spirit, and it's also 00:04:25.629 --> 00:04:27.769 different from the world, which is all about 00:04:27.769 --> 00:04:30.769 the body. Face, outfit, followers, which is all 00:04:30.769 --> 00:04:34.589 temporary. And 3), Let's equip ourselves with 00:04:34.589 --> 00:04:37.910 godly knowledge so that we can be more like Christ 00:04:37.910 --> 00:04:41.930 not more like your favorite celebrity. So, if you 00:04:41.930 --> 00:04:44.529 have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, 00:04:44.649 --> 00:04:46.670 then this faith to see message will definitely 00:04:46.670 --> 00:04:49.769 help you! But if you don't have a personal relationship 00:04:49.769 --> 00:04:52.430 with Jesus Christ, then I do invite you to give 00:04:52.430 --> 00:04:55.360 your heart to the Lord today. To receive Him into 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.139 your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10, which 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:00.879 says, "if you confess with your mouth the Lord 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.579 Jesus and believe in your heart that God has 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:05.720 raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:08.019 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness 00:05:08.019 --> 00:05:10.639 and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:14.040 If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.360 saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:21.620 are saved from all, yes, all of your sins, past, 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.939 present, and future sins you may commit. However, 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.319 this truth is not a free past this in any time. 00:05:29.139 --> 00:05:32.360 Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.259 choices and empowers you to spread the gospel 00:05:35.259 --> 00:05:39.339 to others. You are saved forever and your name 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:41.160 is written in the book of life!