WEBVTT 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:04.679 So, I'm really privileged and honored to be here tonight and speak to y'all just for a little bit. 00:00:05.100 --> 00:00:11.720 So, just kind of going back to what Alex is saying and what Nathan was saying, it's like, man, it's not about any of us up here. 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:18.080 Like, I'm just glad that we get to really hear the word tonight, and I'm honored to study it. 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:24.179 So, the cool thing about tonight is we're going through Philippians, and I believe that, like, man, as we're all in here, 00:00:24.179 --> 00:00:28.820 like, I know that we're all, like, some of y'all are from Truett, and some of us are from North Georgia, 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:31.019 and we've all got, like, different walks of life. 00:00:31.339 --> 00:00:36.480 And the cool thing is, is that, like, tonight the word is relevant to every stage that we're in. 00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:39.700 It's like, so I believe, like, man, the word has something to say to us. 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:40.640 It has something to say to me. 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:41.880 It's been speaking to me all week. 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:42.859 So, it's cool. 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:47.379 And so, I think we're going to be kind of talking to two different groups of people tonight, 00:00:47.480 --> 00:00:50.500 and I think it's going to be, I think everyone's going to be able to take something away from tonight. 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:54.340 And so, kind of the way that I'm following up Clay is we're doing Philippians. 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:57.000 So, we've been doing one, and we've been going through the text. 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.100 And the way that we do it is we do expositionally, where we just go verse by verse. 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:05.260 And that's good, because it leaves less room for me just to throw in my own opinions. 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:07.099 The other side of that is, like, topically. 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:10.900 So, you have, like, topical preaching where we'll talk on, like, a certain topic, and that's good. 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:12.000 And I love that. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:13.420 I have no problem with it. 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:14.640 But I'm just not that creative. 00:01:14.980 --> 00:01:16.420 So, I just get to go. 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:20.939 Y'all are stuck with no creativeness from me, and we just get to go straight into the text. 00:01:20.939 --> 00:01:28.099 But I think it's cool, because it leaves, it doesn't allow us to kind of insert our own opinions there. 00:01:28.259 --> 00:01:32.780 I think it's so important that, like, Nathan's been talking about this a lot, is, you know, as we're in college, 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:35.840 like, we're being told so many different things right now, and it's hard to decipher. 00:01:35.939 --> 00:01:36.780 Okay, so what's true? 00:01:36.859 --> 00:01:42.560 Like, there might be a little bit of truth in it, and I can add my own story to it, but it might not be completely true. 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:51.260 And so, as we're at college, as we're hearing so many different things to us, like, man, what the world is telling us that it's okay to live by. 00:01:52.740 --> 00:01:54.820 Man, we get to look at God's Word and be like, okay, so what does it say? 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:59.640 So, as we go through tonight, we're just going to go in verse by verse by verse, which is cool. 00:01:59.900 --> 00:02:00.820 I'm really excited about it. 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:05.379 So, we're in Philippians 1, 27 through 30. 00:02:06.300 --> 00:02:09.840 And so, I'm just going to do a quick little recap of last week. 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.879 So, last week, Clay was speaking. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:14.340 Clay's not here, so he's in Hiawassee. 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:16.680 So, I was the last resort. 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:18.159 Y'all are stuck with me tonight. 00:02:19.480 --> 00:02:23.060 And so, Clay, last week, so we're just going to pick up kind of where he left off. 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:30.599 So, he said in verse 19 through 26, he's talking about this huge section. 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.840 Like, if we get to really read the Word, and we really, like, understand what's going on, 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:38.340 there's this huge claim that's made. 00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:42.140 So, if we just, like, sometimes I think, like, you've been stuck in church long enough 00:02:42.140 --> 00:02:43.960 to where you, like, we'll read certain texts. 00:02:44.659 --> 00:02:45.379 And, uh... 00:02:45.379 --> 00:02:48.680 I'm kind of nervous over there. 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:49.259 Sorry. 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:51.280 So, we'll read certain kind of texts. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.560 And we're in this, like, Christian mode of, like, okay, like, I know how to read verses. 00:02:54.699 --> 00:02:55.960 Like, I've been reading the Bible for a while. 00:02:56.219 --> 00:02:59.780 And so, we kind of read over text, and we're like, okay, yeah, to live is Christ, you know, 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:01.539 or to die is Christ, and to live is... 00:03:01.539 --> 00:03:02.920 or to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.439 So, we read over those verses, and we're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's cool. 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:11.859 But, man, am I the only one here who has, like, a really hard time saying, like, amen to that? 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:13.579 Like, yes. 00:03:13.819 --> 00:03:15.939 So, if we're translating that, Paul is literally saying, 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:20.039 it would actually be better for me to die because I get to go be with Christ. 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:22.939 But it's also okay for me to live because I get to keep sharing the gospel. 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:27.180 And so, that's a tough text to say amen to. 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:32.879 Like, I mean, you know, if we just think about what are all the things that, like, I really look forward to. 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:34.780 And I think, you know, a lot of us are in the same boat. 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.419 Man, I can tell you the things that I'm really excited about. 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:41.979 I'm really excited about getting married one day and, you know, having a family and doing life. 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:43.780 I'm really excited about those things. 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:47.020 And so, what happens a lot of times is we look forward to those things so much 00:03:47.020 --> 00:03:50.300 that we, you know, start to value those things, like, above Christ. 00:03:50.300 --> 00:03:54.480 And so, you know, like, am I, I guess the question that I have to ask myself 00:03:54.480 --> 00:03:58.360 and that we all have to ask ourselves tonight is it's like, okay, would I rather, 00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:01.680 like, on the day of your wedding, like, you're ready to get married, 00:04:01.760 --> 00:04:05.020 you've been going through all the planning of everything, and you're psyched. 00:04:05.620 --> 00:04:07.660 And that's, I'm just using this as an example. 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:11.200 But, and then if you have this opportunity, like, okay, Christ can come back right now. 00:04:11.220 --> 00:04:11.800 Would you take it? 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:16.139 And if we're just like, it's hard to be like, yes, I'm so stoked about that. 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:17.920 Christ, come back right now. 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:19.240 Like, I'm okay. 00:04:19.340 --> 00:04:20.199 This marriage is cool. 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:21.159 I'm looking forward to it. 00:04:21.539 --> 00:04:24.920 But, and I think if we're honest, that is a hard thing to say amen to. 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:26.539 Like, that's really hard. 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:32.199 And so, it's a really good litmus test of, like, how important Christ is to us. 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.939 Like, how badly do we want Jesus to come back right now? 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:38.199 And I think there's so many things that we're looking forward to 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:41.899 that we sometimes put those on this pedestal above Christ. 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:45.339 So, that was last week. 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:45.839 Really heavy. 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:46.759 Really heavy. 00:04:46.859 --> 00:04:49.519 And then we're going into this week, which, I don't know, it doesn't get much better. 00:04:49.679 --> 00:04:51.879 It's, I mean, as far as how tough it is to say. 00:04:52.239 --> 00:04:53.919 So, I'm going to read through the text. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:56.060 I'll do a quick little intro, and then we'll pray. 00:04:56.060 --> 00:04:56.100 Okay. 00:04:56.100 --> 00:04:59.280 So, he says in verse 27, he says, 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:18.939 This is a clear sign to them of their destruction. 00:05:18.939 --> 00:05:35.879 I think I'll just go ahead and pray right there. 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:38.060 I think that's a good point before I really start blabbering on. 00:05:39.060 --> 00:05:40.920 Father, thank you so much for tonight. 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:42.980 Thank you for just the opportunity to be here. 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:45.060 Thank you for every single person that is in this room. 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:46.939 Lord, I know you drew them here for a reason. 00:05:46.939 --> 00:05:50.120 Not because I had anything good to say, but because we get to really come to you 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.699 and just understand and hear from your word tonight. 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:57.060 So, Father, I just pray that you would take away all my own opinions and my own thoughts 00:05:57.060 --> 00:06:00.800 and that we would really kind of understand what you're saying in this verse to us 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:02.800 and we would allow it to change our lives. 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:06.680 Father, I pray that you would humble us tonight to see how glorious your gospel is 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:08.000 and how much we need you, Father. 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:09.300 We praise you. 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:10.159 Just give us clarity. 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:11.500 Give us attention tonight. 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:12.720 We praise you in Christ's name. 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:13.060 Amen. 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:14.680 Okay. 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:19.220 So, the main thing I'm going for tonight, like the main question we're talking about, 00:06:19.620 --> 00:06:21.220 is he says in this first verse, he says, 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.280 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ. 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:28.800 So, if we stop right there, that's this huge statement. 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:30.160 That's a huge question. 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:34.840 Like, okay, only let your manner of life be in a way that's worthy of the gospel. 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:38.000 So, right there, that is a huge, that's a huge thing to say. 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:43.699 And so, I think a lot of times we can kind of miss, we can not understand exactly what this verse is saying. 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:45.540 So, what do we mean by that? 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.360 Like, what do I mean when I say, when Paul says, 00:06:48.740 --> 00:06:51.019 Let your life be in a manner that's worthy of the gospel. 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.519 So, let's define that a little bit better so we understand what we're talking about tonight. 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:58.019 So, I want to talk about, like, okay, what are we not saying? 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:00.800 Because, I want to, like, let's get that clear, okay? 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:05.439 When Paul says, Only live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel. 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:11.840 Paul is not saying, Be a good person, do good things, recycle, and don't watch R.A. movies. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:17.280 But, a lot of the times, like, man, that is, I mean, let's take out, let's take out, like, a few of those hokey things. 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:21.560 But, it's like, man, honestly, that's what really, like, if we're to think of, like, the American Christian life, 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:23.340 that's what it can really kind of boil down to. 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:28.199 It's like, okay, I'm not doing these things, and I'm being good, and I'm not watching these R.A. movies 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.199 unless they're violent and they're war-themed. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:38.600 And so, it really depends on, like, how, and so, if it's not saying that, 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:42.319 if Paul's not just saying, Be a good person, then what is he saying? 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:45.520 And so, it depends on how we define, like, who Jesus was. 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:52.439 So, let's reread that verse, but let's substitute the word gospel. 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:54.840 So, if you've grown up in church, you know that gospel means good news. 00:07:55.840 --> 00:08:00.040 So, only let your manner of life be worthy of the good news of Christ. 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:01.120 And so, what's the good news? 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.680 Man, before, I'm not just going to spend 20 minutes talking about what the good news of Christ is. 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:07.720 We're going to go over it, like, just for a second. 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.260 But, if y'all could turn to Romans 3. 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:13.939 I don't think y'all will be flipping many places tonight. 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:18.920 So, we're going to start in 21 and go through 26. 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:26.500 Just so that we can kind of understand a little bit more clearly, like, what is Paul talking about when he says the good news? 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:27.879 So that we're all on the same page here. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:31.379 Okay, so the good news. 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:33.419 Man, this is awesome. 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:34.200 Verse 21. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:41.840 But now the righteousness of God, so meaning, talking about Christ, has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it. 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.799 The righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, for all who believe. 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:48.379 For there is no distinction. 00:08:48.379 --> 00:09:05.399 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:10.820 This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine foreparents, he had passed over former sins. 00:09:10.820 --> 00:09:18.320 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just, and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:21.800 So, in a nutshell, that's exactly what we're talking about. 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.240 That's the good news of Christ, is that everyone has sinned. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.340 Like, there's not a single person, Mother Teresa, is in the same boat as us. 00:09:28.420 --> 00:09:29.320 Gandhi's in the same boat. 00:09:30.180 --> 00:09:31.020 Martin Luther King, Jr. 00:09:31.180 --> 00:09:32.100 We're all in the same boat. 00:09:33.300 --> 00:09:34.940 Adolf Hitler has put, like, everyone in there. 00:09:35.280 --> 00:09:39.400 And the good news is that, so we've all fallen short, but it's not just that we're left to our own devices. 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.919 It's that, man, God made its way through Christ. 00:09:42.340 --> 00:09:45.240 And so, he provided an opportunity for us to be justified. 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:46.659 So, that's through Jesus. 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:48.220 So, that is the good news. 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:48.840 That's what we're talking about. 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:50.059 That's what we're defining it as. 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:56.959 So, it's really important, and it's almost like, man, it has to be, like, really put in our heads, like, over and over again, 00:09:57.199 --> 00:10:00.480 that the gospel is not just about abstaining from certain things. 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:02.860 Saying, like, no, I'm not going to party that way. 00:10:02.939 --> 00:10:04.559 I'm not going to watch that movie. 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:06.120 And I'm not going to listen to that music. 00:10:06.699 --> 00:10:09.199 And I'm not going to, you know, list it off. 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:12.039 Like, but a lot of times, that's kind of what the Christian life boils down to. 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:13.059 Like, we see that with people. 00:10:13.199 --> 00:10:15.139 It's like, well, they're just not doing certain things. 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:16.620 Like, okay, is that what it's all about? 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:19.919 Because if that's what it's all about, if it's just about abstaining from things, 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:22.579 then, like, man, I think a lot of us here don't want a part of that. 00:10:22.699 --> 00:10:23.419 That's not enough. 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:24.259 That's not enough to save us. 00:10:24.299 --> 00:10:25.480 That's not enough to motivate us. 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:31.500 And so, if we did that, we would miss out on the whole point of the gospel completely. 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:34.779 If we just stopped there and said, let's do these good things, 00:10:34.779 --> 00:10:37.980 and let's stop doing these bad things, then we'd miss out completely. 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:43.800 So, this question that I'm asking, I'm like, man, so, let your manner of life, 00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:45.779 like, live it in a way that's worthy of the gospel. 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:47.680 Why does it matter to you right here? 00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:48.800 Like, okay, we're all in this room. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.039 Like, why does it matter to us as college students? 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:53.220 Most of us, like, most of us here are college students. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:58.440 So, the reason why it matters to us is if you think about the way you've lived your life, 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:00.399 is that our ethics are constantly changing. 00:11:00.680 --> 00:11:05.360 Okay, so, you're in middle school, and you, like, there's certain ways that you said, 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.759 like, okay, when I'm in high school, I won't do this. 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:10.620 Or maybe in high school, you looked at people, and you saw people, like, partying, 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:14.740 or drinking, or sleeping around, or something, and you're like, oh, I promise, like, 00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:16.200 I'm never going to be that way. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:19.840 And so, we set this, like, standard, and so, then we get to high school, and we're like, 00:11:19.899 --> 00:11:21.060 oh, well, that's actually all right. 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:22.759 Like, I don't, like, that music, it's okay. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.300 Like, that's not so bad. 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:25.360 I'm okay listening to that music. 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.440 And then we get to college, and we're like, ah, that person's doing it. 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:29.659 And so, I'm okay with that. 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:31.720 So, our ethics, we're constantly changing. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.920 So, even when you get married, your standards of, like, what's right and wrong, 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:35.700 it's going to change again. 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:37.620 And it's kind of like this cycle. 00:11:37.800 --> 00:11:39.320 And so, that's changing. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.280 And so, kind of what happens is we've made this change from, like, our ethics, 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:46.759 where we thought this was wrong at one point, and now we're kind of in college, 00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:50.400 and there's this whole mesh of different cultures and different beliefs, 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:52.180 and we're making compromises. 00:11:52.940 --> 00:11:57.680 Because Paul is saying, let your life be lived in a way that's worthy of the gospel. 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:02.099 But the thing is that we're making compromises that we never said we would. 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:08.519 So, we're no longer living our lives in a manner worthy of the gospel. 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:14.919 But the thing is that, like, as Christians, if you're in this room right now, 00:12:14.959 --> 00:12:18.939 and you're calling yourself a Christian, we're called not to be conformed by the ways of this world, 00:12:18.979 --> 00:12:21.079 but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:23.740 So, like, how do we do that? 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:24.820 How do we do that? 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:27.460 Like, how do we live our lives in a manner worthy of the gospel? 00:12:27.560 --> 00:12:30.420 That is such a huge claim. 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:34.920 That's a huge thing to ask of us, especially as college students, 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:38.980 since everything around us is being, we're being told different things. 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:43.039 So, man, verse 27, back to Philippians. 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:49.620 So, he says, you know, only let your manner be worthy of the gospel of Christ. 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:51.980 And so, this word manner can also translate to conduct. 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:53.600 So, the Greek word for that is, 00:12:54.300 --> 00:12:57.860 Paul's actually kind of talking about something a little bit deeper than just your conduct. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:02.340 So, background on Philippians is that this is the book of Philippians, 00:13:02.420 --> 00:13:04.320 and sometimes we don't understand exactly what that means. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:09.280 Because what's going on is that Paul is, like we said at the very beginning of Philippians' study, 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:11.160 is that, like, Paul is under house arrest, 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.080 and so he's writing this letter to the Philippian church. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:16.240 And so, what would happen a lot of times is, like, you'd have these people in this room, 00:13:16.300 --> 00:13:17.520 you'd have, like, the whole Philippian church. 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:18.879 And so, Paul would write this letter, 00:13:19.140 --> 00:13:21.040 and so there's a guy, literally, like, what we're reading right now, 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.640 there's a guy standing up there, and he's like, okay, 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:24.780 so the elders are reading it out to the church. 00:13:24.780 --> 00:13:27.180 So, they're reading this to the church in Philippi. 00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:31.160 And so, Philippi, like Paul, like Clay has talked about, 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:33.100 is actually under Roman rule. 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:35.600 So, they're considering themselves Roman citizens. 00:13:35.940 --> 00:13:37.060 And for them, that's a good thing. 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.519 They're like, okay, I'm a Roman citizen, 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:41.080 I can have claim to this, and to this, and this. 00:13:41.420 --> 00:13:43.600 Like, Rome took really good care of their cities. 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:47.460 And so, a lot of these people, like, they pride themselves on, 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:49.080 oh, I'm a Roman citizen. 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.519 Like, here, maybe not as much, but we're like, I'm an American. 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.200 Unless you're saying that in a sarcastic way. 00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:57.320 You know. 00:13:58.860 --> 00:14:02.759 So, they're really proud of their Roman citizenship. 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:05.080 It's like, okay, they consider themselves as a Roman. 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:10.060 And so, Paul is saying, let your manner be worthy of the gospel of Christ. 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.259 So, he's actually calling them to something even greater than that. 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:18.560 We can kind of know that for certain by going to, like, 00:14:18.680 --> 00:14:20.779 just flipping over a page and going to Philippians 3.20. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.420 So, he says, in Philippians 3.20, he says, 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:25.639 But our citizenship is in heaven. 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.559 And from it, we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:32.259 So, Paul is actually saying, you're not, yeah, you're a Roman citizen, you're here. 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.019 But you're really a citizen of the kingdom. 00:14:35.839 --> 00:14:38.279 And so, Paul is kind of, like, asking them, like, 00:14:38.339 --> 00:14:41.219 just kind of forget about your Roman citizenship just for a second. 00:14:41.479 --> 00:14:45.000 And remember that you're called to an even greater citizenship, which is in heaven. 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:53.299 And so, as we kind of go on with this, like, I'm just kind of reiterating that Paul is calling them away from that 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:55.940 and to this heavenly citizenship. 00:14:56.659 --> 00:15:00.299 And so, I'm just kind of reiterating, like, and this is, there's just, like, 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:04.460 we're not called in the gospel just to abstain from certain things. 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:08.080 It is not a life of just not doing certain things. 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.279 It's so much more than that. 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:13.439 And so, I'm just coming back to that main question of, 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:18.039 are you tonight living your life in a manner that's worthy of the gospel? 00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:23.199 Like, so, as an individual, are you, am I living my life in a manner that's worthy of the gospel? 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:25.000 So, there are two categories. 00:15:25.139 --> 00:15:27.079 So, you're in one category and you're in the other tonight. 00:15:27.319 --> 00:15:30.220 So, I think there's, the first category is people who, 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:34.220 okay, yeah, you once did live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel. 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:38.799 Okay, you, like, maybe in high school, we were, like, you know, 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:43.779 if, as anyone grew up in the Bible Belt, you were in church, you were involved, 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:46.519 you were a part of your church body, 00:15:46.939 --> 00:15:48.519 and then something happened to where we came to college 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.559 and we made one compromise after another, 00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:53.819 and then we're no longer, we can no longer, like, put ourselves in this boat of, 00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:56.079 well, yeah, I'm living my life in a manner worthy of the gospel. 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:59.799 We're actually far from it, and we've actually run from that, 00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:02.879 and we're making so many more compromises than we ever thought we would. 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:09.080 And then, or, you're kind of in this other boat where Paul's in, 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:13.000 and he says in 3.12, he says in this next chapter, he says, 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:15.000 not that I've already obtained this, 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.539 so all these things that we're talking about, he says, 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:19.080 not that I've already obtained this, or am already perfect, 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.860 but I press on to make it my own, 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.740 because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:25.779 And so, you're either in this boat of, 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:28.639 okay, well, I've left the time that I was walking, 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.179 like, in a manner worthy of the gospel, 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:33.539 and now I don't even know where I am anymore. 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:35.480 Or, you're kind of with Paul, where you're like, 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:39.759 man, I'm not perfect, and, I mean, yes, I can say, 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.299 like, yes, I'm living my life in a manner worthy of the gospel, 00:16:42.819 --> 00:16:45.439 but I kind of, I think the things that we're going to go through tonight are, 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:47.199 okay, well, do you have the right motivation? 00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:50.679 What is, like, motivating you to live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel? 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:53.579 Are you in the right motivation, or are you burnt out? 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:55.680 Like, have we been doing this, and we're not actually doing it 00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.759 for the right motivation anymore? 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:58.980 We kind of need to have, like, a heart check of, 00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:01.120 well, why am I actually doing the things that I'm doing? 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.400 Are we doing it because that's the right thing to do, 00:17:04.840 --> 00:17:07.400 and we know that it's going to make our parents happy, 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:09.400 and it's going to keep us safe, 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.519 and it's just the thing that we've been doing 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:13.100 since we've been in middle school, 00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:14.720 and we never really asked why. 00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:18.440 So, that's kind of the direction that we're going for tonight. 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:22.620 And so, I'm just going to go back, 00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.379 and so we're going to start, 00:17:23.439 --> 00:17:24.399 and we're just going to kind of go down. 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.619 I promise I won't take that long. 00:17:27.459 --> 00:17:29.859 Okay, so, I kind of want to go deeper into this point of, 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.899 like, okay, so why is this question of 00:17:31.899 --> 00:17:33.819 living your life in a manner worthy of the gospel, 00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:36.500 why is that, like, so hard to live? 00:17:36.659 --> 00:17:38.519 Like, I say that it's hard to live out, 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:40.899 like, yeah, it's hard to say, you know, 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:43.819 to live is Christ and to die is gain. 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:45.059 Like, that's a hard thing to say, 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.399 but why am I saying that to live your life 00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:48.319 in a manner worthy of the gospel, 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.119 that's a hard thing? 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.939 Well, I think the reason why that is, 00:17:50.979 --> 00:17:53.139 because unless you live in a commune, 00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.799 somewhere that I don't know about, 00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:56.279 and you're in your holy huddle, 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.500 and we're just hanging out with Christians all day, 00:17:58.859 --> 00:18:00.839 and we're not really listening to the world, 00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.879 we're not paying attention to the world, 00:18:02.239 --> 00:18:03.559 then, unless you're there, 00:18:03.719 --> 00:18:05.199 well, we can talk afterwards, maybe, 00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:07.419 but, like, unless you're in a commune, 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.379 then you are in this college environment, 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.859 or you're just in the world, 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.399 like, as soon as we get out of college, 00:18:12.459 --> 00:18:13.479 we're going to still kind of be 00:18:13.479 --> 00:18:15.459 under this extraordinary pressure 00:18:15.459 --> 00:18:16.819 to make compromises. 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:20.319 And we need to realize, like, 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:23.700 we are under this extreme amount of pressure 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:25.059 to not live your life 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:26.579 in a manner worthy of the gospel. 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.200 Actually, we're called to live our lives 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.740 in a manner that's worthy of culture. 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:33.679 And so if we don't believe that, 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:35.259 first of all, we need to wake up to that, 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.159 and, like, I pray, like, 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.819 let's wake up to the fact that culture is saying, 00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.839 live your life in a manner 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.500 that's worthy of what we're saying. 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:43.599 And so the things that we're going to find, 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.559 what the world tells us to live our life 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.220 in a manner of, it would be 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:49.139 how much money you make. 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.779 So when you get out and you get a job, 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:52.259 how much money are you making? 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.879 What about the car that you drive? 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.980 The person that you're married to? 00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:58.700 The family that you raise? 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:00.779 These are kind of long-term, like, down the road, 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.960 because we're not really there yet. 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.759 But it's like, man, 00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:04.319 or even just right now in college, 00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:05.059 like, okay, 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:07.740 what fraternity are you a part of? 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.279 Like, what sorority are you a part of? 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:11.139 Like, how involved are you in campus? 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:13.020 How much money are you making right now? 00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:14.980 Like, man, culture is bombarding us 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:16.600 with, like, just different ideas of, 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.980 okay, this is how you live your life 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:19.320 in a manner that's worthy of us. 00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:24.780 So, I kind of think that what happens 00:19:24.780 --> 00:19:25.840 to a lot of us is we say, 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.900 well, okay, maybe I'm not living my life, like, 00:19:29.280 --> 00:19:30.259 in a manner worthy of the gospel 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:32.240 the way that Swanson's defining it. 00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:33.780 But, I mean, yeah, okay, 00:19:33.780 --> 00:19:35.780 I'm not, like, reading my Bible daily, 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:37.840 I'm not, like, involved in the church, 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:40.419 and I'm not, like, disciplining myself 00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.839 in, like, godliness or whatever, 00:19:41.919 --> 00:19:42.599 like, they'll say. 00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:44.220 So, maybe I'm not, like, 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:46.500 going ham on the gospel right now, 00:19:46.959 --> 00:19:48.899 but, man, I'm not, like, 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:50.179 sleeping around, like, 00:19:50.199 --> 00:19:50.939 as much as that person, 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:52.279 or, like, I'm not drinking as, 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.799 like, that guy really drinks a lot. 00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:55.859 Like, man, and we hear it all the time. 00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:56.439 Like, you hear people 00:19:56.439 --> 00:19:57.459 constantly comparing themselves, 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:59.339 like, well, I'm not as bad as that person. 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:02.799 And so, kind of what happens is 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:04.500 we believe that we're in this place 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.399 of neutral ground. 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:07.940 Like, I talk, I think it's the most, 00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:08.740 it's the scariest thing, 00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:11.120 because, like, I talk to a lot of my friends, 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:12.300 and they're in the same boat of, like, 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.040 well, they believe that they're 00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:14.960 in this neutral territory. 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:16.140 Okay, I'm not doing this. 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:18.240 I'm not going and sharing the gospel 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.640 all the time. 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.420 I'm not reading my Bible. 00:20:19.560 --> 00:20:21.120 I'm not, I'm not going crazy 00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.519 with the gospel. 00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:23.259 But I'm not, like, straight up, like, 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.580 you know, doing drugs 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.280 and snorting cocaine 00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:26.120 or something like that. 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.060 So, they just kind of, like, 00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.940 believe, like, well, I'm neutral. 00:20:28.040 --> 00:20:29.580 Like, I can stay in this neutral 00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:30.160 area of the territory 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.920 where I'm not really, like, 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.360 going forward, 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:32.259 but I'm not really, like, 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.119 taking steps back. 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.619 And so, what happens is 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.640 we believe this mindset, 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:38.059 and then three years later, 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.440 like, where we thought 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.299 we would never be, 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.539 we wake up, and we're like, 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.700 how did we even get here? 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:44.000 Like, we have this, like, 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.759 aha moment. 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.099 We're like, 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.900 I don't even know 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.799 what I'm doing anymore. 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.720 Like, how did I get 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.579 from such a place 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.059 where I thought 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.879 that I wasn't ever going to be, 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:53.099 and now I'm here? 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.720 And so, I don't think it's, 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.640 I don't think anyone here 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.059 would be like, 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.759 okay, yeah, 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.920 I just woke up one night, 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.080 and I just decided, 00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.960 I woke up one morning 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.720 and just decided, 00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:03.180 I'm done with this gospel thing. 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.019 Like, I'm done with church. 00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:05.200 Like, I'm walking away from it. 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.039 Like, this isn't, 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.779 this isn't meaningful. 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.920 Like, I really, 00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.519 sometimes, 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.500 but for the most part, 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:11.000 I believe that no one's going to, 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.380 like, really make that much 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.240 of a conscious decision 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.660 to be like, 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.539 what you got, world? 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.259 Let's do this. 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.300 Like, I just don't think 00:21:17.300 --> 00:21:17.960 that's going to happen. 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:19.019 And so, what happens, though, 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.779 what I believe, 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.580 is that we have this neutral territory 00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.019 where we're like, 00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:23.600 yeah, I'm not really doing 00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:23.960 these things. 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.000 And so, we just start taking 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:27.319 really slow, subtle, 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.380 like, inch by inch steps back. 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.599 And we wake up, 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.480 and we just realize, 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:33.759 like, man, 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.579 what has happened? 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:36.779 I wanted to give a shout-out 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.220 to Clay, 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.779 because he let me, 00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.920 he, he, well, 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.900 he ran out of options, 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.440 and so he had to let me speak. 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.980 But, so Clay's like 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.960 a huge history buff, 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.680 so I have to give him 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.579 a history shout-out. 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:50.319 So, generals believe that 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.079 if their soldiers were not 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.900 advancing towards enemy lines, 00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.500 like, if they weren't 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.280 taking ground, 00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.759 that they were actually 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.380 losing it. 00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:59.220 So, so generals were 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.120 constantly advancing 00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.600 their armies, 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.080 like, saying, okay, 00:22:01.540 --> 00:22:02.160 keep going. 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.340 It's not, like, 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.540 they, they rarely had them 00:22:04.540 --> 00:22:05.240 just, like, camp out 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.600 and just, like, 00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.360 stay a certain place. 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.940 It was kind of, like, 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.400 always, like, 00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.200 trying to figure out, 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.700 okay, well, 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.300 let's wait for these 00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:10.160 reinforcements to come 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.360 so we can finally take this. 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.880 It was kind of, 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.780 it wasn't, 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.640 it was never this, 00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.040 all right, well, 00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.800 we got that hill. 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.420 Like, man, 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.740 we stormed Normandy. 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.560 Let's, Normandy, 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.160 let's just, like, 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.800 chill here for a while. 00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:19.759 This beach is great. 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.960 Like, that's not, 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.359 like, man, 00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.259 we just kept advancing. 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.200 That was for you, Clay. 00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:28.819 So, so you're in that boat. 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.900 There's one group of us 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.519 that's in that boat 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.099 of, like, okay, 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.359 the compromises 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.700 and slowly, 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.500 we're not taking ground. 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.559 We're actually, 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.119 like, I mean, 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.599 even, I'm really kind of 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.640 more of a real world 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.220 example of, like, 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.539 divorce. 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.079 I don't, 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.220 I rarely think that anyone, 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.819 like, you know, 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.759 gets involved in a marriage 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.240 and they're, like, 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.460 this thing's gonna be great. 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.079 I'll probably give it 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.299 three years of my best shot 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.319 and then we'll call it quits 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.960 in about five 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.680 after we have kids. 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.940 Like, no one, 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.079 no one's gonna marry 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.899 that person anyways. 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.240 It's kind of this, like, 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.139 and so, I mean, 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.079 it's like, how do we, 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.319 so the question is, 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.139 like, how do we, 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.720 how, how, 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.700 if we're all susceptible 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.119 to it, 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.279 if we're all sinful 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.639 and we're all fully capable 00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.539 of the same thing, 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.059 like, I'm so capable 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.740 of divorce 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.720 just as much 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.599 as the next guy is. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.399 And so, 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.500 I think what happens 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.240 is that we believe 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.919 that we're not. 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.659 We believe that, 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.700 well, I'm not going 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.619 to ever get a divorce. 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.159 I've seen the way 00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:18.639 it's wrecked. 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.560 Like, my life 00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.980 or my friend's life. 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.620 And so then we get 00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.080 in this marriage 00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.840 and we're not really 00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.900 advancing the marriage either. 00:23:25.020 --> 00:23:25.820 We're just kind of like, 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.440 you know, like, 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.259 I mean, I'm married now 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.340 and, you know, 00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.340 she's cool, 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.960 like, we'll talk. 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.700 And then there's things 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.759 kind of, you get distance 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.560 and it's just like, 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.140 day by day 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.720 and you just don't even 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.120 really know where 00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.540 you are anymore. 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.780 So I think that kind of 00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.480 happens, like, 00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.700 spiritually and then also, 00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.540 like, man, 00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.259 in our marriages. 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.700 So that's kind of 00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.119 like an example 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.619 if y'all can, 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.019 if that makes sense 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.859 to y'all as far as 00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.980 what I'm talking about. 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.259 Or, and so I'm kind of 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.980 going a little bit more 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.599 to, like, man, 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.420 how do we get burnt out 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.240 or low on fuel? 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.559 So we agree with Paul 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.059 where he says, 00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.539 you know, 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.460 not that I'm perfect 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.180 or that I've already 00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.859 obtained these things, 00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.299 but I'm making 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.420 strives towards it. 00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.240 But then at the same time, 00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.460 like, man, 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:01.240 we have this huge view 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.359 of Paul. 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.539 But, man, 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.879 Paul struggled with sin 00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.279 just as much 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.059 as the next guy did. 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.220 If we're going to look 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.500 at Romans 7, 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:11.919 15 through 25. 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.720 Okay. 00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.559 So I'll pick up 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.259 in verse 15. 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.639 So Paul's, like, 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.539 talking to the Romans, 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.319 kind of the same thing 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.039 with, like, 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.179 the Philippian church 00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.460 of, like, 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.019 reading the letters 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.660 so the Romans 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.359 are reading this letter 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.559 and Paul says to them, 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.700 for I do not understand 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.460 my own actions. 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:44.379 For I do not do 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.059 what I want, 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.420 but I do the very thing 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.819 I hate. 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.059 Now if I do 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.900 what I do not want, 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.940 I agree with the law 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.619 that it is good. 00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.359 So now it is no longer 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.599 that I who do it, 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.799 but sin that dwells 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.259 within me. 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.819 For I know that 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.740 nothing good dwells 00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.059 in me, 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.460 that is, 00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.299 in my flesh. 00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.940 For I have the desire 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.000 to do what is right, 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.079 but not the ability 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.839 to carry it out. 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.179 For I do not do 00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.980 the good I want, 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.579 but the evil 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.500 I do not want 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.220 is what I keep 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.639 on doing. 00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:11.480 Now if I do 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.699 what I do not want, 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.539 it is no longer 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.439 I who do it, 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.480 but sin that dwells 00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.139 within me. 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.539 And he says, 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.519 so I find it to be 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.220 a law that when 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.460 I want to do right, 00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.680 evil lies close 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.339 at hand. 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.279 For I delight 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.019 in the law of God 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.039 in my inner being, 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.379 but I see in my 00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.200 members another law 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.220 waging war against 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.019 the law of my mind 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.220 and making me captive 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.299 to the law of sin 00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.000 that dwells in my 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.319 members. 00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.619 Wretched man that I am, 00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.680 who will deliver me 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.799 from this body of death? 00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.899 Thanks be to God 00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.740 through Jesus Christ 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.220 our Lord. 00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.879 So then, 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.299 I myself serve 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.220 the law of God 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.899 with my mind, 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.920 but with my flesh 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.639 I serve the law 00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.039 of sin. 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.680 Okay, 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:52.440 so Paul says this 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.259 and we're kind of 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.799 in the same boat. 00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.539 If you're not in 00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.039 this other boat 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.539 that we just kind of 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.920 talked about, 00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.720 you're in this boat 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.079 where we have 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.139 this internal struggle 00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.700 and we're just like, 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.480 man, what am I 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.119 even doing here? 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.579 Like, I want to 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.319 live out the gospel 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.159 in a manner that's 00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.440 worthy. 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.539 I want to live my 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.019 life in a manner 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.779 that's worthy gospel, 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.899 but I have such a 00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.940 hard time doing it 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:09.159 because I still see 00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:10.379 sin creeping close 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.819 at hand. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.420 Okay, so we come 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.159 back again to the 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.559 main question. 00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.619 We're about to, 00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.079 but I'm not going 00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.439 to be one of the 00:26:19.439 --> 00:26:19.859 four flights 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.219 and then we'll 00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:20.939 actually be done. 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.379 So I'm glad. 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.199 So the question is, 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.979 how does a college 00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:26.219 student in the 00:26:26.219 --> 00:26:26.859 United States of 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.679 America live this 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:27.899 out? 00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.039 I will not be 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.459 answering this. 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.359 I think Paul will 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.579 be able to do a 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.319 good enough job to 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.599 where I won't 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.159 actually have to 00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.559 say much. 00:26:34.699 --> 00:26:35.619 Okay, so let's 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.519 pick it up in 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.559 27. 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.299 He says, 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.959 Only let your 00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:39.579 manner of life be 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.019 worthy of the 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.779 gospel of Christ, 00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.939 so that whether I 00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.799 come and see you 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.799 or absent, I may 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.699 hear of you that 00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:45.159 you are standing 00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.500 firm. 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.799 So, okay, so the 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.440 first reason, if you're 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.200 taking notes tonight, 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.299 the first reason that 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.240 we're not living out 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.119 our lives in a manner 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:52.420 worthy of the gospel is 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.960 we have the wrong 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.359 motivation. 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.539 So let's pay attention 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.940 to that verse. 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.700 He says, 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.839 So whether I come and 00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.940 see you or I'm absent, 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.779 I may hear that you're 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.779 standing firm in the 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.079 gospel. 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.480 And so I think a lot of 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:05.259 the times what a lot of 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.359 us have allowed to happen 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.200 in our lives is that, 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.359 well, I mean, Paul is 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.819 first of all saying, 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.960 okay, if I'm there, 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.319 please, like, like, 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.740 stand firm in the 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.900 gospel. 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.300 But if I'm not, also 00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:14.960 stand firm in the 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.200 gospel. 00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:16.320 Because Paul does not 00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:17.600 want their motivation 00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.280 to be the fact that 00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:18.759 he's there. 00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:20.759 And so, man, either us 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.560 or, like, a friend that 00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:22.440 we know or somewhere 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.900 along the line, like, 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.340 some of us, like, we 00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.540 let our motivation for 00:27:26.540 --> 00:27:27.940 living our lives in a 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.540 manner worthy of the 00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:29.720 gospel be because our 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.600 pastor, our youth 00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.240 pastor was, like, 00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:32.860 super, like, he had a 00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.980 lot of charisma. 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.500 Or he was, like, man, 00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:36.759 he was a great guy. 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.019 Like, he always made me 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.259 laugh. 00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.000 He was really cool. 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.060 Or, like, man, it 00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:42.160 pleased our parents or our 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.620 friends. 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.560 And, like, okay, so we'll 00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.360 go on mission trips. 00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.259 And we know that it's 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.980 really, really good. 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.320 And so we have this 00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.500 motivation of, I'm going 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.480 to live the gospel because 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.660 my friends are doing it. 00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.840 My pastor loves me. 00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.820 My parents are proud of 00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.000 me. 00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.460 And we have this wrong 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.380 motivation the whole time. 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.120 And Paul's saying, like, 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.440 no, no, no. 00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.740 Like, that cannot be the 00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.500 reason why you're living 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.980 your life. 00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.340 Like, that cannot be it. 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.519 It's not enough. 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.980 So we mistake this 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.960 manner of life. 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:06.720 We mistake this manner 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.740 of life that's motivated 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.920 by people seeing us. 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.079 And we mistake that for 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.980 actual salvation. 00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.660 We're like, okay, people 00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.160 are seeing us. 00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.200 I'm a good person. 00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.660 I've got my Jesus swag 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.019 going. 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.039 I've got it all, man. 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.640 And we're so proud of 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:19.880 ourselves. 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.319 But we don't know that, 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.299 man, we're actually really, 00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.000 really hollow. 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.539 Like, on the inside, we're 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.779 so hollow because this 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.600 relationship with Christ 00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.640 has not been based off of 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.079 him at all. 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.899 And so the thing is that 00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:33.659 we have to be motivated 00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.399 by grace. 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.960 Like, I don't know what 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.699 else is going to motivate 00:28:37.699 --> 00:28:37.980 us. 00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.480 Guilt can motivate you for 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.139 a little while. 00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:41.439 Like, I can get up here 00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:43.500 and say, like, man, we 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.299 need to live our lives in 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.939 a manner worthy of the 00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:46.419 gospel because of this 00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.279 reason and this reason 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.879 and this reason. 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.139 And I can guilt trip every 00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.980 single person of y'all 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.439 into it. 00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.139 Y'all have been there 00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.839 where it's like, okay, 00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.619 even with just, like, 00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:54.899 giving to, like, you 00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.559 know, poverty or 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.220 something like that. 00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.039 Like, that's a huge 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.599 motivator. 00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.459 And so what happens is 00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:59.659 it gets money out of our 00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:01.039 wallets because we see 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.740 that Tamrat in Ethiopia 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:06.000 doesn't have, like, food 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.339 to eat. 00:29:06.459 --> 00:29:07.179 And so we're like, oh, I 00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.019 feel terrible, so I'll 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.799 throw him some money. 00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:10.559 And so, but that's, but 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.139 then we just lose 00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.939 motivation, like, a week 00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.379 or two later. 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.019 And so we have to be 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.859 motivated by grace. 00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:15.740 Like, we have to, and 00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.579 Paul wants that too. 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.839 Like, yeah, he wants 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:19.179 them, he wants to see 00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.879 them, he wants to see 00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:21.919 this happen, but he can't, 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.539 he doesn't want that to 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.159 be the motivator. 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.919 So we have to let that 00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.980 be the motivator instead 00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.539 of us being in high 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.119 school and singing 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.480 songs and going on 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:31.639 youth group mission 00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:33.139 trips and missing the 00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:34.000 gospel completely. 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.879 I think that'd be the 00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.619 scariest thing in my 00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.940 life is to think that I 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.119 could get to Christ and 00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:40.039 he could look at me and 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.680 just be like, Daniel, you 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.200 missed it completely. 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.659 You were doing all these 00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.259 things, you were singing 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.500 these songs and you were 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.639 raising your hands, but you 00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.839 missed me completely. 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.879 I think that's honestly one 00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.259 of the things that I'm 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.299 terrified of the most is 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.659 running this race and God 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.500 not being right there 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.900 with me. 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.400 So I'm going to ask a 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.380 question with each point 00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.620 kind of something like 00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:03.000 for y'all and for me. 00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:05.420 What motivated you in the 00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:07.000 past to follow Christ that 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.120 you aren't following him 00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.620 anymore? 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:11.580 Was it the fact to please 00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.200 your parents or your 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.320 pastor or so on? 00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:16.019 What motivates you now if 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.040 you are standing firm in 00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:17.380 the gospel? 00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.640 Is it the gospel? 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.320 Is Christ motivating you? 00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.700 Are you still, like, do you 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.560 still wake up and when you 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.319 think about sharing the 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:25.339 gospel with someone or 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.079 living your life in a 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.480 manner worthy? 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.539 Is it because you're like, 00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.879 Christ, you are so good and 00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:31.139 I cannot believe that, like, 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.319 after all the crap that 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:34.379 I've done, you would still 00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.460 let me breathe? 00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.940 Like, that hat, like, is 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.799 that the motivator? 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.899 What is it? 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.019 Okay, second point. 00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:44.659 Verse 27, the second part 00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:46.259 of it, he says, so that 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.460 whether I come and see you 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.259 where I'm absent, I may hear 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.119 that you are standing firm in 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.440 one spirit with one mind 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.919 striving side by side for the 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.900 faith of the gospel. 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.660 Second reason, we're not in 00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:56.560 church anymore with community. 00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:58.180 Not that we're going to 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.940 church, but we're not in 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.700 community anymore. 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.600 There's a difference between 00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:02.279 going to church and being in 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.640 community. 00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:08.100 So, this is huge, especially 00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:09.279 for college students, where 00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.320 there's a million different 00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.600 things, like, saying, okay, 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.660 come to this youth ministry, 00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.960 or come to this ministry 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.700 that's going on in college, 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.620 like, come to this. 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.840 Like, everything is trying to 00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.840 grab our attention right now. 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:21.639 And so, the idea of being a 00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.679 covenant member of a church, 00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:24.279 and being a part of a church, 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.059 and laboring with a church, 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.779 and serving a church, is not 00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:28.539 on the top list of things for 00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.000 us to do. 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.799 You know? 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.679 I mean, honestly, there's a 00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.439 million other things that are 00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:33.139 grabbing our attention. 00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:37.639 And so, he says in this verse, 00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:39.199 he says, one mind and one 00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.519 spirit. 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.319 So, what Paul's saying is not 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.299 that we're going to agree on 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:45.439 everything, but that we'll be 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.160 harmonious. 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.980 He says, strive together, 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.480 which is a really cool verse, 00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.720 because in Greek, that actually 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.299 means wrestle. 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.740 So, it doesn't mean just, like, 00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.820 oh, come on, you got it. 00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.779 It means, like, wrestle. 00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:59.420 And so, I think he says that 00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.539 because, like, I think the 00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.480 reason why he says wrestle 00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.980 together is because the gospel 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.059 is something really hard to 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.360 obtain. 00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.720 Man, it's the treasure in the 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:07.019 field that we have to sell 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.860 everything for. 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.920 And it is the narrow road that 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.820 is hard to find. 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.840 Few find it, but it leads to 00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.259 life. 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.759 Like, the gospel is something 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.039 that we have to work for. 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.720 Not work for as in to earn, 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.320 but, I mean, it is difficult 00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:23.840 to obtain because the world is 00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.759 throwing us so many different 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.160 things. 00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:28.120 The other cool thing is that, 00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.500 I mean, we're supposed to 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.740 strive together, so wrestle 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.320 together. 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:33.019 And I think a lot of us find 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.920 ourselves in this boat where 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.120 we're like, okay, well, I like 00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:36.059 this about the church. 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.559 Like, their music's good, and 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:39.700 their teaching is good, but I 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.240 really don't like the 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.480 leadership, or there's not 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:43.000 really, like, a good ministry 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.299 for me to put myself in. 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.519 So, I'm really just going to, 00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.700 I'll go there occasionally. 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.279 I'll go to that church. 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.180 And so we kind of start this 00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.879 idea of, like, we start 00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:52.480 dating the church, and we're 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.279 not actually planting 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.419 ourselves in a church. 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.519 And so, what Paul's saying 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:57.099 is, like, okay, you can have 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.740 those objections. 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.279 Like, we have this list of 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.579 critiques of, like, this is 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.460 wrong, this is wrong, and this 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.819 is wrong. 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.680 But he's saying, wrestle with 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.200 that church. 00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.440 He's saying, like, man, like, 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.180 we're going to have to wrestle 00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.119 with each other. 00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.700 Like, okay, I don't agree with 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.559 the way you're doing this. 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.899 Um, and it's like, okay, well, 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.079 you know, a good church that 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.599 loves Christ is going to say, 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.960 I completely agree, man. 00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:16.399 I see it differently, but let's 00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.799 work this out. 00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.720 Let's pray through it together. 00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.099 Let's work through this. 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:22.059 Um, we're also called to 00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:23.359 wrestle alongside one another. 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.259 We need one another so badly. 00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:26.899 Because I am such an imperfect 00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:28.759 person, and I need someone 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:31.519 like Alex, uh, to wrestle with 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:33.799 me and catch me when I'm not 00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.720 living my life in a manner 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.500 worthy of the gospel. 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.259 Like, we need one another. 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:41.559 Um, so, uh, the cool thing is 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:43.400 that he says, side by side 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.339 for the faith of the gospel. 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.000 So, if we read that again, um, 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.779 in one spirit, with one mind, 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.000 striving by yourself for the 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.680 faith of the gospel. 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.480 That's not what it says. 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:54.500 It doesn't say, by yourself. 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.059 It says, side by side. 00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.759 Um, and that's a difficult 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:59.099 mindset for us to understand, 00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.359 I think, because if you live 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.180 in the U.S., like, the way 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.460 the U.S. is built is on 00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.599 rugged individualism. 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:07.380 Um, you know, we came here, 00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:10.039 we started things, and we got 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.360 our independence and our 00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.639 freedom. 00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.639 Think about the pioneers 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.460 going out west. 00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.699 Um, think about everything 00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.300 going on right now. 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.460 Like, just, even just 00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.619 capitalism and the way that 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.900 this economy is set up. 00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.219 It is for you as the 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.599 individual. 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.000 You can do it, make the 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.039 best of your life. 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.400 And, and, and so it's, 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.699 it's understandable that we 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:29.079 have a hard time understanding 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.099 that we need to come side by 00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.000 side with one another. 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:34.039 But, God's kingdom does not 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:36.019 work in the same way that a 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.739 lot of our U.S. 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.400 mindsets are. 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:39.059 God's kingdom is based off 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.719 his church. 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.719 He's not, he's not doing work 00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.860 just through individuals. 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:45.599 Um, even parachurches, like 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.800 churches, like, like, you 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.559 just youth ministries. 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.000 Like, churches that are not 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.000 multi-generational. 00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:52.179 Like, man, that can't be a 00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:53.000 church, and it's hard to 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.639 strive side by side with a 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:56.219 group that isn't committed to 00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.559 each other. 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.400 Um, so he's kind of calling us 00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.820 to something more than that. 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.880 And, and that's not even 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.000 really a plug for Christ's 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.200 family. 00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.200 I love this church, but I 00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.500 think there's also really 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.260 great churches in the area. 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.120 I think Creekstone's an 00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.660 awesome church. 00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.760 I think Christ's church is a 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.240 cool church. 00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:10.240 And, like, I, I, I'm really 00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.140 encouraged by the stuff that's 00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.580 going on. 00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:13.320 And so, um, but I think Paul 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.320 is just saying be invested 00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.039 with other people. 00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:17.280 Um, so my question on that 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.980 before I move to my next 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:20.220 point is, okay, so that's an 00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:22.120 awesome point, but are you as 00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.380 an individual, am I as an 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.760 individual, are we invested in 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.340 the local church? 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.620 Are we looking and seeking 00:35:26.620 --> 00:35:27.519 out, okay, how can I be a 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.039 member of, of, of such and 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.440 such church? 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:31.039 How can I run together with 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:33.700 them in a wolf pack and not 00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.760 just as a lone wolf? 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:36.920 Um, so are you running with 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.780 the wolf pack or are you 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.679 running as a lone wolf? 00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:42.500 Um, okay, third point. 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.440 Uh, verse 28. 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.480 He says, and not frightened in 00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.760 anything by your opponents. 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.920 This is a clear sign to them 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.280 of their destruction, but of 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.380 your salvation and that from 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.720 God. 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:56.039 Um, okay, so this is one of the 00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.899 tougher points of the night. 00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:58.399 Um, I think the third reason 00:35:58.399 --> 00:36:00.319 why we don't live our lives in a 00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.239 manner worthy of the gospel, 00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:02.599 that Paul is urging us to, is 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.839 we don't want to suffer. 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:08.980 Um, and your first thought is, 00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.639 uh, duh, Swanson. 00:36:11.959 --> 00:36:14.219 Like, uh, and, and so, uh, I'm 00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:15.659 just gonna read Acts 42 to y'all. 00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:17.259 You don't have to, 14, 22. 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:19.000 You don't have to turn there. 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:21.200 Um, but I'll take forever to 00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.500 get there. 00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:26.820 Um, okay, so 14, 22. 00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:28.900 Um, this, man, this strength, 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.960 this challenges me in so much. 00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:33.780 So, um, in 21 he says, but when 00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.980 they preached the gospel to that 00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.580 city and had made many disciples, 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:38.380 they returned to Lystra and to 00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:40.620 Iconium and to Antioch, strengthening 00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.760 the souls of the disciples, 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.100 encouraging them to continue in 00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:44.820 the faith and saying that through 00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:46.600 many tribulations, we must enter 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.319 the kingdom of God. 00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:50.319 Um, okay, so if we're gonna 00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:51.639 define suffering really quickly, 00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:53.639 um, there's a difference between 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.880 American suffering and closed 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.039 country suffering, suffering. 00:36:56.319 --> 00:37:00.480 Kind of like, um, uh, with the 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.799 guy that Clay's having speak this 00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.739 weekend in Hiawasi. 00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:05.099 Um, he's from, uh, Kazakhstan, 00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:06.639 I believe, and it's a completely 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.679 different world of suffering over 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:07.860 there. 00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.039 So we've got our American 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:10.759 suffering where none of y'all are 00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:13.139 going to be thrown into prison or 00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.960 beaten or anything like that. 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.079 Like, it's a completely different 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.420 world of suffering from, from 00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.299 anywhere else. 00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:20.119 Um, and so what do I mean by 00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.259 that? 00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:23.000 I don't, I'm not gonna say a 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.739 million different specific 00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:25.579 things for us as, as Christians, 00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.759 but I will say this. 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.199 Specifically what this looks like 00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.840 is that when we read the word, 00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.519 like, when we read this book and 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:33.179 we take off, like, the church 00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:34.259 lenses that we have, and we're 00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:35.199 like, that's a sweet verse. 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.440 That's really encouraging, 00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:36.719 brother. 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:38.079 Like, when we really read the 00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.199 Bible, like, just that verse that 00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.940 we just read of, through much 00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.279 tribulation we must enter the 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.900 kingdom of God. 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:45.360 That is so hard. 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.580 Like, I, I know I'm not the only 00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:48.300 one who believes that. 00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.519 It's hard. 00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:49.820 Like, I don't say amen to that. 00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:52.519 Um, but the second that we start 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.740 reading the Bible and start 00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:56.380 applying what it actually says 00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:58.780 to say about what we spend our 00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:00.280 money on, how do you, what, like, 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.240 let's look at your bank account. 00:38:01.540 --> 00:38:02.460 How do you spend your money? 00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:04.080 What about the person that you're 00:38:04.080 --> 00:38:07.400 dating, um, or you, you marry one 00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.620 day? 00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:10.019 The things we stand for and the 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.279 things that we stand against. 00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:13.739 When we start applying the Bible 00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.579 to those things, we will not be 00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.039 popular. 00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.639 And so we don't have to, I don't 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.719 have to go into specifics for 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.400 every single person tonight, but 00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.980 when we start following this, man, 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.940 like, we're not going to be 00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.339 popular. 00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:27.960 Um, so the question is, why 00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.259 should we have opponents? 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.460 Why, why would we even have 00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.779 opponents? 00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:33.619 Um, the apostle Paul, like, he has 00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.799 opponents that he speaks about in 00:38:34.799 --> 00:38:35.980 his letters and in Acts. 00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:37.299 Um, why? 00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.880 Why does Paul have opponents? 00:38:39.100 --> 00:38:40.519 That's, that doesn't sound like a 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.140 very loving thing to say, that, 00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:43.080 like, Paul would have opponents. 00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:44.519 I would say Paul's probably doing 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.539 something wrong if he has 00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.860 opponents. 00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.260 But, if we look all throughout Acts 00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:49.200 and we trace everything throughout 00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:50.200 the New Testament, we see that 00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:51.900 every major character in the New 00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:53.500 Testament did not have a pretty 00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.760 ending. 00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:55.600 You could be like, oh, well, John 00:38:55.600 --> 00:38:56.720 actually had a pretty good ending. 00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:58.380 He was just exiled on an island of 00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.760 Patmos. 00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:00.560 That was actually after they tried 00:39:00.560 --> 00:39:02.060 to boil him alive and couldn't do 00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:02.140 it. 00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:04.000 And he kept preaching the gospel. 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.380 It's like they decided the only way 00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.760 to actually get rid of him was to 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.120 exile. 00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:10.760 So, it's hard to find someone and 00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:12.100 you're like, and you read it, and 00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:14.860 Timothy died at a ripe old age on a 00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:16.280 good 401k retirement. 00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:19.120 Like, we don't find that in the New 00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:19.440 Testament. 00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.720 So, but why? 00:39:22.100 --> 00:39:24.640 Why is this if the gospel is good 00:39:24.640 --> 00:39:24.860 news? 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:27.019 It's good news for our souls if we 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:28.380 desire to walk in a manner worthy of 00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.800 the gospel. 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:30.940 But, if you're trying to walk in a 00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:32.840 manner worthy of culture, that is bad 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:34.140 news for them because the gospel is 00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:34.980 counter-cultural. 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:37.840 It says to lose your life so that you 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.680 can find it. 00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:43.360 Man, that naturally is going, like the 00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.980 gospel is saying that we, that you, 00:39:45.100 --> 00:39:46.280 this is the message of the gospel is 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:48.360 saying that you are broken and you're a 00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:50.260 sinner and you need Christ because 00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:51.740 Christ is the only thing that can give 00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:53.840 us salvation and real joy. 00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:56.460 But, that's not a very popular message 00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.920 if you want to follow your own ways. 00:39:58.980 --> 00:40:00.700 And so, I wanted to differentiate between 00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:03.140 rejecting the message of Christ versus 00:40:03.140 --> 00:40:03.820 the messenger. 00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:05.360 There is a huge difference. 00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:07.280 This, like, what I don't want us to 00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.940 take out of this is that, okay, well, I 00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.720 need to go get opponents. 00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:12.100 I need to go get opponents for the 00:40:12.100 --> 00:40:12.400 gospel. 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:14.760 And so, if y'all know anything about, 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:16.740 like, some of the churches, like, like, 00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:18.260 I'm not going to say specific names, but, 00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.880 like, some of the churches that, like, 00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:22.500 boycott, like, funerals and, like, picket, 00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:24.500 like, like, like, anti-gay protesting, 00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:26.639 like, that's, like, yeah, they're getting 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.679 opponents, trust me. 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:30.199 But, trust me, those guys are, are hating 00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.800 them and not the message of Christ 00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.719 because it's not being shared. 00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:36.619 So, it's really important that, yeah, 00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:39.380 like, we do everything we can to love 00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:41.099 this person who does not have the 00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.280 gospel. 00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.739 Like, man, we pray for them. 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:44.059 We share the gospel with them. 00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:45.360 We tell them, brother, I love you. 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.519 Man, I love you so much. 00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:48.420 Like, I want to invest my time, my money 00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:50.159 into you, but you need the gospel. 00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:52.759 Um, and if they reject, if they reject 00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.879 the gospel, like, yeah, they're going 00:40:53.879 --> 00:40:55.920 to eventually reject you, too, because 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.940 you care about them. 00:40:57.079 --> 00:41:00.460 But, we cannot allow this message to 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.079 affect us and say, I'm going to go out 00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:04.000 and acquire opponents by sharing a 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.239 very unloving and hate-filled gospel. 00:41:07.359 --> 00:41:11.639 Um, so, um, the cool thing is that, 00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:13.920 man, the second part of the verse, he 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:17.139 says, he says, uh, this is a clear sign 00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:19.359 to them of their destruction, but of 00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:21.179 your salvation, and that from God. 00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:24.579 So, my question is, if suffering is a 00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:27.900 clear sign of our salvation, what is it 00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.659 a clear sign of if we aren't suffering? 00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:35.819 Um, are you sharing the gospel? 00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:39.179 Um, I think, I think that is going to 00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.799 do it enough. 00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:42.759 Um, I think even if we look at Luke 6, 00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:44.940 22, he says, woe to you when all men 00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:47.220 speak well of you, for that is how their 00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:49.740 fathers treated the false prophets. 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:52.940 Uh, I don't even know what to do with 00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.400 that verse. 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:57.780 Um, so, I guess the question is here, is, 00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:00.500 are you suffering for the gospel by being 00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:02.840 true to what it says to you about how 00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:05.079 you spend your money, the people you date, 00:42:05.240 --> 00:42:06.539 and how you live your life? 00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:09.200 Or do you look, like, just like everybody 00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.639 else? 00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:11.440 Like, there's literally no distinguish 00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.960 between you and everyone else. 00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.400 Um, I can give a huge testament of this 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.199 as, like, Greek life. 00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:18.780 Um, and I'm involved in Greek life, and I 00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:20.280 think a lot of people go into Greek life 00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:21.280 with, like, these really good intentions 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:23.960 of, like, well, I'm going to meet people, 00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:26.139 I'm going to, like, have good friends, 00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:28.039 I want to be a good influence on people, 00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.480 like, I want to grow as an individual. 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:31.139 And even if it's, like, some of those 00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:32.420 people will, like, say, you know, I want 00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.420 to meet people, but I also want to share 00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.260 the gospel with people. 00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:36.579 Like, so how true are we still to that 00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.360 original plan? 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:40.519 Um, are we still doing that? 00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:42.599 Or have we been influenced by, 00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:44.360 not just Greek life, but, I mean, 00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:45.679 just in general, like, have we made 00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.340 compromises? 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:49.360 Um, are we just hanging out with people 00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:52.119 and putting it under the banner of 00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.719 sharing the gospel? 00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.960 We're not actually doing anything. 00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:59.340 Um, and so that's my challenge to us 00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:01.340 in that section is, you know, 00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:03.480 are we sharing the gospel, or are we 00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.500 going to uncomfortable places? 00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:06.119 Sometimes, like, even for me, like, 00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:07.599 I can give a testimony to it of, like, 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:09.960 man, I will, I love Sigma Nu. 00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:11.400 Like, I love the guys in Sigma Nu. 00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:14.679 Um, and, man, my intention was to get 00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:17.119 out of my own Christian bubble and, man, 00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.400 share the gospel with people, too. 00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:21.799 Um, and I think, I think what happens 00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:23.259 is we go from this area of, like, okay, 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:25.019 I'm really, really lukewarm, and then 00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.179 I get in this really, really hot water, 00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:27.099 and you're like, oh, this is really, 00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:28.299 really uncomfortable, and then that 00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:29.519 becomes lukewarm, and you're like, 00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:31.259 yeah, I can really get used to this. 00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.539 And then God's, like, saying, like, 00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.920 no, I want to take you further into a 00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:35.019 place of even hotter water. 00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:39.019 Um, because we're constantly battling 00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:40.599 against our flesh, and my flesh says, 00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:42.320 be quiet, shut up, don't talk about 00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.659 Jesus. 00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:46.820 Um, okay, so fourth point, um, is in 00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.519 verse 29. 00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:50.219 It says, for it has been granted to you 00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:52.139 that for the sake of Christ, you should 00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:53.400 not only believe in him, but also 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:55.440 suffer for his sake, engaged in the 00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:58.179 same conflict that you saw I had, and 00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:59.179 now hear that I have. 00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:02.159 Um, so the fourth point is, we don't 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:04.480 want to be actively engaged in the 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.800 gospel. 00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:07.019 Um, we don't want to actively engage 00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.239 it. 00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:09.860 So, I want to take this second and 00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:11.619 make fun of Christian marketing 00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.039 culture. 00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:14.840 Um, and so y'all know, if you've been 00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:17.659 in, around Christians at all, you see 00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:18.679 that we like to have these really, 00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:20.360 really comfortable, warm verses on 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:22.820 coffee mugs and blankets, and if you 00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:25.940 listen to 91.5 or 104.7, you hear, 00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:27.980 like, these really sweet verses, like, 00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:30.079 love is patient, love is kind, and 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:31.960 those are true, those are great, but 00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:34.599 we will never find this verse on a 00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.240 coffee mug. 00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:38.119 You won't find it. 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:41.320 Um, no one is going to sit down and 00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:43.320 just like, man, I'm really discouraged, 00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.840 and then someone just walks up to them 00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:46.340 and says, or someone's like listening to 00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:47.159 them pour out their heart and like, 00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:49.519 brother, I just want to, I just want to 00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:50.420 encourage you with this verse. 00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:52.519 It has been granted to you that for 00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.860 the sake of Christ, you should not only 00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:57.420 believe in him, but also suffer for his 00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:57.700 sake. 00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:01.220 And they're just like, I'm so encouraged 00:45:01.220 --> 00:45:01.680 right now. 00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:03.400 That is exactly what I needed. 00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:05.900 Like, that, we're not going to find that, 00:45:06.220 --> 00:45:08.180 and whoever does, that business is going 00:45:08.180 --> 00:45:10.240 to burn, and like, it's going to crash 00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.519 and burn. 00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:12.280 No one's going to buy those coffee mugs. 00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:14.220 Um, but we're really biased with our 00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:14.460 scripture. 00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:20.559 Um, so, that is a tough word, granted to 00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:20.840 you. 00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:24.039 Like, what? 00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:27.900 It's been granted to you that, like, like, 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.480 and so the Greek is saying that you've 00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:31.579 actually been done a favor, um, that 00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:34.599 you've been gratuitously in kindness, been 00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:37.539 given the opportunity to believe in Jesus, 00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:39.280 but also suffer for his sake. 00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:44.039 Um, Matthew 5, 12 says, rejoice and be 00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:46.360 glad, for your reward is great in heaven. 00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:48.719 For so they persecuted the prophets who 00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:49.420 were before you. 00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:51.800 So we read that verse a second ago, saying, 00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:54.099 woe to you who they speak well of. 00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:57.300 Like, man, like, be, be on, he's basically 00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:59.340 saying, like, be on guard when people are 00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:00.719 just speaking really, really good things 00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:02.539 about you, because they did the exact same 00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:03.779 thing about the false prophets. 00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:08.019 And then he's saying, man, um, rejoice, 00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:09.920 because if they're persecuting you, they 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.039 persecuted Isaiah, and they persecuted 00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.599 Jeremiah. 00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:15.019 And they persecuted all these prophets, so 00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:16.460 it's a huge, it's supposed to be this 00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:17.259 huge encouragement. 00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:19.599 So if we disagree, we need to look again 00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:21.639 at the outcome, again, of every major 00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:22.619 character in the New Testament. 00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:25.779 If we say, like, well, Swanson, I'm 00:46:25.779 --> 00:46:27.860 following you, I'm with you, but right up 00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:29.940 until now, I'm actually not anymore. 00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:32.840 Like, I, I, I really don't agree, like, 00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:34.219 I don't agree that we're supposed to 00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:35.179 call, that we're called to suffer. 00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:36.639 I was like, man, please, I would encourage 00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:38.380 you, read the New Testament again through 00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:40.279 the lenses of, man, Christ is actually 00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:42.360 calling, everyone, like, calling us to 00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:43.220 suffer for his sake. 00:46:44.160 --> 00:46:47.500 And so, the cool thing is that Paul does 00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:51.019 not divorce belief and obedience ever 00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.680 in his letters. 00:46:52.060 --> 00:46:53.280 He usually will say something like, man, 00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:54.760 thank you for, like, I, like, I'm so glad 00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.519 that you believe in the gospel and that 00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:57.160 you obey it. 00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:58.880 And so a lot of times our tendency is to 00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:00.400 want to say, well, I believe in the 00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:03.240 gospel, like, I believe in Jesus, and he's 00:47:03.240 --> 00:47:04.620 my savior, and I'll follow him to the ends 00:47:04.620 --> 00:47:05.019 of the world. 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:07.860 And then our obedience is so opposite of 00:47:07.860 --> 00:47:08.100 that. 00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:09.980 Like, our lives are so different from 00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:10.139 it. 00:47:10.819 --> 00:47:13.360 And because it's really easy just to lay 00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:14.559 claim to that and be like, man, I believe 00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:16.460 in Jesus, but it's so much harder to be 00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:18.599 obedient to him, especially if that entails 00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:19.119 suffering. 00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:25.960 So, Paul is engaging in conflict, and as a 00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:28.079 result of that, he's suffering. 00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:29.460 He's engaging the gospel. 00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:32.139 He's sharing the gospel all the time. 00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:36.000 And as a result, this guy is not rolling up 00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:40.239 in a Mercedes Benz or a Rolls Royce, and he's 00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:42.619 actually in prison, and all of his friends are 00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:44.759 starting to desert him, like people who he 00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:48.679 stood by, and he's sharing the gospel with 00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:50.519 those people actually end up deserting him. 00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:53.559 And so Paul is suffering, and he's saying, don't 00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:54.079 run from that. 00:47:54.119 --> 00:47:55.000 That's a good thing. 00:47:55.219 --> 00:47:58.359 That is a good indicator that you're saved. 00:47:58.360 --> 00:48:02.980 So, my question with this is, are you engaged 00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:05.480 in the gospel, or do you still believe that you 00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:07.140 can live in neutral territory? 00:48:07.620 --> 00:48:10.340 That we can live in this comfortable bubble of 00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:12.400 not engaging, but not really falling back. 00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:17.320 So, I'm wrapping it all up right here. 00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.980 How do all these things relate? 00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:23.380 If we're going back to that question of, are you 00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:24.820 living your life in a manner worthy of the 00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:27.079 gospel, or have you drifted far off? 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:29.900 Or, man, are we not even in it for the right 00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.579 reason anymore? 00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:33.059 And we're not actually a part of all those 00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.239 things. 00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.739 We don't have the right motivation. 00:48:35.179 --> 00:48:37.019 We're not in a church community. 00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:40.779 We're not suffering for the gospel, and we're not 00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:42.039 actively engaging the gospel. 00:48:43.380 --> 00:48:45.579 So, how can we do this practically? 00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:46.799 What do you do with this? 00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:50.019 The thing that I don't want is for us to say, 00:48:50.139 --> 00:48:55.420 okay, man, I will start being involved in the 00:48:55.420 --> 00:48:57.480 church. 00:48:57.960 --> 00:49:00.800 Yeah, I'll start suffering for the gospel, and 00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:02.280 I'll start engaging and sharing my faith. 00:49:02.680 --> 00:49:05.220 So, we set this huge to-do list, this huge to-do 00:49:05.220 --> 00:49:07.519 list of things to do, of like, as long as I do 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:11.119 those things, man, I will, like, I'm good, and I can 00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:11.960 get back on track. 00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:15.200 Like, if we do that, we're missing it completely. 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:16.720 We're missing the point of the gospel. 00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:19.539 And so, I just beg you, that's not what I'm trying 00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:20.039 to say tonight. 00:49:20.200 --> 00:49:22.300 I'm not saying that at all. 00:49:22.300 --> 00:49:24.180 I think where we start is humility. 00:49:24.620 --> 00:49:27.700 I think we say, you know, God, I've fallen short of 00:49:27.700 --> 00:49:28.500 this so much. 00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:31.060 Like, I've fallen short completely. 00:49:31.780 --> 00:49:33.940 Or, God, I don't even know what my motivation is 00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:34.240 anymore. 00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:36.500 Or, like, tomorrow, I'm just doing things for the 00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:37.300 sake of doing them. 00:49:37.720 --> 00:49:39.440 And I'm not motivated by your grace. 00:49:39.580 --> 00:49:42.280 And I'm not involved in the church body. 00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:43.340 I'm not sharing the gospel. 00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:45.620 I have a terrible motivation for why I'm doing this. 00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:47.100 And I'm not suffering at all. 00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:50.159 But, um, so I think this starts with your own heart. 00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:54.179 Um, of, and that's what's, what's tough for the 00:49:54.179 --> 00:49:56.719 church because it's like, I want to, you want to see 00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:57.839 results, you know? 00:49:58.380 --> 00:49:59.539 You want to see people change. 00:49:59.759 --> 00:50:01.099 But that starts with your own heart. 00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:03.839 And that does not start tomorrow morning. 00:50:04.099 --> 00:50:05.759 It's not, like, an instant, like, I'm just going to 00:50:05.759 --> 00:50:06.500 change my actions. 00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:09.059 It's this thing with, like, man, Christ has to really 00:50:09.059 --> 00:50:09.920 transform your heart. 00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:12.980 And so, what I would beg you all to do is, tonight, 00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:14.819 like, yeah, like, we're going to leave here. 00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:15.559 We're going to keep talking. 00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:17.099 We're going to, like, we're going to get on with the 00:50:17.099 --> 00:50:17.239 night. 00:50:17.340 --> 00:50:18.299 We're going to, we have homework to do. 00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:19.980 We have the world to get back to at college. 00:50:20.119 --> 00:50:23.820 But I just ask us to take a moment and really examine 00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:26.099 our own hearts and say, like, man, Christ, why do you 00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:27.579 have me doing the things that I'm doing? 00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:30.719 Um, am I doing with this right motivation? 00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:34.380 We need to start praying to God and say, God, I fall so 00:50:34.380 --> 00:50:35.400 short of this. 00:50:36.380 --> 00:50:37.940 Like, I fall so short of this. 00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:41.659 Like, even today, I cannot handle ultimate frisbee, I 00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.099 realized. 00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:44.400 I get way too competitive. 00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:49.239 And I am not a non-confrontational person. 00:50:50.179 --> 00:50:52.900 So, I just, and it's like, I realized just even in that, 00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:55.299 how sinful I am today. 00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:57.079 It's like God was knocking me down on the notch. 00:50:57.139 --> 00:50:59.719 He was like, man, you think you're all that. 00:50:59.819 --> 00:51:02.759 And I just realized, I'm so sinful. 00:51:02.839 --> 00:51:06.819 I care about a stupid game of frisbee more than this guy here. 00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:10.900 Um, so, again, I'm just saying, wrestle with this truth. 00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:13.820 And then finally, like, man, like, if God is doing something in 00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:16.920 your heart, man, and you don't know where to go with this. 00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:21.260 Like, I think Nathan and Chris in the back, and even, you 00:51:21.260 --> 00:51:24.000 know, if you won't, if those guys are busy, I'm a last resort. 00:51:24.160 --> 00:51:24.820 Come talk to me. 00:51:25.380 --> 00:51:27.880 Um, that kind of seems to be the pattern of tonight. 00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:32.059 Um, or the guy you read with, or the girl that you read with. 00:51:32.240 --> 00:51:36.119 Like, like, I just pray that, like, this really would just affect 00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:37.980 just, just our conversations on the way back. 00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:41.380 So, in the car tonight, maybe just take a second and just be like, 00:51:41.780 --> 00:51:44.240 you know, what did that mean to you tonight? 00:51:44.840 --> 00:51:46.280 Let's, let's really kind of go deep. 00:51:46.340 --> 00:51:47.400 Let's not just change actions. 00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:48.619 Let's have our hearts changed. 00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:51.539 Um, I'm going to pray us out, and then Alex is going to come up.