WEBVTT 00:00:01.260 --> 00:00:04.639 Do you know someone that has an addiction, alcohol, 00:00:05.059 --> 00:00:08.580 drugs, eating disorder, and they were doing so 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:13.320 well and then they fell off the wagon? How do 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:16.160 you keep from falling into temptation? How do 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:18.940 we keep from falling into the very thing that 00:00:18.940 --> 00:00:22.239 we know we don't want to do but find ourselves 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:25.760 repeatedly failing? The answer to that is today. 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:32.899 Thanks for listening to this edition of Living 00:00:32.899 --> 00:00:36.060 on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We are an international 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:38.579 teaching and discipleship ministry motivating 00:00:38.579 --> 00:00:41.380 Christians to live like Christians. We're in 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:43.679 the middle of our series, Balancing Life's Demands. 00:00:43.979 --> 00:00:46.799 We hope Chip's words have challenged you to refocus 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:49.700 and reprioritize your life on what matters most. 00:00:49.899 --> 00:00:52.579 And to help others experience a more joyful and 00:00:52.579 --> 00:00:54.979 peaceful life, take a minute after the message 00:00:54.979 --> 00:00:57.320 and share it with someone. You can do that through 00:00:57.320 --> 00:00:59.579 the Chip Ingram app or wherever you listen to 00:00:59.579 --> 00:01:02.320 podcasts. Thanks for passing on what you're learning 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.719 through this series. Well, with that, let's join 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.200 Chip now for the second half of his talk, How 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.099 to Keep First Things First. How can some of the 00:01:11.099 --> 00:01:14.359 most committed, gifted people in all the body 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:17.040 of Christ, both in Bible times and our times, 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.799 how in the world can you get off track? And hopefully 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.120 in your heart of hearts, you're saying, I don't 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:25.540 ever want to get off track, and I don't know 00:01:25.540 --> 00:01:27.769 how I could get off track, but... Gosh, if Paul 00:01:27.769 --> 00:01:29.909 thinks he could get off track and of all those 00:01:29.909 --> 00:01:31.969 people, the nation of Israel got off track and 00:01:31.969 --> 00:01:33.870 some people that were my heroes got off track, 00:01:33.969 --> 00:01:38.290 I guess I could. But how? I mean, what happens? 00:01:38.430 --> 00:01:42.349 You and I underestimate the power of our own 00:01:42.349 --> 00:01:45.030 sinful passions. Paul will pick up the story 00:01:45.030 --> 00:01:48.150 after reaching in and giving us his spiritual 00:01:48.150 --> 00:01:51.310 view of those children of Israel. Then he... 00:01:51.549 --> 00:01:54.730 In verse 6 through 11, he explains, now these 00:01:54.730 --> 00:02:00.170 things happened as examples or a type for us. 00:02:00.530 --> 00:02:03.709 Those things he just talked about. That we should 00:02:03.709 --> 00:02:07.390 not crave evil things as they craved. And do 00:02:07.390 --> 00:02:09.830 not be idolaters as some of them were, as it 00:02:09.830 --> 00:02:11.909 is written. The people sat down to eat and drink 00:02:11.909 --> 00:02:15.030 and stood up to play. Nor let us act immorally 00:02:15.030 --> 00:02:18.580 as some of them did. And 23 ,000 fell in one 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:21.620 day. Nor let us try the Lord or test the Lord 00:02:21.620 --> 00:02:23.960 as some of them did and were destroyed by the 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.159 serpents. Nor grumble as some of them did and 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:30.319 were destroyed by the destroyer. Now these things 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:33.800 happen to them as, notice the repetition, an 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.479 example and they are written for our instruction 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:43.020 upon which the ends of the ages have come. I 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:45.039 want you to circle the word example. First line. 00:02:45.569 --> 00:02:48.069 and in the last. And once you realize, his point 00:02:48.069 --> 00:02:50.770 is, I'm making the example. Now, if we had a 00:02:50.770 --> 00:02:52.710 lot more time, and for some of you that really 00:02:52.710 --> 00:02:55.509 love to do Bible study, did you notice a lot 00:02:55.509 --> 00:02:57.250 of these phrases? He is, I mean, he's pulling 00:02:57.250 --> 00:02:59.030 out the whole big stories of the Old Testament, 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:02.389 right? And so here, let me do some quick Bible 00:03:02.389 --> 00:03:05.050 study with you. Just, okay, I want you to put 00:03:05.050 --> 00:03:10.169 a line under crave evil things. It was, what 00:03:10.169 --> 00:03:13.830 he's saying is, There are passions. In fact, 00:03:13.870 --> 00:03:17.469 it's an intensive form. There's a word for cravings 00:03:17.469 --> 00:03:20.449 or lust or passions. This has a prefix. It's 00:03:20.449 --> 00:03:23.150 an intensified form. So he's saying they had 00:03:23.150 --> 00:03:27.789 supercharged lusts and passions and drives that 00:03:27.789 --> 00:03:33.490 they fulfilled outside of God's plan. And then 00:03:33.490 --> 00:03:35.770 he goes on to say, put a box around the word 00:03:35.770 --> 00:03:39.849 idolaters. At the heart, always at the heart. 00:03:40.409 --> 00:03:43.250 of us falling away from the living God is we 00:03:43.250 --> 00:03:47.030 make someone or something the idol or the God 00:03:47.030 --> 00:03:49.810 in his place. And guess what? It can be your 00:03:49.810 --> 00:03:52.789 mate. Are you ready? It can be your ministry. 00:03:53.169 --> 00:03:56.030 Yes, it can be your money. It can be a car. It 00:03:56.030 --> 00:03:59.030 can be another woman, another man. But anything 00:03:59.030 --> 00:04:02.430 or anyone that takes the rightful place of your 00:04:02.430 --> 00:04:05.449 loyalty and allegiance is an idol. He's saying, 00:04:05.930 --> 00:04:08.629 We have passions, we have drives, we're tempted 00:04:08.629 --> 00:04:10.569 in the world to satisfy them in different ways. 00:04:10.729 --> 00:04:12.729 And so what's he say? He says, they come out 00:04:12.729 --> 00:04:16.069 as idolaters as some of them did. Then notice 00:04:16.069 --> 00:04:18.430 he's going to, I'm gonna ask you to put a, gosh, 00:04:18.509 --> 00:04:21.649 have we done lines? We've done boxes. Let me 00:04:21.649 --> 00:04:22.949 give you three more boxes because I don't know 00:04:22.949 --> 00:04:24.449 whether we ought to do lines, circles or boxes. 00:04:24.790 --> 00:04:27.509 But when he says, nor let us act immorally, would 00:04:27.509 --> 00:04:31.170 put a box around, act immorally. That's the lust 00:04:31.170 --> 00:04:34.769 of the flesh. Skip down and put, it's hard to 00:04:34.769 --> 00:04:39.480 put a box around, Try or test the Lord. He's 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:41.319 talking about the story of the envy of Moses. 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.579 That's the lust of the eyes. And then put a box 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:47.579 around the word grumble. That's the pride of 00:04:47.579 --> 00:04:51.480 life. We want that power. And all I'm telling 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.519 you is this is just so basic, and he's given 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.860 us this picture. He says... You constantly underestimate 00:04:57.860 --> 00:05:01.399 the power of your own sinful passions. I don't 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.579 care how much Bible, how long you've been a Christian, 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:06.300 on certain days, at a certain time, you have 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:08.980 these desires in different windows and different 00:05:08.980 --> 00:05:11.759 seasons. And it can be difficulty or loneliness 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:15.180 or travel or pain or sickness or some unresolved 00:05:15.180 --> 00:05:17.459 anger or an injustice. And in that window of 00:05:17.459 --> 00:05:19.959 time, you know, maybe only one out of 100 ,000 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.399 times you would act on that lustful, sinful passion. 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:27.100 But he says, you better understand. that you, 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:32.519 David, and everybody else, you can fall off and 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:34.620 make mistakes that you'd regret the rest of your 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:39.519 life. But it's an amazing thing is when we know 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:42.040 there's going to be, my behavior's going to be 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.639 brought into the light, it really helps me not 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.939 go into the darkness. I mean, when you know, 00:05:48.980 --> 00:05:51.519 and you're not gonna pretend, you're not gonna 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:53.980 fake it. In fact, I made a note to myself, did 00:05:53.980 --> 00:05:56.259 you ever wonder why so much sin occurs late at 00:05:56.259 --> 00:06:00.160 night and away from people? So much sin occurs 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:04.220 in very dim, dark rooms. So much sin occurs out 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:06.959 of town, often among people who don't know one 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:10.279 another well, when people are all alone, and 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.540 when people are under great stress. Every one 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:17.000 of those things has you in a place where there's 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.040 not accountability. There's not the sense that... 00:06:19.790 --> 00:06:22.870 The lie is you won't be found out. The truth 00:06:22.870 --> 00:06:25.230 is your sin will always find you out and my sin 00:06:25.230 --> 00:06:28.430 will always find me out. And so all I'm saying 00:06:28.430 --> 00:06:30.449 is, you know what? I'm trying to persuade you. 00:06:30.509 --> 00:06:32.769 Are you starting to get persuaded? I'm trying 00:06:32.769 --> 00:06:34.930 to tell you that you can't live without this. 00:06:35.110 --> 00:06:39.550 I don't care what new lines that you say, you 00:06:39.550 --> 00:06:41.610 know what? I'm gonna put first things first. 00:06:41.709 --> 00:06:43.209 I'm gonna develop that discipline. It's gonna 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:44.870 be in this area and that area and I'm gonna honor 00:06:44.870 --> 00:06:50.199 God. I implore you to say, is gonna go there 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.220 with me. What group of guys can I do this with? 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.199 What group of women as a woman can I do this 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:58.439 with? And in cases, what set of couples could 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.259 we dream some dreams together in inappropriate 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:04.600 ways, be very honest. The fourth reason is because 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.500 we constantly overestimate our ability to handle 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.139 temptation. We underestimate the power of our 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:13.519 passions or our sinful passions, and we overestimate 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:17.500 our ability to handle temptation. I mean, some 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:19.519 of you, and you don't mean it like this, but 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.040 just in your subconscious, you're just thinking, 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:23.899 I would never do that. I would never do that. 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:29.959 I mean, I'm past that. Those things don't affect 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:34.860 me. I mean, we're just friends. It's platonic. 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:37.980 Those kind of movies, I know some people struggle 00:07:37.980 --> 00:07:40.180 with them, but not me. They're a little bit racy 00:07:40.180 --> 00:07:45.060 in places. Or this is... It could appear this 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:46.959 way, but we're both very mature Christians, and 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:49.240 I'm sure nothing would ever come of this relationship. 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:55.899 What's Paul say? He applies this passage, therefore 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:59.240 let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:02.100 fall. You might jot down Hebrews 3 .13. It's 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:05.339 one of my favorite passages. It says, encourage 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:08.779 one another day after day, lest any one of you 00:08:08.779 --> 00:08:13.829 be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. You 00:08:13.829 --> 00:08:16.250 know, the word deceitful means you don't know, 00:08:16.350 --> 00:08:19.930 you don't get it. And notice it's about your 00:08:19.930 --> 00:08:21.829 heart. It always starts there. Your heart gets 00:08:21.829 --> 00:08:25.709 hardened. In fact, Jesus said that is the core 00:08:25.709 --> 00:08:30.310 reason for divorce. He says men's hearts, women's 00:08:30.310 --> 00:08:33.809 hearts, they get hardened. And that's why we're 00:08:33.809 --> 00:08:36.789 to be tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just 00:08:36.789 --> 00:08:39.929 as God in Christ also has forgiven us. But I 00:08:39.929 --> 00:08:42.929 encourage, get that? But encourage one another. 00:08:43.149 --> 00:08:45.529 And encouragement isn't like high -fiving. Oh, 00:08:45.610 --> 00:08:47.590 you're wonderful. I'm wonderful. Isn't life happy? 00:08:48.350 --> 00:08:51.649 This word is that parakaleo. It's translated 00:08:51.649 --> 00:08:54.370 in some places as the word for the Holy Spirit. 00:08:54.429 --> 00:08:57.389 It's one who comes alongside. Encouragement is 00:08:57.389 --> 00:09:00.789 you come alongside another person, and sometimes 00:09:00.789 --> 00:09:03.250 it means you tell them really hard stuff. Sometimes 00:09:03.250 --> 00:09:05.870 it just means you listen and support, and sometimes 00:09:05.870 --> 00:09:08.710 you just say, I'm so proud of you. But it's doing 00:09:08.710 --> 00:09:18.860 life together. It's caring. I just... I just 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:22.279 want in my heart and mind to just sort of say 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.919 to myself, Chip, on any given day, in the exact 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.679 right circumstances, you are capable of sin beyond 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.360 your wildest imagination. So you need to make 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:38.519 pre -decisions about where you'll go and what 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:42.139 you'll do and who you'll hang with. And you need 00:09:42.139 --> 00:09:46.549 to have a group of people. That you can surround 00:09:46.549 --> 00:09:49.450 yourself with that love you, that you invite 00:09:49.450 --> 00:09:53.990 into your life and say, you know what? Here's 00:09:53.990 --> 00:09:55.690 my heart, here's my life, here's my motives, 00:09:55.750 --> 00:09:57.330 here's my struggles. This is what I'm going through 00:09:57.330 --> 00:10:02.309 in my life. Where are you going? And if you don't 00:10:02.309 --> 00:10:05.570 have that, you'll start faking it. And you'll 00:10:05.570 --> 00:10:07.330 have these temptations and you'll have thoughts. 00:10:08.490 --> 00:10:11.370 And you'll feel like, well, I can't. Well, actually, 00:10:11.429 --> 00:10:14.019 it leads to the very next and last reason. The 00:10:14.019 --> 00:10:15.960 fifth reason that we need biblical accountability 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.980 is we naively believe our struggles and temptations 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:25.539 are unique. See, I need it because I think, I 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:28.320 mean, well, whether I like it or not, I've been 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.679 a pastor for like 25 years, and people view me 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.000 as a Christian leader, so I guess I'm a Christian 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.259 leader, and then I have this profile, Christian 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:38.580 leaders. I bet they never struggle with this, 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:40.200 and I guess now I'm a Christian leader, so if 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:41.419 I ever struggle with that, something must be 00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:48.429 wrong with me. I'm a man. And you're a man or 00:10:48.429 --> 00:10:54.450 a woman or a student. And no temptation has ever 00:10:54.450 --> 00:10:57.850 taken me or ever taken you, but what is common 00:10:57.850 --> 00:11:00.950 to man. But God will, with the temptation, provide 00:11:00.950 --> 00:11:05.990 a way of escape that you might be able to endure 00:11:05.990 --> 00:11:09.940 it. You're listening to Living on the Edge, and 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:12.259 we'll get back to Chip's message in just a minute. 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:14.539 But first, if you're in a small group and are 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:17.100 looking for what to study next, consider the 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:20.159 Balancing Life's Demand small group. The resource 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.019 for this series will help you realign your priorities 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:26.240 and experience a more joy -filled life. Stick 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.299 around after the teaching for complete details. 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:32.919 But for now, here again is Chip. One time someone 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:38.610 said, you know, I don't know how you do it, Chip, 00:11:38.669 --> 00:11:40.710 because sometimes when you talk, I feel like 00:11:40.710 --> 00:11:42.529 you're just talking to me, like you're reading 00:11:42.529 --> 00:11:47.509 my mind. This verse is my preaching verse. Now, 00:11:47.549 --> 00:11:50.730 this may sound crazy, but any area I've ever 00:11:50.730 --> 00:11:52.769 struggled with in my life, I make this assumption. 00:11:52.909 --> 00:11:57.289 So does everybody else. And then it's like, I'm 00:11:57.289 --> 00:11:59.450 not, you know, I've told you I'm insecure, just 00:11:59.450 --> 00:12:02.929 like everybody else in this room. I'm not overly 00:12:02.929 --> 00:12:04.570 vulnerable. I'm just thinking to myself, let's 00:12:04.570 --> 00:12:08.070 see, if every guy I've ever met, apart from the 00:12:08.070 --> 00:12:10.009 comatose guy, struggle with lust at some level. 00:12:10.409 --> 00:12:12.549 Every woman I've ever met at some level struggles 00:12:12.549 --> 00:12:15.710 with self -image. Okay, everyone gets overextended. 00:12:15.950 --> 00:12:18.250 I mean, everyone has unresolved anger issues 00:12:18.250 --> 00:12:20.970 in your marriage. Everyone has, some season in 00:12:20.970 --> 00:12:22.149 your marriage, you have problems with communication, 00:12:22.309 --> 00:12:25.990 sex, in -laws, and kids, right? I mean, duh. 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.059 So I don't think it's not like, oh. I mean, you 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:31.460 know, when you start talking about a few of those 00:12:31.460 --> 00:12:33.960 things, it's like, oh, gosh, what's wrong with 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.720 him? You know what I get is, ah, he's one of 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:41.679 us, you know. And that's, you know what you need? 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:43.779 You need people that you don't have to have pretense 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:46.899 with. You know, I wrote down a couple things, 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:49.580 and I've been in some good men's group and some 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:55.039 good brothers. You need to be able to say to 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.120 someone, you know what, I know it may not sound 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:58.799 very spiritual, especially in our church and 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:00.279 our denomination, but I think I'm clinically 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:04.120 depressed. Could you kind of help me know? I 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.440 haven't kind of gone through when and how and 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:08.840 why. Is medication good or not good and how long 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:12.019 and who did you talk to? There's people that 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:13.440 are clinically depressed and they don't have 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:15.539 anyone to talk to because it's like the unpardonable 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:20.120 sin in their little group. Or a guy says, you 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.840 know what? This is really, like, really weird, 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:23.519 and it just only happened once. It just flashed 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.639 through my mind, but it scared me to death. I 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.500 had a homosexual urge. You know what that is? 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:29.179 I don't know what that is. I mean, ah, you know. 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.039 Or I was just driving one day, and as I was driving 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:36.820 down the road, I was just feeling kind of low, 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:38.159 and I just thought, you know, I'm just sick of 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.240 all the pressure. And I was just, I was driving 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:41.799 real fast, and there was a curve coming, and 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:43.120 I just, I don't know why, it came out of the 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.000 blue. I just thought to myself, I think I'll 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.740 go straight. I think I'll just floor it. I got 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:49.960 some insurance. I'm not down, I'm not depressed, 00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:52.620 but I'm just sick of life. And as you're going, 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.500 these thoughts are going through your mind, and 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.960 you think, oh, I'd never do that, but it's kind 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:59.919 of getting closer, and then, you know, good, 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.120 godly, amazing, committed, Bible study, teachers, 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:05.980 leaders, moms, grandparents, men, women, you 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:10.059 have some of those thoughts. Well, welcome to 00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:13.250 the human race. I mean, I remember I was teaching 00:14:13.250 --> 00:14:15.909 a series on spiritual warfare, and as I was studying 00:14:15.909 --> 00:14:17.809 that, and there was a lot of that in California, 00:14:18.049 --> 00:14:21.009 and I remember praying, and I mean, one of the 00:14:21.009 --> 00:14:23.389 things that God took away early and miraculously, 00:14:23.590 --> 00:14:25.850 some things I really had to work through, I just 00:14:25.850 --> 00:14:27.669 remember like three weeks after I was a Christian, 00:14:27.789 --> 00:14:31.669 God just went, thing, and I quit cussing. And 00:14:31.669 --> 00:14:33.710 I mean, I tried before. I had a bad mouth, and 00:14:33.710 --> 00:14:35.169 you know, locker room and all that jazz, and 00:14:35.169 --> 00:14:38.289 I mean, I just quit. So I hadn't cussed like 00:14:38.289 --> 00:14:42.240 in 20 years. And I was praying and I'm before 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.740 the throne of God. And I mean, it's just stuff 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:47.720 was going through my mind. It was like, what's 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:51.639 happening to me? You know, gosh, is this like 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.460 God saying, you're not a very good pastor anymore. 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:56.220 And you know, my initial thought was, I'm going 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:59.440 insane. What's happened to me? And then I thought, 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.059 wait, wait a second, hold it. Temptation is not 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:05.629 the same thing as sin. Temptation means there's 00:15:05.629 --> 00:15:08.409 an opportunity to be lured away in some way. 00:15:08.669 --> 00:15:10.809 You know, looking at a very attractive woman 00:15:10.809 --> 00:15:16.909 and going, wow, very attractive is not the same 00:15:16.909 --> 00:15:20.049 as lusting for her. And, you know, as a mature 00:15:20.049 --> 00:15:23.210 believer, I can say, Lord, man, sunsets are beautiful 00:15:23.210 --> 00:15:25.250 and the trees are beautiful. She's beautiful. 00:15:25.669 --> 00:15:30.669 And that's look number one. Now I want to thank 00:15:30.669 --> 00:15:32.289 you for what you made beautiful for me, Teresa. 00:15:33.490 --> 00:15:36.470 But I'm not going to beat myself up all day because, 00:15:36.629 --> 00:15:42.289 whoa. I mean, I'm a man. God gave me eyes, and 00:15:42.289 --> 00:15:45.090 they're attracted to certain things when a woman 00:15:45.090 --> 00:15:47.490 is beautiful. And ladies, I mean, you know, you 00:15:47.490 --> 00:15:48.929 have to feel bad every time you see a beautiful 00:15:48.929 --> 00:15:51.049 room decorated, and your first thought is, that 00:15:51.049 --> 00:15:52.669 would look so good here, but we'd have to remodel. 00:15:52.710 --> 00:15:55.789 We just did that four years ago. You know, the 00:15:55.789 --> 00:15:58.809 sin is when you start planning and figuring out 00:15:58.809 --> 00:16:00.730 how you're going to get your husband into doing 00:16:00.730 --> 00:16:03.580 that deal, right? But the point I want to make 00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:09.039 is because we naively believe our struggles and 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:13.919 temptations are unique, we start to hide the 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.379 ones that we think we're too mature or we shouldn't 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:21.139 have. And I just want to go back to secrecy is 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:24.279 where the enemy will bombard you with doubts 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:27.879 and struggles and condemnation. You know what? 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.720 When you have a struggle, let me tell you what 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:36.299 the Spirit does. It's specific. It's sin, righteousness, 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:40.600 judgment, repent because I love you. Condemnation 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:43.080 is vague. You're a terrible person. You know, 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:45.120 you're a lousy this, you're a lousy that. You 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.100 know why God put you on this. It's general. It's 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:51.519 vague. Condemnation makes you not like you, not 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:54.580 like God, and not want to pray. Conviction is 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:56.580 a light shining on something that needs to be 00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:58.600 addressed, and you lift it into the light, and 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.559 just like bacteria out of the darkness, when 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.820 the light hits the bacteria, and so that the 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:06.779 fellowship can be restored. If you confess, agree 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:08.759 with God about your sins, he's faithful, and 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.240 just to what? Forgive, release you of all your 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:15.329 sins, and cleanse you. of all unrighteousness. 00:17:15.390 --> 00:17:17.269 What's he say about this biblical accountability? 00:17:17.750 --> 00:17:19.869 He says, what's the summary? Therefore, my beloved, 00:17:19.990 --> 00:17:23.710 flee from idolatry. See, at the heart of it, 00:17:23.710 --> 00:17:27.269 at the heart of it all is that I end up me worshiping 00:17:27.269 --> 00:17:29.910 me. It's really not about the sex. It's about 00:17:29.910 --> 00:17:31.609 the ego. It's really not about the food. It's 00:17:31.609 --> 00:17:33.430 about the ego. It's not about the business and 00:17:33.430 --> 00:17:35.670 the work. It's about the ego. At the end of the 00:17:35.670 --> 00:17:38.430 day, the core of sin is gonna come back to in 00:17:38.430 --> 00:17:41.410 any and all of these is God gets taken off the 00:17:41.410 --> 00:17:45.509 throne, my way, my control, my agenda, a world 00:17:45.509 --> 00:17:47.349 system, lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, 00:17:47.450 --> 00:17:50.230 pride of life, promising me security, significance, 00:17:50.589 --> 00:17:53.710 value, and worth apart from God. I bite on the 00:17:53.710 --> 00:17:59.819 bait. I make an idol. And then Paul says, and 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:02.740 if I happen that, I get disqualified. Disqualified 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:06.259 for my relationship of eternal life? No. Disqualified 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:11.799 as a useful vessel of honor and disqualified 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.519 not only of use by God, but bringing incredible, 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:18.119 incredible pain in the lives of others. There's 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.700 no such thing as private sins. Every sin I commit, 00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:26.940 every sin you commit has ripples. Some of them 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:29.319 you may never see, but they have ripples. Even 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:31.180 the ones that no one else has found out about, 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:34.960 they have ripples. So I've given you five reasons 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:42.279 to say, dear God, I not only want, I am committed 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.839 to having biblical accountability in my life. 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:52.220 I mean, Paul needed it. I need it. 1 Corinthians 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:56.779 10 outlines clearly we all need it. So, How do 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:59.259 you get it? How does it work? Let me give you 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:01.359 some practical, I guess I call them spiritual 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:05.259 tips on getting there. Number one, it begins 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:08.279 at home. When we talk about accountability too 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:12.940 often, we jump into places outside. Start with 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:15.200 the people that you live with. I think there's 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.200 appropriate things as men better off to share 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.279 with men and women with women. I'm very super 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:22.839 open with my wife, but there are certain things 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:25.259 that, you know what? My wife is not a man. She 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:27.960 doesn't really understand. And I need some guys 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:29.839 that I can share that with and her vice versa. 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.240 But I think you've got to start in your home, 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:35.619 your marriage partner or your roommates. I mean, 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:37.900 they see you. See, in those accountability groups, 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.859 you can do, man, it's smoke and mirrors. Oh, 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:42.339 yeah, you know, yeah, yeah. Tell you what, you 00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:44.880 don't do that at home. It's like you left the 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:46.460 dishes here and you didn't clean up this here 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:48.559 and you said that over here. And, you know, you're 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:50.480 saying all the spiritual jazz. I'm living with 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:52.839 you. It's not matching. So you start at home. 00:19:53.210 --> 00:19:57.369 Second, it's an atmosphere of love, tender, compassionate, 00:19:57.690 --> 00:20:01.869 someone who's rooting for you. You don't need 00:20:01.869 --> 00:20:04.009 to become, and you don't need a spiritual Gestapo. 00:20:04.130 --> 00:20:08.410 So, you didn't read your Bible today, huh? You 00:20:08.410 --> 00:20:11.990 blew it. I mean, I don't need that. I mean, I 00:20:11.990 --> 00:20:13.509 want people to be straightforward, but just, 00:20:13.609 --> 00:20:17.130 I want someone who really loves me. They'll be 00:20:17.130 --> 00:20:19.470 tough when they need to be tough, but even when 00:20:19.470 --> 00:20:23.180 they're tough, I want to see a little tear or 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:25.599 their eyes getting watery when they have mustered 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.740 up the courage to confront me about something 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:30.200 they know could split our relationship, and they're 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:32.539 being really tough, but I can feel behind the 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:35.500 toughness. Man, they love me. Third, it must 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:39.819 be voluntary and by permission. There is no need 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:42.099 for another junior Holy Spirit in your life. 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.720 You have one who has the job. And so people who 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:49.279 come to you and I would like to be your accountability 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:52.779 partner and I can help you grow. Thank you, no. 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:56.180 By the way, I think this is one you need to really 00:20:56.180 --> 00:21:00.400 negotiate. It is really hard. Some of you are 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:04.240 in these sort of semi -imbalanced kind of relationships 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:06.920 and you're the wife and you're in the Bible and 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:08.680 you love God and you're going to church and your 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:14.299 husband's sort of, you know, not so close. And, 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:16.279 you know, it's like as he gets up, here's a Bible 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:19.140 passage opened, and here's a CD by so -and -so. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:21.960 And by the way, honey, I'll pick up your favorite 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:23.700 meal if you just go to church with us. And just 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:27.859 forget that jazz. Let God work. You let your 00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:32.019 chaste behavior and how you live say, I'll tell 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:34.119 you what, if this love in Jesus makes you love 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:36.859 me the way you love me, then, honey, you just 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:38.440 keep going to church, and I might even check 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:43.009 it out. Let God, and vice versa. So, you know, 00:21:43.069 --> 00:21:47.450 it's got to be by permission. We don't go out 00:21:47.450 --> 00:21:51.750 and hold other people accountable. Four, it must 00:21:51.750 --> 00:21:55.490 be specific, not generic. I mean, this sort of, 00:21:55.529 --> 00:21:57.329 hey, why don't you meet? We all have coffee. 00:21:57.410 --> 00:21:59.089 And so, how are you doing in general? I'm doing 00:21:59.089 --> 00:22:00.710 pretty good in general. How are you doing in 00:22:00.710 --> 00:22:02.109 general? I'm doing pretty good in general. So, 00:22:02.210 --> 00:22:04.390 what do you think of those Falcons? In our place, 00:22:04.410 --> 00:22:06.490 they actually won a game. Amen. Or, hey, you 00:22:06.490 --> 00:22:09.160 think the Cardinals are, you know. Going to be 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:10.799 any good this year, that quarterback change? 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:13.480 Or, I don't know, have you seen the last of Southern 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:15.480 Living Magazine? I thought it was so cute the 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:18.319 way that, you know. And isn't it good to be in 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:20.220 these accountability groups? It just makes me 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:26.400 feel warm all over. And we kid ourselves thinking 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:29.579 that something's happening. It needs to be specific. 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.640 You might even put some things in writing and 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.460 say, you know what, as we meet together, These 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:39.119 are the things we want to cover. I have a fellow. 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:41.119 He's that dad figure, and I'll never forget. 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.799 I was in Dallas, and he has permission, and we 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:46.519 talk on a regular basis, and he's real funny. 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.740 He has a flat top and kind of looks at me like 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:51.779 this, and he said, okay, why are we waiting on 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:54.799 our food? Are you ready? And, you know, it's 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:56.680 like a game show or something. I said, AC, man, 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.579 what are you doing? He goes, well, are you ready? 00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.400 So, yeah, he takes his wallet, and he has this 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.799 little laminated thing and real small print, 00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:06.359 and he has questions. Question number one. Have 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:09.619 you any time since we last met been on the internet 00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:14.799 and watched anything inappropriate? Question 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:17.539 number two. And I mean, he goes through my thought 00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:22.819 life, my time, my money, my ego. And then the 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:25.160 last question after is like five basic areas. 00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:29.480 He goes, question number six. Have you lied to 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:35.329 me on questions one through five? And you know 00:23:35.329 --> 00:23:38.789 what? He knows me and he's kind of goofy. He 00:23:38.789 --> 00:23:41.250 knew it'd be uncomfortable. He knew it'd be the 00:23:41.250 --> 00:23:43.730 kind of thing that, you know, it's always awkward. 00:23:44.329 --> 00:23:48.470 But guess what? I got a safe place to go. Anybody 00:23:48.470 --> 00:23:51.490 ask you those questions? You asking anybody those 00:23:51.490 --> 00:23:55.349 questions? According to this passage, until the 00:23:55.349 --> 00:23:58.230 day you take your last breath and I take my last 00:23:58.230 --> 00:23:59.930 breath, there'll be struggles in those areas, 00:24:00.009 --> 00:24:02.670 right? So it needs to be specific. And by the 00:24:02.670 --> 00:24:04.769 way, every time it doesn't need to be like hardcore, 00:24:04.990 --> 00:24:09.269 all right, you know. But, you know, you build 00:24:09.269 --> 00:24:12.529 relationship and you build trust, but we're going 00:24:12.529 --> 00:24:16.109 to be specific about some things. My rule of 00:24:16.109 --> 00:24:19.730 thumb is no more than four people unless there's 00:24:19.730 --> 00:24:21.609 unique relationships of closeness that allow 00:24:21.609 --> 00:24:26.369 for more. And I think two is not great because 00:24:26.369 --> 00:24:28.410 we start getting blind spots for one another. 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.900 I mean, it's okay. I think mentoring relationships 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:33.319 are great, but for accountability, there's something 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:35.700 healthy about having someone listen to stuff 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:38.160 and say, because what you do is you're vulnerable 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:40.460 when you're really being open, and you only have 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:42.559 one set of eyes looking at what's going on. I 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:45.000 want a couple set of eyes. So I have kind of 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.000 relationships with a handful of people like this. 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:51.480 The conclusion, making sincere commitments is 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:58.140 tough. Keeping them is next to impossible. Alone. 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:05.500 There's hope. Many start well. Few finish well. 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:10.599 You can be the exception. You can be the exception. 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:13.839 There is no temptation taken to you. There is 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:15.759 no trial taken to you, but such is common to 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.279 man. And with that temptation, God will provide 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.640 a way of escape. And I'm telling you, the way 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:26.180 to escape is of a cord of three is not easily 00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:32.559 broken. You're listening to Living on the Edge 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:35.420 with Chip Ingram. And the message you just heard, 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:38.019 how to keep first things first, is from our series, 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:41.240 Balancing Life's Demands. Chip will join us in 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:43.680 studio to share some insights from today's talk 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:46.819 in just a minute. Are you exhausted juggling 00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:49.619 your job, kids, marriage, and everything else 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:51.940 you're responsible for? Do you wish there was 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:54.880 a way to relieve that stress? And live with a 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.619 little more joy? Well, in this series, Chip reveals 00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:00.660 what a balanced life looks like and how you can 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:02.940 rearrange your priorities around what matters 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:05.880 most. Hear how to experience the joy -filled 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:08.839 and satisfying life God desires for you to have. 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:11.380 Now, if you've missed any part of Chip's teaching, 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:14.579 catch up anytime on the Chip Ingram app. Well, 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:16.640 Chip's here in studio now to talk about a resource 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:18.880 we have that complements our current series. 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:22.140 Thanks, Dave. You know, in today's world, it's 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:24.700 easy to get pulled in a million different directions. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:28.859 Work, family, church, kids' activities, and everything 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:31.720 in between. And while all of these can be good 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.740 things, they leave you feeling depleted, drained, 00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:37.299 and often not connected to the people that you 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:40.500 love the most. Let me tell you something. 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And 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:53.099 then we have defined, and I think this definition 00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:56.980 is really important. Accountability is not other 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:59.900 people playing the Holy Spirit and nagging my 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:04.160 life. Accountability is me inviting. trusted 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.799 people into my life to help me keep my commitments 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:10.299 to God. Now, here's the other thing. There's 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:12.319 a lot of, quote, accountability groups, all kind 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:15.579 of small groups. But I will tell you, my experience 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:18.140 has been that there's a big problem in these 00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:22.180 groups. It's called lying, okay? I'm dead serious. 00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:25.140 I have been in accountability groups and have 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:28.259 good friends in accountability groups that people 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:31.410 who... Walked off with someone else's mate. People 00:28:31.410 --> 00:28:34.210 who have been involved in fraud at significant 00:28:34.210 --> 00:28:37.710 levels were in the accountability group. I think 00:28:37.710 --> 00:28:40.109 it's so important that we create an atmosphere 00:28:40.109 --> 00:28:43.710 where we really accept one another for who we 00:28:43.710 --> 00:28:46.480 are and the struggles that we have. But it's 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:49.160 also an atmosphere where there's some tough love 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:51.619 that goes on. You know, so often I think in the 00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:55.460 name of caring for one another, loving one another. 00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:57.240 I've been in groups where, you know, someone 00:28:57.240 --> 00:29:00.160 shows up seven, eight weeks in a row, doesn't 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:02.319 do the lesson, doesn't memorize the passage, 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:05.619 doesn't be very authentic. And everyone just 00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:07.839 keeps giving them a pass like, well, you know, 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:09.319 we're Christians. We don't want to be too hard 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:12.319 on him. Guess what? Sometimes you need to be 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:15.009 hard on people that you love. All discipline 00:29:15.009 --> 00:29:17.730 for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful. 00:29:17.809 --> 00:29:20.190 Yet those who've been trained by it, afterwards 00:29:20.190 --> 00:29:22.049 it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. 00:29:22.470 --> 00:29:25.650 I can look back at four or five major times in 00:29:25.650 --> 00:29:28.630 my life where people said things to me that I 00:29:28.630 --> 00:29:30.710 wanted to get up and hit them. I mean, I can't 00:29:30.710 --> 00:29:33.089 believe they said that. And the reason I wanted 00:29:33.089 --> 00:29:34.890 to get up and hit them was because they were 00:29:34.890 --> 00:29:39.029 absolutely right. When you find people defensive, 00:29:39.769 --> 00:29:42.349 And rationalizing, I will tell you, underneath 00:29:42.349 --> 00:29:47.349 that is unknown, unresolved patterns of sin that 00:29:47.349 --> 00:29:49.930 need to be addressed. Let's really love each 00:29:49.930 --> 00:29:52.829 other and stop playing games. Let's be Romans 00:29:52.829 --> 00:29:56.180 12 Christians from the inside out. Great challenge, 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:58.420 Chip. In fact, we'd like to help you become a 00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:01.140 more dedicated follower of Jesus. So check out 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:04.960 Chip's broadcast series, True Spirituality. As 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:07.339 you walk through Romans chapter 12 with Chip, 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:10.259 you'll uncover the profile of an authentic disciple. 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:13.519 To listen to this series, True Spirituality, 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:17.299 go to special offers at livingontheedge .org 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:20.759 or through the Chip Ingram app. Until next time, 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:22.779 this is Dave Drury saying thanks for listening 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:25.269 to this edition of Living on the Thank you.