WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.000 In Ephesians chapter 4, Ephesians chapter 4 verse 25 through 29. 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:29.980 ! I want you to follow along in your Bible as I read this passage, and then I would ask that you join me in prayer as we come together and ask the work of the Spirit of God in giving to us hearts that are attentive to us. 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:33.799 Intentive, humble, teachable. 00:00:36.259 --> 00:00:45.579 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 00:00:46.659 --> 00:00:48.179 Be angry and do not sin. 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:54.159 Do not let the sun go down on your anger and give no opportunity to the devil. 00:00:54.159 --> 00:01:05.039 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:19.060 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for building up as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:20.820 Let us pray. 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:29.379 Father God, this morning we need your help. 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:43.879 I need your help to preach the Scriptures accurately, and by your grace and your enabling to allow the Word to be applied practically. 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:45.879 Father God, this morning we need your help to pray. 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:57.679 That those who are here today and know the Lord Jesus Christ would have the Word of God form and shape the things they say and the things they think. 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:10.060 That all of us together would be better illustrations of the power of the cross and the power of salvation. 00:02:10.060 --> 00:02:25.020 Father, we also pray for those who are here among us today that do not know Christ, who perhaps know of Him in an intellectual sense. 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:36.240 They know the facts or they've heard His name, but they do not have the sweet personal relationship that comes because of grace, 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:45.000 that first draws them to see the absolute moral bankruptcy of their soul, the darkness of their heart, 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:49.540 and then draws them to cry out and ask for salvation. 00:02:51.580 --> 00:03:00.040 We pray, Father, that all that takes place this morning would cause us to grow in our affection for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:02.920 And we ask this because of Him. 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:04.140 Amen. 00:03:04.140 --> 00:03:04.260 Amen. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:12.680 One of the lessons that I learned over the years in ministry is that conversion is really more than a set of rules. 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:21.360 The wonder and the power of God in transforming a person's life by conversion is something that is spectacular. 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.800 In fact, it tells us in the book of Luke that angels do what? 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:27.680 What do the angels do when a person is genuinely converted? 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:28.280 What do they do? 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:29.680 They get happy. 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:30.900 They rejoice. 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:38.740 I can't help but think back to the book of Job where it talks about the fact that as angels watched God in creation 00:03:38.740 --> 00:03:45.400 and they saw Him forming the stars and all the miraculous things that He did, 00:03:45.659 --> 00:03:47.580 they couldn't contain themselves. 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:54.080 They broke out in just absolute praise and worship as they saw the power of God at play. 00:03:54.080 --> 00:04:06.200 And it tells us that when genuine conversion takes place in a person's life that it is in every sense as spectacular and wonderful an issue as creation was, 00:04:06.200 --> 00:04:07.920 so you can understand that angels would rejoice. 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:19.759 What we're looking at actually this morning in Ephesians chapter 4 is a practical application to the matter of what conversion really is. 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:25.459 Paul took three chapters to teach us the glory of God in conversion, 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:35.180 explaining to us the miraculous, the undeniable, amazing fact that He would take people who are dead in trespasses and sin, 00:04:35.539 --> 00:04:39.599 miserably broken by Satan, and He would transform them. 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:53.919 And in chapter 4, 5, and 6, Paul then begins to lay out very carefully and thoughtfully a clear picture of what is so spectacular and evident about conversion. 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:59.160 The fact of the matter is, is that conversion changes us on the inside. 00:04:59.199 --> 00:04:59.800 Isn't that right? 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:05.000 It says, if any man be in Christ Jesus, he is a new creator. 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:05.660 You're different. 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:16.040 And so it's practical and it's understandable that having made this argument for the unbelievable glory of God in salvation, 00:05:16.580 --> 00:05:23.480 Paul then would take the time to explain what salvation actually produces in a person's life. 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:31.180 And we're looking at the practical application of, so if a person's converted, what really changes about them? 00:05:32.280 --> 00:05:35.680 And we're going to be looking at several things here in the passage, 00:05:36.140 --> 00:05:44.500 and we will work our way through it to kind of get a better understanding about what really is different about a person who really knows Christ. 00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:46.500 Verse 25, 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:56.500 Therefore, having put away falsehood, and that idea of putting away falsehood kind of takes us back just a little bit to what we studied last week 00:05:56.500 --> 00:06:02.060 where it talked about the fact that the believer puts off the old man and puts on the new man. 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:09.100 His past, his behavior from prior to his conversion, that's the old, that's the way he used to be. 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:17.040 Now he is something different, and he's in the process of putting on those characteristics that reflect the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:23.699 And so here is Paul, and he says, listen, we move from lying to being truthful. 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:27.040 Now you may wonder why Paul starts out with lying. 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:30.300 It isn't the first of the Ten Commandments. 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:33.319 It isn't the first with promise. 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:38.920 But here is Paul talking about the fact that conversion makes us radically different, 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.640 and he starts out dealing with the matter of lying. 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:44.340 And probably most of us are sitting here thinking to ourselves, 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.220 well, that's not the one I have the most problem with. 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:54.980 The truth of the matter is that lying is something that is far more pervasive than we may think. 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:57.900 In fact, let me rephrase this. 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.300 Lying is far more pervasive in your life than you think, 00:07:01.520 --> 00:07:05.120 and lying is more pervasive in my life than I may think. 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.319 And so when the Spirit of God says to me, 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:10.620 Tim Kenoyer, you need to work at not lying, 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:12.620 you need to think very carefully, all right? 00:07:12.840 --> 00:07:14.120 Well, that's good for them? 00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:15.780 No, no, no, it's also good for me. 00:07:17.020 --> 00:07:22.140 And we need to think very carefully about what is actually involved in lying 00:07:22.139 --> 00:07:24.599 and its application to our lives. 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.000 We understand about people lying. 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:30.899 You listen to the news. 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:33.180 Depending on which channel you go to, 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.180 what do you immediately think when you hear the news? 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:37.800 You're always thinking that they're giving their spin. 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:42.180 That's a very polite way of talking about manipulating the truth 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:44.439 for their particular side or their preference. 00:07:44.500 --> 00:07:45.039 Isn't that right? 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.600 Have you ever heard the saying that statistics never lie, 00:07:49.700 --> 00:07:53.000 but liars use statistics? 00:07:54.200 --> 00:07:58.860 It's amazing how adept we can be at framing an argument 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:02.379 or forming the idea that we want to communicate 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:04.460 and then casting it out there and thinking, 00:08:04.620 --> 00:08:06.060 well, Lee, we pulled that off. 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:08.939 I also get a chuckle out of those people 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:12.580 who in their brassy arrogance will make statements like this, 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:14.480 well, at least I never lie. 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.620 Have you ever heard anybody like that? 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:17.340 At least I never lie. 00:08:18.780 --> 00:08:21.319 That person is a lie walking 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:25.000 because when they say I never lie, 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:27.680 what they're really saying is that I use the truth 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:30.280 to manipulate the situation to serve myself. 00:08:31.340 --> 00:08:35.399 And when I dump on you or when I smack you like I do 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:37.879 and I kind of hide behind that argument of, 00:08:38.180 --> 00:08:41.000 hey, at least I never lie, I'm all about me. 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:46.940 And my dark, nasty little heart is taking advantage 00:08:46.940 --> 00:08:51.259 of using a portion of the truth to use it to my advantage. 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.179 Well, I want to stop and ask ourselves the question, 00:08:56.299 --> 00:08:58.580 why does Paul start with lying? 00:08:58.580 --> 00:09:02.840 I want you to think here just for a moment 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.840 and understand this truth. 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.960 Our mouth is the primary advertisement of our character. 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:18.759 Our mouth is the primary advertisement of our character. 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:23.360 And Paul puts what comes out of our mouth 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:28.299 as the first thing on the list of things 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:29.919 that are to be different 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:34.700 because we've been converted by the cross. 00:09:38.299 --> 00:09:39.960 Paul wants us to understand 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.059 that what comes out of the mouth of the believer, 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:43.159 listen to me carefully, 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:45.120 is to be different. 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.560 Isn't that right? 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.480 So what happened after you got saved? 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.600 Well, I started speaking differently. 00:09:58.320 --> 00:09:58.919 Right? 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:03.159 If God has the power to save, 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:06.019 should He make a change in your tongue? 00:10:06.179 --> 00:10:08.700 And the answer from all of God's people is, 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:09.899 you betcha. 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:14.559 In fact, if there is no evidence of a change 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:16.779 from what is happening on your tongue, 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.279 you better go back and ask the Father, 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:20.699 what's going on here? 00:10:21.699 --> 00:10:24.899 Now, am I suggesting that all of it changes immediately? 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:25.899 And what is the answer? 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:26.279 No. 00:10:26.539 --> 00:10:27.500 But here's the truth. 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:28.899 There should be a difference 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:30.360 in what comes out of your mouth. 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:34.000 A lying Christian, 00:10:34.079 --> 00:10:35.480 I want you to understand this, 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.180 insults the Father 00:10:38.180 --> 00:10:41.519 and raises a question of pedigree. 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:44.820 A lying Christian 00:10:44.820 --> 00:10:46.759 insults the Father 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.019 and raises a question of pedigree. 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:51.279 Now, why would I say pedigree? 00:10:51.800 --> 00:10:52.840 Because here's the deal. 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:54.960 Jesus, when He was speaking about Satan, 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:55.379 He said, 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.480 Satan is the... 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:57.420 What? 00:10:57.580 --> 00:10:58.240 Does anybody remember? 00:10:58.920 --> 00:11:00.580 He is the father of lies, 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:02.240 and it goes on to say this, 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:04.960 and He really speaks according to His character. 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.620 Satan just lies because that's who he is. 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:09.440 He's a liar. 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:10.980 And when he opens his mouth, 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:11.920 guess what comes out? 00:11:12.060 --> 00:11:13.620 Just the standard old thing. 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:14.639 It's a lie. 00:11:18.539 --> 00:11:19.720 As a side note, 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:24.159 don't go huffing and puffing out of here 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.940 deciding that what you're going to do 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:28.800 is be unkind and brutal with your truth 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:30.000 and then hide behind the fact 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.600 that you're not a person who lies anymore. 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:34.879 I want to remind you of what it says in verse 15. 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.059 It says this, 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:37.720 Rather speaking the truth in what? 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:38.820 In love. 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:41.939 We're to speak the truth in love. 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.259 Now, we do come to a very interesting statement 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:46.740 in this matter of lying 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:48.659 and the matter of speaking the truth 00:11:48.659 --> 00:11:51.120 because we recognize here 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.559 that wholesome body life 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.259 depends on loving truthfulness. 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.059 Mark what it says in verse 25. 00:11:59.419 --> 00:12:00.759 Put away lying, falsehood. 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.679 Let each of you speak truth with his what? 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:05.080 His neighbor. 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:07.000 Neighbor isn't close enough 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:08.120 and he says this, 00:12:08.439 --> 00:12:11.360 For we are members one of another. 00:12:12.819 --> 00:12:16.600 There is a far greater connectedness 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.519 in the thinking of the apostle 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.179 than most of us 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:22.139 when it comes to the matter 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:23.539 of the way we speak to each other. 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:29.599 As I was thinking about this 00:12:29.599 --> 00:12:32.899 today, 00:12:33.899 --> 00:12:34.839 earlier in the morning, 00:12:35.339 --> 00:12:37.079 I was thinking of how 00:12:37.079 --> 00:12:38.399 the physical body, 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:41.319 thankfully, in my case, 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:43.639 the brain kind of is all connected 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.099 and controls everything else, 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:48.139 but as a result of that interconnection, 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:50.059 my right hand and my left hand 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:52.439 have some moderate sensitivity 00:12:52.439 --> 00:12:53.220 to one another 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:54.059 and they behave 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:55.659 according to that sensitivity. 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.799 Just imagine that the right hand 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.860 gets a little irritated 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:02.360 with something that the left hand does. 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.960 And so the right hand 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:06.840 picks up a hammer 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:08.600 and says, 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:10.679 Well, I'm going to be truthful with you 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:12.819 and since you messed up, 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:13.860 I'm going to just give you 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:15.279 a little gentle love tap 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:17.019 right there on the digit 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:18.340 so you get the memo 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:20.240 that this is not acceptable. 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:21.600 You know, it's a, 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:22.159 Ah! 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:23.319 What is going on? 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:25.100 Paul says, 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:26.360 Listen, think about this. 00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:27.919 He says, 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.519 You are to be truthful 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:31.519 with one another 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.179 because you are connected. 00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:40.840 One of the sadder things 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:42.100 that I have had to deal with, 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.480 one of the, 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.919 we're in the process, 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:45.399 we're searching for a family 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:46.039 youth pastor. 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.799 And I really didn't realize 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.120 how unusual it is 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.340 for pastors to stay. 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.319 Now, 00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:57.220 I've had more men, 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:58.340 I can't believe you've stayed, 00:13:58.419 --> 00:13:59.480 I can't believe you've stayed. 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.840 One of the things 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:02.559 that has been sad to me 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:04.919 is the number of times 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:06.879 I've seen people leave this church 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.299 and go somewhere else 00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:11.840 because of some things 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.079 that others in the body 00:14:13.079 --> 00:14:14.019 have said to them. 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:16.279 I remember sitting in a home 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.519 where an individual 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.480 brought something up 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.179 that had happened 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:21.139 and I asked the question, 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:22.779 When did this happen? 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:24.120 Because I had, 00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:25.000 I'd only been here 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:26.360 like about 11 or 12 years 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:27.799 and this person said, 00:14:27.939 --> 00:14:30.399 17 years ago. 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.799 And they were filled with, 00:14:32.939 --> 00:14:33.539 with a, 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.379 an embittered spirit 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:37.039 at just bringing it up. 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:37.659 Well, 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:40.519 for one thing, 00:14:40.839 --> 00:14:41.599 I thought to myself, 00:14:41.699 --> 00:14:41.899 wow, 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:42.740 if, 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:44.059 if it bothered you 00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:46.219 for 17 long years, 00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:48.899 shame on you 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.699 for not dealing 00:14:49.699 --> 00:14:50.579 with it biblically. 00:14:52.319 --> 00:14:52.839 Now, 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.579 Paul says this, 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:53.839 he says, 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.099 listen, 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:56.200 when you speak to one another, 00:14:56.560 --> 00:14:57.779 speak to one another 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.240 with respect 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:01.480 to your relationship 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:04.139 in the family of God. 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:08.920 Some of you know Kenoyers, 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:10.000 others of you don't, 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.920 but the Kenoyers 00:15:11.920 --> 00:15:13.879 are fairly straightforward people 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.840 when it really comes 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:16.279 to within family dynamics, 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:17.700 but I'll tell you what, 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.660 we don't pull off 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:19.580 drive-by shootings 00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:20.399 with each other. 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:22.539 And the reason we don't 00:15:22.539 --> 00:15:23.980 pull off drive-by shootings 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:25.360 is because we know 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:26.860 we're going to be together 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:28.059 until they put one 00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:28.480 or the other 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:29.439 in a pine box. 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:34.120 So I want you to mark 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.139 the focus of the Spirit 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.679 of God here. 00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.639 Loving truthfulness 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.639 is a church life 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.360 and health thing. 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.759 That's what the Spirit 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.459 is saying here 00:15:41.459 --> 00:15:41.980 at the moment 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.860 in verse 25. 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:45.960 So when was the last time 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.120 you thought about 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.100 telling the truth 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.899 with a quiet, 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:50.000 gentle spirit 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:51.600 because you had really 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.480 thought out 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:54.279 how does my being truthful 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.080 help the body? 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:00.240 Most of us tend to think 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.259 about using the truth 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:02.279 in a narrow perspective 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.379 of how it suits us 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.080 or our agenda. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.340 What we want. 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.620 Let me spell out 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:10.840 several principles 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.759 to help you 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.500 with truthfulness 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.039 in the body. 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.440 First of all 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:14.980 would be start 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.000 with your own walk. 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:18.039 Matthew chapter 7 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:18.679 Jesus says, 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:20.319 hey, before you go 00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.120 do brain surgery 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.039 on somebody else, 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.079 that's not the passage 00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:23.799 but you understand 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.199 the point. 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.459 Matthew chapter 7 00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:26.159 what do you deal with? 00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:26.839 You deal with something 00:16:26.839 --> 00:16:27.639 in your own eye 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.639 before you try to go 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.659 help somebody else. 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.939 In Galatians chapter 6 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.779 verse 1 and 2 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.179 it says, 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.299 when you see someone 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.159 who's been overtaken 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.779 with a fault, 00:16:36.099 --> 00:16:37.019 you who are spiritual 00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:37.699 do what? 00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:40.259 Restore such a one 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.819 with a spirit 00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.719 of meekness. 00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.159 Secondly, 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:46.359 really be about the body 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.980 not yourself. 00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:48.860 How does this issue 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.779 that I'm addressing 00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.919 have bearing 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:52.159 on the well-being 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:53.060 of the bride? 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:59.320 How does it relate 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:00.740 to the family 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.940 of God 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:03.340 that He has made me 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.240 to be part of? 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:06.640 Third, 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:08.440 don't be a drive-by shooter. 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.940 You know what I mean 00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.860 by a drive-by shooter? 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.279 Well, I told him. 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.240 You know, 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.619 kind of, 00:17:15.899 --> 00:17:17.420 it's like trick-or-treat. 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:17.700 You know, 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.599 you ring the doorbell 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.240 and leave. 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.579 And that's not 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:23.599 what Paul has in mind here 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:24.019 when he says, 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:25.099 let every man speak truth 00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:25.639 with his neighbor. 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.119 He's not talking about 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:28.440 kind of an unkind 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.399 little broadside 00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:31.259 in which you really 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.240 nail the person 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.879 to the wall 00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:34.160 and all that 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:35.599 vituperative attitude 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.879 that's kind of built up 00:17:36.879 --> 00:17:37.200 inside, 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.619 it kind of blows up 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:39.779 and everybody gets 00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.839 fragged in the process. 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.639 That's not it. 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.879 I remind you also 00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:45.359 of the fact 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:46.119 that when we speak 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.500 the truth, 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.160 we are to bring 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.420 the grace of Christ 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:49.639 and His Word 00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.420 into play. 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.660 Let me make an appeal. 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.319 I want you to turn 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.859 in your Bibles. 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.579 I'm going to come back 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.500 to this passage again, 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.440 but this is a passage 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.059 that last week 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:59.619 just got a hold of me 00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.660 in a fashion 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:03.399 that really has gripped me. 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.960 Isaiah chapter 50, 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:05.660 verse 4. 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.119 Isaiah, 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.740 here, 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.079 hey, 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.700 you want a verse 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.200 to memorize? 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.759 This one. 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.339 This one. 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.599 Isaiah 50, 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:16.819 verse, 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:18.220 go ahead and look at it. 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:20.359 It's not going to be 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:20.920 on the screen. 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.039 Is it, Connie? 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.220 It's not going to be 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.680 on the screen. 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:25.119 I didn't plan 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:26.160 for it to be on the screen. 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.859 So it's not going 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.359 to be on the screen. 00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:29.019 You have to use 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.619 your own Bible. 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.440 If you don't have one, 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.220 there's one in the pew 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.839 in front of you, 00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:33.960 or you can ask your name. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.359 Go ahead, 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.660 grab the other person's Bible 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.339 and pull it over. 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:37.059 And it's like, 00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:38.179 I'm Sharon. 00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:41.159 I didn't know 00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.779 we'd need a Bible 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.339 when we came. 00:18:42.459 --> 00:18:43.059 Yeah, you do. 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.659 Okay. 00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:45.179 Isaiah 50, 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.720 verse 4. 00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:47.099 The Lord God 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.179 has given me 00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:48.819 the tongue 00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:50.179 of those who are taught 00:18:50.179 --> 00:18:52.679 that I may know 00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:54.000 how to sustain 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.859 with a word 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:56.579 him who is weary. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:00.240 Morning by morning 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.039 he awakens me. 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:04.379 He awakens my ear 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.279 to hear 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.379 as those 00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.539 who are taught. 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.500 Keep your finger 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.420 in this passage. 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.059 Turn over in your Bible, 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.720 if you would, 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:16.619 to John chapter 12. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.180 By the way, 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.139 the passage that 00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.759 we have just looked at 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.460 in Isaiah 00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:24.339 is a messianic passage. 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.480 That means that it has 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.500 direct application 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.220 to Christ. 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:31.279 But over in John chapter 12, 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.160 verse 49, 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.339 Jesus says something 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.599 that is rather interesting. 00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.579 He says this, 00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.960 For I have not spoken 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:39.799 on my own authority, 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.519 but the Father 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.519 who sent me 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.440 has himself 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.799 given me a commandment, 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:47.119 what to say 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.819 and what to speak. 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:53.039 Are you thinking with me? 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.980 Jesus says, 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.680 I'm not out here 00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.559 freestyling 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.859 and saying what I think. 00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:02.399 I am speaking 00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.559 according 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.979 to what the Father 00:20:04.979 --> 00:20:06.079 wants me to say. 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:11.219 How did that happen? 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:14.319 How did that happen? 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.519 If you look back 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.039 at the passage 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:19.519 in Isaiah chapter 50, 00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:22.359 Jesus says this. 00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.559 This passage 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.319 was written of him. 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:29.359 God has given me 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.480 the tongue 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.720 of those 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.740 who are taught. 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:35.000 And when did I learn 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:38.079 what was the right thing 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.599 to say? 00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:41.639 Morning by morning 00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:43.000 he awakens. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.559 He awakens 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.759 my ear 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.579 to hear 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:49.879 as those who are taught. 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:52.520 Listen to me. 00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.220 Sidebar. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.880 I shared this 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.440 in Sunday school, 00:20:56.540 --> 00:20:56.880 but the truth 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.500 of the matter is 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.840 is that 00:20:57.840 --> 00:21:01.260 the biggest problem 00:21:01.260 --> 00:21:02.420 most of us have 00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.200 with sin 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.820 is with our tongue. 00:21:06.100 --> 00:21:06.880 Is that true? 00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.760 Oh no, 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.740 I have a big problem 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.940 with murderous thoughts, 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:14.200 not with my tongue. 00:21:14.520 --> 00:21:14.740 No, 00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.340 that's not true. 00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.680 James says this. 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:19.900 If you can handle 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.460 the tongue, 00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.940 you're on top 00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.380 of the game, 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.720 right? 00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.400 Isn't that 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:25.620 free translation there? 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.299 Some of you 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.220 would tweak me afterwards. 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.920 My email, 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.700 send it to me. 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.259 But, 00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.980 you know, 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.259 James says this. 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.960 If any man doesn't 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.660 offend with his tongue, 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:34.160 he's got it together. 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.160 I tell you what, 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.539 I have more verses 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.720 memorized on the tongue 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.880 than on any other part 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.160 of the spiritual walk 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.880 for Tim Kenoyard. 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.380 You know why? 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.460 Because I can say 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.500 some awful things 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.740 without practice. 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:51.620 Years ago, 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.740 it became evident to me 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.380 that my tongue 00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.539 was not what it should be 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.220 and I began saying, 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.320 how do I change this? 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.480 I could be funny. 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.840 I could be sarcastic. 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.500 I could be critical. 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:07.140 I specialized in figuring out 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.580 what people's weak spots were 00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.660 and when I wanted to, 00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:11.080 I could bring those up 00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:12.840 and I could cut them to shreds. 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:16.579 And I began memorizing 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:18.139 bunches of passages 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.639 of Scripture 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.899 about the tongue. 00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.799 And when I read this passage 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.419 in Isaiah, 00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.779 morning by morning, 00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.279 he awakens me. 00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:33.779 He awakens my ear. 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:43.819 Isaiah, 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.619 Ephesians rather, 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.559 five or four. 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.779 Let's look at a second thing 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.839 that Paul talks about. 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.579 He says here, 00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.339 he says, 00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.200 you're to speak truth 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.859 because we're neighbors, 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.399 but then he says, 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.759 be angry and do not sin. 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.379 So, 00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:58.180 conversion moves us 00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.220 from harmful anger 00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.519 to godly response. 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.039 And some of you are thinking, 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.740 well, now we're coming 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.079 to a verse I can deal with. 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.640 Yeah, 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.700 get angry. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.859 I've done that. 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.839 I put holes in drywall. 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.380 I put my foot through a door. 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.640 Now, 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.200 I'm not talking about 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.620 Tim Kenoyer, 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.079 but some of you 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.660 sitting there thinking, 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.259 yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.660 Go for it, pastor. 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.059 Preach that one. 00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:20.980 Now, 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.279 here's the deal. 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.740 Anger is actually 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.539 more complex 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.460 than we might think. 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.640 It's a response 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:29.359 to a perceived offense 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.019 or threat. 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.299 Anger is really 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.159 a human emotion 00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:34.359 and it's not 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.819 necessarily sinful. 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.599 Jesus was angry 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:41.119 on more than one occasion. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.299 For one, 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.460 it tells us 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.399 that when he cleansed 00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:45.940 the temple, 00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:47.119 that made him angry 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.879 to see what people 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.339 were doing 00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.700 to his father's house. 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.960 But another illustration 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.919 is over in Mark chapter 3 00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.720 when he looked at 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.619 the hardness 00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.440 of the hearts 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.339 of the Pharisees 00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.240 in the face 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.940 of his healing 00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.740 and it says 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:00.000 he got angry with them. 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.720 Being angry 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.940 about some things 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.680 is essential 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.599 and necessary. 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.599 For example, 00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.799 we should be angry 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.960 when God is offended. 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.700 We should be angry 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.859 when sin 00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:16.619 raises its ugly head. 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:19.420 I did not watch 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:21.359 Miley Cyrus last week 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:24.000 and I did not click 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.759 on any of the videos 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.079 related to what happened. 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:30.619 but I was angered 00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.799 by the incessant 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.519 twittering 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.740 and the incessant 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.859 conversation 00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.559 about something 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.679 that was so vile 00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:38.159 and so disgusting 00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.919 to the Lord. 00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.579 Now there's something else 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.399 that really should 00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.659 get us going. 00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.179 Are you listening? 00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.619 We're fairly good 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.379 at getting angry 00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.619 about other people's sin. 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.379 Do you follow that? 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.419 We're horrible 00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:55.099 about getting angry 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.719 about our own. 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.980 And if you turn 00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.559 in your Bible, 00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.240 you're in Ephesians 00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.859 chapter 5, 00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.559 just keep your finger 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.079 there because we're 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.579 coming back, 00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.579 but go back 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.179 to a passage 00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.959 in 2 Corinthians 00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.879 chapter 7 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.939 verse 9 through 11. 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.039 By the way, 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.740 this is probably 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.839 one of those 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.879 go-to passages 00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.539 when you're trying 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.480 to really figure out 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.480 am I serious 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.299 about changing? 00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.719 Am I really serious 00:25:14.719 --> 00:25:15.639 about my sin? 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.679 Or am I kind of 00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.779 coasting through, 00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.759 kind of playing 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.699 spiritual games? 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:21.000 I'm not really into this. 00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:22.779 See, we're all 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.639 dealing with the problem 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.500 of indwelling sin. 00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.080 We're dealing with 00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:26.140 the battle in our own life. 00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:28.080 2 Corinthians chapter 7 00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:30.020 describes the characteristics 00:25:30.020 --> 00:25:32.020 of genuine repentance. 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.400 9 through 11. 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.820 Paul says this. 00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.300 He says, 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.000 As for me, 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.019 I rejoice not because 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.619 you were grieved, 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.379 but because you were 00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.579 grieved unto repenting. 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.659 For you felt a godly grief 00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.419 so that you suffered 00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:48.819 no loss through us. 00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.740 For godly grief 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.259 produces a repentance 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.879 that leads to salvation 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.819 without regret, 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.139 whereas worldly grief 00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:56.079 produces death. 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.659 See what earnestness 00:25:58.659 --> 00:26:00.059 this godly grief 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.839 has produced in you, 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.759 but also what eagerness 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.740 to clear yourself, 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:06.259 what indignation. 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.579 Now, 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:09.500 who are you indignant with? 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.099 Yourself. 00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:15.159 I cannot believe 00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:18.019 that I have dishonored Christ. 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.699 I cannot believe 00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:22.699 the offense 00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:23.799 that my sin is 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.819 against the holy God. 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:27.939 I am appalled with that. 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.779 Well, 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.819 I do want you to understand 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:35.359 that while there are times 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.259 for us to be angry, 00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.199 there are also times 00:26:37.199 --> 00:26:38.099 where anger is wrong, 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.899 anger is wrong, 00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.479 and it's sinful. 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.740 And such anger 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.719 has no place 00:26:42.719 --> 00:26:43.859 in the believer's life. 00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:46.619 Being all stirred up 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.599 about not getting your way, 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:53.279 being all in a turmoil 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:55.139 because of an offense 00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:56.539 that you've endured 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.939 or a disappointment 00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:59.399 or because someone 00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.359 has done something 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.819 that was harmful to you, 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.759 you have to stop 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.579 and ask yourself, 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.879 and say, 00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:06.079 what am I getting angry about, 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.319 really? 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.480 Is this something 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.039 that really at the heart 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.299 of it tweaks me 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.939 because I'm so supremely 00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.879 concerned about 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.980 the glory of Christ 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.980 and the importance 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.720 of God 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:17.039 that that's why I'm upset? 00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.879 No, no, no. 00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.579 Most of the time 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:20.099 we're stomping around 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.899 and we've got a pout 00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.419 on our face 00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.419 because of us. 00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.480 I do want you 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.299 to mark something else 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.799 in the passage 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.960 going back to 1 Corinthians. 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.339 It says, 00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:33.099 don't let the sun 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.419 go down on your wrath. 00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:38.379 Be angry and sin not. 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.159 Don't let the sun 00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:41.099 go down on your wrath. 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.740 Well, that means 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.319 that if somebody 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.859 offends me, 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:45.039 I'd better get it settled 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.039 and take it out on them 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.819 by the end of the day. 00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.740 That's not what it's saying. 00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:52.039 It's saying this, 00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:53.319 that neglecting 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.619 that which has been 00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:56.079 perceived as an offense 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:58.519 will allow it to fester. 00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:03.220 Things that fester 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.519 cause heartache. 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.720 So when something 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.079 is really bothering you, 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.240 there are a couple things 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.339 that I would encourage you 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.460 to do in relationship 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.039 to that. 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.639 For one, 00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:18.119 deal with it. 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.019 Deal with it. 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.720 Deal with it now. 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.539 Deal with it in the context 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.619 in which it happened. 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.220 Now, 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.879 a preface to that 00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.460 would be that 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.559 when you find yourself 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.579 all stirred up, 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.480 none of us struggle 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.879 with anger. 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.799 We're good Christians 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.259 and all that. 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.639 But when you see 00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.779 somebody else stirred up, 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.980 you want to talk to them 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.200 and say, 00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:38.920 take a minute, 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.700 take a deep breath, 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.779 pray a little bit 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.059 and say, 00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.319 Lord, 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.139 is there anything 00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:43.159 that I need to work on 00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.720 in my life 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.659 before I go launch 00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.680 and help somebody else? 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:51.180 Quiet yourself 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.960 before the Lord 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.480 and say, 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:52.900 hey, 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.720 I need help here 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.700 before I go do anything. 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.200 Sometimes it takes 00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.279 a time of prayer 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:01.180 and some planning 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:03.259 before you go deal with it. 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.440 I have to tell you 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.200 that as a parent, 00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:10.560 I would almost, 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.480 as I got older, 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:13.299 in my younger days, 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.899 I didn't practice 00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.599 this as much, 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:17.079 but as I got older, 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.099 when my kids 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.379 would do something wrong, 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.119 I would send them upstairs. 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.940 I'd say, 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.879 I want you to go upstairs 00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.799 and spend some time 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.639 thinking and praying. 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.519 Guess what I was doing? 00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.759 I was doing that 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:32.019 because generally, 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.119 unfortunately, 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.359 I would probably 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:36.299 let it go a little too far 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.159 and then I would really 00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.240 get irritated with the fact, 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.019 why didn't they just 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.700 listen to what I said 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.259 and if they were following 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.779 my instruction, 00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.059 wouldn't I, 00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:42.519 and I was right at, 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.940 I'm ready to deal with it 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:46.680 and I'd go upstairs 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.480 and pray myself 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.220 and then go take care of it. 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:50.940 Well, 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.420 when it says, 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.240 don't let the sun 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.119 go down on your wrath, 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.039 what do you do 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.099 when you can't really 00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.000 deal with the problem? 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.700 How many of you 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.579 had people 00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.619 who were your superiors 00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.259 that did something wrong 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.160 and made you angry 00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.079 and you knew 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.839 that it was going to be 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.460 a deal breaker, 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.339 a show stopper, 00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.819 you're going to be 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.359 out the door 00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.480 if you really went 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.440 and let them have it, 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.720 right? 00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.220 Tried to solve the problem. 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:12.039 Sometimes there are things 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.120 we can't solve 00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:18.160 and when we can't solve it, 00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.860 God says it's His business. 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.960 Look in the Bible, 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.420 if you will, 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.059 just for a moment 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.000 over to a passage 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:26.759 in Romans chapter 12, 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:30.079 Romans chapter 12, 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:32.240 verse 19. 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.680 This is one that you may want 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.220 to underline 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.360 and have somebody else memorize. 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:39.119 Beloved, 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:43.799 verse 19, 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.759 never avenge yourself. 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.839 See, 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.959 some of the times 00:30:48.959 --> 00:30:50.299 when our anger gets cooked, 00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:52.279 our anger will only be satisfied 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.939 once we really let them know 00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:55.079 that they did wrong. 00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:56.139 Oh, I'm sorry. 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.979 How can I, 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.240 you know, 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.699 that we want to solve the problem. 00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.959 Sometimes you can't do that 00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:01.899 and Paul says this, 00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:02.359 hey, listen, 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:05.279 never go after revenge. 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.099 But leave it to the wrath of God 00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.919 for it is written, 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.119 vengeance is mine, 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.219 I will repay, 00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.039 saith the Lord. 00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:16.579 Sometimes what we do 00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.659 in that day 00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:20.000 before the sun goes down, 00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.339 we say, 00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.619 God, 00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.819 this is your problem. 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.359 I'm going to let you have it. 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.899 It's not my problem. 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.959 I'll go ahead 00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:31.859 and talk about it a little bit. 00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:34.859 I happen to think 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:37.240 that the NCAA 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.579 did not deal with 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.419 Johnny Manziel 00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.439 the way they've dealt 00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:42.259 with many other individuals 00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.000 when it comes to 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.039 violating NCAA standards. 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.740 And I see some people 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.599 hyperventilating 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.959 on Facebook about it 00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.759 and I thought to myself, 00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.319 you know what? 00:31:52.959 --> 00:31:53.979 Not worth the trouble 00:31:53.979 --> 00:31:55.759 because here's the deal. 00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.399 I happen to know 00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.659 that Scripture says 00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:01.380 God lifts up 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.019 the humble. 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.480 He does what 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.140 to the arrogant? 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.560 He deals with the proud. 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.620 So it's like, 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.000 God, 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.019 He's yours. 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.460 Oh, by the way, 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.380 there is one little prayer 00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.460 to follow after with this. 00:32:14.540 --> 00:32:14.960 Are you listening? 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.279 And be as merciful 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.120 to Him 00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:20.480 as you've been to me. 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.960 Can you do that? 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.819 And be as merciful 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.640 to Him 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:26.100 as you've been with me. 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.500 Right? 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.759 Right? 00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.559 We can say that. 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.819 Oh, Lord, 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.440 I'm handing this off 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.000 and I want these people 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.660 dealt with 00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:34.079 like Sodom and Gomorrah 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.740 and I'm giving you 24. 00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.200 Now, 00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.120 what you do 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.960 is the last part 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.440 of the prayer 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.299 is part of the keeper. 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.660 It's like, 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.500 and Lord, 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.819 be as merciful 00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.880 to Him 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.259 as you have been 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.000 to me. 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.420 Well, 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.779 this morning 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.240 what we've done 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.960 is we've talked about 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.619 the fact that 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.500 the believer's tongue 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.000 is different. 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.440 Amen? 00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.680 Are you there yet? 00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.980 No. 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:04.440 But when we realize 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.980 that our tongue 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.200 is not what it ought to be, 00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.900 what do we do? 00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:09.259 Here's what the believer does. 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.140 Number one, 00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.700 the believer 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:14.020 is convicted 00:33:14.020 --> 00:33:15.240 by the power of God 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.720 to say, 00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:18.220 I'm not there yet. 00:33:18.520 --> 00:33:19.940 Help me grow. 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.400 Amen? 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.340 I want to change. 00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.520 I want to change. 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.300 I want to change. 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.900 It wouldn't be a bad idea 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.960 for you who are believers 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.020 to say to your husband 00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:31.680 or your wife 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.060 as you're driving home 00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:33.580 in the car, 00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.160 so, 00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:34.800 so, 00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:36.580 how's my tongue doing? 00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:39.180 Do you follow that? 00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.740 I, 00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.920 I, 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.860 go ahead. 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.360 Yeah. 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.440 Nudge him and say, 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.600 you can ask me. 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.120 Okay. 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.299 See, 00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.279 the believer says, 00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.039 I want to grow. 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.259 If the tongue 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.279 is the thing 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.320 that makes Jesus 00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:54.000 look good, 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.920 bring it on. 00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:56.460 Help me change. 00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.600 change. 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.600 And if I've got 00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.400 this problem 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.019 with 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.880 being all 00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:07.380 stirred up, 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.800 Lord, 00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:11.599 for me to stump 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.599 and stomp around 00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.199 like a happy Christian 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.199 all lit 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.980 because of things 00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.860 not going my way, 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.659 help me change. 00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.720 Why? 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.839 Do you think 00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:25.139 angels get excited 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:29.239 at junkyard war 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.959 type of 00:34:29.959 --> 00:34:31.139 kludgy machines 00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.099 being put together 00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:33.159 out of trash 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.699 that kind of 00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.759 flounder around 00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.659 and don't look good? 00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:35.919 No. 00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.480 They, 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.439 they get excited 00:34:37.439 --> 00:34:38.279 when they see 00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.179 the dramatic 00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.339 power of Christ 00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:41.599 that can change 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.219 broken, 00:34:42.459 --> 00:34:43.239 ruined sinners 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.319 and make them 00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.419 something different. 00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.019 Amen. 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.619 Amen. 00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.679 Amen. 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:50.379 There's no reason 00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:52.960 for you to be 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.879 bad advertisement 00:34:53.879 --> 00:34:56.219 when you have 00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.399 received the gift 00:34:57.399 --> 00:34:58.199 of salvation 00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.259 and you have 00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.759 received the gift 00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:02.039 of the indwelling 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.399 Spirit of God 00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:04.319 who's there 00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:05.179 to help you 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.000 be different. 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.500 Let's close 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.859 in prayer. 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.419 As the 00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:14.000 baptismal 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.819 candidates come, 00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:17.019 you pray for 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.740 their testimony 00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:20.400 and for the 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.100 clarity of the 00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:21.740 gospel this 00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.059 morning. 00:35:25.120 --> 00:35:25.720 Precious 00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.140 Father, 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.059 make us 00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.740 a people 00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:31.340 who are 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.980 jealous 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.880 for the 00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.360 glory 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.019 of Christ. 00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.740 Pray for 00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:39.600 Mrs. 00:35:39.600 --> 00:35:40.039 Malumba 00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.820 and for 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.340 Isaac 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.400 sake, 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.039 that their 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.820 testimonies 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.880 speak of 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.760 their faith 00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.500 in the 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.079 Lord Jesus 00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.760 Christ. 00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.980 That those 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.300 who are 00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.840 here that 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.300 know the 00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.920 Lord Jesus 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.820 would have 00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.480 hearts that 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.600 just rejoice 00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:57.920 and those 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.260 who are 00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:59.100 here who 00:35:59.100 --> 00:36:00.160 need Christ 00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.880 would be 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.340 drawn to 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.039 the cross. 00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.960 We ask 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.280 this in 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.700 your precious 00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.180 name. 00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:06.180 Amen.