WEBVTT 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:14.320 Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. 00:00:14.539 --> 00:00:17.940 Did you know there is a universal lie, a formula 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:21.719 that most of us believe that destines us to forever 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:25.239 search for significance but never find it? It 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.760 goes like this. Other people's opinion plus my 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:32.840 performance equals my value. Today we'll learn 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.320 how to defeat that lie. What would it look like 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.740 to stop measuring your worth by what you achieve 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:41.950 or what others think of you? and start living 00:00:41.950 --> 00:00:44.929 from a completely different foundation. On this 00:00:44.929 --> 00:00:47.729 weekend edition of Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram 00:00:47.729 --> 00:00:50.590 helps you discover the new you by learning your 00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:53.750 worth as a child of God. Today's message is titled, 00:00:54.070 --> 00:00:56.609 You Are Valuable. And if you miss any part of 00:00:56.609 --> 00:00:59.270 this important lesson, be sure to catch up online 00:00:59.270 --> 00:01:03.229 at livingontheedge .org. Well, now here's Chip 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.180 with today's message. As we look at Ephesians 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:08.760 chapter one, the first three chapters, this idea 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.140 of in Christ, in Him, in Christ, everything I'm 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:15.200 going to say is for anyone who a certain point 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.219 in time has recognized I've been a rebel and 00:01:18.219 --> 00:01:21.780 a sinner against a holy God and I recognize that 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:24.420 and confess that and I turn from my sin and in 00:01:24.420 --> 00:01:27.019 the empty hands of faith, Lord Jesus, I believe 00:01:27.019 --> 00:01:29.579 and trust in you and you alone that when you 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:32.599 hung upon the cross, you paid for my sin, you 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.560 rose from the grave. You forgave me and then 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.000 you came into my life. I've been taken from the 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.200 kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light and 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.379 I'm on this journey as you live your life through 00:01:42.379 --> 00:01:46.340 me. Everything I'm gonna say only applies to 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:49.040 those genuine followers or believers. Number 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.420 one, I wanna tell you that you are chosen. You're 00:01:52.420 --> 00:01:55.239 not only chosen but you're adopted. God is your 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.140 father and he's committed to protect you and 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:00.819 provide for you and cherish you as his child 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:04.430 forever. What if that got from your head 18 inches 00:02:04.430 --> 00:02:08.949 down to your heart? God is my Father. Regardless 00:02:08.949 --> 00:02:11.650 of what your parents were like. Regardless if 00:02:11.650 --> 00:02:13.270 you've been through a marriage that didn't work. 00:02:13.629 --> 00:02:15.969 Regardless if you've been fired from a job. God 00:02:15.969 --> 00:02:19.009 is my Father. He promised to provide for me and 00:02:19.009 --> 00:02:23.349 protect me. And He cherishes me. He sings over 00:02:23.349 --> 00:02:26.210 me with His love. I'm valuable because He made 00:02:26.210 --> 00:02:29.599 me. And third, you're redeemed. means you've 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.780 been purchased out of the slave market of sin 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:35.680 by Jesus and underline this, you are infinitely 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:40.419 precious and treasured possession. I mean, is 00:02:40.419 --> 00:02:42.780 that the opposite of you only matter if you can 00:02:42.780 --> 00:02:44.919 look good or you only matter if you can do this 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.939 or do that? It's the opposite of your performance. 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:52.060 There's one person's opinion, your heavenly father. 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:57.060 You are infinitely valuable and you are precious. 00:02:57.930 --> 00:03:01.250 Do you really believe that? Do you believe it 00:03:01.250 --> 00:03:03.349 to the point where you can say, you know, I'd 00:03:03.349 --> 00:03:05.469 love people's approval, and I know this was my 00:03:05.469 --> 00:03:07.770 folks dream for my life, and I know everyone 00:03:07.770 --> 00:03:09.949 at work feels like unless they do this and do 00:03:09.949 --> 00:03:11.909 that, and until they live in this neighborhood 00:03:11.909 --> 00:03:13.949 and get this zip code, and unless their kids 00:03:13.949 --> 00:03:15.909 go to this school and that school, and unless 00:03:15.909 --> 00:03:17.969 this and that, unless my two -year -old is a 00:03:17.969 --> 00:03:20.370 star on the soccer team, I understand everyone 00:03:20.370 --> 00:03:22.590 thinks that way. I don't need their approval. 00:03:24.310 --> 00:03:28.539 It would be nice, but I'm... I'm the precious 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:32.460 treasure of my Heavenly Father, so my priorities 00:03:32.460 --> 00:03:35.840 and my family and my future isn't dependent on 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.979 what my parents think or thought or what anyone 00:03:38.979 --> 00:03:42.680 else does or what anyone ever says is cool or 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:46.819 in or right or wonderful. I'm human, it would 00:03:46.819 --> 00:03:52.139 be nice, but the Bible says in Him, Christ, you 00:03:52.139 --> 00:03:57.479 have been redeemed. How? Through His blood. What 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.719 is redemption the forgiveness of our trespasses 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.280 literally the word is is when you know what's 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:08.819 right and you cross a line According to the richness 00:04:08.819 --> 00:04:13.699 of his grace which he lavished upon us This is 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:16.160 a very interesting passage especially for the 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.480 Apostle Paul if you lived in the first century 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:20.980 And you heard this letter read you would immediately 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:23.259 hear the word redemption and your your mind would 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:26.600 go. Oh That's the exact same word that when you 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.959 would go into the streets, into a marketplace, 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.220 it's called the Agora. And the Agora is a marketplace 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:35.420 where they would sell, and you could go there, 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:36.939 and there would be a little platform, and there 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:39.579 would be men and women, and they would be slaves, 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:41.019 and you could buy them. That's where you went 00:04:41.019 --> 00:04:43.480 to buy a slave. And you could buy a man, or you 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:45.240 could buy a woman, you wanna buy a servant, you 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.439 wanna buy a whole family, and they would cost 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.980 so much money, and the money you would pay to 00:04:50.980 --> 00:04:56.250 redeem the slave is this word. You ransom them 00:04:56.250 --> 00:05:02.029 and He says, are you ready? You and I and every 00:05:02.029 --> 00:05:06.029 single person in the human race has been in the 00:05:06.029 --> 00:05:08.910 slave market of sin You know what's right to 00:05:08.910 --> 00:05:10.750 do and you don't do it You know some things you 00:05:10.750 --> 00:05:12.889 ought to do want to do find yourself not doing 00:05:12.889 --> 00:05:14.829 it You can make up rules and you can't even keep 00:05:14.829 --> 00:05:17.779 your own rules. Let alone God's We have fallen 00:05:17.779 --> 00:05:20.860 short of being perfect. We are slaves to sin 00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:23.959 and Christ came and when he died upon the cross, 00:05:24.459 --> 00:05:27.560 he atoned, literally he ransomed, he paid for 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.759 it. The purchase price of your salvation and 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.579 freedom was the death of the perfect Son of God. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:38.040 Now I've got a little illustration because you're 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:41.860 not quite, the emotional impact of this, okay, 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.259 you guys are not getting it. Okay, I know it's 00:05:45.259 --> 00:05:47.680 theology but if you understood theology is what 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:49.740 really creates right thinking and right thinking 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:52.459 is what changes emotions and right emotions is 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:54.279 what motivates right behavior and right behavior 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.220 is what produces great consequences and great 00:05:56.220 --> 00:05:58.519 consequences of the things that totally transforms 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:00.379 your life. So let's get back to the theology. 00:06:01.100 --> 00:06:05.439 Okay, you ready? There's an imaginary box. I'm 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:07.060 gonna put it right up here as though I was an 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:09.660 illusionist. It's floating. Have you got it? 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.300 On the top, are you ready? It says box number 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:20.970 one. Keep your eyes there. Over here, box number 00:06:20.970 --> 00:06:24.310 two. They're exactly the same size. On the front 00:06:24.310 --> 00:06:28.529 of this box, the cost of this box says $1 ,000. 00:06:28.870 --> 00:06:30.550 Do you got it visualized in your mind? It's floating 00:06:30.550 --> 00:06:32.250 right over there. It's white, by the way, for 00:06:32.250 --> 00:06:34.509 some of you that are color blind. Over here, 00:06:34.529 --> 00:06:38.329 box number two is white, and it costs $1 million. 00:06:39.189 --> 00:06:41.550 Now, for those over 50 that still remember, let's 00:06:41.550 --> 00:06:44.660 make a deal. If I was asking you, do you want 00:06:44.660 --> 00:06:47.019 box number one, you don't know what's in it, 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:48.879 but it cost a thousand dollars, hovering over 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.480 here, or would you like box number two, hovering, 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:53.699 and it's worth a million dollars, if you want 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:57.040 box number one, raise your hand. Okay, how many 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.680 want box number two, raise your hand. Oh my gosh, 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.660 you're geniuses, you're amazing. The whole room 00:07:03.660 --> 00:07:11.240 wants box number two, why? Why? If it... cost 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:15.399 more, it's worth more. We always judge the value 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:19.100 of things by how much it costs. If your fiance 00:07:19.100 --> 00:07:22.519 gives you a ring that costs $30 instead of $3 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:27.939 ,000, it says something about your fiance. Now 00:07:27.939 --> 00:07:32.019 let's move our theology to our emotions. What 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:38.620 are you worth to God? You and I cost God. the 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:42.500 precious blood of his son. You are of infinite 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:44.540 worth. I don't care what anyone has ever said 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:47.800 about you. I don't care what problems, what emotions, 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:52.019 what struggles, what pain, what lies. You today 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:57.100 are worth the blood of Christ, a perfect life, 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.439 leaving heaven, killed for only loving people 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:04.540 and have never sinned, because that's how much 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:07.600 you matter. You start believing that you are 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:10.779 chosen and adopted and redeemed You will begin 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:14.160 to get the message. The real you is free and 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:20.540 valuable That's who you are Now you can say well, 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:22.959 you don't really understand shit because I had 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.839 a very difficult childhood and then my my you 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:27.480 know, then I went through this and then there's 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:29.839 a drunk driver and You know what? I'm not telling 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:31.660 you that life isn't hard and there's sin and 00:08:31.660 --> 00:08:33.820 people haven't done you wrong. I'm just saying 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:36.919 you can either believe all of that defines you 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.340 or you can believe what God has said about you. 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.139 Now, there's not a button you can click. I wish 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:44.659 there was. I would have clicked it long ago. 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.120 It's a journey. It's a process. It's replenishing. 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.279 It's identifying the lies, calling them lies, 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.980 identifying the truth, and replacing the lies 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:58.159 with the truth. And as you do that, As you do 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.139 that, it'll go from your head to your heart, 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.039 from your heart to your mind, your emotions. 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.399 You'll change what matters. You won't need people's 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.179 approval. But it gets even better. It's not just 00:09:11.179 --> 00:09:13.600 that you're redeemed. He says you were redeemed 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:17.360 for a purpose. There's a lot of people that wonder, 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:20.840 why am I here? What's life all about? Mean for 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.399 some of you that have been really really successful 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.019 It's like there's got to be more to than so many 00:09:25.019 --> 00:09:26.980 patents and so much money and having a second 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:31.019 house And for others, it's like hey, I've tried 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:32.759 this and I've tried that and there's got to be 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:34.440 more than what I'm getting because I feel like 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.940 a failure Why am I really here? He explains notice 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:42.399 what he says in all wisdom and insight He made 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.080 known to us the mystery of his will by the way, 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:49.320 that's the truth all the words underneath that 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:53.559 are clauses that define what he just said, and 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:55.659 I'll walk through those. Here's what you know. 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:57.639 Okay, remember when we diagrammed sentence in 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:02.139 ninth grade? He, subject, redeemed, verb, you. 00:10:03.059 --> 00:10:07.360 Now here's what he says. He, God, made known 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:09.379 the mystery of his will. And the word mystery, 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:11.779 circle it, it just means secret. It's not mysterious. 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:16.399 What it means is that up until this point, There 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.500 was a part of his will that no one knew about 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:21.759 and he's now made this secret known to you. He 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:24.659 made known the mystery of his will to you. Now 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:26.639 let's define what his will is and what he says. 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.179 How? According to the kind intention which he 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:32.980 purposed in Christ. So whatever this will is 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:36.740 that has to do with you, it was God's kind intention 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:40.480 in bringing Jesus to earth and saving us. Okay, 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:44.139 well then what's after that? with a view to an 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:46.700 administration suitable to the fullness of time. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.399 I know what you're thinking, what in the world 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:53.039 does that mean? Put a box around the word administration. 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:55.440 It's an interesting Greek word that literally 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:59.399 means a household economy. Oikeo, house, namas, 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:01.659 law. In other words, when your children were 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:04.799 like three years old, they had a bedtime. And 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:06.580 so you had laws of the house. They go to bed 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:09.779 like six, 30, or seven. When they're teenagers, 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.049 who knows when they go to bed, okay? But it's 00:11:13.049 --> 00:11:16.429 not the same. And what he's saying is, in the 00:11:16.429 --> 00:11:20.049 progress of Revelation, as God is revealing himself, 00:11:20.730 --> 00:11:23.429 the purpose is God revealed this mystery or this 00:11:23.429 --> 00:11:26.940 secret. It's all about why Jesus came and what 00:11:26.940 --> 00:11:30.259 he wants to do, and in his household economy, 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.639 notice it's in the fullness of time, not Kronos 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:36.559 time, but Kairos, this unique opportunity of 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.240 all of life, and what is it? It's the summing 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:42.440 up of all things in Christ, things in heaven 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.860 and things in earth, so he redeemed you. Made 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:49.860 you adopted as a part of his family Jesus came 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:52.159 to create this brand new thing that no one knew 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:54.519 about and it's called the church as you keep 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.159 reading this book Gentile and Jew become the 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:00.320 new agent of blessing in this thing called the 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.500 church Old covenant was Israel was the agent 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:08.080 of blessing new covenant the church. So he redeemed 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:13.460 you for a purpose That everything Jesus came 00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:17.919 to do in his physical body You are now his spiritual 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:22.340 body. He fed the poor. He told people who the 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:25.039 Father was. He showed them who the Father was. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.639 He loved extravagantly. He was generous with 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:33.539 his time and his money. He demonstrated what 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:36.460 is the salt of the earth and the light of God. 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:40.539 And so you have been called your purpose. is 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:43.899 to take the mission for which you've been redeemed, 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:46.379 and this isn't just about you and your life and 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:48.759 your happiness and your satisfaction, so that 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:52.019 you would actually become an agent of light and 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:55.460 salt and love, and so until the moment you cross 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:58.840 the threshold and see Jesus, you're indispensable. 00:13:00.400 --> 00:13:03.120 You're listening to Living on the Edge with Chip 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.740 Ingram. Stay with us. We're halfway through today's 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:08.340 message, and there's still more ahead. Today's 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:10.740 teaching comes from Chip's powerful series, The 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:13.259 New You, Claiming Your Birthright as a Child 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:15.980 of God. Want to go deeper? Each of these lessons 00:13:15.980 --> 00:13:19.580 is available online at livingontheedge .org, 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:22.179 along with additional resources and discussion 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:26.139 guides to take you further. Find it all at livingontheedge 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:29.220 .org. Well, now let's get back to Chip's message. 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.440 I don't care what your job is. I don't care what 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:33.299 your background is. I don't care what your color 00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:36.240 is. I don't care what your IQ is. Jesus says, 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:39.820 I'm putting this puzzle together and I'm redeeming 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:42.259 whosoever will. And I'm putting this puzzle together 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:45.120 in such a way that it will become a collage of 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:49.539 the grace of God that people would see who Jesus 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:53.240 is, how much He loves others, and that the people 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:57.269 at your neighborhood and at your work. The people 00:13:57.269 --> 00:13:59.330 where you work out the people where you drink 00:13:59.330 --> 00:14:02.049 coffee the people where you wash your clothes 00:14:02.049 --> 00:14:07.470 The relatives they all through and in you would 00:14:07.470 --> 00:14:10.409 understand they can be redeemed if they would 00:14:10.409 --> 00:14:13.809 but believe and trust And so what it says is 00:14:13.809 --> 00:14:16.870 you are the real you is needed and you are worthy 00:14:16.870 --> 00:14:23.169 You're needed You know, it's an interesting thing 00:14:23.730 --> 00:14:26.029 If you ever want people to stick around in a 00:14:26.029 --> 00:14:29.690 group, don't do everything for them. People come 00:14:29.690 --> 00:14:32.710 over to the house, you start a small group. Week 00:14:32.710 --> 00:14:34.830 number two, because you know what? We all struggle 00:14:34.830 --> 00:14:37.009 with, you know, am I accepted? You know what's 00:14:37.009 --> 00:14:40.350 easy to be accepted? Hey, could you bring a salad? 00:14:41.269 --> 00:14:43.289 Could you do this? Could you do that? A lot of 00:14:43.289 --> 00:14:44.490 them, they'll be going, I don't know if I'm really 00:14:44.490 --> 00:14:46.029 gonna go, and I didn't feel all that comfortable. 00:14:46.230 --> 00:14:48.129 Now I gotta go, why? Because I gotta take the 00:14:48.129 --> 00:14:52.809 salad. Why? Because you know what? We feel a 00:14:52.809 --> 00:14:55.870 part of things that we're needed in. We all long 00:14:55.870 --> 00:14:58.970 to be needed. Our self -esteem and our worth 00:14:58.970 --> 00:15:01.409 comes from not just who we are, but what we do, 00:15:01.429 --> 00:15:05.049 but what we do in the right way. You're worthy. 00:15:06.350 --> 00:15:08.590 And your worthiness is not about your performance, 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:10.950 it's not about what people think. Turn to the 00:15:10.950 --> 00:15:13.230 back page and let's get to how do we get this 00:15:13.230 --> 00:15:16.990 from our head to our heart. The principle is 00:15:16.990 --> 00:15:20.610 you replace your warped mirrors and misbeliefs 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.519 by the truth of God's word. So you write what 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:26.299 I've put in this box on a little card, and then 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:29.100 you make a little stop sign, and you read it 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:30.419 in the morning, and you read it at night. You 00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:33.320 don't even have to memorize it. But the misbelief 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.460 is I must avoid failure at all cost. I must work 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:38.679 harder and longer to be successful and prove 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:41.879 that I'm not a failure. That's compulsive people 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:45.279 like me. For others, I must avoid failure at 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:49.779 all cost. It's better not to try. than to try 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:52.600 and fail. If people really knew and got to know 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:56.740 me, they would reject me. Stop! You write that 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:58.460 and then you say stop out loud, because here's 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:00.940 what you want to do psychologically. You want 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:03.200 to recognize the lie and you want to pair it 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:06.419 in your brain with stop. Then you flip the card 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:10.399 over and you say out loud the truth. I am now 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.259 a righteous person in God's sight since I've 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:15.580 trusted Christ's redemption and sacrifice for 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:18.970 me. I am covered by the robe of his purity and 00:16:18.970 --> 00:16:22.870 goodness. Also, since I have a new nature, I'm 00:16:22.870 --> 00:16:26.269 a good person in my general practice of life 00:16:26.269 --> 00:16:30.389 as I continue to grow in Christ. It's a long 00:16:30.389 --> 00:16:32.809 paragraph, but you just read it over. You just 00:16:32.809 --> 00:16:36.990 think about it. Wow, I'm a righteous person in 00:16:36.990 --> 00:16:39.370 God's sight. I don't have to earn his favor. 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:42.120 I don't have to impress anyone else. Second Corinthians 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:46.240 chapter five says, God made him who had no sin 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:49.399 to be sin for us. You ready for this? So that 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:53.620 we in him might become the righteousness of God. 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:57.820 The moment you trust Christ, there's a declaration, 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:00.500 a legal declaration that you're righteous in 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:03.399 his eyes. And then you start, that's positional 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.519 righteousness. And then his spirit living in 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:09.019 you, as you get into God's word, in the community 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:11.859 of God's people, then there's a practical righteousness 00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:14.619 where you live this out, and he changes you from 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:19.160 the inside out. Now, there's always a temptation 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.900 when you teach on something like this to think, 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:25.460 well, I used to have these issues 20 years ago, 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.500 and then I read this passage, and I don't have 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:30.160 any issues. But those of you that know me would 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:34.900 know that's not true. But this is one that I 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:38.440 wrote last year. This is a lie that I believed 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.480 as late as last year. And I share this just so 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:46.720 you realize this journey never ends. But you 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:50.140 keep working on it. You actually believe different 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:53.900 lies at different seasons of your life and at 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:56.720 different points of maturity. And I went through 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:00.079 a process reevaluating my life last year. right 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.259 after major surgery, and I realize, here's a 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:04.740 lie that I believe. I am a prisoner of the opinions 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:07.000 of the important, influential people in my life. 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.240 I agonize when my best judgment and direction 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.420 from the Lord is different from theirs. Disagreeing 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:16.339 with them will harm our relationship irreparably, 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:20.319 so I attempt to please everyone creating an unhealthy 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:23.279 lifestyle. I bet there's a lot of people that 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.319 could identify with that one. And see, in different 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:28.099 seasons in your life, the important people, they 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:29.779 just change, and there's an important person 00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:31.180 in China, and there's an important person in 00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:32.359 the Middle East, and there's an important person 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.960 here, and there's a very important person on 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.680 the front row called my wife, and there's important 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:39.079 people called my kids, and all that, so I'm a 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:43.319 prisoner. No, no, no. People love me and are 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:45.019 for me, here's the truth, and want me to live 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:47.759 a life of joy, rhythm, rest, and fruitfulness 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:51.319 in all areas of my life. I don't need to prove 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:54.440 my worth through hard work or extraordinary productivity. 00:18:54.990 --> 00:18:58.410 I'm accepted, loved, and greatly valued just 00:18:58.410 --> 00:19:02.109 for who I am. And I've been reading this over 00:19:02.109 --> 00:19:05.309 for the better part of the year. And I'm guessing 00:19:05.309 --> 00:19:07.869 there's probably some freedom I'm experiencing 00:19:07.869 --> 00:19:12.430 that has come at identifying that lie, recognizing 00:19:12.430 --> 00:19:16.170 the truth, renewing my mind. A couple that Teresa 00:19:16.170 --> 00:19:18.509 put on her cards, these are kind of misbeliefs 00:19:18.509 --> 00:19:20.930 that are often people who withdraw. I should 00:19:20.930 --> 00:19:23.509 be upset if I make a mistake. Anybody feel like 00:19:23.509 --> 00:19:25.869 that way? You get upset, just make a mistake. 00:19:25.990 --> 00:19:29.769 Stop! The truth is, as a human being, I'm not 00:19:29.769 --> 00:19:32.369 all -knowing. Mistakes are not necessarily sinful. 00:19:32.930 --> 00:19:34.809 If people make fun of me, that's their problem. 00:19:35.890 --> 00:19:39.230 I need only Christ's approval, and I have it 00:19:39.230 --> 00:19:42.390 apart from my works. Another one of hers that 00:19:42.390 --> 00:19:44.490 I watched her share these with our daughter for 00:19:44.490 --> 00:19:47.410 years. Misbelief. If I cannot do something well, 00:19:47.769 --> 00:19:50.930 there is little point in doing it at all. Anybody 00:19:50.930 --> 00:19:54.950 feel that way? So it keeps you from taking risk. 00:19:55.089 --> 00:19:58.869 Stop. I'm willing to risk trying to do things 00:19:58.869 --> 00:20:00.630 without the assurance that it will be a good 00:20:00.630 --> 00:20:03.410 job. I can give my best effort and gain good 00:20:03.410 --> 00:20:08.650 experience that will help me grow. Review. You 00:20:08.650 --> 00:20:12.650 and I are desperately searching for significance 00:20:12.650 --> 00:20:16.210 and value and importance. Behavior issues that 00:20:16.210 --> 00:20:18.250 you're working on, emotional issues that you 00:20:18.250 --> 00:20:20.720 struggle with. Problem relationships and for 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:24.400 many addictions are only symptoms at the core 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:27.339 and at the heart You're still living by the formula 00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:30.500 that your value is other people's opinion and 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:33.640 your performance We've come here together to 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:38.180 learn where God says this I chose you I adopted 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:42.039 you I've redeemed you your values. I paid for 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:46.519 you with the blood of my son You're listening 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:49.539 to living on the edge and a message titled You 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:52.400 Are Valuable, part of our series called The New 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.259 You, Claiming Your Birthright as a Child of God. 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:58.799 You know, the formula Chip described today, performance 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:01.839 plus others' opinions equals your value, most 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.799 of us have been running that equation our whole 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:06.859 lives without even realizing it. And it never 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:09.940 balances. But here's what does. You are chosen, 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:13.299 adopted, and redeemed, purchased at the highest 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:16.539 price imaginable. That's not a motivational phrase. 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:20.119 It's the bedrock of a brand new identity. 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Because 00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:38.559 you are in Christ, you're chosen, adopted, and 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:41.720 we talked about that powerful word, you're redeemed. 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:44.299 You've been bought with a price. And we learned 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:48.319 that the message is the real you is free and 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:50.980 valuable. Think of that. Could you let that soak 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:54.460 in? You are free. You're free of the expectations 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:58.440 of people. You are valuable before you do anything, 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:01.400 accomplish anything, before how anybody thinks 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:04.259 how you look, before how much money you make, 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:07.259 anything. You are free and you are valuable. 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:10.000 And because you are redeemed, you are needed 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:15.019 and you are worthy. You are a person that matters. 00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:18.000 And I can just see some of your faces. Believe 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.220 me, I can. I've taught this live, and I've looked 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:23.180 into people's faces. And I know some of you in 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:25.140 your heart of hearts are going, well... That 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:28.140 sounds good for other people, but not me. I'm 00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:30.940 telling you that if you are in Christ, if you're 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:34.680 a genuine follower of Jesus Christ, these things 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:38.279 are true of you and God wants you to live out 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:40.480 of them. And at the very end of the message, 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.799 you know, I went through those misbeliefs, sort 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:46.160 of Teresa's big misbelief and my misbelief. Hers 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:49.279 was withdrawing and she was afraid to try anything 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:52.460 because, you know, I'll fail and I don't want 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:55.579 to look bad and mine was trying to over perform 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:58.299 and over achieve all the time to prove to people 00:23:58.299 --> 00:24:02.400 I was a someone. Both of us were prisoners and 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:07.140 as we begin to read daily that misbelief and 00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:10.269 then read the truth. I want to tell you that 00:24:10.269 --> 00:24:14.289 it can move from your head to your heart. I want 00:24:14.289 --> 00:24:16.589 you to know that you are a righteous person in 00:24:16.589 --> 00:24:19.829 God's sight. And since you've trusted in Christ's 00:24:19.829 --> 00:24:22.650 redemptive sacrifice, you are now covered by 00:24:22.650 --> 00:24:25.430 the robe of His purity and goodness. You have 00:24:25.430 --> 00:24:28.710 a new nature. Are you ready? You are, in general 00:24:28.710 --> 00:24:32.589 practice, a good person as you continue to grow 00:24:32.589 --> 00:24:35.809 in Christ. You don't have to impress anyone. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.980 You're a daughter. You're a son of the King of 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:42.119 Kings and the Lord of Lords. I'm Dave Drury. 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:44.599 Join us next time as Chip Ingram continues our 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:47.059 series, The New You, claiming your birthright 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:49.859 as a child of God. That's coming up on the next 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:55.799 weekend edition of Living on the Edge. Today's 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:58.339 program is produced and sponsored by Living on 00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.839 the Edge.