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 I'm going to talk to you today about combating the constant friction of evil suspicions.

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! Combating the constant friction of evil suspicions.

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 This phrase, constant friction of evil suspicions, this is from 1 Timothy 6, verses 4-5.

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 In 1 Timothy 6, 4-5, Paul warns Timothy about those who have an unhealthy craving for controversy

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 and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction.

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 I've been doing a lot of thinking and praying about Christchurch this last week,

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 and I've overall been encouraged by the last 14 months in how far we've come,

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 what God has established for us as a church.

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 But as I look back on the last 14 months, I think there's been one nagging sin

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 that has been kind of tripping us up since day one.

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 And I've been praying into that, thinking into that, and especially in seeing this verse,

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 I think God is shedding light on it.

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 I think it's evil suspicions. Evil suspicions.

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 What I mean by that is being suspicious of people.

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 What I'm not talking about is just actually seeing something outright and blatant.

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 I'm talking about when you don't see, but you're not giving people the benefit of the doubt.

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 You're suspicious of them.

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 You're not trusting that motives or actions are right.

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 Here's some examples of what I mean that people have been suspicious of.

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 So, first one would be just general motives.

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 Okay?

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 Just assuming that, oh, their motives are bad.

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 What they're doing is motivated out of things that aren't good, that aren't godly.

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 Okay?

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 Another thing that people might be suspicious of is whether or not people are sincere or genuine.

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 Okay?

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 Like, you know, I'm not really convinced that that's sincere.

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 I think they're being fake.

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 I think they don't really mean that.

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 They don't really mean what they said.

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 They don't really mean what they're doing.

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 So, doubting, being suspicious of whether people are sincere or genuine.

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 Another one is being suspicious of whether people are loving.

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 Okay?

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 Like, I don't really know if they're doing this because they love me, or I don't really know if these people do love me.

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 I'm really doubting that this person loves me.

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 I kind of feel like I'm a project.

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 I kind of feel like they're just kind of doing what they're doing.

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 But I don't really know.

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 I'm pretty suspicious that what they're doing is loving towards me, that they really love me.

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 Okay?

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 Some people have maybe been suspicious about how we do partnership or membership at our church.

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 Some people have been suspicious about how we bring in new people into our church.

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 Some have been suspicious of who's leading now, myself or current lead partners or people who have been lead partners.

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 Some are suspicious of possible future leaders and how they will lead.

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 Okay?

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 And there's been comments made and things said about maybe suspicion about who could potentially be leading in the future and how they're going to lead.

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 There's been suspicion about church planting methods or apostolicity.

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 So how apostles are supposed to function and how that even works.

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 Suspicion about ministry ambition.

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 That, oh, really, this is just all about, it's just this kind of ministry ambitious machine.

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 Some people have been ambitious, or I mean, sorry, have been suspicious of whether you belong and suspicious of others' attempts to include you.

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 Maybe you're thinking, you know, I don't even know if I really belong here.

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 And I'm suspicious of whether people really want me here.

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 I'm suspicious of whether people even are really trying to include me.

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 Okay?

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 Maybe you've been suspicious of that.

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 Maybe you've been suspicious of your husband or your wife.

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 Maybe you've been suspicious of...

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 Okay, that word is hard to say.

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 I'm going to keep screwing it up.

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 Maybe you've been suspicious of preaching motives or topics that have been covered.

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 Maybe you're suspicious about this preaching topic.

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 Maybe you've been suspicious about men being misogynistic or domineering towards women.

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 Or maybe you've been suspicious of women being feministic or usurpatious towards men.

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 Okay?

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 So there's all kinds of ways that we can be suspicious of one another.

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 Not giving each other the benefit of the doubt, but, hmm, I don't know about this person.

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 I don't know about their motives or what they're thinking.

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 Okay?

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 But I think this is really important.

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 And I think it's really important for the life of Christchurch.

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 I will go as far as to say this could be the most important sermon I've given at Christchurch so far.

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 Because evil suspicions and the frictions that result from them could have the power to destroy us from the inside out.

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 Okay?

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 So let me give you a couple disclaimers.

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 Number one, I am not speaking to one person or two people or any specific people.

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 I'm speaking to everyone, including myself.

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 Okay?

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 Including myself and my family.

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 Okay?

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 In fact, I've been convicted lately.

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 Just, you know, we just, Gene and I just had our 26-year wedding anniversary.

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 And, you know, whenever you do that, you kind of take inventory of your own marriage and your own relationship, as one does on those days.

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 And one of the things that I was thinking of and convicted of, and we were both convicted of, is over time how even you can become suspicious of each other in your marriage.

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 Mistrusting.

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 Not giving the other person the benefit of the doubt.

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 Thinking that the reason, you know, your spouse is bringing something up is for some nefarious reason or purpose or selfish reason.

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 And I think Gene and I really realized that that's crept in too much in our marriage.

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 Where there's this unhealthy suspicion of each other.

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 This mistrust.

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 And we were really convicted of that.

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 And that needs to stop in our marriage.

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 And I know that, I guarantee that affects our kids as well in how they see things.

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 And we don't want to have a family that is defaulting to suspicion.

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 Okay?

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 We don't want to have a family that's defaulting to suspicion.

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 So that's the first thing.

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 Disclaimer.

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 Talking to everybody.

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 Okay?

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 Including myself.

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 Okay, number two.

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 What I am not saying.

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 I am not saying that we should, I am not saying that we should be undiscerning.

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 Okay?

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 To be undiscerning is to make the opposite error of evil suspicions.

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 Okay?

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 How we discern and what we do with it is very important.

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 Okay?

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 How we discern and what we do with it is very important.

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 So please hear me on that.

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 Discernment is a big deal.

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 Very important.

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 Okay?

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 So I want to get a few people I want to read from that I think are helpful on this.

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 But Greg Morse, who's one of the writers on Desiring God, says this.

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 Cynicism and suspicion, I know firsthand, crawl into our minds and make us traitors to ourselves.

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 Dangers to our families and toxins to our church.

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 Our suspicions can make us strike at those dearest to us.

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 This is why this sometimes happens in a marriage, right?

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 Of all people, you wouldn't want to be antagonistic towards a spouse.

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 But these suspicions can make us strike at those dearest to us.

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 They contain a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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 The more we suspect, the more reasons we find to suspect.

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 The more we distrust, the more reasons we find to distrust.

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 Every creak of the floor becomes a burglar.

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 Does that make sense?

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 So you start hearing those things and watching those things.

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 All of a sudden, everything becomes a, oh, yep, see, that's a confirmation of that.

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 That's, you know, becomes almost confirmation bias.

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 Every creak of the floor becomes a burglar.

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 He goes on, he says,

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 Thinking the worst of our loved ones or our neighbors is unjust and often unreliable.

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 And it passes too easily unnoticed.

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 Yet if our sins have been unimaginably forgiven by God, and in Christ they have been,

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 then we have been set free to lay down our subtle suspicions, our default distrust,

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 and to assume the best of others.

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 That phrase, default distrust, that's a convicting one.

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 Do you have any, is your default distrust or is your default love?

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 We'll look at that in a second.

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 Now, where sin is apparent, things may change,

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 but suspicion would have us confront possible sins with the same conviction and severity as obvious ones.

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 Okay?

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 Suspicion would have us confront possible sins with the same conviction and severity as obvious ones.

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 And this shouldn't be.

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 Okay?

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 Obvious ones should definitely be confronted.

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 But possible ones should be treated differently.

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 Okay?

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 We really have been freed by Christ to hope the best,

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 to assume the best of others' intentions,

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 and to leave the secret sins of others to their creator.

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 This is the love that covers a multitude of sins, actual or imagined.

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 This is that glory of a godly person who passes over affronts.

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 As Proverbs 19.11 says,

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 Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

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 Okay?

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 I also was reading, Charles Spurgeon has a chapter on this in his book, Letters to My Students.

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 And the chapter is called The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear.

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 I want to read a couple quotes from that that I thought were really good and helpful on this topic.

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 He says,

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 Many a friend has been transformed into an enemy by being suspected.

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 And he says,

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 It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion.

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 Think about that one for a second.

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 Maybe you're thinking,

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 No, I don't know about that.

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 But think about that.

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 It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion.

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 I agree with that phrase,

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 and I think the reason he's saying that is because living a life of suspicion is no way to live.

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 Plus, it's also devoid of God.

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 It makes us think that we're the ones who have to control everything and make sure of everything,

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 rather than trusting God, and that we do our part, he does his part.

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 But, you know, I would rather be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion,

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 because to live a life of suspicion is no real life at all.

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 He says,

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 Suspicion is a moral evil, and it injures the character of the man who harbors it.

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 He says,

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 Learn to disbelieve those who have no faith in their brethren.

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 Suspect those who would lead you to suspect others.

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 Okay?

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 I've been thinking long and hard about what it is that makes some relationships feel real close,

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 and then other relationships, real close, not just close, but like comfortable, safe,

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 and why others feel distant, uncomfortable, and unsettling.

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 And I believe it's the difference between suspicion and giving people the benefit of the doubt.

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 Like, if I think of all the people who feel most closest to me,

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 those are people who give me the benefit of the doubt.

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 Like, they're not, their default isn't distrust.

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 Their default is, hey, I'm going to give this person the benefit of the doubt.

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 And I feel more free to be open with those people.

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 I feel more myself around those people.

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 I feel more relaxed around those people.

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 The people that are, you know, harder to be close to,

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 that feel more distant,

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 are people who I feel are always kind of checking me out.

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 Like, what about this guy?

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 You know, kind of the default distrust.

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 Like, I don't know if I can be myself.

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 That's not what you want,

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 and that is not what we would ever want in a church culture.

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 Okay?

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 We want people who do 1 Corinthians chapter 13, verse 7.

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 This is that love chapter that describes what love is like.

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 And at the end of the list of all the things, in verse 7,

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 he says, love bears all things, believes all things,

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 hopes all things, and endures all things.

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 Okay?

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 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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 That's the opposite of suspicion.

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 That's the opposite.

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 Okay?

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 Four different things.

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 Love bears all things.

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 Okay?

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 Love doesn't say, oh, because this is hard,

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 that absolutely means that there's definitely something wrong here with the other person.

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 It could be us.

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 It could be nothing.

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 It could just be two personalities that are hard to get, you know, to get along with.

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 Right?

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 But love bears all things.

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 It bears all things.

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 Love believes all things.

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 Essentially saying like, I'm going to believe the, love believes the best of the other person.

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 It doesn't assume the worst.

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 It doesn't assume bad motives.

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 It doesn't assume, oh, that must be because of this.

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 Now, if, you know, if, it's like with your, if a kid, if your kid hauls up and hits your, the other, your other kid.

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 It's like, it's okay to say, hey, don't hit your brother or sister.

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 It's like, well, you're being awfully suspicious of me.

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 It's like, no, listen, I don't know your motives, but I know your behavior.

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 And that was wrong.

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 Like, you can't hit somebody.

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 Right?

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 So, I'm not, again, hear what I'm saying, not what I'm not saying.

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 I'm talking about when you're, there are certain things that are super obvious.

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 You haul off and just hit someone and hurt someone.

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 It's like, that's wrong.

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 Don't do that.

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 You say something really mean to someone.

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 That's wrong.

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 Right?

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 You, you, you curse someone or slander someone.

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 That's wrong.

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 You know, there's certain things that are very obviously wrong.

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 All right?

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 But then there's things where you're not necessarily sure.

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 Or maybe you have an inclination or an impression or a thought about them.

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 Love believes all things.

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 It says, you know what?

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 I'm going to hope the best for them.

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 I'm going to hope the best for them.

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 Love hopes all things.

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 Okay?

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 Hopes what?

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 Hopes the best.

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 And love endures all things.

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 We might say, well, man, I don't know.

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 This is probably, this is probably something bad.

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 You know?

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 It's got to be something bad.

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 It's like, but I don't know for sure because it hasn't manifested in some specific fruit I confront.

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 But I got a really good hankering that it is.

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 Well, in that instance, you got to endure.

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 You got to keep praying and asking the Lord that if there's sin there, that it will be exposed.

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 That it will be brought to the surface.

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 And 1 Timothy 5.24 says, some sins go before us and some sins trail behind.

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 But at the end of the day, what that verse is saying is, they're always going to show up.

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 But they don't always show up when we want them to.

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 We can inspect and be the detective and think we got it all figured out.

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 Yep, it's definitely there.

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 But I don't really have any hard evidence.

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 But I know it's there.

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 You got to endure and trust.

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 And during that time, you're enduring.

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 Is it enduring with the default mistrust?

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 It's enduring with the other things.

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 Bearing things, believing all things, and hoping all things.

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 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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 Let me ask you the question in light of that verse.

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 Are you loving?

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 Are you loving people in this church?

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 Are you loving people in your family?

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 Are you loving everyone in this church?

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 Not just most of them.

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 What about that person that's hard to love?

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 Are you loving them in the sense that you are bearing all things, believing all things, hoping all things, and enduring all things?

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 You're hoping the best.

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 You're giving them the benefit of the doubt.

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 You're believing the best.

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 You're praying for them if you are concerned for them.

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 Are you doing that?

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 And again, don't think you're so great.

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 If you're able to do that with most everybody,

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 except for one or two or whatever, maybe.

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 Because that's the one where it really counts.

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 That's the one that's really telling, hey, are you loving?

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 Are you able to love that person and hope the best for them?

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 I'm telling you, when we create an atmosphere of love, Bible-defined love, not some weird worldly love,

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 but Bible-defined love, where we bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things,

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 that's the kind of love that is conducive for real-life open-heartedness,

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 where people can be themselves,

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 not worrying about people judging them or trying to fix them in an unhealthy way,

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 but where people can be family with one another.

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 And that's what we want.

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 That's what we need.

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 That's important.

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 So I want us to think about that.

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 I want us to think about that verse and ask that question.

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 That's a convicting verse.

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 It's so easy to have our default be to mistrust.

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 Okay?

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 So let's look at how we judge.

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 Tom Schmidt, pastor, writes,

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 Many of us have chosen the pleasure of evil suspicions above the pleasure of knowing Christ.

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 An evil suspicion is when we believe something wicked about someone,

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 someone else, based on speculation rather than evidence.

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 Okay?

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 Let me read that again.

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 An evil suspicion is when we believe something wicked about someone

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 based on speculation rather than evidence.

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 Okay?

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 To believe the worst in someone,

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 to assume they are against you,

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 to assume they have committed some perverse act,

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 to assume they are acting out of evil motives, etc.,

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 without evidence produces a prideful pleasure

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 and an idolatrous security in our hearts.

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 The pleasure we experience in this sin

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 comes from believing that we have a superior knowledge

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 or awareness of a situation.

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 Okay?

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 That's really important.

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 Let me read that again.

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 The pleasure we experience in this sin

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 comes from believing that we have a superior knowledge

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 or awareness of a situation

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 which others are blind to.

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 Kind of like this exclusive insight or information.

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 And our assessment of what is happening

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 is more righteous than the person engaging in the act.

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 The pleasure is in the pride.

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 The pleasure is in the pride.

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 The security we receive comes from trusting

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 in our assessment of the situation

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 above resting in and submitting to God.

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 This is idolatry.

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 That is a super important point.

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 Okay?

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 The security we receive comes from trusting

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 in our assessment of the situation

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 above resting in and submitting to God.

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 And this is idolatry.

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 What he's saying there is that

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 we oftentimes,

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 there's this insidious, subtle pleasure

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 with just assessing people.

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 With having accurate knowledge of where people are at

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 or what we think is accurate knowledge.

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 And then our, like,

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 almost feeling the need to control

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 or be God in that situation

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 to make sure that people see things,

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 understand things,

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 or experience our revelation of what we're seeing.

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 And the pleasure is in the pride

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 because what we're not doing is resting in

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 and submitting to God.

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 And that's idolatry.

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 Can we trust God in our spouses,

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 in our children,

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 in the people in our church?

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 Can we trust God

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 to do the work that he does so good,

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 to convict people of sin,

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 to bring sin to the surface?

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 Can we trust God,

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 who only knows their hearts, not us,

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 to do heart surgery?

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 Can we trust the word of God

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 to do what only the word of God can do?

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 Hebrews 4, 12,

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 it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

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 Will we trust God's word,

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 God's authority,

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 God's intervention,

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 God's heart towards people

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 to do the work

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 and to have the right view of things?

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 Or do we take pleasure over and above

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 God himself and resting in him,

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 the pleasure that comes from resting in him,

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 do we find pleasure

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 in our having everything figured out?

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 That's a dangerous thing.

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 Our pursuit of evil suspicions

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 is folly and rebellion against our creator,

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 who calls us to take our neighbor's words

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 at face value,

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 love believes all things,

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 and commands us to reject hypocritical,

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 self-righteous judgments,

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 like in Matthew 7.

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 In other words,

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 you can't judge people's hearts.

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 Okay?

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 You can't judge people's hearts.

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 Why?

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 Because you don't know people's hearts.

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 Only God knows people's hearts.

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 You can judge their fruit,

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 and I would say you should.

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 I would say you have a responsibility to,

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 and we'll look at that in a second.

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 But you can't judge people's hearts

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 because you can never know someone's heart.

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 Now, you can ask people about their hearts

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 based on fruit,

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 maybe do a little digging.

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 Proverbs says that the heart is a deep well,

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 and a man of understanding

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 is able to draw things out of it.

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 Okay?

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 And so that's a good thing to do,

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 but you have to be very careful in that.

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 It takes a man of understanding.

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 It's not saying,

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 well, I know what's in your heart.

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 It's saying,

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 I know what fruit is in your life,

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 and because of this fruit,

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 maybe I'll ask some probing questions.

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 But I'm not going to ask them

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 in a way that I am assuming the worst of you.

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 I'm going to ask them in a way

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 that I'm loving you,

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 and I'm assuming the best.

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 But I'm considering that some of these things

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 could possibly be there.

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 Okay?

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 Luke 6 talks about this.

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 Luke 6, 37 to 45.

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 It says,

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 Judge not,

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 and you will not be judged.

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 So again,

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 some of you might say,

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 yeah, I thought we're not supposed to judge.

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 The Bible says it right there.

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 Right?

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 Judge not,

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 and you will not be judged.

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 You know,

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 don't judge me, bro.

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 Condemn not,

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 and you will not be condemned.

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 Forgive,

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 and you will be forgiven.

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 Give,

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 and it will be given to you.

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 Good measure,

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 pressed down,

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 shaken together,

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 running over,

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 will be put into your lap.

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 For with the measure you use,

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 it will be measured back to you.

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 He also told them a parable.

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 Can a blind man lead a blind man?

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 Will they not both fall into a pit?

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 A disciple is not above his teacher,

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 but everyone when he is fully trained

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 will be like his teacher.

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 Why do you see the speck

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 that is in your brother's eye,

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 but do not notice the log

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 that is in your own eye?

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 How can you say to your brother,

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 Brother,

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 let me take out the speck

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 that is in your eye,

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 when you yourself

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 do not see the log

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 that is in your own eye?

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 You hypocrite.

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 First,

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 take the log out of your own eye,

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 and then you will see clearly

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 to take out the speck

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 that is in your brother's eye.

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 So he's clearly not,

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 if you just take the first verse

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 and say judge not,

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 you'd say,

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 yeah man,

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 are you talking about

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 you're not supposed to judge?

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 You're not supposed to judge,

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 but that's just taking that verse

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 out of context.

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 When he reads the rest of it,

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 he's saying,

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 no,

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 you're to judge,

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 but you should be careful

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 how you judge.

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 You should judge a certain way.

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 First of all,

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 knowing that whatever way

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 you judge,

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 whatever measure you use

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 is going to be measured

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 back to you.

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 You know,

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 in other words,

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 I think a singer once said,

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 the mercy you don't give

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 is the mercy you don't get.

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 He said the same measure,

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 press down,

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 and you know,

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.620
 prosperity preachers

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 love to take this verse

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 out of context

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 and say,

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 yeah man,

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 it's about giving.

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 You just give,

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 and then it just pours back on you.

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 And it's like,

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 no,

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.059
 that's not about giving.

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 It's about judgment

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 and mercy,

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 which is what they need.

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 Ironically.

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 It's like,

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 actually,

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 we should be judging

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 your false teaching.

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 Okay,

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 this is a verse

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 that Jesus is saying.

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 He's saying,

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 don't judge in an unrighteous way.

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 Don't judge in an unhealthy way.

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 When you judge,

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 first of all,

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 realize,

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.879
 whatever way you use,

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 hey,

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 that's how it's going to be used on you,

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 so be careful.

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 Okay?

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 The mercy you don't give

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 is the most mercy you don't get.

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 And then he tells us

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 how to actually judge the right way.

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 He's saying,

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 how can you say to your brother,

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:10.960
 brother,

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.180
 let me take out the speck

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.059
 that is in your eye

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 when you yourself

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.480
 do not see the log

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.500
 that is in your own eye?

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 You hypocrite.

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 First take the log

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.200
 out of your own eye,

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:23.299
 and then you will see clearly

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.240
 to take out the speck

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.200
 that is in your brother's eye.

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 So he's saying,

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.400
 this is how you judge.

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.559
 In order to judge,

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.740
 you have to be able to see.

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.460
 Like,

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:33.339
 judgment is a certain level of seeing.

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.019
 So to judge well,

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.019
 to judge rightly,

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.919
 you have to see.

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:38.319
 You can't see

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.319
 when a log is sticking

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.039
 out of your eye.

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.559
 Right?

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.879
 So he's saying,

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.960
 take that out first,

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:44.579
 examine yourself first,

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.679
 make sure you're not

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.059
 in pride,

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.639
 arrogance,

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.299
 exulting in your revelation

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.159
 or your insight into someone

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.839
 and your,

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.299
 you know,

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.779
 evaluation of them.

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.159
 Okay?

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.720
 Take your,

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.119
 and then take a good look

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.579
 at yourself,

00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:56.859
 say,

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.039
 hey,

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.979
 how are you doing here,

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.159
 bro?

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.939
 Remove that log,

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.919
 and then now,

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.859
 you can see clearly

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.859
 to see the speck

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.639
 and to take it out.

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.779
 And he's saying you should,

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.479
 and that's judgment.

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.799
 Judgment is saying,

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:09.959
 hey,

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.059
 you got a speck in your eye.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.179
 But that's not loving.

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.559
 Like,

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.839
 if you saw that I had a speck

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.199
 in my eye,

00:26:15.239 --> 00:26:16.039
 and you saw that my eye

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.579
 was watering,

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.899
 and it was all red,

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:19.259
 but you could see the speck,

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:19.879
 you'd say,

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.219
 hold on,

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.579
 let me just,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.539
 I'm not going to be like,

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:22.799
 bro,

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.720
 don't judge me.

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.039
 Like,

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.379
 how do you know

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.259
 I have a speck in my eye?

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.879
 It's like,

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.240
 I'm trying to help you.

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.519
 Like,

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.960
 your eye is clearly,

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.159
 like,

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.579
 infected.

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.059
 Can I just,

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.819
 yeah,

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:33.019
 and then take the speck out,

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.440
 and you'd say,

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.740
 oh,

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.759
 maybe you do love me.

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.180
 Yes,

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.019
 that is love.

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.740
 Real righteous judgment

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.799
 is actually love.

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.659
 Taking speck out of people's eyes

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.279
 is loving,

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:45.399
 because those specks

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:47.379
 are causing discomfort and harm.

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.319
 Now,

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.019
 again,

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.559
 read this whole thing in context.

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.039
 So we know,

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.799
 the context of judge not

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.980
 is in the context of

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.359
 take the log out of your eye,

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:57.700
 but there's still more context here.

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.180
 After he says,

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.059
 you will see clearly

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.039
 to take out the speck

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.960
 that is in your brother eye,

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.000
 your brother's eye,

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:05.659
 the very next verse says,

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.079
 for no good,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.859
 and it says for,

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.379
 so it's connecting these two together.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:11.500
 So don't separate this judgment

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:13.480
 from this next verse,

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.059
 because it says for.

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.819
 So put them together.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.659
 Verse 43,

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.639
 this is Luke 6,

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:18.980
 43.

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.200
 For no good tree

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.779
 bears bad fruit,

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.539
 nor again does a bad tree

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.339
 bear good fruit,

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.299
 for each tree

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.259
 is known by its own fruit.

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.240
 Okay?

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.620
 For figs are not gathered

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.339
 from thorn bushes,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.299
 nor are grapes picked

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.200
 from a bramble bush.

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.319
 The good person

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.360
 out of the good treasure

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.900
 of his heart

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.720
 produces good,

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:39.039
 and the evil person

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.019
 out of the evil treasure

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.900
 produces evil.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.960
 For out of the abundance

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.559
 of the heart,

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.700
 his mouth speaks.

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.319
 So you can't judge the heart,

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.160
 but you can judge

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.240
 what comes out of the mouth.

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.859
 You can judge the fruit,

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.079
 and you should,

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.720
 and you should.

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:52.940
 Okay?

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.259
 So,

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.839
 not only is he telling us

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.359
 how to judge,

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.220
 he's telling us

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.420
 what to judge.

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.880
 You're not judging

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.880
 a person's heart,

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.740
 you're judging

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.859
 the fruit in their life.

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.640
 If you can't see fruit,

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.160
 but you have an inclination

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.160
 that something's there,

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.779
 you need to,

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.079
 you need to wait.

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.880
 You need to pray.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.720
 You need to trust God,

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.600
 and ask God

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:15.980
 and just say,

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.259
 God,

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.720
 is there something here?

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.360
 If there is,

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.120
 bring it to the surface

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.860
 and you trust.

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.079
 And in the meantime,

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.620
 you give them

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.539
 the benefit of the doubt.

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.400
 It's like,

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.920
 how can I give them

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.559
 the benefit of the doubt

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.180
 if I have this,

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.839
 I feel like I see this,

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.680
 I discern this.

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.039
 It's like,

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:30.079
 you can't judge your heart.

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.860
 You may be right.

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.740
 You may be right,

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:35.860
 but you have to be patient.

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.079
 You have to be loving.

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:38.100
 You have to hope the best.

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.980
 And you have to let God

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.700
 do his job

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.640
 and you do yours.

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.900
 And God's job

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:44.160
 is to bring that stuff to light.

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:46.400
 Your job is to pray.

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:49.940
 And I think sometimes

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.600
 we so underestimate

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.759
 the power of prayer,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.100
 we so minimize

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:55.620
 the power of prayer

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.680
 that we think

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.140
 that that's like

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.880
 a lesser work.

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.280
 Like, no,

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.360
 actually the real work

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.320
 is that I tell them

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.560
 what I think is there,

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.720
 even if I haven't seen

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.500
 any fruit of it yet.

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.240
 No,

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.520
 the real work

00:29:05.520 --> 00:29:06.360
 is to pray

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.700
 that God would bring

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.480
 that to them

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.480
 and that they would be

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.160
 convicted of it

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.060
 and they would see it.

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.380
 Will you do that?

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:15.200
 Everybody wants

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.240
 to discern things.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.020
 Everybody wants

00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:17.940
 to see things.

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:18.800
 Everybody wants

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.700
 to get things right

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.300
 on things.

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:21.660
 But where are the people

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.560
 who will pray

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.600
 into things?

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.420
 A lot smaller crowd

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.300
 when it comes to that.

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.160
 And I'm telling you,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.759
 the real discerners,

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.600
 the real people

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.340
 who are in it

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:33.400
 not for their own glory

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.740
 and their own satisfaction,

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.680
 but are in it

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.000
 for the glory of God

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.160
 are the ones

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.800
 who are willing

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:40.120
 to pray into things

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.419
 for days,

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.579
 months,

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:45.179
 maybe years,

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.039
 that they think

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.679
 they see

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:50.019
 and they're willing

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.699
 to pray

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.459
 and pray

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.159
 and pray

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.239
 until God

00:29:53.239 --> 00:29:54.000
 brings it forth

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.059
 and causes them

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.679
 to be convicted

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.259
 themselves

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.500
 and new fruit

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.919
 is born.

00:29:59.239 --> 00:29:59.979
 Who's willing

00:29:59.979 --> 00:30:00.579
 to do that?

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:01.539
 Who's willing

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.319
 to do that work?

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.959
 Who's willing

00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:03.839
 to do that work

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.819
 in a new church plant

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.079
 to do the work

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.519
 of building

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.539
 a good foundation

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.319
 in this church?

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:10.079
 Not of evil suspicion,

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.059
 skepticism,

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.279
 and cynicism,

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:14.220
 but of love

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.619
 that hopes the best

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.200
 for people

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.460
 and is praying

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.939
 through

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:19.000
 all those

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.679
 impressions,

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.099
 discernments,

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.819
 and things

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.279
 that we think

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.720
 are there.

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.899
 Again,

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.980
 I'm not telling

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.759
 anybody that they're

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.359
 seeing things

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.939
 right or wrong.

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.220
 That's not my place

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.579
 right now

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.119
 in this sermon.

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.019
 The whole point is

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.939
 what do you do

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.360
 with it?

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.720
 What do you do

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.039
 with it?

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.860
 And how do you

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.580
 view things?

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.640
 How do you

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.340
 view things?

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.779
 If our default

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.840
 is mistrust,

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.180
 we're not building

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.860
 a good culture.

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.580
 And I'm afraid

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.960
 that we have had

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.660
 little pockets

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.779
 of distrust

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.880
 ever since day one

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:49.259
 that have been

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.039
 hindering our church.

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:52.559
 And we've overcome

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.059
 some,

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.620
 and so please hear me.

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.320
 I'm not saying,

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.259
 man, we're just

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.360
 a really mistrusty

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.620
 church.

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.160
 This church is

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:59.000
 messed up and bad.

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.720
 You guys suck.

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.860
 I'm not saying that.

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.679
 I'm saying,

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.219
 this is here.

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.500
 It's been here.

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.459
 It was literally

00:31:06.459 --> 00:31:07.339
 there from day one.

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.459
 I was surprised

00:31:08.459 --> 00:31:09.319
 how it came up

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.819
 in the beginning.

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.539
 And we've been

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.139
 dealing with it

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.619
 and there's been

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.259
 good repentance.

00:31:13.719 --> 00:31:14.359
 But I'm saying

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.179
 there's still,

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.539
 it's still there.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.219
 And it needs

00:31:18.219 --> 00:31:19.079
 to be repented of.

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.859
 Because it's not loving.

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.119
 It's not loving.

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.399
 Okay?

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:27.259
 1 Corinthians 4

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.019
 verse 5 says,

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.819
 do not pronounce

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.359
 judgment

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.539
 before the time

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.579
 before the Lord

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.079
 comes,

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.019
 who will bring

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.460
 to light

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.940
 the things

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.460
 now hidden

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.019
 in darkness

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.319
 and will disclose

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.059
 the purposes

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.779
 of the heart.

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.119
 Then each one

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.619
 will receive

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.399
 his commendation

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.920
 from God.

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:42.099
 That's God's work.

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.359
 He will for sure

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.059
 do it at the end,

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.779
 but sometimes

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.379
 he brings those

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.099
 things up earlier

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.059
 through our prayers.

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.319
 1 Corinthians 5

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.240
 9-13

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.099
 says,

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.599
 I wrote you

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.079
 in my letter

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.980
 not to associate

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.659
 with sexually

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.440
 immoral people,

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.559
 not at all meaning

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.440
 the sexually immoral

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.139
 of this world,

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.980
 or the greedy

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.660
 and swindlers

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.460
 or idolaters.

00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:01.420
 Since then,

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.820
 you would need

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.280
 to go out

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:02.740
 of the world.

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.620
 But now I'm

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.100
 writing you

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.620
 not to associate

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.100
 with anyone

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.560
 who bears

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:07.960
 the name

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.680
 of brother

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.420
 if he's guilty

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.000
 of sexual

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.500
 immorality

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.440
 or greed

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.680
 or is an idolater,

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.360
 reviler,

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.080
 drunkard,

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.840
 or swindler.

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.100
 Not even to eat

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.820
 with such a one.

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.920
 For what have I

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.360
 to do with

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.220
 judging outsiders?

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.520
 Is it not those

00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:22.840
 inside the church

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:24.259
 whom you

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.539
 are to judge?

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.220
 God judges

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.920
 those outside,

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.660
 purge the evil

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.599
 person from among you.

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.640
 So here he's saying,

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.299
 if you're wondering,

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.960
 are we supposed

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.420
 to judge?

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.900
 Yes, yes, yes.

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.799
 He goes on to say,

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.259
 we're actually

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.180
 going to judge angels.

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.359
 So we should be able

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.180
 to be able to judge

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.279
 matters within the church.

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.460
 We just need to be

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.940
 doing it the way

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.700
 that Jesus taught

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.220
 to do it.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.539
 Okay?

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.420
 We need to render

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.460
 true judgments.

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.240
 Zechariah 8-16

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.180
 says,

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.940
 These are the things

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.759
 that you shall do.

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.940
 Speak the truth

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.619
 to one another.

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.180
 Render in your gates

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.759
 judgments that are true

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:57.180
 and make for peace.

00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:58.420
 Not judgment

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.660
 that you think are true.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.519
 Judgments that are true.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.759
 Not judgments

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:04.180
 that you assume are true.

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.560
 Not judgments

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.960
 that might be true.

00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:08.759
 Render judgments

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.799
 that are true.

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.940
 This is what we need

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.299
 to do.

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.900
 Same thing is kind of

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:15.299
 said in Ephesians 4-25.

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.779
 It says,

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.400


00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.940
 having put away falsehood,

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:19.120
 let each one of you

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.920
 speak the truth

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.580
 with his neighbor,

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.720
 for we are members

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.340
 of one another.

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.420
 The start of that

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.500
 is to put off falsehood.

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.740
 It's to say,

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.480
 I don't know for sure

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.080
 if this is true,

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.720
 so I'm going to put it off

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.900
 either altogether

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:32.400
 or I'm going to put it off

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.259
 by giving it to the Lord

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.560
 in prayer.

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.700
 And I'm going to speak

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.180
 what I know

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.160
 to be true to my neighbor.

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.019
 If I don't know,

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.320
 then I shouldn't be speaking it.

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.060
 If I don't know,

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:41.160
 then I shouldn't be speaking it

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.960
 to someone else.

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.500
 Shouldn't be speaking it

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.279
 to someone else.

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.740
 In fact,

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:49.740
 Ecclesiastes 7-21-22

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.559
 says,

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.519
 do not take to heart

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.200
 all the things

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.160
 that people say

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.180
 lest you hear

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.480
 your servant cursing you.

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.940
 Your heart knows

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.620
 that many times

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.180
 you yourself

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.120
 have cursed others.

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.640
 Spurgeon was saying

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.160
 in that chapter

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.000
 I was reading

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.559
 that you should

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.900
 basically give people

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.359
 a pass

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.199
 when they say things

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.960
 out of passion

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.460
 because how many things

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.920
 have you said

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.519
 out of passion

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.519
 that you wish

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.340
 you could take back?

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.000
 I was like,

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.900
 yeah,

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.119
 that's probably true.

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.659
 I hope people

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.500
 will give me a pass

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.199
 for some of the things

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:21.000
 I've said in passion

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.019
 over the years

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.880
 because I know I have.

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:26.219
 And it's easy

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:29.319
 to latch

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.259
 onto those things.

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.559
 That's why he's saying

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.699
 have blind eyes

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.279
 and deaf ears

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:34.019
 to those things.

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.559
 Basically,

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.400
 David says the same thing.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.119
 Psalm 38,

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.980
 13-14.

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:39.619
 He said,

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.639
 I'm like a deaf man.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.679
 I do not hear

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.440
 like a mute man

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.759
 who does not open his mouth.

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.599
 I have become

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.039
 like a man

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.779
 who does not hear

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:46.460
 and in whose mouth

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.420
 are no rebukes.

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.900
 Sometimes you hear things

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.920
 and you just got to be like,

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.440
 you know what?

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.440
 Or you think things

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.940
 and you want to know

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.320
 a format.

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.119
 Here,

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.699
 I'm going to tell you

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.300
 a little secret

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.860
 of how to get

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.880
 really stressed out.

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:02.519
 In case you're wondering,

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.220
 you probably didn't know

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:04.139
 how to get really stressed out

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.300
 but a really good way.

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.619
 He's like,

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:06.800
 no,

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.039
 don't.

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.860
 If you want to get

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.860
 really stressed out,

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:12.519
 try to do God's job

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.940
 for him.

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:16.019
 Try to put on

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.280
 those God-sized shoes,

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.780
 right?

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.360
 It'll crush you.

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.740
 It'll weigh on you.

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:25.360
 And I think

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.900
 even from good motives,

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.579
 listen to me on this,

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.599
 I think even from good motives

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.780
 where you're literally

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.760
 wanting to bless

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.400
 other people,

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.840
 to bless our church,

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.880
 to do good

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.400
 to the people

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.119
 in our church,

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.679
 we can inadvertently

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.300
 take on God's job

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:42.280
 and do a bad job

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.539
 at it,

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:42.960
 number one.

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.180
 But then two,

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.240
 just like be really

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.900
 weighed down

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.200
 and screw things up.

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.680
 Even though we're,

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.920
 our motive is,

00:35:50.060 --> 00:35:51.039
 I just want to love them.

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.460
 If this is in them,

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.500
 I don't want it to be there.

00:35:53.560 --> 00:35:54.100
 That's not good.

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:55.200
 That's not going to

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.760
 benefit them.

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.260
 It's not going to benefit

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.680
 the kingdom.

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.380
 So even sometimes

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.140
 you can have

00:35:59.140 --> 00:36:00.500
 these suspicions

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.160
 with the,

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.980
 and have the right motives.

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.880
 It's just,

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.840
 you end up

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.840
 veering into

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:07.060
 God's job description

00:36:07.060 --> 00:36:08.940
 instead of our own,

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.880
 which is to

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:13.340
 trust God,

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.619
 pray into these things,

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:17.200
 submit them to him.

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:19.059
 Sometimes just have

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.400
 blind eyes and deaf ears

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:22.179
 to certain things we see

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:23.200
 or think we see

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.800
 or hear

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.840
 from other people.

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.340
 Just like,

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.860
 you know what?

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.820
 I'm going to give them

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.720
 the benefit of the doubt.

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.240
 I'm going to bear all things.

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.220
 I'm going to believe all things.

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:32.220
 I'm going to hope all things.

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.720
 I'm going to,

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.940
 I'm going to do that.

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.519
 But man,

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.260
 this is probably,

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.039
 it's probably there.

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.300
 No,

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.060
 but I'm going to believe

00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:39.560
 all things,

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.320
 hope all things.

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.039
 And I'm going to,

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.240
 I'm going to do it.

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.600
 You know,

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.320
 I'm going to do that.

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.680
 And then when I do see things

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.280
 that I know

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.600
 that fruit has come forth,

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:52.000
 I'm still not going

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.680
 to speak it right away.

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.519
 I'm going to pray for God

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.620
 to give me the right timing,

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.860
 the right way.

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:57.220
 Pray to be a father,

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.620
 a mother,

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.420
 to be a good brother,

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.120
 a good sister.

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:00.280
 I'm going to pray

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.840
 that I would do it

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:02.039
 in the spirit of the Lord.

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.120
 Right?

00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:04.060
 I'm going to pray

00:37:04.060 --> 00:37:04.900
 for the right timing.

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:06.320
 Timing helps.

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:06.860
 Okay?

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:08.820
 If you're married,

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.460
 you know that,

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:09.920
 right?

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:12.220
 Sometimes you bring things up

00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:13.680
 at the worst possible time.

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.960
 I feel,

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.960
 I'm not going to go there.

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:21.200
 I'm sure Gene would say

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.940
 the same thing.

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.340
 Like,

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.400
 why would you bring this up now?

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:26.079
 It's a great point.

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:26.539
 Great point.

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.260
 Ephesians 4,

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.160
 1 to 3 says,

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.659
 I, therefore,

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.659
 a prisoner for the Lord,

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:34.500
 urge you to walk

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.440
 in a manner worthy

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.960
 of the calling

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.819
 to which you've been called

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.859
 with all humility

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.420
 and gentleness,

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.099
 with patience,

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.859
 bearing with one another

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.199
 in love,

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.920
 eager to maintain

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:43.679
 the unity of the spirit

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:45.139
 and the bond of peace.

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.940
 Are you eager

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.779
 to maintain the unity

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.179
 of the spirit

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.940
 and the bond of peace?

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.859
 If you are,

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:52.059
 don't default to mistrust.

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:54.199
 Don't default to suspicion.

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.659
 Because that's not going

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.440
 to maintain the unity

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.879
 of the spirit

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.679
 and the bond of peace.

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.299
 Romans 12, 10 says,

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.659
 outdo one another

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.500
 in showing honor.

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:06.379
 I think hoping the best

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:06.819
 for someone,

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.599
 believing the best

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.059
 for someone

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.039
 is a great way

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:10.319
 to outdo one another

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:11.000
 in showing honor.

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.500
 It's saying,

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.919
 you know what?

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:13.239
 I honor you

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:15.899
 as a child of God

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:17.980
 and I'm going to give you,

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.659
 I'm going to honor you

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.219
 by giving you

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:21.219
 the benefit of the doubt.

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.399
 I'm going to love you

00:38:23.399 --> 00:38:23.899
 by giving you

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.519
 the benefit of the doubt.

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.879
 I'm going to outdo you

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:26.460
 in showing honor

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.099
 by giving you

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:28.079
 the benefit of the doubt.

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:30.079
 Imagine if that was

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.819
 our default,

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:31.819
 what that would do

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.339
 in our marriages,

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.039
 what that would do

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.639
 in our church,

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.079
 what that would do

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.480
 in our,

00:38:35.919 --> 00:38:37.359
 even maybe work

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:38.599
 relationships sometimes.

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.719
 I mean,

00:38:39.819 --> 00:38:40.239
 think of some

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:41.199
 of your work relationships

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:42.039
 where you're just like,

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.759
 oh my gosh.

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:45.019
 It's like default mistrust,

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.239
 right?

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:46.019
 Now, I'm not telling you

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.419
 to be,

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.199
 you know,

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.219
 just, okay, fine,

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.139
 just let in all this

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.299
 bad stuff and just like,

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:51.239
 I'm going to give everybody

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.059
 the benefit of the doubt.

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.299
 No.

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.539
 But,

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.960
 you know what I'm saying?

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.639
 Like,

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.900
 there's a way to think.

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.599
 Romans 12, 17 says,

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:01.019
 repay no one evil for evil,

00:39:01.379 --> 00:39:02.299
 but give thought

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:03.819
 to do what is honorable

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:04.879
 in the sight of all.

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.599
 Give thought.

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.259
 So I'm asking you

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:10.179
 to take heed

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.799
 to what the scripture

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.460
 says here

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.519
 and to give thought

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.980
 to this,

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.000
 to give thought

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.319
 to do what is honorable

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:16.179
 in the sight of all.

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.139
 I want you to think

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.739
 about this.

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.579
 I want you to think

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.619
 about how you're,

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.539
 what is your default,

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.879
 how your mind works,

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.960
 how you're thinking

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.880
 about the different people

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.599
 in this church.

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.280
 Maybe even go through the list

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.720
 and think,

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.880
 am I loving

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:29.300
 all of these people?

00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:31.500
 Am I defaulting

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.019
 to love

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.740
 or defaulting

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.559
 to suspicion?

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.680
 And then I'm saying,

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.559
 let's remove

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.519
 all the obstacles

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:39.340
 of evil suspicions.

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.640
 Let's,

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.160
 let's get them out

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:40.519
 of the way.

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.280
 All right?

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.640
 I believe that all my heart

00:39:42.640 --> 00:39:43.460
 God wants to establish

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.940
 this church.

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.820
 I believe he's going to.

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.760
 I believe he has been.

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:47.599
 And I believe this is an obstacle

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.619
 that's standing in the way.

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.940
 2 Corinthians 6,

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.420
 3 says,

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.619
 we put no obstacle

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.539
 in anyone's way

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.760
 so that no fault

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.200
 may be found

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.800
 with our ministry.

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.880
 We need to say

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.559
 the same thing.

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.220
 We need to say,

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.820
 if I have put an obstacle

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.599
 in the way

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.980
 of this ministry

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.740
 of this church

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.639
 by being,

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.599
 have this unhealthy

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.440
 skepticism,

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.159
 cynicism,

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:06.960
 or suspicion,

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.300
 I need to repent

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:08.780
 from it

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.639
 and turn to God

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.440
 and love the way

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.360
 1 Corinthians 13,

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.180
 7 says.

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.059
 Romans 12,

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.720
 18 says,

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.480
 if possible,

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:17.139
 so far as it depends

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.659
 on you,

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.780
 live peaceably

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.300
 with all.

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.740
 Okay,

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.599
 one caveat with this.

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.619
 If you believe

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:24.220
 that you've been

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.460
 suspicious of some people

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:27.000
 in a way that you should not,

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.840
 don't go to people

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.420
 and say,

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.760
 I've been suspicious

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:31.360
 of you.

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.300
 Okay?

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.300
 That's not going to help.

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.039
 That will probably

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.860
 just bring up

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.619
 more suspicion.

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.019
 Okay?

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.159
 Take care of that

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:42.059
 between you and the Lord.

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.900
 Now,

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:45.079
 if you like

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.820
 were a jerk to somebody,

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.039
 say,

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.180
 I'm sorry for being a jerk.

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:49.679
 If you were mean to someone,

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:49.899
 say,

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.460
 I'm sorry

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:52.079
 for being unloving to you.

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:53.019
 But,

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:54.099
 as far as being,

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:54.639
 you know,

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.819
 suspicious and skeptical

00:40:55.819 --> 00:40:56.659
 and cynical with someone,

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.579
 take care of that

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.299
 with you and the Lord

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:59.599
 because if you just

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.319
 go to them with that,

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:00.899
 it's going to cause

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:01.399
 more problems

00:41:01.399 --> 00:41:02.199
 and you can have

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:03.259
 this subtle kind of,

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.480
 this is my way

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.299
 to kind of,

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.859
 you know,

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:08.559
 tell them that

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.819
 they have something wrong

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:10.960
 but by not telling them

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.759
 and like me looking

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:12.299
 like I'm humble

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:13.159
 at the same time,

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.759
 you know,

00:41:13.759 --> 00:41:14.179
 this kind of

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.219
 sophisticated thing.

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.759
 So,

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:16.480
 it's best just to

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.279
 take care of that

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:18.059
 with you and the Lord.

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.059
 Alright?

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.619
 Repent and go to God

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.519
 and then start loving

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.359
 that person

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:23.679
 by hoping the best

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.019
 for them.

00:41:24.859 --> 00:41:25.119
 Okay?

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:26.319
 This is a healthy,

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.059
 loving church

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.579
 when we

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.859
 bear all things,

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:30.179
 believe all things,

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.519
 hope all things,

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.879
 and endure all things.

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:34.099
 That's why Psalm 133

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.639
 verse 1 says,

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.139
 Behold,

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:37.139
 how good

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:39.099
 and pleasant it is

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.959
 when brothers

00:41:39.959 --> 00:41:40.639
 dwell together

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.099
 in unity.

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.699
 Behold,

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.399
 it's good

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:45.039
 when we dwell

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.720
 together in unity

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:46.300
 and we're not

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:48.180
 defaulting to mistrust,

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:49.780
 it's a good thing.

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:51.180
 It's a good church.

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.340
 It's a good experience.

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:53.400
 Alright?

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:56.360
 Close with Romans 15,

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.400
 5 through 6.

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.519
 May the God

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.079
 of endurance

00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:00.180
 and encouragement

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:01.360
 grant you to live

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.240
 in such harmony

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:03.019
 with one another

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:04.680
 in accord with Christ Jesus

00:42:04.680 --> 00:42:05.880
 that together

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:07.300
 you may with one voice

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:08.680
 glorify the God

00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:09.180
 and Father

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:10.320
 of our Lord

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:11.579
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.039
 Amen?

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.200
 Amen?

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:13.339
 Amen.